Words that turn off a novel

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  1. Sager

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    What's a word if you see in a title or summary you lose all interest in the novel

    For example, If I see the word laid back then I stay away because it's probably a really boring novel with no stakes or engagement.
    Even some of the good ones get bad later on.

    PS: everyone like something different just because someone hates something you like doesn't mean you have to get mad (Yes apparently I have to put this in)
     
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    "Peerless", "God" and "Martial". This word really bugs Ai-chan. The existence of these words automaticallys gives the impression of a power trip shianshia with no real plot, lots of plot holes, harem for the sake of harem (which gets forgotten quickly only to be replaced with more girls) and magic that doesn't obey its own rules.

    The more of these words the title has, the more the power of the above flaws can be seen. For example, "Peerless Martial God" will get all the above flaws, to the power of three.

    It's slightly okay if it's part of the synopsis, but seeing synopsis that is nothing more than dialogue is also an auto-turnoff.
     
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    Many might get triggered by this but
    Yaoi, and especially if they are traps
     
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    "tragedy" because turn into a comedy halfway, and i mean when it's in the title or summary. Not the tag....


    and worst when the sinopsy for jp novel have "gets worked to death."
     
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    I guess for me is when you realise from the title that it was about a girl who can't get out from being in love with her fiancee although her fiancee already love someone else and that is her sister. Furthermore her fiancee and her sister keep tormenting her and she keeps on and on forgiving them and didn't seek revenge. I forgot what the exact title is but any novel that similar to this is just a turn off for me. Nope. Not a chance.
     
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    I guess I should give my example it's this monstrosity
    The Laid-back Life in Another World of the Ex-Hero Candidate Who Turned out to be a Cheat from Level 2
    https://www.novelupdates.com/series...te-who-turned-out-to-be-a-cheat-from-level-2/
    Read the summary and count how many times they say laid back
     
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    I have another one to add:
    When the title designates a female lead such as ‘princess’, ‘wife’, or similar, but then BAM!!! It’s actually yaoi/shounen ai. (I filtered out both when I found out I could but it’s still strange to me)
     
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    For ATG, there was one phrase: "eyes turned into a serious color".
     
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    As for another example novels with the word C.E.O or Boss in it are just generic as heck
     
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    when there's nothing in the summery space, or a single sentence that spouts some bs that sounds deep (but usually isn't) and has nothing to do with the actual story.
    if it's tags than my triggers are: idiot/dense MC, politics, rape and harem (i'm so burnt out on harem-cultivation novels right now).
     
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    That's just sad 'cause all the new releases lately have that tag.
     
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    Is that warning :blobunsure:?
    Are you telling me to stay away from all the new releases :blobunsure:?
    Come to think about it, two days ago there was this title that got me curious and I wanted to try it but then I closed the tab after I saw the tag Yaoi on it, I think it was 'Powerful Skull in The Last Days' :blobsweat:
     
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    I clicked Latest Releases and damn near 10 in a row are all Yaoi tags.
     
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    Well, I got several novels that I am reading and others will read, so till my lists ends, hopefully there will be other novels to my licking
     
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    Series filter?
     
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    When JP novel gives any type of characteristic to the MC (genius, realist, old, etc). Because they usually end up being all the same: shy, always explaining themselves, always apologizing, cowardly and faint at the thought of touching a girls hand. Oh, and they almost never drink alcohol too...
    Another thing would be having in a title something like "(sword/magic/whatever)master, girlfriend, wife, king" or whatever adventure, and then you start reading and there is no such thing until several hundred chapters later.
     
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