Recommendations Not a Hidden Genius, just Hard-Working

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  1. Silerus

    Silerus Well-Known Member

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    Hi Everyone,

    I'm looking for novels with a Hard-Working MC, that isn't a genius, but simply works hard for results.
    It would be best if it's a fantasy, but I'm willing to try anything.

    Also, please don't recommend me to use Hard-Working tag, as in most cases the MC is a genius that works hard on top of that and I'm looking for someone with an average talent at best.

    Thanks in advance!

    Best Examples:
    Possessing Nothing
    A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality
     
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    Possessing Nothing
     
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    Baldingere Roseau pensant

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    SerialBeggar Hate your family? Got no friends? Gimme your stuff

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    The Healer Demands Payment! - second chance MC is again a Qi Condensation cultivator, she's doing her best to advance her cultivation to be worthy of her past master if and when she finds him again because he never accepted her as his disciple during her past life to which she blames herself as due to being untalented.
     
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    Thank you, based on the reviews, this is exactly what I'm looking for :)

    About the Reckless Girl Who Kept Challenging a Reborn Man Like Me - It's a oneshot so it shouldn't take even an hour and it has amazing reviews so I will definitely read it.

    The Man Picked up by the Gods - Honestly, no matter how good it is, I just can't bring myself to read a dropped novel. The better it is, the more frustrated I will end up :(

    Isekai Nonbiri Nouka - I'm not a big fan of slice of life novels, but it seems promising, I will check it out.

    To Be a Power in the Shadows! - I've wanted to read it for a long time, but as with most JP novels, I'm afraid that it will either never finish, or it will, but by the time my grandkids have their own grandkids :cry:

    Still, thanks for the recommendations!

    I've never read a novel with a FMC before, but it looks really promising. Plus I love alchemy, so it might be great for me. Thanks!

    Caught up with mtl even before the book got banned. It's an awesome novel.
    Thanks anyway!
     
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    Baldingere Roseau pensant

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    They did a retake: The Man Picked up by the Gods (Reboot)
     
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    Hard-working weak->strong protag. It's my novel and top ranked on Webnovel.com. Guaranteed to make you laugh and enjoy yourself:

    My Pick Up Artist System
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    Oh thanks, didn't see that, I will check it out.

    I've already read it, great novel. Thanks anyway!

    Sorry mate, but I'm not touching smut novel. Thanks anyway!
     
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    There's a difference between R-18 and smut. My novel doesn't even have an R-18 scene until Ch. 56, but to each his own
     
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    whats the difference smut is smut
     
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    AbsoluteNothingness Lumen De Aurora

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    RI fits into the type where MC is both hard-working and a genius, where genius isn't in terms of aptitude.
     
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    Mother of Learning - MC gets trapped in a Time Loop, and uses this opportunity to develop his magical skills. He was an above average student in terms of technique prior to the time loop, though inferior in magical power. And those with more innate power tend to have a harder time with subtle technique, while those with better innate technique have less power they can draw upon.
     
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    What's the difference between a rated R movie and porn? Try googling the term to answer your own question.
     
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    FIEND i eat crayons

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    reincarnation paradise
     
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    He isn't a genius, but he looks like one because of future knowledge and much hard-working. (Perhaps his ability not to stray from his goal may be his talent)

    Also because of wisdom gu, dream realm accumulations and venerables inheritances

    Reverend Insanity is one of my favorite novels
     
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    so you're saying the chapter 56 r-18 scene is not graphic and is just a brief they had steamy sex lets move on to the protag trying to pickup the next chick.
     
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    any novel by mishima yomu will fit the criteria. except for world of otome games is tough for mobs