Recommendations Tragic/dark novels

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  1. Lil K.O

    Lil K.O [Loki]

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    I like tragic/dark novels, if you could check my reading list before recommending some that would. Be appreciated
     
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    Sparteh The Devourer

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    Isaac(just get thru the initial chaps that seem like a load of bull but actually aren’t...)
     
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    Bright_Lucky_Star [Previously Known as OrdinaryUser] The Blessed One

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    One Night, One Day, One Year, One Lifetime and Mulberry Song
     
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    The Real Awakening. One of the darkest and most twisted stories I’ve read (finished the raws). It focuses on portraying the darker side of human nature (mainly greed and selfishness) and the tragic consequences that result. I particularly enjoy how the story paints out realistically conflicting situations where it is hard to define what is right or wrong.
     
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    IDK for novels, but if you don't mind some dark manga then maybe:
    - Death Sweeper
    - The Embalmer
    - Route End
    - Claymore (if you like Berserk, then this one is for you)
    - Gunnm
    - Hellsing
    - Promised Wonderland
    - AoT
    - Dorohedoro
    - Colorless
    - Pandora Hearts
    - I am a Hero
    - Itou Junji's works
    - Dendrobates
     
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    FIEND i eat crayons

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    To add to this
    I am an immortal
    Made in abyss
    Deadmans wonderland
    D grey man

    https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/20556/

    Also chexkmy sig for recs
     
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    Ballad of the Ten Thousand Gu
    Mulberry Song
    Qt: Male lead, come here
    One night, one day, one year (something along the line)
     
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    Here are some animes w/ tragic endings and/or dark theme for recommendations:
    Gundam Z
    Gundam IBO
    Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
    Gundam: Hathaway Flash (not gonna say anything 'bout this one, except that I already know much of how the story gonna end, the "true" reason of the MC (most of my friends & mine version of it, at least), thus I felt :blobangery:, :blob_teary: & a bit nauseated by it)
    Uchuu Senkan Yamato (not sure w/ it's 2011/2012-ish revival/remake story since the one that I watch was the 2nd movie(?) "Goodbye to Space Battleship Yamato" in VHS back in '80s)
    Drifters
    Shin Getter Robo
    GitS
    Witch Hunter Robin
     
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