I really like the trope of the MC being very powerful or thought of as powerful but thinking of himself as ordinary. The best one I know of currently is the title of this thread, but I've read a few similar ones as well. These include: Above Myriads-very funny The Eminence in Shadow-meh, I liked the novel better Stop Summoning Me-extremely similar to IRNTDGL Lord of the Mysteries-the novel is a masterpiece, you should read the manhua just to be able to say you've read it A Bigshot Actually-it was ok I'm Not that Kind of Talent-I love it so much, the MC's personality is exactly what I'm looking for. He's always either chronically confused of on a murderous rampage...which he will promptly forget When Did I Become Unbeatable-I really enjoyed it in the beginning chapters, but the reveal of who the MC is (I won't spoil for those who haven't read it) really made me lose a lot of my interest. It became too romance driven The Unmatched Powerhouse Just Wants to Farm-similar to what I want, but in this one the MC knows and uses the fact that others think of him as a powerhouse which isn't what I prefer The ones listed above are mainly set in cultivation type worlds which I am open to, but if you have any recs with more modern or victorian settings I would love to read them! Thanks in advance~
Never Die Extra is pretty decent though imho the whole gimmick of the MC being delusional about being weak while clearly being stronger than everyone eventually bored me tbh I eventually got bored of Eminence in Shadow/to be a power in the shadows for the same/similar reason, the joke just eventually becomes too old and overused. a similar trope is the 'cautious' protag, like in My Senior Brother is Too Steady. MC doesn't think of himself as weak, he just knows there's bigger fish out in the sea. I liked that one quite a bit, though after reading 500 novel chapters I did get bored of it too
I've read Never Die Extra and liked it quite a bit I think, it was a while ago lol... But I haven't read My Senior Brother is Too Steady yet, thanks!
I'm really not the demon god's lackey is amazing, the dialogues are my favorite part, how he talks about education but people listen to bizarre indoctrination.
I know, right?! I don't know how many times I've reread it just for the MC's plot....I can't say I love all of the side characters lol