is there any novel where the MC doesnt become hero of the world that tried to kill him every chapter? like for example, when the demons invaded, he just waved goodbye to all the young masters and ascended
Though even if you call him a demon lord he is more like a tsundere hero who saved the world but says that he did it all just to save his wife. Yes i know that he technically did it because of that reason but you can't deny he is a hero
But everyone in that world, or any other world he visited call him demon king without a doubt. Even if logic and reason tell you he is a hero, the label is still demon king and everybody in that world agreed
It means stories where the MC receives shit from people but when bad stuff happens he jumps in front of the people to save them from danger, usually because they are "morally superior" and are "the bigger person" who lets past grudges pass away,of course; it doesnt have to be "the world" but the clan, the country or whatever organization there is it For example, in Dragon Whatever Something God the MC was despised by his clan and specially his mother but when the clan was in danger he was all over the place risking his life to save them, and i have no idea what happened after because i dropped it right there I dont think OP is talking about formal labels inside the story, but about meta labels from us readers, in Arifureta the MC was actively trying to improve other people's lives so he indeed counts as a tsundere hero Lemme see, from the previously mentioned ones: Warlock of the Magus World, yeah, the MC just brushes off pleas for help that does not benefit him, he is all abuot those gains, bro Reverend Insanity, yep, this is what you are looking for, the first arc is all about that, trash MC has a cheat called "Badass personality & wisdom" plus a smaller, regular cheat, there is the whole "you were considered a genius but now are only trash" and there is no need to wait long because the MC bitchslappes his way to the top from the initial chapters until he shows the clan "how much he cares about them," *handwaves* this is the novel you are looking for FFF Class Trash Hero, another one, but more into comedy and less about personal vexation, is more like the MC comes from one genre and the story is standard trash isekai so they are not compatible and one has to change (hint: is not the MC), still, great read Lemme add sumthin Carefree Path of Dreams, starts with MC being asked to break off an engagement because he is too weak to qualify for the bride, he accepts it and instead looks forward to use the compensation they gave him, when the girl and the sect that looked down on him are in trouble he could go to help but really doesnt care and even antagonizes them if it suits his goals, also, when they target him (in roundabout ways) he also goes and strikes back in secret The Death Mage who doesnt want a fourth time, some dudes kill the MC's mom and he holds a grudge all the chapters so far (doh!), he actually knows the dudes have changed, regret killing the mom and are even trying to save people like the MC was back then but doesnt care and is waiting for his revenge, Spoiler: big change changes nothing The mom is already being revived but he is still on revenge mode Spoiler: revenge preparations he even got the corpse of an old party member of them to make some psychological damage when they finally duke it out Also, in a bigger scale the righteous asshole gods betrayed the righteous easygoing gods and now they are at cold war, the asshole gods are full on crusade mode and the easygoing gods are full on punk riot mode, basically the goddess of love said "fuck pacifism" and the MC is her champion, which he is ok to be because he was fighting that faction from when he was weak anyway, he is not trying to save the world, only the half that was nice to him