Recommendations Looking for something dark

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  1. fluffymigs

    fluffymigs Balthazzar's Husband/Owner

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    hi, looking for something dark like Arifureta at the beginning without the harem/tsundere crap. Any recommendations?
     
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    Okuri Ookami 'Chi Chi Chi' calls the Sparrow

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    Havent read Arifureta/a lot of good dark WN/CN/LN, but I could recommend good dark western fantasy if you so desire.
     
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    fluffymigs Balthazzar's Husband/Owner

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    sure i am all for it
     
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    ⊙﹏⊙ akuyaku (eliza sama) is quite dark
     
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    Your avatar is dark. Where's the lord fifth?

    Kuro no Maou. I don't know if it satisfies your harem criteria since I only read up to chap 69. 69.
     
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    fluffymigs Balthazzar's Husband/Owner

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    no harem no tsundere
     
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    Elven Blood ( ¯ ³ ¯ )
     
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    Coldfire trilogy by C.S. Friedman: Basically a world where human nightmares literally come to life. Has the best antihero of all time: Gerald Tarrant
    The First Law by Joe Abercrombie: Subverts all the tropes of western fantasy and does it really well. Has a very dark and nihilist outlook. Great dark humor.
    Prince of Thorns(series) by Mark Lawrence: A great protagonist, even though he's an evil bastard. The worldbuilding and story are topnotch
    The Black Company by Glen Cook: The forefather of military fantasy. You follow a mercenary company that fights for the evil tyrant
    The Darkness that Comes Before: Kinda-philosophical weird dark fantasy. Its good at the start, but it wasnt my cup of tea as it went on
     
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    The Black Company, by Glen Cook, is one of my favorite western dark fantasy series, though there are darker ones by far. Gardens of the Moon is another.
     
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    But if we really want to talk dark fantasy, the Coldfire trilogy is the best. Other series are dark, but not dark fantasy like Coldfire Trilogy. Her other fantasy series has a world where magic requires one to steal life from another random human being somewhere in the world.
     
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    fluffymigs Balthazzar's Husband/Owner

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    the first 2 sound good the other 2 are not really dark. Thanks
    keeping that one in mind.thx
    sounds promising thx
    gotta find a source for them except the abercrombie already read all his books. Thx i am supplied for the time beeing
     
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    Btw, there was an author who wrote two different series back in the 80's or so of pure young wizards/monks who got corrupted and became evil. Anyone happen to have a clue which ones I'm talking about? I can't quite remember and my house is small so most of my books are stored at family's places.
     
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    So basically, an MC that gets betrayed / falls into despair from the start?

    Try Grimgal. MC has a weak character and gets transported with a whole bunch of other people to a fantasy world. Unlike many other MCs in this genre, he does not adapt well and has no cheats. People die. He learns how to survive in this world the hard way.

    Actually, the closest to Arifureta would be Tate no Yuusha (Shield Hero), but that has harem.