I love novels with people doing "Mundane" things. So I'm looking for novels about people that do not focus on fighting, but rather on improving themselves or learning/knowing things. Examples: Chemistry Big Life Parallel World Pharmacy Ascendance of a Bookworm God of Cooking God of Music Coder Lee Yongho? (I had just started reading when the DMCA came in, so not 100% sure) Miracle Drawing Miniature Garden Chemister Upstart Pastry Chef ~Territory Management of a Genius Pâtisserie~ And possibly Omni Genius but I feel like it is going to end up really fighty, so maybe not.
Duoluo Dalu is more action and battles though... Trying to remember some of the series i read... Only Sense Online (main hobby crafting with abit of action but its mostly game exploration) Release that Witch (industrial revolution with a fair touch of magic involved as well as kingdom building) Seiun wo Kakeru (slow village life with mc as a blacksmith) Spice & Wolf Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru Cook of the Mercenary Corp (mc focuses on cooking, solving various issues through it as well) Isekai Izakaya Nobu (everyday life of people visiting an otherworld bar and being entranced by the food there, which also solved various issues) The Man Picked up by the Gods (mc establish a store, laundromat, research and develop various convenience products through the use of slimes) Theres also those Otome Game settings with these development as focus together with romance Such as Common Sense of a Duke’s Daughter And Botsuraku Youtei Nanode, Kajishokunin wo Mezasu (though his blacksmithing is not really focused on, his territory management is touched on abit and now the story is lost on romantic slice of life shenanigans) Akuyaku Tensei Dakedo Doushite Kou Natta. (Mc developing her territory and rebuilding her reputation under horrible conditions, quite a dark depressing story for an otome game) And then theres the loosely related fluff stories Such as Wagamama Onna ni Tensei Shita yo (she goes around creating and developing stuff though it focus more on her cute interaction with her child) I'll Live My Second Life! (mc escape and becomes a knight, learning various tricks and spending her time enjoying the life) Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear (mc wear bear costume, does alot of absurd cheat stuff, has a bit of 'development' in the sense that she establish a shop and helps a few people by giving them a job)