Hey guys, I'm looking for a novel similar to "Crossing to the Future, it’s Not Easy to Be a Man", where the MC inspires to be something and goes through some hardships in the process(I don't want too much drama though, hate those masochistic authors (o;o) ) and at least one third of the novel should be in some kind of school or academy. The theme of the novel doesn't matter too much, fantasy, sci-fi, martial arts, power struggles, military, are all okay, I just don't want a pure trash comedy or overpowered luck kind of shit. I don't care if it isn't a Chinese novel, it's fine as long as it isn't Japanese. Romance is welcomed, as long as it isn't a harem or constantly having conflicts over some girls, I'm fcking tired of these kinds of novels. That's around it, hope I can get some good recommendations, have a nice day everyone
U cannot seriously consider most jp harem as harem. Non jp/non harem academy would be: All three Douluo Dalu, Nightfall, forty millineum of cultivation, My Daoist Life(in a way), Swallowed Star(a part), avalon of 5 element(first half), Desolate Era(first mid part), great ruler(first arc), Inverted Dragon Scale(a part),
they are either Japanese or are some Chinese harem shit and in most cases is the school just one small part of the book