Recommendations Psychological novel with intelligent MC

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  1. thrynki

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    Hello there~ I'm looking for a good psychological novel that features an extremely intelligent MC. I've only really read psychological manga, so I wanted to find a novel. A bit of a mysterious feeling would be nice, with unexpected plot twists as the MC's plan is revealed. I mainly read death game type stuff, and some horror, but I'm open to different genres if the psychological aspect is good, and the focus of the novel is on the MC's intelligence, and the gradual revealing of layers of plots. I'd also like to mention that I've read a lot of sect-intrigue and palace-intrigue novels, but I would count very few as having deep enough schemes to warrant being called psychological. Sorry for being so picky and thank you *bows*
     
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    Try Gekkou. I'm not going to say the mc is a total genius, but damn of you want a psychological novel, you go read that one.

    The focus isn't on the mc, however. But since the novel's just that good, I believe you won't mind it.

    Plus, it's complete, one volume long, and it won't be a waste of time.
     
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    And I think Oregairu(not sure) will do as well.
     
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    Dungeon Defense - very dark, highly psychological
    Overlord - the intelligent MC is a running joke at this point (since everyone thinks he is when he really isn't...) maybe not quite what you're looking for, but worth a look.
    The Experimental Log of the Crazy Lich - kind of a strange one, ignore the description on the novel page as it doesn't explain the novel very well
    The Lazy King also barely fits in with your standards, although the focus is more towards side characters than the MC
     
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    Edit: clarification question redacted due to no longer being relevant.
     
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    Ghost Hunt

    It's old (1989), but it's frikkin awesome! Basically a bunch of horror/haunting cases with an esper MC.

    IMO the novels that were written pre-internet age, or conceived as novels to begin tend to be much better written than the 'chapter-page-a-day' format that most WNs do, especially the Chinese ones.
     
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    It deals with politics, religious conflict, and conspiracies. I will admit that the "psychological" aspect of it isn't especially strong, but it is there.
     
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    That would be the one I intended to suggest actually. I guess the aforementioned question is now moot.
     
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    http://www.novelupdates.com/series/the-death-mage-who-doesnt-want-a-fourth-time/

    I find the MC very intelligent. He does not rush into things and his pyschological development is very interesting. With each chapter, I find myself ruminating the slow, subtle change he goes through. It is my favourite novel at the moment as I find the MC's development so interesting.

    He also grows older as time goes by and develops. The fun thing that his development is lacking because of his past and the development is skewed because of his past too.
     
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    I noticed the harem/loli/slave tags.. just wondering if later on the plot kinda... devolves..
    This looks amazing, is the entire novel narrated from the 'outsider' perspective of the guy?