Recommendations Something to break all the cliches i have read

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  1. Rogel17

    Rogel17 Well-Known Member

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    Sometime earlier this month, I accidentally clicked a check box on nu main of a novel which I would never have spared a glance.
    And so now, I am receiving the updates of the said novel.
    By the way, its 108 Maidens of Destiny.
    By virtue of my laziness, I did not delete it from my reading list.
    Until last week that is. Thinking that it is fate, I started reading it.
    And so, I realize that there are hidden gems among chinese novels as well. Not only those repetitive mass murdering maniacs of cultivation novels.


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    Well, in short, I am looking for novels that break away from cliches and have their own unique points.

    'Japanese Mc's are not wimps, Chinese Mc's are not psychopaths, and Korean Mc's are, well, Koreans'
     
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    So korean mc NOT acting korean is considered cliches?
     
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    lnv ✪ Well-Known Hypocrite

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    If you want some Chinese novels that are nothing like your typical chinese novels:

    The Amber Sword - In some sense similar to I am the Monarch but has a unique game system and MC is not under anyone

    The Strategy to Become Good at Magic - Comedy
     
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    For a different chinese novel read NEET Receives a Dating Sim System. It's not like any other chinese novel I've read.
     
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    Im breaking all the rules

    Stop reading novel and watch girls dancing....
     
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    You could try Kaettekite mo Fantasy. MC gets transported to another world and manages to get back after 2 years, though 8 years have passed on Earth and the world has changed after interacting with a third world.
     
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    You may like...
    The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time
    Trafford’s Trading Club
     
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    Rogel17 Well-Known Member

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    Means I haven't found much flaws in Korean novels. In fact, majority of my current reading list are koreans.
     
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    Westeller Smokin' Sexy Style!! Staff Member

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    I started reading Throne of Magical Arcana the other day and it wasn't at all what I was expecting, so that might fit..

    Otherwise.. hmm.. someone already mentioned The Amber Sword, but I'll second that.
     
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    TAS, I have started reading it, just that I can't get away from the first few chapters
     
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    108 Maidens of Destiny

    that novel should be more popular, the protagonist is intelligent and nice and the girls have their own charm and despite being harem is not a lousy harem. In the same way the story is interesting, it is not the best and most exciting you can find but it is not bad.

    At this moment the only thing I can think of is

    Vermillion
    God of Cooking
    Virtual World: Peerless White Emperor
     
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    Right now, I am steering away from novels with game system elements which onky benefits a single individual.

    Nice try. God, your breaking the gates to hormones..

    I'm curious, is the main story about the return of the mc to earth?
     
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    Cultivation Chat Group - comedy
    (on typical xainxia the mc wil crazy power up after tribulation .in this novel,whenever the MC got power up,"Ah, so he will be suffer/dead again" )
     
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    What is the relation of this novel with the anime?

    Thanks!
     
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    Godly Student - hands down the best emotional novel i’ve read to date.


    the shamelessness in layman’s term is ‘extravagant’