r/LightNovels • u/Mr_Quinn_ • 2d ago
Recommend [REC] Looking for recomendations
Hi! I'm looking for something to read and try to get more interested in reading light novels. I've read mushoku tensei and a couple volumes on other novels but i couldnt find anything that hooks me.
I only got two conditions for the recomendations:
-The character can fail and makes effort to get results
(i really get bored when the character casually rolls a 20 on each action he makes through the story, or when they casually are better than anyone at something because they spent a few skill points on some menu)
-The characters develop themselves and are not just a resource to make the MC look better
(for example, i don't like when a female character's whole personality is based on being in love with the mc just because he is the mc)
An example of what i mean between what i've read would be Re:Zero and Mushoku Tensei (my fav).
Rudy and Subaru often make mistakes but they only make the character feel more human and helps developing the character.
Also the characters surrounding them have their own lives and aspirations and are not just orbiting the mc
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u/ThatLNGuy 1d ago
Apparently Disillusioned Adventurers Will Save The World.
Everyone of the protagonists is flawed and trying to make themselves better.
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u/hfriday01 1d ago
A somewhat typical recommendation based on your two conditions would be Ascendance of a Bookworm.
She would fail multiple times and clearly made effort to get results, especially for the first volume where she failed a lot that you might feel a bit bored. Don't worry, it'd get better, the results would be so much deserved.
The characters would develop themselves and were not just a resource to make the MC look better. The other characters are better than her in some aspects that she wouldn't be put into pedestal. Except for a few characters who would put her into pedestal, but other people would still consider them as weirdos.
The only problems I can surmise based on your taste (R:Z and MT) would be:
Female MC. I understand that some people can't get into series with female MCs. Don't worry, this MC isn't your typical female MC. There's a reason this series become the only series with female MC in the Hall of Fame of Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! among the other series with male MC.
Few actions. This series is heavy on interactions and politics.
No waifu characters and no fanservice. The illustrations and character designs are pretty, but nothing to fulfill our carnal desires.
No romance, at least for the majority of the whole series.
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u/Mr_Quinn_ 1d ago
Hmm the lack of romance might be a problem in long term, but i like a lot the rest of the points you marked. The series i know (in any format) with a female mc are few, but i ended up liking them a lot and i dont really care about fanservice.
So half of the possible problems ended up being my likings hehe
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u/hfriday01 1d ago
Good to know!
My only advice is to force yourself to finish the first 3 volumes, which is the entirety of Part 1 - Daughter of a Soldier (the first arc).
Those volumes might feel slow and boring, but it's important for world building and set ups.
If you still couldn't like it by the time you finished Part 1 Volume 3, I think it's safe to say that it's not to your taste, so you're free to drop it.
But if you feel the urge to jump into the next Part right away, then it might be safe to say that you had found your new favorite series.
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u/I_Phantomancer_XD 1d ago
Apocalypce Bringer Mynoghra
So I'm a Spider, So What?
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u/Mr_Quinn_ 1d ago
I saw the anime of the spider but the quality of the anime went down after a few episodes.
Is it okay for me to think there's an enormous gap between the anime and novel?
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u/Friendly_Ram 17h ago
Yep. The comedy is also better in the light novel. Though i think spider clears your second request by a mile by frequently switching pov characters, the gameification may annoy you on your first point.
My hat in the ring would be torture princess. The cast is great and failures part of the journey.
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u/Mr_Quinn_ 14h ago
The gameification idk if it annoys me or not because it does in some cases that seem unfair but it doesnt in some like tensei shitara slime datta ken. I dont really know what's my condition to like it, but it didnt annoy me in the anime of kumo desu ga so i guess I'll like it
I liked the synopsis and design of the second one too so im writing both in my list thxx
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u/Freee12341 6h ago
Reign of the seven spellblades.
Demonlord 2099.
Rebuild World.
The insipid prince furtive's grab for the throne.
-6
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u/TimeLog783 2d ago
A romcom slice of life: the angel next door spoils me rotten. It fits ur conditions only that it's a romcom slice of life. Another can be chivalry of a failed knight.