Web Novel megathread: 90% fantasy settings, 90% repressed nerd fantasies

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The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

i read web novels casually as a way to connect to my friends, who all were a series of trucks in high school and are now running over Japanese teenagers

# ¿ Oct 5, 2016 05:11

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 00:14

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

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ThisIsNoZaku posted:

In thread-relevant content, are there any of these stories that are sci-fi (and tolerably good)? And I mean legit sci-fi; stories about hyper-advanced immersive VR that people use to play fancy D&D don't count.

Kind of a big spoiler, but Scrapped Princess might count.

Good luck finding an English version, though.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2016 22:59

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Tsubasa2004 posted:

Harry Potter and the Natural 20 is the closest I've seen in actual webfiction. The Devil is a Part-timer more closely fits your description; it's got official English releases of the lightnovels, manga, and anime. The anime was pretty good, can't speak for the rest.

LNs are good too, at least in my opinion. The editor did a good job of making something that doesn't feel stilted the way a lot of translations do, and the base material is higher quality than the average LN. Same with the Oregairu/My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, as I Expected translation. Just hoping this also holds up for KonoSuba.

# ¿ Dec 30, 2016 00:42

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

So, the list of the top ten LNs in Japan last year was interesting:

1 - KonoSuba
2 - Grimgar
3 - SAO
4 - Re:Zero
5 - Overlord
6 - Mahouka
7 - Gate
8 - Danmachi
9 - Honzuki no Gekokujou
10 - Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken

Some of the stuff on here is actually good.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2017 14:26

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

darkgray posted:

From what I understand, this is just a single Akihabara bookstore's sales ranking, so it's not quite "in Japan".

The data from Oricon is probably more universal:

Light Novel Sales by Series
*1.　*1,417,661　Kimi no Na wa.
*2.　*1,174,562　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
*3.　*1,020,673　Sword Art Online
*4.　*1,007,381　Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
*5.　**,711,154　Overlord
*6.　**,602,256　Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
*7.　**,562,187　No Game No Life
*8.　**,450,791　Monogatari Series
*9.　**,449,192　Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
10.　**,435,482　Kokuhaku Yokou Renshuu Series

11.　**,422,569　Boukyaku Tantei Series
12.　**,380,144　Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
13.　**,361,088　Sword Art Online: Progressive
14.　**,294,478　Tensei shitara Slime Datta Ken
15.　**,292,746　Bungou Stray Dogs "Dazai Osamu no Nyuusha Shiken"
16.　**,287,728　Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut
17.　**,282,826　Kimi no Na wa. Another Side: Earthbound
18.　**,282,077　Netgame no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta?
19.　**,281,195　Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index
20.　**,256,782　Haikyuu!! Shousetsu-ban!!

21.　**,236,127　Kagerou Daze
22.　**,225,229　Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! Spin-off
23.　**,195,199　Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
24.　**,185,710　Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru.
25.　**,181,314　Ensemble Stars!
26.　**,180,275　Imouto sae Ireba Ii.
27.　**,174,175　Orange
28.　**,168,542　Gakusen Toshi Asterisk
29.　**,163,829　Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records
30.　**,162,562　Date A Live

The fact that Honzuki didn't make this list makes me sad.

That Mahouka and SAO are as high as they are is infuriating.

And it appears that Makoto Shinkai, not content merely with cinema, is making a play at dominating all forms of Japanese media.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2017 23:48

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

What xianxia needs is its own version of One-Punch Man: a story about somebody who reached the top of the cultivation pyramid, and now they're bored as poo poo.

Well, okay, it needs more than that. But that would be a good start.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2017 14:39

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

The official English release of KonoSuba was pretty good.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2017 06:18

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

The best isekai story is KonoSuba. I dare you to prove me wrong.

# ¿ May 4, 2017 20:53

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

So, out of curiosity, any opinions on English-language stuff? As in, originally written in English? There have to be a fair number of them out there.

And yes, I've read Worm and am currently reading the Practical Guide to Evil, in case either of those comes up.

# ¿ May 5, 2017 17:14

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Desuwa posted:

It felt a bit rough at the beginning but after Ryoka's big fuckup I think it found what it wanted to be and improved a lot. Speaking of Ryoka, my biggest complaint with the series is that Ryoka reads like someone's min-maxed special snowflake D&D character with charisma as their dump stat, while everyone else at the metaphorical table is really getting into their roles.

She reads as somebody with Asperger's. Not the Internet kind, the DSM-V kind. Plus the other mental issues that usually come with it.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2017 16:11

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

telcontar posted:

Asperger's isn't in the DSM-V you dummy.

Eh, my point was that Ryoka presents as having the real thing, not the Internet one that's just people looking for an excuse for being a twat. Call it high-functioning autism or whatever instead, I don't really care.

# ¿ Jun 18, 2017 23:26

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Finally started reading ZTJ last night. Still reading it. Have work in three hours. Please send help.

# ¿ Jul 3, 2017 10:41

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Chen Changsheng: cultivation genius, teacher extraordinaire, and still denser than loving osmium. :allears:

# ¿ Jul 14, 2017 23:32

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Risou no Himo Seikatsu is also an okay read, or at least the bit that's been translated so far is.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2017 22:41

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

On the other hand, without that bad decision, we wouldn't have Punished Suyin as a thing.

Wonder when she'll level up into Venom Suyin, though.

# ¿ Sep 21, 2017 03:00

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Ytlaya posted:

Man, after catching up with Forge of Destiny I decided to check out some of the other "quest" stories on that website, and most of the other ones are really terrible. Like I came across this one that could basically be summed up as "what if my cool OC were friends with the Madoka Magica characters and she knew everything from the show and also dated Mami and and and..." I became vicariously embarrassed just from reading some of it. Most of the stories in general seem to be based off some existing IP, and usually one that is kinda lame, like Bleach or something.

If you head over to Spacebattles, I recommend "A Geek's Guide: C.O.R.E" and "A Geek's Guide: Rise", read in that order. Especially when you figure out which particular turd of a series those quests managed to polish into something interesting.

Also, back at Sufficient Velocity, I recommend "Ten Pounds of Gold". Even if you don't like pro wrestling.

# ¿ Oct 1, 2017 04:00

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

I think you'll find that Overlord is an apologia for Hirohito's conduct during the Second Sino-Japanese War and WWII. :hist101:

# ¿ Oct 22, 2017 18:16

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

That looks like the sort of picture that ends with her impaled on Tokyo Tower and androids still paying for humanity's fuckups ten thousand years later.

# ¿ Nov 30, 2017 04:01

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Ccs posted:

What would you guys say is the best written LN? I'm looking to try an example of this type of literature but I want to read the best example I can.
Like I'm talking quality of the language/translation more than the subject matter, as people's preferred subject matter can differ a lot.

For humor, I'd say KonoSuba. For more serious story, I might have to go with the Monogatari series, although it may not quite count as an LN. Haruhi is also a good choice, although it might be a little trickier to find dead tree versions of it these days.

I also have a soft spot for Book Girl. And The Devil is a Part-Timer.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2017 05:49

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Does Kino's Journey have a decent English translation? Heck, does it have one at all, aside from the one Tokyopop did a decade ago that was dropped after the first volume?

I thought about recommending Spice and Wolf, but while it's very good it also has a bit of a chewier writing style even before you factor in the economic shenanigans each novel's plot revolves around.

It also has a sequel whose first volume just came out over here, although I haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2017 22:37

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Argas posted:

WN tend to be pretty badly written and translations are usually done by amateurs or people who are still in the process of learning English or the other language. Still, as sunken said, it's free and you might find something with a subject matter or a perspective that's interesting enough to hook you. Maybe you won't.

At least it's not Ready Player One.

Is there something I don't know about Ready Player One? It seemed pretty average to me.

# ¿ Dec 20, 2017 15:18

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Autonomous Monster posted:

On the subject of space botes as characters... I read The Last Angel recently and was mildly impressed by its quiet insistence on being about people and feelings instead of degenerating into gun porn. I rate it pretty good, actually.

Not a hot new pickup, exactly, but being old and complete is probably a point in its favour.

Seconded. Also, it has a sequel that drops new chapters on a similar release schedule.

# ¿ Jan 13, 2018 07:47

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Something that probably helps Forge of Destiny is that we aren't just mainlining through all the early training and stuff to get to the bit where you casually explode people the way a lot of xianxia seems to. And that the characters aren't one-dimensional assholes.

Except maybe Yan Renshu, but gently caress that guy. The playerbase is 110% done with his poo poo.

# ¿ Jan 24, 2018 23:37

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Here, something actually good to read.

Yes, even given the setting.

And it fills that "MC who isn't overpowered without it turning into Grimgar" request from a few pages back.

# ¿ May 16, 2018 03:02

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

i'd sooner read the magical rape fantasy than bleach fan fiction

Pretty sure there's more novelty value for you in the latter, given how 90% of the stuff in this thread includes magical rape. And non-magical rape. And sometimes metaphorical rape.

Point is, you have nowhere to go but up here.

# ¿ May 16, 2018 03:29

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Tunicate posted:

bleach is just discount xianxia. Replace a couple terms like 'shikai' with 'core formation' or whatever and you're done

This makes more sense than it has any right to.

# ¿ May 16, 2018 03:56

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Argas posted:

You know what this action scene needs? Another 5 seconds of reused animation to show the umbrella transforming into a gun.

We all know RWBY sucks, but I didn't think it was a WN too?

# ¿ May 16, 2018 13:06

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

More so than the Germans?

# ¿ May 20, 2018 00:39

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Go with Britishisms and Received Pronunciation. That's the closest I can think of to super politeness speak relative to American English where it won't come off as horribly stilted or archaic.

# ¿ May 27, 2018 17:23

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Already recced Number None, so I'm fresh out of ideas.

...The Wandering Inn, maybe?

# ¿ May 28, 2018 00:08

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

I apologize for bringing up politics here, but is it just me or does it seem like Donald Trump might be an isekai WN protagonist?

# ¿ Aug 26, 2018 07:42

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Fallorn posted:

He would be a chinese webnovel not isekai protagonist because he constantly refers to how smart he is and how he bangs hot chicks.

This may be the only time where the current default avatar is unironically great without the poster being terrible.

# ¿ Aug 26, 2018 21:50

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

SerSpook posted:

So uhhh... Forge of Destiny, eh? I suggest anyone not caught up go get caught up because the Ji Rong fight has happened.

Nothing can resist the awesome might of the Moon Rave. And worms. Lots of worms.

If you can't slam with the best, you get jammed in the worm pit.

# ¿ Aug 27, 2018 06:34

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Turns out the tree was also a cultivator and now it's about to go all Last March of the Ents on your rear end.

# ¿ Aug 28, 2018 20:47

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Nah, he's also going to be in the Inner Sect. We haven't even begun to dunk on him yet.

Seriously, by the time we're both done in the sect his official title will be "Backboard".

# ¿ Aug 28, 2018 22:58

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Its Rinaldo posted:

Su Ling is the only Good Person on that mountain. They are all going against the wall in a few centuries when Su Ling ascends to become the great spirit She Who Siezes the Means Of Cultivation

Unpossible, everyone knows that Reds are the weakest cultivators.

# ¿ Aug 29, 2018 23:12

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Ji Rong was the actual stereotypical xianxia protagonist, and he spent the whole year getting Ji Rekt.

# ¿ Oct 10, 2018 03:07

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

Yet another way in which Forge of Destiny is ludicrously superior to pretty much everything else out there.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2018 05:25

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

7c Nickel posted:

I was rereading some of Forge of Destiny and I'm pretty sure I caught something mildly interesting.

Ling wanted to do something nice for Bai so she asks Cui for ideas. Cui thinks about it and responds with a piece of jewelry she recalls Bai seemed interested in. When Ling brings this up Bai takes a minute to figure it out what's she's talking about and then get's weirdly embarrassed and tells her she has no interest in the necklace.

I now posit that Bai is a thirsty thirsty girl and Cui misinterpreted why Bai's attention kept coming back to that girl's chest.

Yeah IIRC that was the first big hint that Meizhen was gay.

The bits where Ling Qi tries to see if she herself is attracted to women in the hope she can reciprocate Meizhen's affections and just can't find any desire there may be one of the most melancholy things I've ever read. It's good even as it hurts.

# ¿ Nov 2, 2018 14:38

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 00:14

The Sandman: Jun 23, 2013; Okay!

So, I've, like, designed a really sweet attack plan that I'm calling Attack Plan Ded Moroz, like "Deadmau5!"

WUB!

KonoSuba.

# ¿ Jan 10, 2019 14:57

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