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JP (4.8)

#1Your Story

4 Chapters Every 526 Day(s) 1289 Readers 17 Reviews 08-14-2018

Completed Psychological Romance Seinen Tragedy

JP (4.7)

#2Kamisu Reina wa Koko ni Chiru

13 Chapters Every 309.8 Day(s) 1301 Readers 5 Reviews 01-03-2016

Completed Josei Mystery Psychological Supernatural Tragedy

i like to think that while dysfunctional NEETs wait for their misaki, miserable introverts like myself wait for our reina to give us the push

JP (4.5)

#3Kino no Tabi – The Beautiful World

72 Chapters Every 65.9 Day(s) 2666 Readers 5 Reviews 11-25-2023

Adventure Drama Fantasy Mystery Psychological Sci-fi Seinen Slice of Life

JP (4.5)

#4She Was Both Called God, as Well as Satan

93 Chapters Every 52.6 Day(s) 6308 Readers 46 Reviews 03-19-2022

Completed Adventure Fantasy Mystery Psychological Sci-fi Slice of Life

what might you do if you were granted eternal life?... more>>

if humanity had cured its own mortality and achieved true utopia, would that not spark an endless stagnation? would it not cause us to regress into decline? is death not the one thing that binds us together, the one universal experience shared by humanity? well, existential dread and questions you probably asked yourself in middle school aside, it'd be quite the nightmare for the feint of heart

immortality is something that's been explored a countless number of times - whether it be perfect, flawed or simply ageless it's an interesting thought experiment. death really is truly the one thing we're all going to experience some time or another, and in its absence, you become devoid of purpose. there's only so many things you can do in life, and eventually... well, your metaphorical bucket list is going to run out

our protagonist, though nameless is as close to perfect as one could think of - and could even be described as a god of sorts, as she is by those she observes. over time; and as the last remnant of ancient humanity, as one who's lived hundreds of lifetimes alone, she doesn't really have much attachment to anything and is very dissociated from anything outside her bubble

and honestly i can't blame her - if you were an ageless, near-omniscient being with with no history of forming connections with anyone, without anything to do other than literally watching life build itself back up and evolve over tens of thousands of years, you'd probably hold a similar indifference towards it. she never once interferes - only silently observing. death, famine, genocides and even apocalypse will pass, and she'll still be there, looking out at passing travelers from that cliff, as the world rebuilds itself all over again. the whole idea is a nice thought experiment - and also, the mana organ causing monsters to exist idea makes a lot of sense and i wish more DnD-ish fantasy stories adopted it

on a side note ever read the silmarillion? no? well i wouldn't think so, but it's pretty much a history book of lord of the rings' world compiled over tolkien's life; in a similar vein to it, i like to think our main character an impartial observer akin to its own narrator, eru iluvatar. not so much living the events of each era, but being present for some of them nonetheless

I'm not making many actual points and this is more pointless ramble than review, but let me just say that this is an interesting read and makes you think about things from a different point of view - one life, while precious, really is a minuscule dot in the grand scheme of things; realistically, everything we do will eventually be forgotten, even if we might be of some influential standing or had done something of note in history it'll likely be gone within a hundred years. empires fall, nations crumble, you get the idea, but nothing's truly timeless. it's the small things in life - the insignificant, minute details that we take for granted, that in my opinion gives our lives meaning. eventually, with time even the immortal will grow tired as her counterpart did at the start of the story, ushering in an entirely new era - as she does near the end. <<less

JP (4.3)

#5Starting Over

5 Chapters Every 834.6 Day(s) 1588 Readers 19 Reviews 10-25-2013

Completed Drama Mature Psychological Romance Slice of Life Supernatural Tragedy

goes really well with a john lennon playlist... more>>

JP (4.2)

#6Ascendance of a Bookworm

115 Chapters Every 124.3 Day(s) 13203 Readers 160 Reviews 08-15-2023

Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Shoujo Slice of Life Supernatural

official translations are pretty good, jnovel pre's are alright too. read the LN not the WN

JP (4.3)

#7Two as One Princesses

189 Chapters Every 6.9 Day(s) 4427 Readers 27 Reviews 04-21-2024

Adventure Fantasy Gender Bender Mature Romance Shoujo Ai

what, an actual GOOD webnovel in what'd normally be the collective isekai dumpster?... more>>

JP (4.7)

#8Twelve Kingdoms

113 Chapters Every 30.3 Day(s) 1747 Readers 5 Reviews 05-13-2023

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Shoujo

JP (4.4)

#9Rebuild World (WN)

296 Chapters Every 39.6 Day(s) 5849 Readers 58 Reviews 10-30-2022

Action Adventure Harem Mecha Mystery Sci-fi Seinen

one of those rare stories that's heavily reliant on the world it's set in - drags on with filler chapters sometimes but it's a pretty enticing read overall... more>>