Shinian
时年
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 720k Words
- Genre
- Urban
- Subgenre
- Urban Everyday
- Updated
- 5y ago
- English
- Request a translation
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Recently Gotten into Slice-of-Life and Lighthearted Stories
I've recently gotten hooked on slice-of-life and lighthearted stories.
Japanese Light Novels Where the Male Lead Goes Abroad to Study
Looking for stories similar to In a World of Anime Crossovers, I Was Picked Up by an Angel from the Start. Please stop recommending youthful coming-of-age stories. I’m begging you, I really don’t like tsunderes. I really don’t enjoy reading about them. Recommend something with an angel like this, and please don’t add weird unrelated books. Japanese-style stories only.
Any Books Like Japanese Light Novels?
Looking for books like "This Light Novel Is Amazing". Japanese-style light novels are fine, whether they're relaxing, heartwarming, or romantic. Absolutely no tearjerkers!
Are High School Romance Novels No Longer Popular?
These days, urban and campus novels all give the protagonist some kind of System. His ex cheats on him, then a gorgeous woman pursues him, and after plenty of face-slapping, he ends up ruling the world and building a harem. Do simple coming-of-age campus stories with one female lead and no System just have no market anymore?
Any Youth or School Life Novels?
Looking for books like "Her Smile Is Like a Piece of Candy". Ideally, the leads meet in high school and start dating in college. No angst!! No angst!! And nothing adapted into a TV series.
Looking for a School-and-Youth Novel. Something Ordinary and Low-Key, Please
Youth, School Life, No School Beauties, No Power Trip, No System
Looking for Urban Novels About Real Life
Any good urban novels that feel close to real life and are on the longer side?
Looking for Reborn Urban and Campus Novels with a Chen Hansheng-Type Protagonist
There Are No Masterpieces in Japanese Light Novels Anymore. Prove Me Wrong!
Looking for something like "I Transferred to Tokyo and Met the One-Winged Girl". I want something set at school.
Just an Ordinary High School Campus Novel!
Looking for high school campus stories without rich families, transmigration, or ridiculously superhuman academic geniuses! I'm so tired of plots that go completely off the rails.
High-Quality but Underrated Novels
I want something like The Lost Spirits and the Silver-Winged Twin Stars. Are there any high-quality but really obscure novels? Any genre is fine!
Urgently Looking for Japanese Light Novels About Campus Romance
Looking for books similar to My Youthful School Life Doesn't Need a Love Triangle! I'm really into light novels right now. Are there any about the wonderful high school life of students? ‧⁺◟( ᵒ̴̶̥́ ·̫ ᵒ̴̶̣̥̀ )
School Life, Secret Crush, Cowardly Leads
Looking for books like "A Timid Person’s 1,001st Confession of Love". Have you ever had a crush on someone? If you enjoy bittersweet stories about young love, give this one a try.
Campus Novels Worthy of Godhood! (Preferably Completed)
Novels with One Love Interest, a Faithful Male Lead, and a Smart Female Lead
Looking for Japanese-Style Slice-of-Life Romance. There Seem to Be So Few Books Like This 🍅
Looking for Really Good Japanese-Style Light Novels
Looking for Japanese Light Novels
Looking for books like "Transferring to Tokyo, Then Meeting a One-Winged Girl". Something along those lines would be great, or a light novel. I've read too many other novels on Tomato and they don't really do it for me anymore.
School Stories: No System, No Brain-Dead Plots, No Celebrities or Tycoon Stories
I'm out of books to read. Male-oriented fiction, male-oriented fiction!
Any Sweet Stories Like This? No Reborn Stories or System
Looking for books similar to "The Campus Belle Senior Had No Scandals, Until I Entered University."
Japanese-Manga-Style School Novels Are Extinct, Prove Me Wrong, My Esteemed Godfathers
Looking for books similar to My Youthful School Life Absolutely Does Not Need a Shura Field!
Let’s Round Up Some Light Novels
I mainly want to know whether Tomato Novel actually has light novels. I feel like I hardly ever see any there. Whenever I want to read a light novel, I have to search around on other platforms for ages.
Any Anime-style Light Novels on Tomato? Preferably Slice of Life! No Fanfiction!
Something with a higher concentration of anime and manga references (whispers). Nothing too tragic, I can't take it (kneels in thanks).
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I haven't finished watching it yet; I was planning to finish it before giving my review. I suddenly realized that Cheng Xi is a bit like me when I was in my second year of high school. I sat in the second-to-last row by the window, always alone, and we had many similarities in personality. The author's writing is very delicate, both in terms of plot and description.
The book's style is indeed reminiscent of Japanese novels. However, it's definitely worth my time; the delicate and complex emotions it portrays feel incredibly real. The novel draws from life but transcends it, and the author does a good job in that regard. Many people were dissatisfied with the ending, and I felt a little uneasy about it too, but I think it's good.
Why isn't anyone reading it? It's definitely one of Tomato's best Japanese light-hearted novels. The male lead's character is also great, very distinct, not the kind whose character development follows the plot. It's also written in a very youthful style, showing the male lead changing in everyday life, somewhat similar to Oregairu.
It was good, but I felt a little unsatisfied because I didn't see the ending. It's such a pity, just like it was back then. Perhaps this is an open ending? Of course, it's also possible that I'm too stupid to understand the ending (if possible, I hope someone can explain it). Furthermore, the book is very good; I really like the author's writing style. It's a treasure in my heart.
An ordinary person's life is actually quite ordinary, without a harem or outstanding achievements. But the people we meet and the things we encounter on our life's journey are all part of our lives. Fifty years in the human world, compared to the eternity of heaven and earth, is like a dream, an illusion; there is birth and death, and once born, how can there be anything that does not perish?
I sincerely recommend both Fang Sheng and Liu Min; both are excellent. I feel that choosing either one might leave regrets, but I personally prefer Liu Min. From the plot, it's clear that Liu Min's appearance is what inserts herself into Cheng Xi's life. Through the series of events that follow, Cheng Xi discovers that Qiu Shengyi is like her past self.
It's heartbreaking! So dramatic! Perhaps it's because I can empathize, but I broke up with a very close female friend in my first year of high school. We'd only known each other for a little over a semester, including online classes, and we were always deskmates. Honestly, our relationship developed very quickly, almost unreal.
We still don't know what kind of determination Cheng Xi had that day to interfere in Fang Sheng's future and persuade Fang Sheng's parents to let her stay. What about Fang Sheng? Did she hesitate about not going abroad, and what impact would that have on her future? Perhaps you hesitated, but why did you ultimately choose to stay?
I rarely see such a good novel. I wonder if the author ever considered that this is a light novel set in China. The Chinese characteristics rarely seen in any other novel are perfectly showcased in this one. Every character is vivid and compelling, as if they were living right next to me... Just like every one of my high school classmates, just like my ordinary high school life.
I don't understand why such a good book only gets a score of 7.9; in my opinion, 9.9 wouldn't be an exaggeration. We are always looking to the future, working hard and fantasizing about tomorrow, but we often neglect the scenery of the present. Those friends who laughed together, those girls you longed for, will become regretful sighs or upturned smiles years later.