
Hey! I Told You I'm a Legitimate Detective!
喂,都说了我是正经侦探!
- Status
- Ongoing
- Length
- 427k Words
- Genre
- Eastern Fantasy
- Subgenre
- European Fantasy
- Updated
- 8mo ago
- English
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Other names
- I Asked for a Detective's Assistant, So Why Did I Get a Phantom Thief?我招的是侦探助手,为什么是怪盗Alternate title on Fanqie
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Urgently Looking for Japanese Light Novels About Campus Romance
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There Are No Truly Lighthearted, Funny Slice-of-Life Novels
Instead of reading novels, you might as well watch a comedy anime.
Looking for Another World's Adventurer Novels
Looking for books like Life in Another World, Starting with a Goblin Siege. Ideally, the story should make sense, without dumbed-down characters. Just a normal, well-written novel.
Pure Slice-of-Life Stories
Are slice-of-life stories even slice-of-life anymore? It’s all showing off and face-slapping, and it’s really annoying to read. Give me something light, fresh, and genuinely slice-of-life.
Any Fun Novels? Something Light and Funny with Plenty of Fighting
A Protagonist Who Pulls All Kinds of Hilarious Stunts
ACG Light Novels and Anime-Fandom Favorites
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Any Novels Like Gintama?
Looking for a Complete Story That's Absurd and Hilarious, the Kind That'll Make You Laugh Until Your Jaw Hurts
Looking for a funny book.
Looking for a Historical Romance, Only a Dozen or So Chapters, with a Bad Ending
The male lead is a general, and he and the princess grew up together. They secretly pledged themselves to each other, but the emperor marries her off to another kingdom for a political alliance. The male lead has no choice but to accept it. Later, he meets someone who looks just like the princess and brings her to live at his general’s residence. The word limit was too short.
I'm in a Reading Slump! Share Your All-Time Favorite Book 📖
Looking for books like "The Convenience Store Connects Past and Present: What Did the Little General Buy Today?" I’m in a reading slump. Have you got any particular favorites?
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A masterpiece! Now I need to vent. For the past three years, I've been consuming endless history. Multiple female protagonists in chaotic love triangles, ruthless and decisive, human-machine protagonists. A sophisticated computer-human-machine protagonist, utterly illogical, always thinking of the beginning but not the end.
This is a niche gem in the isekai (another world) genre. The author has a clear vision, the writing is smooth, and the story is primarily composed of episodic narratives. This structure greatly reduces the need for strict pacing, making it difficult to find stories that are unreadable.
A rare slice-of-life comedy, each story unfolds like an episodic drama, revealing this wonderful and magical world. You'll see stories of drunken people doing great things for their loved ones, as well as the conspiracies plotted by an evil organization. As the main characters, you act as detectives in this book, and even bigger stories await you. (To my shame, I listened to most of the first few chapters without reading them carefully, and only read the later chapters carefully, uh, uh, uh.)
The main plot of this book unfolds in an episodic style, similar to works like *Natsume's Book of Friends* or *Gintama*, combining humor with a touch of warmth (´。・v・。`), like a beautiful and joyful fairy tale. The author shows great potential as an anime screenwriter; some parts feel somewhat predictable, and there are a few flaws, but overall, it's considered quite high-quality for anime.
It's so good!!! I initially thought it was another overpowered male protagonist wish-fulfillment harem novel, but the setting, character development, and pacing of the plot are all amazing! It has a Gintama feel to it, but it's a Chinese version. Everyone is very gentle, but not in a forced way. It's a gentleness that's genuine amidst the silliness. You can tell that the author is a warm-hearted person who loves life.
This is an episodic anime set in another world. There doesn't seem to be a clear outline yet, but each short story is quite interesting. The main character mainly serves to connect the various stories. I highly recommend it!
It's a very interesting book. There's no heavy, dramatic plot; it's full of fun and absurd stories, no lethal doses of humor, and no angst. The daily stories unfold in an episodic format, and the main storyline is slowly developing (I think?). In short, I highly recommend everyone to read it, but I don't recommend reading it secretly during class—it's too dangerous (sadly).
I really like this kind of novel that's both quirky and humorous, with a moderate amount of references (I personally think the references in this novel aren't forced, and there aren't any instances where references are used inappropriately). It's an episodic novel that occasionally warms my heart, and the imagery is truly amazing.
Honestly, it's quite interesting. I've been having a reading slump lately, and everything I click on is just awful, I can't get into anything. But this light novel is actually pretty good? The characters are quite interesting, uh... It's kind of like watching a lighthearted slice-of-life anime set in a magical fantasy world? But the updates are slow, and the plot is disjointed, making it less interesting than the first few chapters, so I hope the updates will be faster.
Full marks! It was incredibly entertaining, especially the third section. The flashback segment at the beginning felt like watching a Western cartoon from the 70s or 80s—humorous and funny, and then it had a satisfying ending. Full marks!