Young Protagonist, Not a Doormat, Utterly Dark 少年+不圣母+极到黑暗

1. 1 锦 Imperial Brocade Guard: I, Lin Zhe, Am an Inhuman Existence 锦衣卫：我！林哲！反人类的存在 Loves Little Qizai Best最爱小七仔Historical135k WordsCompleted [A twisted villain story. Go away, do-gooders.] Lin Zhe transmigrates into a comprehensive martial arts world set in the Ming Dynasty. With his utterly inhuman way of doing things, he quickly becomes one of the best in the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Lin Zhe has no bottom line in anything he does. If he's going to transmigrate once in his life, he might as well be a villain. Even the Bixie Sword Manual he mass-produces is fake in every line except the first. People everywhere castrate themselves 10Reads8.6Score—Shelves

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   Let's learn how a BT (Beast Technique) is trained.

2. 2 港 Hong Kong Films: Sir Wong! Watch It, or I'll Sue You for Defamation 港片：黄Sir！小心我告你诽谤 Loves Little Qizai Best最爱小七仔Urban574k WordsOngoing —Reads—Score—Shelves
3. 3 航 One Piece: Starting with the Brain-Brain Fruit 航海王：开局一个脑脑果实 Glutinous Rice Pig Soup糯米猪比汤Anime Fanfiction306k WordsCompleted The throne that had towered in the sky for eight hundred years was struck by Rocks and others of the old era, leaving a tiny crack. The great schemers are also beginning to stir. Who will claim the ultimate throne? The Four Emperors? The Marines? The underground emperors, as venomous as snakes? Or a superpower with deep-rooted strength? Or perhaps the World Government, which looms over every nation in the world? No. None of them! The only ultimate victor will be me, Cardo. The Paramount W 1.3kReads8.5Score134Shelves
4. 4 无 Infinite Starting Point: Zero Awakens 无限初始：零号觉醒 Clingy Grain穗穗黏黏Sci-Fi & Apocalypse618k WordsCompleted [No romance] X [Cool, white-haired lead] X [Decisive male lead] In 2030, “Player Game” burst onto the scene. Clear a dungeon, and you can get anything you want. Yan Chao (Zero), once an NPC in the “Mechanical City” dungeon, suddenly awakened to his own existence and became a player. “Player Zero, please complete the main quest as soon as possible...” A dungeon? It's just my path to godhood. 3.9kReads9.3Score599Shelves

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   He's not a good person, but he's handsome—who can resist a handsome white-haired guy?

5. 5 快 Quick Transmigration: The Host Is Both Badass and Charming 快穿：病娇宿主他又A又飒 MISS XiaoxiaojieMISS小小姐Two Male Leads3.1M WordsCompleted [1v1 face-slapping power fantasy + two male leads + two equally formidable leads + sweet romance + adorable pets] [The full-cast audiobook is now available on the Tomato Novel app and Tomato Listen. You can set it to play before bed, dearies. Love you all~] Original title: Quick Transmigration: The Sickly Host Is Both Alpha and Dazzling. CP name: Ying Nuo (Ying Lan & Jiang Luo) After the God of Slaughter, Jiang Luo, blew up the Heavenly Dao Alliance, the only way he could reclaim his divine thro 10.4kReads9.5Score1.1kShelves

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   Well, don't let his... Uh... But! He's not a saint.

6. 6 宗 Cast Out by My Sect: One Moment of Madness, and I Slaughter the Entire Sect 宗门弃徒:一念疯魔，尽屠全宗 Tian Xiao天笑Eastern Fantasy909k WordsCompleted [Darkening] + [Madness] + [No System] + [No Heroine] “If you don’t go mad, no matter how many lives you’ve lived...” “...you’ll only be repeating the same tragedy!” “Because fate...” “...has never favored the weak!” The boy grins eerily as blood runs down from between his brows! In the darkness, he throws back his head and spreads his arms in a frenzy... 1.2kReads8.2Score103Shelves

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   Brothers, trust me, this is really good.

7. 7 我 I Enter the Path of Slaughter Through Hatred 我以恨念入杀道 Pitiful Yang狼狈不堪的洋Eastern Fantasy275k WordsOngoing [Dark story + world-ending stakes + scheming protagonist + cold-blooded + villain protagonist + slow burn + no saintly heroine + no System + no female lead + decisive and ruthless + destruction of heaven and earth] I used to be naive, too. Only later did I realize it had all been nothing more than my own wishful thinking. In real life, childhood sweethearts who grow up together and become lovers simply don’t exist! I thought she was no different from anyone else. But when I heard her say we were 71Reads—Score—Shelves

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   A fresh and unique dark fantasy novel featuring villains, traditional elements, and cultivation. The protagonist is completely corrupted, driven by hatred to the path of slaughter, born solely for carnage. His life revolves around killing, viewing human life as insignificant. There's no system, no female lead, just a rain of knives, no saintly figures, ruthless and decisive, sparing neither the old nor the young, nor the sick and disabled. A tragic beginning, a tragic middle, and a tragic end! After solidifying his physical body, no one can stop him. Known as a daredevil, he fights with a death-defying ferocity. If he can't win, he'll self-destruct.

8. 8 玄 Xuanhuan: I Devour Heaven and Earth! 玄幻：我，吞天噬地！ Jiang Yu Wei Han江余未寒Eastern Fantasy604k WordsCompleted [Dark tone] [Ultimate power fantasy] [No female lead] Xiao Chen is reborn on the Jiuzhou Continent, where he suffers endless humiliation and falls into demonic cultivation. So he takes his Devouring System and devours all living things, slaughtering everyone who dares defy him as he embarks on a bloody path of killing. In the end, he devours all life and buries the Three Thousand Great Daos. Even the will of Heaven can only tremble beneath his feet. Billions of gods and demons bow before him 2.3kReads8.5Score143Shelves

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   It's super good, especially chapter 4. The fourth chapter has no system and no female lead.

9. 9 反 Villain: One Thought Turns Me into a Demon, Slaughtering All Living Beings! 反派：一念为魔，屠戮天下万灵！ Jiang Yu Wei Han江余未寒Eastern Fantasy327k WordsCompleted [Dark] [Invincible] [No Female Lead] Chu Han was reborn in a fantastical otherworld, only to suffer the massacre of his entire family and endure every kind of torture. Fortunately, he awakened the Godslayer System. Every person he killed earned him attribute points. Morality? Principles? Compassion? In this dog-eat-dog, dark world, they were nothing but tools for digging your own grave! If Heaven has forsaken me, then I shall destroy Heaven! 23Reads8.6Score—Shelves
10. 10 屠 I Slaughtered Countless Billions, for I Am the Demon King Chen Di 屠戮苍生亿万万，我乃魔王陈帝 Swordsman of Beizhou北州剑客Eastern Fantasy792k WordsCompleted [Dark + Invincible + Cold-Blooded] In a fantasy world, the strong only grow stronger, while the weak remain weak. Human nature is dark, and self-interest comes first. Everyone lives in this cruel world, and everyone wants to climb higher, willing to risk their lives for even the smallest chance. Chen Di transmigrated here and gained a System that made him stronger every time he killed someone. And so Chen Di turned dark, setting out on an invincible path with both hands soaked in blood! “Do I ne 3.9kReads8.9Score226Shelves
11. 11 吾 I Am the Evil God, and This World Will Treat Me as a Forbidden Taboo for All Eternity 吾为邪神，此世当做万古禁忌 Yu Mulinlin雨木霖霖Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted “I want you to cast aside every last bit of kindness and sink completely into the swamp of evil!” Amid a field of ruins, a boy reborn from death, a coffin bearer above the stars, a supreme body of gods and demons! A strange mask of gods and demons, a mysterious broken black sword, a person reborn with a burden of sin! Only after enduring every evil the world has to offer does one realize how many sinners there are! After countless trials, the boy takes up his sword, sees through the mortal world 3.6kReads9.0Score327Shelves
12. 12 疯 Are You Crazy? This Lunatic Deals Over a Hundred Million Damage With Every Strike! 疯了吧！这精神病！刀刀暴击过亿 Eri英梨梨Sports196k WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Decisive and Ruthless + Lone Wolf + Killing Game + War for Dominance Among the Myriad Races] Hundreds of billions of people around the world descend into a deadly game of slaughter. Ye Tian, who is in a psychiatric hospital, awakens two SSS-rank supernatural talents. SSS-rank talent: Endless Critical Hits! Critical hit damage increased ten thousandfold! Super SSS-rank talent: Assimilation! He can assimilate anything, even gods! After changing class to Night Lord, he commands th 108Reads7.1Score—Shelves

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    These two are about the same.

13. 13 奥 Ultraman: Dark Tiga Goes on a Rampage 奥特曼：黑暗迪迦杀疯了 Ka En卡恩Anime Fanfiction2.2M WordsCompleted I never expected this book’s reputation to take such a nosedive three years after it ended, but I still have to say: those brats on that site are making a ridiculous fuss. They don’t read the book, but they always have to follow the latest trend. The saddest ones are those who once spent dozens, even over a hundred hours reading it, only to come back and give it one star. What, you thought it was good back then, but now you think it’s no good? You haven’t grown up. You’ve lost the ability to thi 30.2kReads9.2Score1.9kShelves
14. 14 我 My Demonic Path Has No Mercy Option 我的魔道没有慈悲选项 I'm Not a Hotchpotch我不是大杂烩Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsOngoing (New book setting sail!) [Dark story] [Demonic cultivation] [No saintly heroics] [No female lead] [Women appear, but he kills them after using them, without exception] [Self-serving] [Ruthless and decisive] • I broke through to Nascent Soul, killed my benefactor-master, and stole the Immortal Key. The entire cultivation world once called me the “Blood Demon Child.” • On the banks of Eagle Sorrow Gorge, the sects joined forces to hunt me down. Everyone said my soul had been utterly destroyed. • B 4.9kReads5.5Score370Shelves

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    The novel is a dark fantasy. It has no harem and no female protagonist.

15. 15 我 Me, Terminal Cancer, and My Homemade Compound No. 5 我，癌症晚期，自制5号化合物 Pan Ni Huilai潘你慧来Sci-Fi & Apocalypse208k WordsCompleted [Dark story, no female lead, ruthless and cruel protagonist who stops at nothing] Doctoral student Yin Mingfei is on the verge of a perfect life when he is suddenly diagnosed with terminal cancer. There is no effective treatment for this extremely rare new type of tumor, and his life will soon come to an end. Then a mysterious stranger sends him the formula for Compound V from The Boys. And this is only the beginning... All kinds of advanced technologies emerge, and Yin Mingfei gradually becomes 1.8kReads5.4Score103Shelves

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    Is 28 considered a teenager?

16. 16 末 Delusive Gods in the Apocalypse 末世中的虚妄神明 Qi Yousheng祁佑生Sci-Fi & Apocalypse135k WordsOngoing The world order collapses, and humanity heads toward its final days. When you gain the power of the devil, will you ascend to godhood and save all living beings? Or become a demon and indulge your desires without restraint? A god? If no one trusts you, if everyone suspects and betrays you, can you still hold true to yourself? The boy who slays demons will eventually become one. Whether we are demons or gods is for us to decide! 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The male protagonist is a high school student who prioritizes his own interests above all else; he's mentally insane.

17. 17 无 Infinite Planes: Starting with Final Destination 无限位面：从死神来了开始 Madman of the Mohist School墨家狂人Male-Channel Fanfiction1.6M WordsCompleted I battle wits with the invisible Reaper in the world of Final Destination. In the Three Kingdoms, where eunuchs hold sway, I bide my time and become sworn kin to the Ten Attendants, changing the course of history. In A Chinese Ghost Story, I dance with beautiful female ghosts... I don't know why I'm alive, or what keeps me going. Maybe I'm chasing the thrill of life and death in an instant. Maybe I'm searching for something exciting enough to make my frozen heart beat again... 4.9kReads8.9Score359Shelves

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    Although he's not a teenager, Li Er is still quite dark, which is why I think he's one of the more successfully written dark stories.

18. 18 末 Doomsday Descends: The Campus Goddess Begs Me to Kill Her 末日降临：女神校花求我杀了她 Happy Little Dove快乐的小鸽子Sci-Fi & Apocalypse1.2M WordsCompleted (No saintly heroine + decisive and ruthless + power struggle and growth. The story takes a while to get going, so don't read if you dislike that. Moral guardians, don't come looking for attention.) Su Han transmigrates to a parallel world just as an apocalyptic crisis strikes, and his System activates. He gains lightning powers from the start, becoming the Thunder Lord. Lightning clears the way, and zombies are all reduced to charcoal. He encounters the cool and beautiful school belle Asama Meik 5.1kReads9.0Score604Shelves

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    See for yourself, it matches.

19. 19 恐 Horror: From Puppet to Demon God of Fear! 恐怖：从木偶到恐惧魔神！ Wenzhi Tianya文之天涯Mystery379k WordsCompleted When Lin Qi opened his eyes, he had become a puppet of the “paranormal” type. All he had to do was earn fear points to grow stronger and stronger. “When you see me, it means fear has arrived!” “Struggle! Scream!” “I am the Demon God of Fear!” An era of resurgent terror, an era when ghosts roam the night. Lin Qi commands fear! 1.8kReads8.5Score192Shelves
20. 20 长 The Long Night’s Journey 长夜行 Ge Zhao格照Mystery299k WordsCompleted The eyes are the angle observers most often scrutinize, so you must learn to disguise your own., Li Mu. From making up his mind to carrying out his plan, he spent a full three years. His first murder, his second, his third... Even when he was teetering on the brink of death, he would take a gamble if it meant he might escape. To everyone else, he was merely a weakling, not even as capable as an ordinary person... 254Reads9.4Score—Shelves
21. 21 末 Apocalypse: A Gatling Gun with Infinite Ammo from the Start 末世：开局一把无限子弹加特林 Wang Xin王信Sports482k WordsOngoing [Earth has been completely digitized. Since the conditions for starting the game have been met, Earth Online is now launching. This major update is Earth Version 3.0.] [To enhance the gaming experience, the “Cleaner” virus code has been added to the database of every living thing on Earth. This virus has one effect: it has a 70% chance of greatly enhancing the Host’s physical abilities, granting the ability to devour and evolve, and making them fearless of death. The price: a complete loss of re 131Reads8.4Score—Shelves
22. 22 校 The Campus Beauty Gave Me a Videotape, and I Made a Contract With Sadako 校花送我录像带，我契约了贞子 Happy Little Dove快乐的小鸽子Urban167k WordsOngoing Su Han transmigrates to a parallel world, and his dream of making a living by copying famous works has only just begun when vengeful ghosts return! School beauty Qin Mengyao comes to his door to confess her feelings and gives him a videotape. Curious, Su Han plays it. He never expects it to be Sadako’s death curse. At the critical moment, the Horror Choice System activates! 1: Ignore Sadako and receive a ghost-warding constitution, reducing the chance of being attacked by vengeful ghosts to a mi 20Reads8.5Score—Shelves
23. 23 火 Naruto: I Founded the Akatsuki from the Start 火影：开局就建晓组织 Enjoy Poetry and Wine While Young诗酒趁年华Anime Fanfiction560k WordsCompleted After transmigrating as the young clan leader of the Uzumaki Clan, he faces a monumental problem from the start! “Choice One: Flatly refuse Nagato and Yahiko’s request.” “Choice Two: Agree to help them rescue Konan from Hanzo of the Salamander.” “Choice Three: Ignore them and keep sleeping in the coffin, waiting for the next hidden story event to trigger.” P.S. New chapters every day, ten thousand characters each. Come on in! 183Reads6.7Score—Shelves
24. 24 极 The Ultimate Evil Demon Cultivator: Me and My Ten Demon Puppets 极恶魔道：我与我的十个魔偶 Minotaur Warrior牛头人战士Urban302k WordsCompleted This is a world with a hundred-tier ladder. Every tier is filled with countless secret realms waiting to be conquered. And I, Su Xie, am a friendly outsider who transmigrated here and loves dolls. Burdened with the Villain System, I often do good deeds. The unscrupulous media outside have given me plenty of names, too. The Brutal King, scumbag, pervert, chuunibyou, menace to society. As for whether any of those names are true... When he cut off the first tier ruler's head, Su Xie laughed wildly, 48Reads9.2Score—Shelves
25. 25 超 The Extraordinary Sea of Ships 超凡大船海 Fu Yuqin傅雨琴Sports1.4M WordsOngoing [Seafaring] [Ghost Ship] [Recruiting Crew Members] [Pseudo-Infinite Flow] [Ship Modification] [Island Exploration] [Dungeon Raids] [Multiple Heroines] [Chaotic Protagonist] [Anime Crossover] [Film and TV] [Nationwide Game] After numerous attempts to transmigrate, Fu Kunze finally awoke beneath an unfamiliar ceiling. Just as he thought he had finally succeeded and arrived in another world, he discovered that things were not quite as he had imagined. 389Reads8.0Score—Shelves

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    Check out these: [Sailing] [Ghost Ship] [Recruiting Crew] [Pseudo-Infinite Flow] [Ship Modification] [Exploring Islands] [Dungeon Fighting] [Multiple Female Leads] [Chaotic Protagonist] [Anime Crossover] [Everyone's Game] After numerous attempts to time-travel, Fu Kunze finally woke up under an unfamiliar ceiling. Just when he thought he had finally succeeded in arriving in another world, he realized that things were not quite as he had imagined.

26. 26 惊 Terror Descends: This Big Brother Is a Little Too Powerful! 惊悚降临：这个大哥有亿点猛！ Perplexed Muzi纳闷的木子Mystery2.1M WordsCompleted Chen Xuanbei, nicknamed Dizang, accidentally transmigrates to a parallel universe where the supernatural has descended. With the Ten Yama Kings tattooed across his body and a massive reaper’s scythe slung over his shoulder, Chen Xuanbei declares, “Sorry, everyone. I’m claiming this territory!” The Slit-Mouthed Woman: “Hello, police? Someone sewed my mouth shut! Yes, they threw away my scissors too!” Sadako: “Hello, city management? Someone blocked up my well with concrete. I can’t get home!” Han 27.7kReads9.2Score2.7kShelves

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    These are all very good.

27. 27 异EN Another World: My Life Has Cheat Codes! 异世界：我的人生开了挂！ A Salty Fish c一条咸鱼cEastern Fantasy5.9M WordsCompleted [Vampires, werewolves, technology, potions, ghosts, biohumans, divination, puppets, and every terrifying element you can imagine: this world has them all.] Lin En transmigrated into such a bizarre otherworld and became an apprentice at a potion shop. "Something is wrong with that man! He never uses anesthetic when performing surgery!" "That shop is a scam! The moment you go in, they find a pile of illnesses even if you are perfectly healthy!" "But wait, isn't that shop supposed to be the bes 138.3kReads9.6Score16.9kShelves
28. 28 墓 Reborn in the Graveyard, I Go on a Rampage with the “Am I Dead?” System 墓地重生，我靠死了吗系统杀疯了 Wan Hua琬华Mystery890k WordsOngoing [Reborn in a graveyard + Death System + mystery and crime-solving + powerful heroine seeking revenge] [Nonstop thrills + a badass heroine + lots of twists + crushing scumbags every step of the way] ⊗ Orphan Qin Mo is kidnapped and thrown into a mass grave. After crawling out of a coffin, she unexpectedly binds herself to the [Are You Dead Yet] System. ⊗ Fail six missions in a row, and the System will erase you! ⊗ Watch Qin Mo plan each move carefully, turn the tables against all odds, and make h 1.2kReads9.2Score105Shelves

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    Framed and buried alive, she thought her life was over, but unexpectedly activated the "Did You Die?" System. Life-or-death missions followed one after another; a mistake meant annihilation. The intelligent and ruthless heroine tears through layers of disguise in the darkness, exposes the mastermind, and uses her strength to avenge all those who died in bloodshed. 😳 [Already hooked]

29. 29 惊 Horror Academy: My Other Self Keeps Trying to Replace Me 惊悚学院∶我的另一面总想取代我 Huaixu Shiliu槐序十六Mystery484k WordsCompleted Hope is a beautiful word. But when hope grows deep enough, it ceases to be beautiful. It becomes a key, a key that sets demons free... ...Nan An wakes from a hazy dream and somehow finds himself at a school. There are “kind and gentle” teachers, “fun and engaging” classes, and “simple little” weekly and final exams every so often. This is just what college life is supposed to be! Nan An’s lips have barely begun to curl into a smile when Nan An hurriedly cries out, “Hey, Nan An, wait! Don’t move 383Reads9.1Score106Shelves

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    That's great.

30. 30 颠 Turning the World Upside Down: Playing the Villain from the Start 颠覆全球：开局扮演反派大佬 Blazing Heavenly Inquiry炽生天问Eastern Fantasy1.2M WordsCompleted Shen Yan transmigrates to a parallel world. As soon as he arrives, he falls into a strange dimension. Everyone who falls in here is slaughtered by alien creatures, dying in despair! Luckily, at this moment, Shen Yan obtains the Super Big Shot Role-Playing System. “Ding! Randomly drawing a big shot template. Big Shot Role-Playing Mode activated. The closer you are to the character, the more abilities you can unlock.” Make people believe the character is real, and you’ll earn Subversion Points. Th 22.2kReads9.4Score2.2kShelves

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    A boy? Probably. 🍉

31. 31 我 I Said There Were No Gods Tonight, So the Gods Fell 我说今夜无神，于是众神陨落 Ji Nanyi季南一Urban415k WordsCompleted [The print edition, titled A Godless Night, is available to search for on all platforms. The comic adaptation is now online.] [Plot-driven + infinite-flow + mild horror + countless twists] Yan Huang had a terminal illness. He didn't want to die, so he became a player in Instance. The System's evaluation of him read: [Player Yan Huang practices what he preaches and has impeccable morals. Congratulations, you have awakened the talent: Deceiver.] [Deceiver: Each lie you tell has a fifty percent cha 31.8kReads9.6Score4.3kShelves
32. 32 一 One-Yuan Instant Kill: I Forge the Dao of Longevity with Double Pupils 一元秒杀，我以重瞳铸道长生 Ah, This Isn't Ah, This啊这不是啊这Eastern Fantasy1.3M WordsOngoing [No Female Lead + Decisive Killing + Prodigies Compete for Supremacy] By a twist of fate, Mu Zun transmigrates to a fantasy world and obtains the One-Yuan Instant-Kill System! From the start, he gets the Emperor's Fallen Double Pupils for one yuan and wipes out the entire family of his childhood sweetheart! He gets the Grass-Character Sword Art, the Ten Fiend Techniques, and an unmatched talent for slaughter! He gets the Divine Elephant Suppressing Prison Force, transforms into a divine elephant 4.6kReads8.6Score322Shelves
33. 33 为 To Obtain the Sharingan, I Turned Myself into a Living Curse 为了获得写轮眼，我以自身为蛊 Zuo Mo左莫Urban274k WordsOngoing [Urban supernatural powers + Sharingan + pitch-black tone. Don't read if that's not your thing!] Everyone undergoes a class change, and each person can gain a different ability. But Meng Hang, who had once been expected to achieve great things, receives no ability at all and is mocked by the entire school. Then he awakens the Raising Gu System. Those chosen by the System are sent to a different dimension, where only one person can make it out alive. [Host, want to get the Sharingan? You must be 36Reads8.4Score—Shelves

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    Should I be considered a teenager?

34. 34 黑 Dark Academia Life 黑暗系的校园生活 White Night BatX白夜蝙蝠XMystery252k WordsCompleted 6Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend this one. It's a dark school story with characters who all have morbid psychology. It's a bit grotesque, and the male lead is a pure villain in high school. You should check it out.

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