Looking for Tokyo-Style Romance Novels 求东京恋爱风的书

1. 1 乐 The Band: I Was Polite and Easygoing, Until a Little Girl Shot Me in the Head 乐队：儒雅随和的我被小孩姐爆头 Martial God of the Play戏武神Anime Fanfiction1.4M WordsOngoing Transmigrating to a parallel world is a good thing, but getting shot in the head is not. Still, if the one who shoots you is a beautiful girl, maybe it’s not entirely unacceptable... Not a chance! “****,!!!!!” Regular bands: You Have Thorns, Buy a Dog, MyGO!!!!!, Bocchi the Rock! (No System, no superpowers, multiple heroines) 44.9kReads9.3Score4kShelves

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   The first three books and the last two are crossover anime, and they're all pretty good, especially the first one. Books 4, 5, and 6 are quite well-written and considered classic Japanese light novels. Of these eight, I'd recommend the first, fourth, and sixth books the most.

2. 2 因 Because I Love You, I Don't Want to Be Split Five Ways 因为喜欢，所以不想五等分 Lemon Fruit Under the Lemon Tree柠檬树下柠檬果Anime Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted [Everyday Life in a Crossover] [The Quintessential Quintuplets] [Oregairu] [A Silent Voice] [???] Synopsis: Ye Feng is a superpowered individual. From childhood, he could see the future paths of the world. Because he had a photographic memory, because he loved it, and because he wanted to save the world along the way, he hypnotized himself into forgetting everything and began his own ordinary youth. 6.4kReads9.1Score543Shelves
3. 3 少 Girl Band: The Sun Chased by Gravity 少女乐队：被重力追逐的太阳 Night Sky xx夜空xxAnime Fanfiction1.3M WordsCompleted [Bocchi the Rock!]+ [MyGO]+ [Ave Mujica]+ [Multiple Heroines] Once a musical prodigy, Hoshimiya Yoru returns to Tokyo and reunites with the girls he once knew, forging close, unbreakable bonds with them. And so begins a youthful romance between a boy and a group of band girls. (Thanks, I'll take them all, meow!) (I'm not great at writing blurbs, so please head to the story itself~) 6.3kReads8.8Score733Shelves
4. 4 东 Tokyo Love Story 东京都爱情故事 Lian Po Is Getting Old廉颇老矣Urban939k WordsOngoing [Yandere] + [Love rivals] + [Light novel style] + [No System] + [Control] + [Romantic slice of life] By day, Akiba U is the captain of the kendo club. By night, he’s Tokyo’s reigning king of part-time jobs. Turn down the cute underclassman; Say goodbye to the drunk widow; Remind the aloof teacher to remember her place... They’ll only slow down my money-making. That is, until that woman shows up... “Be my servant for a month.” “Dignity and feelings aren’t for sale!” “Ten million yen.” “B 39.9kReads8.5Score5.2kShelves
5. 5 完 Oh No! There Are a Billion Problem Girls Around Me 完蛋！我身边的问题少女有亿点多 Kaihara Sora海原穹乃Urban1.4M WordsOngoing The book is also known as The Five-Meter Dependency Syndrome [Galgame + romantic comedy + no System + light novel + leisurely everyday life + redemption] After transmigrating into a school romance game as a background character, Lin Ye only wants to spend his days with his Gundam models and live off whatever he can get. But when Qin Ke, the original story’s tsundere third heroine, steps onto the rooftop, he realizes that this world is more like the setting of a giant horror movie. The five beau 83.8kReads9.2Score8.7kShelves
6. 6 东 Tokyo: My Youth Has No Set Formula 东京：我的青春没有固定公式 Dust Seen Through the Brush执笔见尘Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Light Novel + Everyday Youth + Battles + Romance + System + Slow Burn] Reborn in a parallel version of Neon. The Emotion Value System finally loads after 18 years. It came so late, so what was the point of all the hardships he had endured? Provoke beautiful girls to gain emotion points, set off one wildly imaginative event after another, and work hard to grow stronger. Exorcisms, time travel, saving the world? From someone who had nothing going for him but good looks, to someone for whom being 10.5kReads7.8Score725Shelves
7. 7 综 Anime Crossover: Tales of the Little Black Cat 综漫：关于小黑猫那些事情 Watching Cherry Blossoms Beneath the Cherry Tree樱花树下看樱花Anime Fanfiction192k WordsCompleted [Anime crossover + youth + loneliness + stories + ordinary people + confessions + five-tuplets + everyday life + attention to detail + lighthearted + occasional ghost stories + sometimes healing + possibly slow-paced] He was a stray kitten with no home and a deep hostility toward humans. One rainy day, he saw a girl carrying fast food home. Brave little Blackie wasn't afraid of hardship, so he rushed over. To his surprise, she caught him right away. Worse, she discovered his secret: he was a mon 720Reads8.0Score106Shelves
8. 8 女 Matriarchy: Daily Harem Battles in a Crossover World 女尊：人在综漫，日常修罗场 YKKYAnime Fanfiction314k WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 772Reads5.8Score107Shelves
9. 9 次 A Confession Beneath the Cherry Blossoms Next Spring 次年春日，于樱花树下告白 Qinghe Sea Breeze清禾海风Urban960k WordsOngoing Reborn in Tokyo, with a System. He believed he would always walk a remarkable path. That was what the handsome young man believed. Until that day, when the wind passed through the treetops and sunlight filtered between the branches. A girl stood beneath the cherry blossom tree, her smile blooming like a flower. 446Reads8.4Score113Shelves

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   These are some really good Japanese-style light novels. Add them to your bookshelf and start reading now!

10. 10 东 Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo: A Tokyo High Schooler 东京，东京，东京东京高中生 A Whale Skimming the Water鲸鱼点水Urban1.3M WordsCompleted [Light novel]+ [Comedy]+ [System]+ [Slice of life]+ [Anime world] Xie Lian, who doesn’t speak Japanese, transmigrates to Tokyo in a parallel world. By a lucky coincidence, he activates a Japanese-learning System, and Aono Ren begins a school life full of unexpected adventures as he studies Japanese. 3.3kReads6.8Score337Shelves

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    "No!!!" A piercing scream echoed from a house in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. Rewind three minutes. "It hurts so much! Who's choking me?" Xie Lian struggled a few times, then with a snap, the rope broke, and he fell to the ground.

11. 11 东 Tokyo: I Have a Growth System 东京：我有养成系统 Living Off Others While Acting Tough软饭硬吃啦Urban463k WordsCompleted Original title: Tokyo: Starting by Winning Over the Neighbor's Wife Pure feel-good wish fulfillment Hao Qiang transmigrates to Tokyo in the 1990s, gains a cultivation System, and embarks on an extraordinary life… I'm no good at writing blurbs, so please check out the novel itself. Plenty of pictures, and they're especially lovely… 36.1kReads8.8Score4kShelves
12. 12 东 Tokyo: I Inherited a Street, and the Housekeepers Came Knocking 东京：继承一条街，家政妇上门 Narrow Little Bear窄窄熊Urban829k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to Japan during the Bubble Era, Fujii Ryosuke inherited a bustling shopping street in Tokyo. He'd planned to lie flat and live off the rent, but one complication after another soon came his way. A widow, a delinquent girl from a yakuza family, a rebellious high school girl... They rushed into his life like moths to a flame. In a capitalist society where money and power intertwine, how will Fujii Ryosuke write his own legend? 4.7kReads6.2Score430Shelves
13. 13 东 Tokyo Executioner: Starting with a Beautiful Woman in Black Stockings 东京行刑官：从美艳黑丝美女开始 Street Loitering Yue街溜约Urban480k WordsCompleted My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you'll enjoy it. Your support inspires me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 742Reads6.1Score108Shelves
14. 14 东 Tokyo: Love Comes After the Rescue 东京：恋爱要在拯救后 Ten-Punch Tonic Pill十拳大补丹Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Tokyo + Romance + No System + Light Novel + Redemption] “If I died, the world would become a better place, wouldn’t it?” The girl smiled faintly, then leaped onto the tracks, bursting into splashes of brilliant red. Su Ying witnessed everything and assumed it was just an ordinary train accident. But the next moment, time rewound to a few minutes earlier, and the girl was still standing there, perfectly fine. From then on, whenever someone around him died, Su Ying became trapped in an endless ti 68.3kReads9.3Score7.8kShelves
15. 15 东 Tokyo: I Added Stats, So How Did I Become a Succubus? 东京：加点，怎么成魅魔了？ Serenity and Far Horizons 001宁静致远001Urban920k WordsOngoing [Campus] + [System] + [Daily Life] + [Multiple Heroines] + [A Touch of the Supernatural] The memories of his previous life suddenly awaken, and the weight of harsh reality falls squarely on Chiba Kiyosawa’s shoulders. His parents are gone, his younger sister is in poor health, his studies are a mess, and his family is buried under a huge debt. A mountain of problems lies before him. Luckily, the Stat-Boosting System arrives and even gives him an exclusive item: the Mirror of Exploration. Af 20.7kReads6.2Score2.5kShelves

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    This is acceptable.

16. 16 留 Studying Abroad: From Teaching Certificate to Marriage Certificate 留学！从教资证到结婚证 Dream Valley A梦谷AUrban665k WordsOngoing "1v1 | Pure Love | Everyday Life | Older Woman and Younger Man | Healing Each Other" On his first night in Tokyo, international student Xue Hua went downstairs to take out the trash and happened to run into a woman in a business suit who had just moved in. He helped her carry her luggage upstairs, only to discover that she lived right across from him. At first, he thought they wouldn’t have much to do with each other. But when the first day of classes arrived... He never expected that his profes 26.4kReads8.9Score3.3kShelves

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    The first book is about students and teachers, the second book has two female protagonists.

17. 17 败 Me, a Loser, Versus Her, Another Loser 败犬的我对上同样败犬的她 ShinpaiUrban450k WordsOngoing [Japanese-style light novel + foreign setting + one heroine + dual POV + losing heroine + everyday life + campus romance + no System + no transmigration + not a wish-fulfillment story, with angst] “My name is Mo Qingsu, and I'm an exchange student from China. On my first day in Tokyo, a beautiful Japanese girl with a cold expression blocked my way and asked me in perfect Chinese if I was trying to seduce her childhood friend.” "My name is Busujima Rinka. I thought he was my romantic rival, but l 5.4kReads8.7Score847Shelves

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    This is my own book, a single-female-lead, no-time-travel, no-system, "loser" novel! It tells the story of the male and female protagonists experiencing their own romantic failures, then supporting each other and finally getting together. I've carefully crafted the plot, so feel free to check it out!

18. 18 无 Unable to Confess: 无法告白： Rabbit Soup Is a Little Salty兔汤有点儿咸Two Female Leads434k WordsCompleted A wild, spirited high school girl x a reserved, cool-headed female doctor A Japanese-style slice-of-life light novel about two women who grow closer, fall for each other, and secretly pine for one another after moving in together. “Miss Nozawa, you're practically a man, with all that smoking and drinking.” “...No drinking, and no swearing either.” “Hey, you've been spared. If I want to eat fish, you have to come whenever I call. Whenever I need you, you have to show up right away, got it?” “... 24.6kReads9.5Score5.4kShelves
19. 19 只 A World Where Only Demons, Me, and Humans Exist 只有恶魔，我，人类存在的世界 Bai Yeshu白野树Urban150k WordsOngoing Reporter (smiling): “I’m from the Miyagawa University News Department. Minazuki, may I ask you a few questions?” Minazuki: “Of course.” Reporter: “What’s your favorite color, Minazuki?” Minazuki: “I don’t have one.” Reporter: “What’s your favorite subject?” Minazuki: “The end of class.” Reporter: “Are you guided more by feelings or reason?” Minazuki: “Inertia.” Reporter: “What’s your rule for making friends?” Minazuki: “Don’t make friends.” Reporter: “What skill would you most like to master?” M 739Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Holy crap, this newly discovered book is amazing! Author, please update soon! 😭

20. 20 三 A Third-Rate Human's Survival Guide 三流人类生存指南 Gong Changzhiwen弓长至文Urban974k WordsOngoing [Light-novel style + school life + romantic rivalry + dark humor] Humans have three social skills: smiling, saying nice things, and being kind. Some people are born with perfect scores in all three and get along effortlessly in human society. As for me, Kuroki Shinya, I'm hopeless at all three. I'm one of the bottom-rankers, and I can't even make it through school. But that's okay. After years of imitation, I've worked out the three essential fake skills for passing as human: fake smiles, fake w 13.3kReads9.2Score1.6kShelves

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    The first one has a Japanese manga feel to it, the second one is a crossover manga.

21. 21 在 That Spring of Senior Year, She and I Were Just the Right Distance Apart 在高三的春天，我和她的距离刚好 Breeze and Southern Trees清风南木Urban372k WordsCompleted April in Tokyo still held a slight chill. On the day I transferred back from Shanghai, I saw her once amid the crowds at Tokyo Station. Neither of us realized it at the time. Later, a seating chart marked with a red circle placed us at the same desk. That was all. Chitose Shirasaki was the kind of person who never stood out in a crowd. Her grades were steady, her manner polite, and even her smile seemed perfectly measured. But in the line for medical checkups, she held her arm after the blood 44Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is the most delicately written one I've seen on Tomato Book so far 🤔. If I had to choose, I think it's perfect for when you're tired of artificial sweetness, or when you're unhappy, don't want to talk, and can't cope alone. The second book needs no introduction, it's *The Legend of Hua Jiang Qian Yu*. I still don't know how Tomato wrote such a charming male protagonist (Ye Bai). I strongly suspect Tomato was possessed while writing it ( ).

22. 22 转 I Transferred to Tokyo and Met the One-Winged Girl 转学到东京，然后遇见单翼的她 Boiling Sweet Potatoes in the Shower淋浴煮地瓜Urban439k WordsCompleted [Light novel + one heroine + everyday life + heartwarming + sweet romance + personal growth] I'm Ye Bai, an ordinary international student. Because of my parents' work, I transferred to a school in Tokyo, where I met a beautiful classmate who loved anime and manga. “Trust me, let's join the anime club,” I said to her as she hesitated. “Ye, can you draw?” “Ye, I want to draw something people will genuinely love.” “Ye, are you really willing to join the anime club with me?” “Xiaobai... I'm a littl 10.8kReads9.5Score1.8kShelves
23. 23 外 Asakura, Saint on the Outside, Demon on the Inside 外圣内魔的浅仓同学 I Only Drink Cool Boiled Water开水我只喝凉白开Urban1.1M WordsCompleted After nine lives of wickedness, can you do one good deed every day in this life? “Of course!” “So confident?” The angel was astonished. “Ha! Look at my handsome face, gentle personality, selfless generosity, and sincere love. If I'm not a good person, who is?” Asakura Naru declared. “So flirting with innocent women everywhere counts as good deeds now?” “Fair enough.” In short, this is probably a Tokyo-style romance novel. 11.8kReads8.7Score1kShelves

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    The first book is currently my top recommendation; it's a Japanese romantic comedy with a slice-of-life feel. The second book has superpower suspense elements, and the third book features supernatural battles.

24. 24 成 After Becoming a Weakling, I Somehow Became Popular 成为弱角后，我竟然受欢迎了 Two Yuan a Skewer of Lamb羊肉串两元一串Urban1.3M WordsCompleted A fanfic based on Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun, with multiple heroines. It should count as a ship-war story. Everyone says the original is biased, and I agree, so just treat this as a new light novel. My writing isn’t very good, so please bear with me and don’t leave mean comments. 412Reads8.3Score103Shelves

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    I recommend these to you.

25. 25 青 My Childhood Friend Had a Crush on Me for Ten Years. Good Thing I Was Reborn 青梅暗恋我十年，还好我重生了 Night Rain i夜雨iUrban1.4M WordsOngoing [Romance][Multiple Heroines] “You already have almost everything. May I ask if you have any regrets?” a reporter asked Chen Bai. “I feel terribly sorry toward my mother. I was immature before and always made her worry.” “What about love?” “None.” Chen Bai answered without hesitation. That was until he was reborn and once again saw that cool, distant face, already blurred in his memories: his childhood sweetheart, who had always said she would marry him; and the rich young lady who had once given 430.7kReads9.5Score54.8kShelves
26. 26 综 The Multiverse Manager Doesn't Die in Bandmates' Love Triangle 综漫经纪人先生不死于乐队修罗场 Broker of Baigechuan百舸川掮客Anime Fanfiction2.4M WordsOngoing My new work is out! You can read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! 6.8kReads8.6Score695Shelves

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    This is a harem novel featuring the male protagonist. It's planned to include four groups (19+ original characters + 2+ Cai Cai + Su Ma + Mana + Xing Ge + Kikuri), totaling 26 characters. Updates will be stable, starting at 6000 words per day. It's still very new, so those interested can follow and support it! [Heart][crying][admiration]

27. 27 怕 I Hate Trouble, Yet My Life Is Full of Surprises 怕麻烦的我生活里却充满了意外 Somebody From Bichi Valley比奇谷某番Urban487k WordsCompleted [Pure Japanese light novel style + young love + first person. If you've read similar print novels, jump right in. If you lack patience, proceed with caution.] Chiba Sosuke is a high school student with a bad attitude who hates anything troublesome. The most mature high schooler in all of Chiba, Chiba Sosuke saw through the nature of life long ago: people who waste their youth enjoying themselves and act recklessly just because they have nothing to lose are all “a handful.” To avoid getting tangl 1.4kReads8.8Score145Shelves

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    The bag is beautiful! [Thumbs up]

28. 28 孤 Bocchi the Rock!: Rain Addiction and a Socially Anxious Girl 孤独摇滚：雨瘾症与社恐少女 Return from Ten Thousand Miles万里归Anime Fanfiction496k WordsCompleted (Single heroine + school life + saving each other) The sunset spreads across the mountains, all melancholy and sorrow, while the ground in Shimokitazawa is strewn with yellow tears. “It’s raining.” The boy says it expressionlessly. Every rainy season, he makes the same remark. The rain soaks his long-neglected black hair. He quietly feels the water run over his whole body, as if it might make him forget the wound on his left hand and the scolding he just got from the coffee shop owner. Only then 4.9kReads9.6Score802Shelves
29. 29 都 Since I’ve Started Over, I’m Obviously Going to Be the Ultimate Devoted Lover! 都重开了，当然是做第一深情啦！ Rashly Stirred, Nameless妄动无名Urban321k WordsOngoing [Romantic comedy] + [Love triangle] + [Light novel] + [Flirting] + [System] + [Multiple heroines] (The male lead’s soul transmigrates into another body. This setup is only there to make the beginning work, so there’s no need to overthink it. No cheating. The male lead gets laid and won’t be castrated. A mix of steamy and wholesome moments, with thrilling mind games. The rating just came out and will rise later.) In this life, Ito Hikaru has a handsome face, a sharp mind, a clean background and 27Reads8.7Score—Shelves
30. 30 这 This Light Novel Is Too Amazing 这本轻小说太厉害了 Rashly Stirred, Nameless妄动无名Urban938k WordsCompleted [The meaning of life lies in how to die without regrets] [At the very least, die full of love, with flowers in your hands] Feng Yueliang is a third-rate novelist who has been publishing for two years. He has two wishes: to become Japan’s bestselling light-novel author, and to win his parents’ approval for his dream. But after a hugely popular and beautiful manga artist moved in next door, he gained another wish: to write a novel worthy of her manga, then rub it in her face and win her over until 2.7kReads9.2Score322Shelves
31. 31 班 The Second-Prettiest Girl in Class Became My Strategist 班上第二好看的女生成了我的军师 Rashly Stirred, Nameless妄动无名Urban252k WordsCompleted [Romantic slice of life] + [Love triangle drama] + [School life] + [Growing up] + [Light novel] [You are a station along my journey. I cup your chin in my hands to quench my thirst.] [From downstream to upstream, I write a poem of you and of me, whom you've seen through the morning frost and nighttime dew.] I know how ordinary I am, and that's why I yearn so much for beautiful things. What do you regret more: that love which came to nothing, or the fact that you didn't give it your all when it 7.9kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
32. 32 东 Tokyo: After Years of Slacking Off, a Yakuza Heiress Shows Up 东京：摆烂好多年，黑道千金来了 A Little Like Eas, But Not Much有点易斯但不多Urban1.4M WordsOngoing [Lighthearted + Multiple Heroines + Rich Young Ladies + Comedy + A Tokyo Story Perfect for Tomato App Readers!] “My name is Shido. If you’re reading this, I’ve already run away...” [Current status (daughter of a yakuza boss): furious, because she found out her boyfriend is flirting around and wants to kill someone!] [Lazyfish Guide: Do a 360-degree backflip on the spot, then drop to your knees and slide over. Show your sincerity with a smooth combo of one-on-one shoe polishing and other tricks. 43.8kReads7.2Score4.2kShelves

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    The first book has a bit of superpowers, and it's my favorite of this genre. The second one is funny, which is good.

33. 33 我 Death Is My Only Gift 我的恩赐只有死亡 Passerby in a Glass玻璃杯里的路人Urban139k WordsOngoing [Light Novel] [Death Regression] [School Superpowers] [Mild Suspense] [Redemption] [Leisurely, Slow-Paced Daily Life] Wan Feng only wants to be an ordinary, energy-saving, environmentally friendly background character. Ideally, he can get by without anyone noticing him and coast through life in peace. That is, until the first day of school, when the flawless genius beauty Gu Ai falls from the eighth floor right in front of him. Blood blossoms across the ground. Then his vision fills with count 282Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Does it count?

34. 34 东 Tokyo: Mystery and Everyday Life 东京：推理与日常 A Cure for Sleeplessness睡不着的解药Mystery272k WordsCompleted This is a fictional setting that differs from the real world. Please don't take the fictional world as fact. Shenshan Yun is a first-year student at Dongda and a columnist for the school's mystery club. He doesn't want friends, doesn't want to join a club, and doesn't want to get involved with anyone. But he still comes, for one reason only: Senior Kujo said, “I know where Liuchuan Lan is.” Liuchuan Lan once wrote a sentence identical to one in his notebook: “The timeline never closes. It only 32Reads—Score—Shelves

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    I highly recommend everyone to watch it 👀

35. 35 从 Love and Demon Extermination, Starting in Tokyo 从东京开始的恋爱除魔日常 A Few Strokes of Clear Ink几点清墨Urban842k WordsOngoing (The rating will probably go up later?) [Transmigration + youthful daily life + multiple heroines + battles + romance] After transmigrating as the young master of the Dragon Kingdom’s largest demon-hunting organization, Bai You thought he could lie flat and enjoy an easy life. Instead, under the alias Kazami Yu, he was sent to Neon as an exchange student??? He’d planned to lie flat and keep a low profile, but things kept getting more and more out of hand. Before he knew it, he was surrounded by 5.7kReads6.8Score721Shelves

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    Youthful daily life + multiple heroines + battle + romance [staring][thumbs up] His exchange life in Japan wasn't as peaceful as Kazami Yu had envisioned. From dealing with the girls' advances to handling a series of demon-slaying incidents, he maintained his identity as an ordinary student while unknowingly building his own team.

36. 36 雨 On a Rainy Night, My Yandere Sister Begged Me to Take Her In 雨夜，病娇妹妹求我收留 Hoshino Kami星野神来Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Extra sweet] + [No System] + [Not reborn] + [Light novel] + [Not self-insert] A landmine girl, an underground idol, a debuting voice actress, a childhood-friend editor, a doujin artist... After I made a wish, they all came to my side. To fight over the one and only female lead spot, they launched into a frenzied battle of romantic rivalry. Three years later, Lu Qing clasped his hands together. “Oh, God of Inspiration, I was immature back then. Please spare me...” A completely original story wit 52.3kReads9.5Score5.8kShelves

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    That's about it for now. Quite a few fit the bill. The first, second, eighth, and eleventh books are all Japanese light novels. I highly recommend the first one, long live the Great King of Light Novel!

37. 37 为 To Keep Them from Falling to Evil, I Have to Win Over the Evil Spirits! 为了防止恶堕，只好攻略恶灵！ Two Sleeves, One Blade两袖刀Urban693k WordsCompleted [Tokyo + harem + light supernatural elements + wild imagination] 8,000 words a day! Plenty to read, so please leave a good review! Lin Ye, an international student in Japan, got a knockoff System that identified his landlady as an evil spirit! As he investigated further, Lin Ye gradually uncovered her inner struggles and saved her in time from falling into evil. But then he discovered that there were even more evil spirits among the Japanese girls around him... 694Reads5.3Score—Shelves

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    Go to Tokyo and exorcise evil spirits!

38. 38 东 Tokyo: Please Bully Me Mercilessly, You Awful Young Ladies 东京：恶劣大小姐们请狠狠欺负我 Peanuts with Milk瓜子拌牛奶Urban31k WordsOngoing Zhang Lin was bound to an absurd System: get hurt by a mean girl, and you get cash back. Get beaten up for money? He'd rather not have that dirty money. That is, until the first day of school, when he asked a girl for directions. She replied coldly: "Commoner, stay away from me. Don't talk to me so casually." [Detected "class contempt," low injury level, 10,000 yen cashback] That counts as getting hurt? System, are your standards for "injury" really that low? If this is how I can make mone 46Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Many female leads, interesting plot

39. 39 人 In Tokyo, Picked Up by a Beautiful Girl Right After I Arrive? 人在东京，落地被美少女捡回家？ Chuunibyou Jam患中二病的果酱Urban154k WordsOngoing 93Reads—Score—Shelves

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    This lighthearted and humorous Japanese-style novel combines elements of Chinese web novels and Japanese light novels. The protagonist's initial mistake of taking the wrong luggage is a disaster, but the story gets increasingly hilarious as it progresses. It's definitely worth reading.

40. 40 东 Tokyo Exorcist Diary 东京除灵日记 Luo Ran 123洛然123Urban1.9M WordsOngoing Japanese-style light novel + not overpowered + slice of life + healing + a touch of the supernatural + Taoist arts + alchemy Hoshino Gen transmigrates, with a younger sister and a house, while both parents are always busy. His busy parents are loaded, and his younger sister is even a hugely popular idol. Without a doubt, Hoshino Gen has won at life. But then... A swordsman stands watch, sword in hand, for hundreds of years in a dilapidated dojo beneath the evening sun... In a warm and healing ga 46.7kReads9.4Score3.8kShelves
41. 41 东 Tokyo: A Love Letter to a Saga Boy 东京，致佐贺美少年的情书 Meisalina梅萨丽娜Urban201k WordsOngoing Absolutely no falling in love! The poor Saga beauty awakens the Sigma System. As long as he stays single, he’ll gain extraordinary talent. But who could have guessed that an accident would land him in the Romance Research Club, the place closest to love? Even more unexpected, beautiful girls of every kind start flocking to him. Love? Absolutely not! That sort of thing is out of the question! [Adonis, his cheeks rose-red, is busy with the hunt. He loves the chase, yet scorns love as worthless.] [ 548Reads6.5Score117Shelves
42. 42 不 The Girls Who Occasionally Torment Me with Their Techniques 不时以里技折磨我的她们 Do Androids Dream of E-Cigarettes?仿生人会梦见电子烟吗Urban791k WordsOngoing This world is a game, a piece of garbage riddled with bugs. Bugs that let you walk through walls, see through things, and even make clothes disappear! The use of these bugs is known as “secret techniques.” Toki Jun is the purest boy in the universe, destined to become a master of secret techniques. He believes that a boring, rosy youth spent at school has nothing to do with him. That's what he thinks. It should have been that way... 1.2kReads7.8Score111Shelves

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43. 43 综 Anime Crossover: Why Do All the Girls I Saved Like Me? 综漫：被拯救的她们怎么都喜欢我 Teacher Guanyue观月老师Anime Fanfiction206k WordsOngoing A Schrödinger's upperclassman, a girl holding a diary of the future, an endless loop, a bond between exchanged personalities, her as a thought-form... Adolescence Syndrome, an illness that manifests during a particular stage of life. He and the girls are going through it. (“Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend,” “My Girlfriend and Childhood Friend Fight Too Much,” “Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai,” “Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions”) 59Reads6.4Score—Shelves

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44. 44 重 Only After Being Reborn Did I Discover I'm the Chosen Protagonist! 重生后才发现，我竟是天命主角！ Lord of the Great Beginning太易之主Eastern Fantasy1.9M WordsOngoing [Absolutely Invincible + One Female Lead] Xuan Qi transmigrates to another world and, after countless ages, attains an unimaginable realm. To reach an even higher level, he attempts a breakthrough, only to unexpectedly be reborn as an eight-year-old, at the moment he was kidnapped. As soon as he’s reborn, he notices a few things. Is the little girl kidnapped alongside him the future empress? Is the jade pendant he’s worn since childhood in his previous life the supreme treasure of heaven and ear 36.3kReads8.1Score2.5kShelves

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45. 45 打 What If I Can't Beat Them? Guess I'll Have to Win Them Over 打不赢怎么办？只好选择攻略了 A Useless One a一只废物aEastern Fantasy2.3M WordsCompleted [One heroine, lots of everyday life, no angst, a single romance] Su Bei tries to clear the game Fantasy World. After staying up all night and failing a hundred times, he finally ends this miserable experience. Not by beating the game, but by giving up. Wait! How did I transmigrate? But as Su Bei digs deeper, the truth has already changed beyond recognition… This is a redemption story spanning fifty thousand years. 33.5kReads9.4Score3.4kShelves
46. 46 猫 The Kittens Still Have to Keep Counseling Today 猫猫今天也要继续劝导呢 A Useless One a一只废物aUrban989k WordsCompleted (Tags: One heroine, lots of everyday moments, alternate fantasy, light novel, urban wasteland, Cthulhu, gods, bizarre and uncanny, completely unhinged) She is the only variable in a long history. He is the only anchor in turbulent times. With her finite life, she fills his infinite stretch of time. “I’ll wait for you at the end of time, looking forward to every time we meet.” The year 3000. Lin Chuan owns a junkyard and leads a laid-back retirement life that makes both people and ghosts d 2.9kReads9.1Score308Shelves
47. 47 我 The Day I Descended the Mountain, the Entire Cultivation World Trembled 我下山那天，整个修仙界都颤抖了 Hidden Away神隐之中Eastern Fantasy233k WordsCompleted In the year 4399 of the Xuanhuang Calendar, the whole sect was celebrating. The senior sister, usually as cold as ice and abstinent by nature, finally took off her usual mask at the banquet and drank heartily. The old ancestor, sealed away in the Divine Source and meant to emerge only if the sect faced disaster, excitedly kicked open his coffin lid and raised a cup to celebrate with everyone. The aloof sword spirit who had guarded the sect for countless ages broke character, tears streaming d 94Reads5.4Score113Shelves
48. 48 穿 Transmigrate into a Book: I Killed the Demon King from the Start, but I'm the Demon King 穿书，开局杀魔王，但我是魔王 A Useless One a一只废物aEastern Fantasy448k WordsCompleted [Loli], [Sword and Sorcery], [Villain], [No Angst], [Transmigration], [Fantasy World] To stay alive, Allen pretends to be the Demon King. But pretending to be the Demon King doesn’t exactly seem like a good way to survive... 4.7kReads7.5Score326Shelves
49. 49 副 The Dungeons Are Hellish, but My Traits Are Even More Twisted 副本很阴间，还好我的词条更阴 What New Name Is There Left到底还有什么新名字Urban240k WordsCompleted [Underworld Dungeons]+ [Multiple Heroines]+ [Choose One of Three Traits] Ye Shen was reborn in a parallel world and has lived there for nineteen years. This world has supernatural powers: the Divine Selection Game grants them to anyone who challenges its dungeons! Ye Shen was lucky enough to be chosen as a player, but every dungeon is downright hellish, and he keeps getting matched with the highest difficulty! “What do you mean the boss shares its vision with every single minion, so it knows my 752Reads6.2Score104Shelves
50. 50 被 I Just Want to Sleep, but the Supreme Beings Are Fighting Over Me 被至高存在们抢夺的我只想睡觉 A Stunning Figure in the Crowd无名一惊鸿Urban794k WordsOngoing When “slumber” itself becomes something to fight over, even the Primordials cannot resist this absurd game of love. Su Mian Naxialis, the “Sleeper” who was meant to sleep forever, is unexpectedly kissed awake one day, and the one who kisses them is the haughty “Sovereign.” “From today on, you belong to me,” declares the silver-haired queen. But the other Primordials refuse to accept her claim of exclusive ownership~ The “Narrator” chuckles and rewrites history: “In an unrecorded timeline, you we 5.8kReads8.6Score746Shelves

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