Ensemble Casts with Friendships as Passionate and Powerful as Romance 群像文，轰轰烈烈的友情不比爱情差

1. 651 谍 Espionage: Reborn as a Noble, I Help My Brother Go Undercover 谍战：穿成贵族，我帮弟弟当卧底 Bobo bot啵啵botUrban641k WordsOngoing (The main story is nearing its end, and it's ready to read!) [No CP. The protagonists are Zhou Jiyan/Fujiwara Jiyan and Fujiwara Che.] [A minor golden finger and System space, neither of which plays a major role.] After a book hit Zhou Jiyan on the back of the head, he transmigrated to Shanghai in 1940 with his modern history notebook. His new identity was Fujiwara Jiyan, a member of the Japanese nobility and an employee of the Plum Agency. With Shanghai occupied, Zhou Jiyan couldn't just sit by 31.7kReads9.3Score4kShelves

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   This book is seriously amazing! It's an ensemble piece, featuring the gradually maturing Xiao Che, the undercover brother-obsessed Ji Yan, and the revolutionary mentor Brother Chen, among others. It's incredibly good! [Thumbs up][Thumbs up][Thumbs up]

2. 652 修 A Cultivation Guide: The Frail Junior Sister Plays the Pig to Eat the Tiger Again 修仙指南：病弱师妹又在扮猪吃虎 What a Downpour好大一场雨Ancient Romance746k WordsCompleted The main story is complete. Enjoy! [Ensemble cast + no CP + everyone’s darling + goofy comedy + funny everyday life, with a progression-fantasy feel + nearly invincible in the middle and later stages] Luo Hua was a gaming streamer who one day woke up in the body of a sickly person. She achieved the feat of nearly dying twice in a single day. Luo Hua: “What the hell, Heavens? What kind of insane matchmaking is this? Why am I sickly?” But aside from being sickly, her fellow disciples were all pret 187Reads8.2Score—Shelves
3. 653 劝 Convincing People to Study Medicine Is a Sure Way to Get Struck by Lightning 劝人修医，天打雷劈 Zhi Yan芝宴Fantastical Romance409k WordsOngoing [A medical student crashes into the cultivation world: hardcore knowledge, laid-back daily life, and a suspenseful undercover mystery. An unconventional power fantasy, with a coming-of-age heroine and no romance.] Wan Xing, a medical student specializing in clinical medicine, was stabbed to death during her internship by a patient’s family member. When she woke up, she found herself in the cultivation world. Her white coat had become rough hemp clothes, and her hair tie had turned into a tree br 17Reads—Score—Shelves
4. 654 大 The Young Lady Charges Into a Talent Show and Somehow Becomes the Only Big Sister 大小姐勇闯选秀节目竟成唯一的姐 Zhujing竹京Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [The Nation's Daughter · Contrast · No Male Lead · Friendship and Careers Above All · Passionate Ensemble Cast · Gen Z Takes On the Workplace · Sunny Personality · All-Round ACE] Child star Yun Xiao was nominated for Best Actress at fifteen. Her father is an award-winning actor, her mother a pop diva, and now she's joining a talent competition? Netizens joked: The real heiress has arrived! Before the show premiered: Netizens: She's definitely an imperial favorite, the crown princess! After the s 1.9kReads9.3Score242Shelves
5. 655 在 She Rules the Apocalypse: Mad and Unhinged 在末日中称霸，她既疯且狂 June Bitter Melon六月苦瓜Sci-Fi & Apocalypse908k WordsCompleted [Natural Disasters and Zombies + Strong Female Lead Power Fantasy + Overpowered Protagonist + Decisive and Ruthless + Ensemble Cast + Everyone Is Ruthless + Some Infrastructure Building + No Romance + Powerful Golden Finger] A strange red fog triggers the apocalypse, while a sudden murder pushes Jiang Jinli to the brink of life and death. Fortunately, she miraculously survives and unexpectedly gains a mysterious pocket dimension. From then on, she swears to break free of the heavens’ restrain 862Reads8.4Score100Shelves
6. 656 初 After Performing Little Green Dragon at My Debut, I Became the Center 初舞台表演小青龙后我C位出道了 Zhujing竹京Modern Romance707k WordsCompleted [No romantic rivalry between women / no CP / all-around ace heroine / gentle / mind-reading] [Top student / talented creator / Best Female Singer / top-tier star] [From an unknown newcomer to an international superstar. The focus is on her career, friendships, and family, as a group of girls chase their dreams together. After watching too many idols’ careers crash, the author made up a fictional character to follow. My rule: idols chosen through talent shows can’t date.] Ye Ju practiced hard fo 806Reads9.2Score100Shelves
7. 657 修 Cultivation? This System Is Full of Bugs 修仙？这个系统全是bug When the Sunflower Blooms向阳花正开时Eastern Fantasy1.1M WordsCompleted Lin Zhao, a 25-year-old internet product manager, dies from overwork after endless 996 shifts. When he opens his eyes again, he’s lying in a pile of trash. His new body belongs to a useless wandering cultivator who fainted from hunger, at the first level of Qi Refining and so poor he has to eat dirt. He binds to the [Cultivation BUG Fixing System], which helpfully informs him: “Current Host level: trash.” Lin Zhao: ??? He soon discovers that this cultivation world has more things to complain abo 91Reads—Score—Shelves

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8. 658 龙 No One Loves the Dragon Hatchling? The Cannon-Fodder Sect Will Spoil It! 龙崽没人爱？炮灰宗门来宠！ A Xiao Wants to Sleep阿笑想睡觉Ancient Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Bonus chapters released from time to time. An unequivocally happy ending: don’t imagine a tragic ending that isn’t there. No trolls, and no BL or underage content. [The depressed dragon girl and the cannon-fodder sect save each other; no romance, light ensemble cast, cherished by all, coming-of-age] After dying unexpectedly, Jiang Le, who suffered from depression, transmigrates into a cultivation novel she had read, becoming a half-demon white dragon. A sect takes her in, and she begins a new li 3.1kReads9.1Score617Shelves
9. 659 御 Beast Tamer, Need Something Fluffy? 御兽，你缺毛茸茸吗？ Coconut Is Singing椰子在唱歌Modern Romance464k WordsCompleted (No romance) Qian Manman gets hit by a clay pot full of seafood noodles and sent to another world... When her talent awakens, she's bound to a Beast-Raising System that gives out ten-star reviews. From then on, she sets out on a quest to get all kinds of beasts to give her “ten-star reviews.” An S-rank demon beast: “I-Is this really a request? Why do I have a huge bump on my forehead?” An SS-rank monster, trembling: “I-I'm sure! I'll give you twenty stars! I want to give you twenty stars!” A mys 3.8kReads9.2Score591Shelves
10. 660 摆 The Slacker Princess: Fight for the Throne? Don’t Be Ridiculous! I Can’t Even Get Out of Bed! 摆烂公主：夺嫡？别闹！我起不来 Easygoing Bro不易老哥Ancient Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Good news] She transmigrated into the sixth princess in an empire ruled by an empress. [Bad news] From the start, she drugged the chancellor's legitimate son, and now he's writhing on the bed, hey! [The Princess's Inner Thoughts] Fight for the throne? Don't even start! No way, not in this lifetime. Get up at three in the morning, attend court at five, and work all year without a break? Sorry, I can't get out of bed. 13.6kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves
11. 661 疯 It's Crazy! The Whole World Is Obsessed with Huaxia-Style Cards 疯了！全球被华夏流卡牌疯狂种草 The Ant Isn't Small蚂蚁不小Urban2.1M WordsCompleted [Cards + card creators + Huaxia + secret realms + no romance] The Eighteen Levels of Hell + the Ten Great Underworld Officers + the Four Great Beauties + Li Bai and Du Fu + the Ten Great Gods of Wealth... A worn-out old horse with a dying candle in its eyes transforms into [An Old Horse Knows the Way]. Now Mom never has to worry about me getting lost again. Don’t ask me why I’m holding green plums in the desert. I’ll never have to worry about dying of thirst again. [Quench Thirst by Gazing at Pl 12.1kReads7.9Score1.2kShelves
12. 662 农 Farming and Foraging: The Busy Life of a Village Girl 农门小女娘，赶山淘海种田忙 Lin Fengmian林枫眠Ancient Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Farming + gathering and hunting + coastal foraging + System + adorable kids + mostly everyday life + satisfying story + no romance] Song Anning transmigrates and becomes the notorious troublemaker of an ancient village. Her father and older brother have gone missing in the mountains, her mother has gone mad, her younger siblings are still little, and her grandparents are getting on in years. Song Anning cries out, “Mom, I want to go home...” Fortunately, Heaven gives her an adorable System that 8.9kReads9.0Score1kShelves
13. 663 觉 I Awakened as a Divine Healer, So Is It Really Wrong to Choose an Archer? 觉醒神级奶妈，我选弓箭手合理吧 Heaven-Defying Hami Melon逆天哈密瓜Urban1.4M WordsCompleted [Class Change for All + Passionate + Power Fantasy + Fast-Paced + No-Brain Required + No Female Lead] Ye Ming accidentally transmigrates to a chaotic world ruled by nine great races. This world is home not only to humans, orcs, and elves, but also dragons, demons, and more! It is also filled with countless dungeons and secret realms hiding precious treasures! Here, every human who turns eighteen has a chance to awaken a talent-based class! After waiting three years, Ye Ming discovers that the cl 10.1kReads8.2Score936Shelves
14. 664 末 The Whole Dorm Transmigrates Into a Book in the Apocalypse! Are We All Cannon Fodder? No Way 末世全寝穿书！全员炮灰？不可能 Moon in a Can月亮罐头Sci-Fi & Apocalypse503k WordsCompleted The comic adaptation is now online [Apocalypse + transmigrate into a book + girl squad's comeback + dorm-room pocket dimension + taking down scumbags + ensemble cast + no romance] The dorm went “boom”! Mu Mu opened her eyes to find the apocalypse was just seven hours away! All four girls in the dorm had transmigrated into the bodies of cannon fodder who died early? Worse, each of them was destined for a miserable end, serving as nothing more than tools to bring the male and female leads closer. 6.1kReads8.9Score1.1kShelves
15. 665 恶 The Vicious Big Sister Runs the Household: With Thick Enough Skin, There's Meat at Every Meal 恶姐当家：只要脸皮厚顿顿都吃肉 I Don't Have Any Money Anyway反正我没钱Ancient Romance1.3M WordsCompleted With dual powers at her command and no shortage of food and drink, this must be Zhou Sisi's consolation prize after her teammates blew her up in the apocalypse! Being reborn as a fiery-tempered farm girl suits her just fine. She doesn't have to pretend to be anyone else, and it's the best feeling ever. From the start, it's the usual story: the heavens decide to rain, and her mother decides to remarry. No stopping them, though she never planned to. Her mother can get married if she wants, but she 23.5kReads9.1Score3.1kShelves
16. 666 这 This Is My Turf. Who Said You Could Come In? 这我家地盘，谁准你们进来的 Yuan Zhou ISYZ元周ISYZSci-Fi & Apocalypse117k WordsOngoing A growing ensemble cast, relying entirely on their own talents. The “prophecy” says the day of the apocalypse is coming, five years from now. After drowning in a bathtub one day, Li Wang transmigrated as a baby and became an ordinary citizen of Huaguo on Blue Star. In this world, she has loving parents and friends by her side. Every day, she just sunbathes, listens to music, and studies now and then. She thought she could finally live a safe and happy life, but what’s this? What do you mean, 1Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A group of five characters, all based on friendship, with no romantic relationships, and all featuring strong female characters!

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