[Western Crossover] Fishing Simulator

Opens August 1, 2026 Updates every night at 8:00 p.m., no later than 10:00 p.m. Currently updating three chapters a day. I'll post an announcement if I need to take a day off. Inline comments are enabled. Check out my upcoming stories: Western Crossover: The Gardener Simulator and Gotham Mushroom Growing Guide After unlocking the Fishing Simulator, Ivan began his fishing life in another world. But after living there for a while, he realized it wasn't quite what he had imagined. What he thought the simulator would be like: Chum the water, cast the line, wait, then reel in. What the simulator was actually like: Chasing enormous, golden-glowing fish across the ocean at night, discussing philosophy with talking fish, and raising a lord (?) Ivan thought, This isn't so bad. At least it's not boring anymore. Until 【Lord: Manta Ray (Legendary)】 【A legendary fish. You may only catch one in your entire life. A large fish with a gentle temperament.】 He stared at the vicious, pitch-black giant rag who could headbutt him hard enough to make him spit blood, and question marks popped up all over his head. Where exactly was this “gentle temperament” supposed to be? Ivan raised all these enormous fish as pets. Until one day, while on a mission in another world, he saw a dark silhouette flying across the night sky. ...Are you sure that isn't my giant rag? * His catches include, but aren't limited to: Gotham's rich guy The God of Man Shiny Iron Man Aquaman (?) Cap (Not in any particular order) * 【A few things to know before reading】 1. This may resemble some fishing games out there, but I didn't base this story on any specific game. Just so you know. 1.2 The leads aren't romantically involved at first. They're more like senior and junior colleagues. They only get together later, once they're evenly matched. (Consider this a warning.) 1.3 The love interest isn't very useful at first. All he can do is his best not to mess things up. (Consider this a warning.) 1.4 The love interest gets pretty emo in the first story arc, mostly because he hasn't seen another person in ages and has anthropophobia, along with his personality. As expected, he'll gradually get better over the next few arcs. P.S. His recovery has to do with the city and attributes of each arc, which would be a spoiler. Not telling, not telling. 2. Lots of personal worldbuilding! Major OOC warning for the characters! (Emphasis added.) 3. Main character is the receiver. His partner is that guy described in detail in the blurb. 4. There will be occasional sanity-draining scenes. The protagonist is human, but gradually becomes less so as the story goes on. His catches aren't limited to superheroes, either. There'll be all sorts of strange things and original characters. 5. The protagonist's personality doesn't reflect the author's. Don't assume the author's views match the views expressed in the story. 6. Find me on Weibo if you need anything. I'll reply (probably). 7. Please don't tell me if you drop the story... I'm fragile [sobbing] * A photo of the blurb was saved on April 10, 2024, at 1:59 a.m. Last edited July 23, 2026, at 11:05 p.m. Check out this upcoming story of a similar sort (?)! Western Crossover: The Gardener Simulator After a long sleep, Rhine woke to find himself in a strange garden. ...There was nothing wrong with tending flowers. Besides, being awake and idle was better than sleeping. That's what the young master told himself. But the very first flower gave him a rude awakening. It was a flower with a solitary disposition and strange habits (?), and it was even more delicate and high-maintenance than he was. Still, given how rare the variety was, the young master reluctantly became a hard-working gardener, watering and fertilizing it diligently every day. He poured what little patience he had into this blackish mutant tulip (probably), and at last the day came for its bud to bloom. ...It did bloom, all right. But someone was also breaking into the farm. The seed bags would be rummaged through, and tools kept mysteriously vanishing and reappearing. Rhine was convinced the black tulip was behind it all. In a fit of anger, he poked it until it turned into a trumpet-shaped flower. Hoping the second flower would be better behaved, Rhine pulled out the weeds in a fit of pique, prepared a flower bed, and planted his second seed. Gotham's Dark Knight had been having the same dream a lot lately. In the dream, he was stuck in one place while some enormous creature watered and fertilized him every day. ...So I'd turned into a plant in my dream. That was what the Dark Knight thought. Then he realized he was wrong. Because... he bloomed. (Literally.) Later, he noticed that the sunflower newly planted next door looked a lot like a certain alien. Sunflower (smiling brightly): Hi? It's more or less the story of a rich young golden retriever working hard as a gardener. (Yep.) Little scene: Tulip (with a low sigh): I've bloomed. Red Camellia (firmly): Yes, you have. A fresh start. Champagne Rose (looking haughty): Hmph... bloomed. Baby's Breath (muttering something incomprehensible): #%@ Sunflower (facing the sun and smiling) Theme: Love can soothe every hurt