Secret Identity / Selfcest / Everyone Loves Them 马甲/水仙/万人迷

1. 1 马 Every Secret Identity Is a Genius Ninja 马甲都是天才忍者 Wang Xiaozhou王小周Romance593k WordsOngoing As a bona fide, ordinary villager of Konohagakure, Nanase Yan was perfectly content with her everyday life as someone who could never be chosen, until one day her childhood sweetheart suddenly disappeared. She got her hands on a manga. She could write in it, setting up her family and creating clan members. She decided to use this divine artifact to bring her childhood sweetheart back! Nanase Yan looked at her mother, whose family had been ordinary villagers for generations, then at her father, 7.8kFavorites8.6kClicks/ch12.5kGifts

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   A fanfiction featuring a fairy-tale protagonist with multiple aliases! (Memory is not shared, multiple aliases)

2. 2 重 The Gravity-Type Killer’s Misadventures in the Ninja World 重力系杀手误入忍界记实录 Master Owl猫头鹰大师Romance787k WordsOngoing Itami's life changed because of two things an online friend said the first time they met in person. One was, "Have you seen Full O? You look just like that person!" The other was, "Sorry, I'd rather go to the ninja world, experience misfortune, and commit seppuku…" Itami asked what Full O was, so she was forced to watch her first anime ever. In the manga, she found a brother who shared neither parent with her: Illumi. Itami looked just like his twin. Her online friend even thought their person 6.6kFavorites9.1kClicks/ch14.9kGifts

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   This is a tentative story by Narcissus (at least there are misunderstandings about the pseudonyms used by people around me; I like reading this).

3. 3 超 [Western Crossover] Superhero Baby Simulator [综英美]超英崽模拟器 May's Muggy Heat五月郁蒸Romance292k WordsOngoing The full-dive life-simulation game "Superhero Kids" is here! Cleo downloads it right away. The game lets you choose superhero genes and edit your background. M District: New York's richest man, an alien deity, a frozen old man... D District: Gotham's richest man, an alien orphan, a princess with divine blood... Everyone says the first choice for a new life should be an old-money family. But there are two old-money families. She thinks for one second: Why not pick both? It's just a matter of ma 3.2kFavorites4.9kClicks/ch2kGifts

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   A Narcissus-themed story! One-on-one romance, shared memories and perspectives. I really love the premise of becoming a god and having a follower in the previous life cycle, and I'd love to read about that cycle even more—it feels so satisfying!

4. 4 躺 Coasting to Victory, Starting with a Life Simulator 躺赢，从人生模拟器开始 Li Zhu骊逐Romance328k WordsCompleted [Complete] You have a “Life Simulator System” that lets you customize people, create characters, and write their destinies. You diligently made a whole bunch: handsome men, beautiful women, adorable kids, dashing old men... Watching your little characters bounce around in the world you built filled you with satisfaction, and you planned to continue the next day. When you woke up, you had transmigrated into a book with your System, becoming the villainous fake heiress in a story about a real and 2.9kFavorites3kClicks/ch3.7kGifts

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   The authoritative leader of Narcissus fiction is back!! Five stars! No need to say more, it's still a quick transmigration story (I love you!). The only drawback is that the synopsis made me think it was about constantly changing identities, but it turns out it's the same identity traveling to different worlds. The identity is fixed in the first world, so there can't be any new characters. What a pity! They could have changed the character in each world. (Also, there are so few female identities, only one. I thought the cute little horse I raised was a girl?? Disappointing. If I were raising a child, I especially hoped for a girl.)

5. 5 水21+ Narcissistic Love or a Love Triangle? I'll Decide 水仙还是三角我自有定论 Crossing the Reeds渡芦Multi-Orientation100k WordsCompleted 2.5kFavorites2.2kClicks/ch1.6kGifts

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   A whimsical novel with a mix of yuri and heterosexual elements, containing both yuri and heterosexual pairings, but it's just too short??

6. 6 穿 Reborn as the Heroine of an Angsty Novel, but My Secret Identity Is a Proud Dragon 穿成虐文女主，但马甲龙傲天 Ming Xizi明兮子Romance539k WordsOngoing [One Soul, Two Bodies]+ [Selfcest]+ [Modern Subtle Horror, Spiritual Qi Revival]+ [Leveling Up] If I had to transmigrate, fine. Transmigrating into a melodramatic novel about a real heiress and a fake heiress that I’d read before dying... I could live with that too. My expectations were already so low... could I not at least transmigrate properly?! Did you really have to cause trouble for me?! Jiang Fuqing lay swaddled in her blanket, staring dead-eyed at the nanny who carried her away and 1.5kFavorites2kClicks/ch3.3kGifts

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   I love Narcissus Vest. It's tentative; I stopped watching halfway through (the question I had was whether the female lead could switch back in her childhood to reveal her true identity. I really dislike plots where the real and fake heiresses know each other from the beginning but refuse to switch back; I only watched this because it allowed for a complete change).

7. 7 人 I'm a Good Person, Really [Apocalypse] 人家是一头好人[末世] Sa Wu萨巫Romance538k WordsCompleted [Complete / Third-person narration] [Upcoming book: Living in a Horror World. Blurb: I live a normal life during the day, but at night I possess a corpse in the deep sea. After spending a whole week as a corpse, I went a little crazy. The deep sea doesn't look all that normal either. Surely it's fine if I eat those strange things and mutate? Later, I came ashore, and the humans on the beach screamed and ran away. Me: “...” Oh no. I was underwater, so I just 50.2kFavorites51.9kClicks/ch101.1kGifts

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   It's so lifelike, hehe, fake narcissus (I absolutely love real narcissus). This story is just so delicious (chewing). If you remove some of the pre-apocalyptic bonds and friends, and the female lead is all alone with herself, it would be even better (chewing). The male lead hasn't appeared yet, and the author has stated he's not a true narcissist. We'll see how things are resolved later; hopefully, the male lead won't become a flaw. Hmm, the banyan tree seems to be the male protagonist's doing. Actually, if it weren't the male protagonist, I'd say the non-human aspect is quite appealing in a CB (Crossfire) setting. But forcing the idea that it's hermaphroditic and that evolving the female plant wouldn't be necessary is a bit... Emm... Oh well, the male protagonist is still edible. Honestly, the comments section really ruined my impression of the book. The last three chapters were filled with arguments that left me feeling frustrated, annoyed, and disgusted (because of the comments, I didn't even want to open the book and follow the updates anymore). I don't have any ill feelings towards the banyan tree or the story itself, but I do dislike the comments section and the author's seemingly forced setup for the banyan tree male protagonist (that female pillar), and I've even taken my anger out on the banyan tree itself.

8. 8 带 Returning to Age Thirteen With My Dating Sim Hero's Secret Identity 带着乙游男主马甲重回十三岁 Li Zhu骊逐Romance880k WordsCompleted Su Yao was reborn at thirteen. At that age, her parents were away earning money in another province, leaving her home alone. Teenage acne was flourishing across her face, and she was as drab and plain as an ugly duckling. Her biggest problem wasn't a hazy, awkward teenage crush. It was finding someone to give her a ride to school, five kilometers away. No big deal. Thinking of the secret identities from an otome game that hadn't even launched yet, which she'd somehow brought back twenty years 8.2kFavorites10.6kClicks/ch24.8kGifts

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   I love playing otome games~ Narcissus is the best for healing yourself. It's great that two of my favorite themes are combined. The setting is really beautiful.

9. 9 从 Becoming a Tycoon with Four Secret Identities 从四个马甲开始当神豪 Li Mujiu李慕九Romance254k WordsCompleted As a Host with a System, Lu Jiao might be the most pathetic one of all. Her "Showbiz Stardom Training System" has a record of every trainee she cultivates having their career crash and burn. For a while, she becomes a name that can't be spoken in showbiz. After working diligently for five years, the completion rate on her dashboard is still an eye-watering zero. Lu Jiao watches the countdown to her failed mission reset, furious and heartbroken. Starting her life over, Lu Jiao finally realizes t 4kFavorites5.2kClicks/ch2.6kGifts

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   Sure, this is a rare Narcissistic novel. Narcissistic novels can write incredibly engaging romance and pairings, or they can be written so plainly that you don't even need to think about pairings. This story has a rather weak and uninspired romance. However, the career storyline is quite good; the female lead's career is very fulfilling, making it a satisfying read throughout without any frustrating moments. The romance in the story is rather ordinary, described only briefly, and there's not much discussion or fanservice regarding the alternate pairings. It ends very quickly, and it feels like the entire world and plot weren't fully developed. It ended as soon as VR was finished, sigh. The story is more touching with female characters than male characters, so it can be assumed that all supporting characters are male. In addition, it still falls into the trap of depicting a female lead who is a popular and wealthy woman, while the supporting characters are mostly male and have little contact with her, which is a common problem and a matter of habitual thinking. The subordinates, vice president, secretary, driver, movie protagonist, investors, partners, director, special effects team, male best friend, shipping CP, rich second-generation who won without effort, and the four Mas are basically all men, which made me frown. Women are only briefly mentioned in a few roles: a female fan of a boy band who is recruited at the beginning, a female manager she has worked with, a girl group briefly mentioned in the final chapter, the only film with a romantic pairing from the female protagonist's perspective in The Last Walker, a female designer who appears briefly, a receptionist, a few female fans, and female passersby in the publicity. The rest are mostly male, and it's assumed that everyone is male. Female supporting characters are really few and far between. I can let it go—your former vice president, business partner at another company, messy romantic relationships, and the boy band being male. I understand. I also accept that most of the movies are filmed from the male lead's perspective, since it's to support male impersonators. Why are the personal secretary, driver, and affairs handler all male? And why is it that the character who's biased towards her best friend, clings to her coattails, and appears throughout the entire story constantly trying to seduce her and ship her with her boyfriend? (Facepalm) In a typical female-centric novel, this character would be a female best friend or a supporting female character. Throughout the entire story, there's practically no other significant or frequently appearing female supporting character.

10. 10 帝 Emperor and Empress Simulator 帝后模拟器 Ji Lingshan季灵山Romance784k WordsCompleted An Lin is a fan of strategy and management games. One day, someone recommended a game called Emperor Simulator to her. Excited, she stayed up all night playing it. Build infrastructure, establish the imperial examinations, develop agriculture, train troops, unify the realm... The game offered many ways to play, but An Lin was obsessed with infrastructure and had no interest in building a harem. She put all the funds meant for selecting consorts into agriculture instead. Then, as she played, peop 41.4kFavorites77.1kClicks/ch51.5kGifts

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    Narcissus in a vest, yay!

11. 11 七 Using a Secret Identity to Make Deals Around the World in the 1970s 七零开马甲在全球搞买卖 Mu Yan穆烟No CP523k WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the 1970s, Tang Yuan inexplicably earns the nickname "silly girl." Just as she finally learns the local dialect and prepares to change everyone's minds, she discovers that the game she's linked to lets her alter her appearance and change outfits, and even create secret identities all over the world! Who cares what people call her? Making money is what matters! Her randomly assigned secret identity takes her to Hong Kong: Need any sweaters? Three for one yuan (they cost 5.7kFavorites10kClicks/ch14.6kGifts

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    This is a rare and delightful surprise – a delightful story about a woman's love for her son. The synopsis wasn't initially appealing, but I only read it out of curiosity. The story itself is surprisingly good! It features almost entirely female characters with multiple identities, a historical setting where gender is not explicitly stated, and a large proportion of female characters (the female-to-male ratio is roughly 10:1, with men playing supporting roles). The focus is on depicting the bonds, cleverness, mutual support, and love between women, rather than engaging in petty squabbles. A satisfying read from start to finish, without any frustrating moments. The protagonist immediately retaliates, and the revenge is directed at the root of the problem – the scumbag father; the stepmother is just a romantic idiot who gets sidetracked. Using someone else's strength against them is very clever, and the female lead doesn't lose her intelligence either. A captivating story featuring multiple identities, with a clever female protagonist and currently all female identities! The characters are predominantly female and shine brightly. While not a matriarchal society, the well-developed female characters are portrayed with a level of charisma that rivals a matriarchal society. The male characters are not heavily emphasized; those whose genders are not explicitly stated are generally assumed to be female. They are kind, cooperative, and vividly portrayed, each with their own agenda yet still capable of showing kindness. The descriptions of the older women and female workers in the period novels are also very good, very realistic and vivid. They don't just gossip and spread rumors, but also play a positive role, teach the vulnerable groups, and pass on their social experience to help them obtain corresponding benefits in their lives and families. They compete and fight, help each other and give care, instead of just backstabbing each other (as depicted in those common period novels about village grandmothers and older women of that era).

12. 12 女 After Disguising Myself as a Man, I Stole the Male Lead's Path 女扮男装后抢了男主的路 Three Measures of Autumn三两秋Romance930k WordsCompleted #Please add my upcoming book, The Strategist's Guide: While the Lord Works, I Ascend the Throne, to your collection! After transmigrating, Su Yu became a prince who had snagged the throne of Great Qi, despite being a woman in disguise. The noble clan patriarch, born to privilege and looking down on the world; The young Imperial Tutor, refined and charming, with a hidden blade behind his smile; The undefeated general, unrestrained, brave, and resourceful; The richest man in the land, a smooth op 10.5kFavorites13.5kClicks/ch17kGifts

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    (Front row: This is not one of the first two types, but the third type.) It's not a female-centric story, nor does it have any profound or meaningful descriptions; it's just a simple female-centric wish-fulfillment story, but it doesn't contain any offensive or offensive language. Super good!!! A great female empress novel, a satisfying read with a strong female lead throughout, the female lead is the most powerful! No romance-obsessed protagonist, no frustrating moments, the female lead is very smart and capable, the description of her appearance is just right, and she also has fighting skills (I love female leads with science and engineering backgrounds, they fully utilize the advantages of modern civilization, even if they can't beat the martial arts, they can still have guns and weapons). The male leads are all excellent characters, each one great on their own. It's a shame they only get branching storylines and can't all be added to the harem. There's not much detail about their lives after they get together. I feel like I could have read dozens more chapters just watching them fall in love! There are so few side stories! And that handsome, heterochromatic-eyed wolf surnamed Su—I really want to read his side stories too! Such great character development for the male and female leads, and the final romance only appears in a few extra chapters, and even that is very vague—they don't even get to see what happens after that! It's such a shame, I just can't get enough of the extra chapters!

13. 13 身 After Becoming Seriously Ill, I Got Five Bodies 身患重症后我有了五具身体 Li Zhu骊逐Romance566k WordsCompleted [A secret identity novel, one soul in multiple bodies. The official version is on Jinjiang Literature City. The main story has been revised many times; pirated versions are not the final edition.] Qin Chi is the fake daughter in a true-and-fake heiress story. After the Qin family recognizes their real daughter, she finds herself in an extremely awkward position. Worse still, caught in the whirlpool of a wealthy family, she is gravely ill and on the brink of death. The Qin family can't even come 21.1kFavorites53.8kClicks/ch13.8kGifts

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    I like!!

14. 14 我 Me and My Handsome Boy Secret Identities 我与我的美少年马甲们 Li Zhu骊逐Romance225k WordsCompleted ▲ Official blurb: After meeting the many people who shared her secret identities, Ding Mian faced an impossible question: How could she and her other selves enjoy a comfortable, prosperous life without getting caught up in scandalous rumors that other people made up out of thin air? These included, but weren’t limited to, her becoming the “benefactor in the entertainment industry,” “pretty, rich 7.6kFavorites13.4kClicks/ch3.9kGifts

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    I absolutely love it!! It's just too short!! And I didn't see them delve deeper into the details. I love fanfiction with pseudonyms the most!!!

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