Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic / Angsty but Satisfying Reads (Complete Edition, Vol. 1) 美强惨/虐爽文（全订版1）

1. 51 为 I Became a Popular Character to Save the World 为了拯救世界我成了人气角色 Want Some Gossip, Friend?吃瓜吗朋友No CP683k WordsCompleted [Complete and ready to binge] Fuguang received an early-access bonus pack for the hit game Tales of Calamity: transmigrate into the game world, become the game's most popular character, and be granted a new life. In plain language, how long you live depends on how many popularity points you have. The little System orb smugly explained that, based on the profile of the Host selected this time, a Host with such a terrifyingly low life force would never refuse! And yet... “No need.” The little 7.5kFavorites7.6kClicks/ch10.8kGifts

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   So good!!! Dongjun, please promise me you'll treat yourself better, okay? Super good!! There are some time-related inconsistencies in the middle, but it doesn't hinder reading. The ending is a little rushed, but the epilogue makes up for it, so it's still four stars~ I especially loved the part where Suzaku's identity was revealed, hehe. I'm happy when the forum is angsty (what?). Why are so few people reading this? It's really good, everyone should read it!

2. 52 红 A Guide to Playing Both Sides with Secret Identities 红黑马甲扮演指南 Qi Ziqi柒子棋No CP323k WordsCompleted Come check out my upcoming story next door! Give this one a look! This novel will be published on March 5, with Chapter 24 as the first paid chapter. There will be a 10,000-character update that day. Important: Updates go up every evening between six and nine, no later than nine sharp. I'll take a day off if something comes up. Blurb: Hello, everyone. I'm He Zequan. I'm seventeen, and right now I'm working hard to save up points and carefully draw cards. Don't ask. The System is just that 29.2kFavorites64.9kClicks/ch9.9kGifts

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   It's not bad, the pacing is a bit fast in the later stages, and the ending feels like it suddenly went back to the beginning. I'm kind of looking forward to watching it a second time or a full viewing (hahaha). It's alright, there are a few minor sad moments, but not many. Cats need to be cared for!

3. 53 B After the Bad Ending, I Made a Contract with a Demon BE后我与恶魔签订契约 Don't Listen to the Cat Meow别听猫说喵No CP567k WordsCompleted #Detective Conan Fanfiction# After the decisive battle, the Organization was destroyed, and Hakuba Akiyoshi attended the funerals of his five classmates. Over the next eight years, he watched his friends die one after another, until they had all left him alone in the world. He wasn't even allowed to follow them in death, because he was a despicable thief: a spy planted in the National Police Agency by the Organization, who had coveted the blazing friendship he found in the sunlight. He was a vil 3.5kFavorites3.4kClicks/ch1.6kGifts

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   It's so good!!! A little bit angsty, but so satisfying!!! Akai, you're such a cute little kitten! Take good care of yourself when you're out and about!!

4. 54 弹 The On-Screen Comments All Think I'm a Saint 弹幕都以为我是大善人 A Little Bamboo Shoot一支小竹子No CP818k WordsCompleted The Honmaru AU for Jian Liu: The Swords All Think I'm a Good Person. See the author's profile! Next up: The Bystander Decides to Play the Evil God Blurb: As the Super High School Level Hope, Shendu Jianliu was the second test subject in the “Hope Cultivation Project.” His original personality hadn't been stripped away, but he had to endure the effects of the modifications at all times, suffering immense pain. System: “Didn't you want to spread hope to the world again? Join our Redemption Live 57kFavorites63kClicks/ch63kGifts

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   It's amazing!! The angst was so satisfying, it was really agonizing, but so enjoyable (yeah). I was going crazy on my WeChat Moments in the middle of the night because of it. The main story only has two worlds and is already finished. There aren't any side stories that interest me yet, so I haven't bought them (yeah). // Second editor: I subscribed to all the movies just to watch the side stories. One word: awesome!!! Watching the movies was so incredibly satisfying, with so much angst.

5. 55 策 What Character Setting Did the Writers Give Me? [Western Fantasy] 策划到底给了我什么人设[西幻] Ferryman of the River of the Dead冥河摆渡者Danmei (BL)175k WordsCompleted I'm an R-rank card in a card-collecting game. The game is set in a Western fantasy world, with three factions to choose from: the Church of Light, the Church of Darkness, and the League of Freefolk. Of course, to bring everyone together in friendship when needed, there's also a common enemy called monsters. Just like the traditional setup in every game, the player, the “Chosen One,” starts out with amnesia, lying outside the city, where a kind paladin out on a mission finds them. That kicks off 25.1kFavorites34.1kClicks/ch11.4kGifts

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   Free novels are amazing! The whole thing was lighthearted and not angsty, but it made me want to search for more Mob Paladin stories after reading it (sorry, um).

6. 56 浅 Detective Asaka’s Case-Theory Cards 浅海警官的柯学卡牌 Thanks, Iced Coffee with Houttuynia折耳根美式谢谢Danmei (BL)530k WordsCompleted Completed works: I Want to Punch Officer Matsuda and After Becoming Matsuda's Older Brother Asahumi Ya had blown up, in the literal sense. As the countdown on eight bombs ticked toward his death, he finally remembered that his name had appeared in the obituary from last night's nightmare. Asahumi Ya was alive again, in the literal sense. Along the way, he got bound to some kind of card System. It told him that to truly revive, he had to max out the character stats on the cards in a Detective Co 14.2kFavorites17.6kClicks/ch4.3kGifts

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   Oh my gosh, I'm rolling around in my dorm room, it's so bittersweet, my CP is the second-year graduate student! For the first time, I really want to expose all the main characters' secrets! I won't allow them to not know how much my dear Asami-kun has done!! Waaah, hurry up and expose his secrets! The extra chapters are so satisfying, especially the part about the medicine (hmm) that was so satisfying (lol)! It's so good!

7. 57 弃 The Price of Dropping the Novel Was Becoming the Protagonist’s Best Friend 弃坑代价是成为主角挚友 Ye Yaoyi夜妖仪No CP666k WordsCompleted Going premium on March 11. Thank you, everyone! The main story is complete. Bonus chapters will appear from time to time. Thank you for your support. Ni Lan is a well-known amateur comic artist. He is well-known because a comic he doodled went viral, and an amateur because it was just something he’d drawn on a whim. But why should getting accidentally blasted by a transmigration device from another world count as abandoning my story!!! Amid his readers’ resentment, he transmigrated into his ow 19.6kFavorites24.7kClicks/ch14.3kGifts

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   That's great... Ah Lan... It's clearly a fake knife, but it feels almost identical to a real one. Thank goodness for the forum, hehe, I'm browsing the forum.

8. 58 反 Every Secret Identity of the Villainess Is a Beacon of the Righteous Path 反派她每个马甲都是正道之光 Glazing施釉Romance441k WordsCompleted [The Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Leaders of the Righteous Path All Love (Are) Me] To get home, the Villain Sheng Shu worked diligently at four jobs. Her first job: senior disciple of the Myriad Sword Sect. Gifted beyond compare, she was the designated heir to the sect leadership, but took advantage of the male lead’s seclusion to steal the sword and leave without hesitation, abandoning the senior and junior disciples who trusted her to die. Her second job: Immortal Lord Qinghe. On the verge 3.7kFavorites8.6kClicks/ch1.6kGifts

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   I genuinely thought it was a fake knife, but it came in with a mouthful of blood (?). The author had no outline, it was just a product of their own whims, and it was very enjoyable to write and read. The only problem was the confusing parts about the secret realm, memories, and time travel, but that didn't detract from the overall enjoyment of the story.

9. 59 反 The Villain Has No Reincarnation Route 反派没有转生路线 Emerald Marsh翠沼Danmei (BL)135k WordsCompleted [Seeking Favorites for the Upcoming Novel After Raising an Evil God] [The Organization: Second Playthrough Begins!][Please read the content warnings before reading. If you can't accept even one of them, please don't open the story.] As a fallen god, Yize is immortal, treating the world as a stage for his grand finale and reveling in it to his heart's content. A lonely god's existence was devoid of joy. To erase his divinity, he carefully planned one betrayal after another. [The Organization] 13.8kFavorites21.5kClicks/ch2.7kGifts

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   It's slashy... But maybe because I haven't read the original novel, there was a part I didn't understand, so it was okay. It just didn't feel as satisfying as the slashing. I'm feeling a bit down now (thinking). // Second part: Bought it, it's alright, hmm... It's really slashy, but the slashing isn't satisfying. At first, it's a bit confusing, but the story unfolds okay later.

10. 60 弹 The Bullet Comments Get Triggered by Me Every Day 弹幕每天都在为我破防 The Wind Does Not Compete风不竞No CP315k WordsCompleted #Fully revised, DLC playthroughs being completed# #The DLC playthrough for the Detective Conan world is a bonus chapter for readers, with no separate purchase required. It mainly fills in information for the angel readers who have read the whole story and supported it all the way through.# #The DLC playthrough for the Bungo Stray Dogs world will be released separately as a free short story, also with no purchase required, for the angel readers looking forward to seeing this story's concepts play 35.7kFavorites71.7kClicks/ch8kGifts

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    The later parts were a bit chaotic and confusing. Personally, I still prefer the first playthrough; it has a dull, lingering pain.

11. 61 红 The Red Team Keeps Getting in the Way of My Death 红方总在阻碍我狗带 I Ate Three Bowls of Rice Today今天吃了三碗饭Danmei (BL)769k WordsCompleted [Complete] Synopsis: After A-kun died, he was bound to a System. He agreed to fulfill the wishes of people from the modern world, taking the place of those who were supposed to die so they could survive. In return, he would gain the energy needed to be reborn. To complete his missions more effectively, A-kun takes on two identities. His real identity: personally recruited by Rum, an outstanding member of the organization, diligently doing his job and faithfully making liquor. His secret ident 34.6kFavorites65.9kClicks/ch21.3kGifts

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    It's not bad, just the writing structure has a few minor issues; there's a slightly disjointed section towards the end. The story itself is really captivating! The police officer's departure felt a bit bland (probably because there wasn't an outline). As for the seductive content, hehe, I'd love more!

12. 62 手 Armed with an Old-School Script, I Cozy Up to the Police Academy Crew 手握古早剧本和警校组贴贴 Mu Yulu沐裕鹿Romance322k WordsCompleted [[New bonus chapters! Strawberry milk is selling like hotcakes in the original world]] #A silly comedy, all you need is to have fun!# #Check out my friend Yan Xun's Matsuda Wants to Save Himself w = [#If you had the chance, would you want to get up close and personal with the Police Academy crew?#] Back then, I answered first without the slightest hesitation: [Absolutely! Of course I would! Starting at the police academy would be best!] And then, by some miracle, I arrived in the Detective Co 84.9kFavorites192.3kClicks/ch56.4kGifts

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    I'm dying of laughter! I laughed so hard I started chirping like a cicada (not really) *sizzle sizzle sizzle sizzle* —) This angst-filled manga was twisted into a comedy, and I'm seriously going to die laughing ( ). The story is beautiful, strong, and tragic, but you really can't be hurt by the tragedy because every page is bursting with laughter!

13. 63 炮 How Can a Cannon Fodder NPC Become the White Moonlight? 炮灰NPC如何成为白月光 Shenquanyuan神泉院Danmei (BL)605k WordsCompleted [The CP is set: Hiro] Coming next: After Binding Myself to the Evil God Chat Group Blurb: As a highly experienced cannon-fodder NPC, Kosui Ren has died more times than he can count. Just as he was waiting for his usual death ending, the world's consciousness glitched, and in the instant before the Grim Reaper arrived, he awakened to his own existence and dodged the executioner's blade. To avoid being deleted from this world by the System, he has to learn how to go from a string of emotionless 71.2kFavorites132.6kClicks/ch49kGifts

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    Good slash, good slash, good slash, sob sob sob sob ( ) This is a crossover of Bungo Stray Dogs with supernatural abilities, anyway, it's not very scientific and more like Detective Conan (not really). The pairing of Hikari and Kagemitsu is so cute, sob sob sob, tears are dripping from the corners of my mouth.

14. 64 引 The Guide's Role-Playing Begins in a Comic 引导者扮演从漫画开始 Xu Hui序回No CP516k WordsCompleted (The novel is complete, with lots of bonus side stories. Subscribe and enjoy! ヾ(*ΦωΦ)ツ) Blurb: The manga "The Imperfect" has many popular supporting characters. A snow-white fox-clan boy with a gentle smile, a deep-red lich who unleashes powerful spells at will, a golden dragon soaring across the sky with wings spread, a mysterious and languid wealthy patron who funds artists, a dangerous and cruel monster that suddenly appears in the world, and a righteous, incorruptible sword of the Holy Sanct 6kFavorites8.8kClicks/ch9.2kGifts

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    Awesome!! I love the friends group so much, sob sob sob (I'm so heartbroken) Everyone came back but the teacher and the clansmen can't come back. What an amazing sword! (Tactical lean back) And the Holy Sword, hehe, it's really good. (Damn it, why isn't there a meal replacement for me?)

15. 65 论 After My Forum Rants Came True 论坛暴言成真后 Bunny Shopkeeper兔子店长Danmei (BL)601k WordsCompleted [Check out my upcoming novel, The Mechanic Who Became an NPC in a Cyberpunk Game, a secret identity story.] *See the end of the blurb for content warnings.* [The main plot starts from the start!! The Whiskey Trio's truly mortifying moments are shown through flashbacks!] Chikawana is one of the distillery's two exceptionally capable true members, working diligently and tirelessly. He's such a model worker that even Gin 41.7kFavorites77.8kClicks/ch29.8kGifts

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    Nana—my darling—Waaaaah, so pitiful! No romance, but I support you, Akai!!! Pure love is just so sweet!!!

16. 66 今 Have I Finally Pushed the Bomb Disposal Squad Out of the Main Story? 今天把拆弹组推出主线了吗？ Di Qingyue帝倾月No CP536k WordsCompleted Upcoming danmei novel: [Interstellar] Twilight of the Gods, cute top × villain bottom. Cute can be a top too! Upcoming Genshin Impact spin-off, no CP: [Genshin Impact] Teyvat, but the Original Monsters. Is there something wrong with using Genshin Impact secret identities to fight the Original Monsters? (Dark version: building an Abyss with corrupted Genshin Impact secret identities) In the spring of his seventeenth year, Hagiwara Yuhei learned three things: One: The world he lived in was a mang 16.2kFavorites31.4kClicks/ch5.9kGifts

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    Not bad, woohoo, the little sparrow is so cute, woohoo, I love it so much, hehe.

17. 67 我 I Talked My Way Into the Red and Black Inner Circle 我靠嘴炮混入红黑高层 Spring Wine春酒Romance435k WordsCompleted On the 73rd anniversary of Detective Conan's serialization, a spin-off game called Symphony of Red and Black was released. Amamiya Juri lost consciousness after staying up all night gaming. When she woke up again, she found herself bound to a live-commentary system. She could only truly come back to life if she built up enough popularity before the anime tied to the game ended! Looking at the thoroughly ordinary college-girl character profile she'd created for herself, Amamiya Juri fell into d 43.3kFavorites97.4kClicks/ch49.1kGifts

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    It's great—Juri is such an adorable angel descended to earth!! Not angsty, with little romance and a strong focus on the plot.

18. 68 天 The Heavenly Dao Fears Nothing 天道无所畏惧 Big Leaf Wine大叶子酒No CP645k WordsCompleted The Great Dao has three thousand paths. Humans, ghosts, demons, monsters, shamans, immortals, and Buddhas each follow their own way. The Record of the Renowned says: Beneath the Great Dao are countless ancient peoples and countless forms of magical arts. The leaders of each path are favored by the Heavenly Dao. The ruler of humanity protects the human path. Beneath his sovereign power, millions bow their heads. In the Pure Land, on the lotus throne of the Buddha’s realm, a monk in plain robes ga 26.2kFavorites40kClicks/ch16.5kGifts

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    Ah, this book says there's no romance, but you can ship the Narcissus pairing yourself. Teacher, our Witch-Ghost is so pitiful! Aaaaaaah, my pairing! Aaaaaah, I'm so sad! I know it's just a fake pairing, why does it hurt so much? I'm going to break!

19. 69 我 I Survive by Building a Persona for My Secret Identity 我靠立人设给马甲苟命 Glazing施釉Romance320k WordsCompleted I ended up in a dynasty I’d never even heard of, along with all my secret identities. Question: How do I register myself and my four secret identities when they’re all lonely ghosts with no spiritual energy to sustain them, barely able to exist, and keep us from kicking the bucket? Qin Shu, back from the world of cultivation but unable to cultivate: Make up stories. The more thrilling, dramatic, and painfully insincere, the better. That way, spiritual energy will pour in from the listeners. I 3.4kFavorites6.4kClicks/ch855Gifts

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    Such a niche book! It's good! It's just a bit literary (not that I mean it's bad), which confused me a bit. But the pseudonyms are really pitiful. It's all fake love stories. Actually, I feel that it's a no-CP story, but it has Narcissus getting married, so it was categorized as a romance.

20. 70 黑 I'm Still Switching Sides in the Black Organization 黑方的我今天也在反复横跳 Walking with the Gods与神同行Romance347k WordsCompleted [Gin pairing] Your name is Mochizuki Gen, and you've transmigrated into a game you designed on a whim. The setting is a certain little detective's world, and your faction... is the Black Organization. To top it all off, your avatar is a snake woman whose body is 70% covered in scales. You: Just kill me.jpg #Is this a miracle of medicine or a collapse of morality? #Watch today's Close-Up on Science (not really) The Black Organization's Bamboo Pit Viper is a mystery-loving eccentric, as well as 27kFavorites64.8kClicks/ch11.2kGifts

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    It's great!! Hehe, little moon, hehe, giving mom a hug, hehe (snatched by Gin). The female lead is a crazy beauty, it doesn't feel angsty but she's very beautiful, strong, and tragic. The pairing is Gin.

21. 71 被 I Turned My Fate Around After Being Written into a Forensic Manga 被写进柯学漫画的我扭转了命运 Mu Yulu沐裕鹿No CP799k WordsCompleted [I revise and fix typos now and then, and the pirated version is quite different~ Thanks to all the lovely readers who support the official version, mwah~] #Check out Yan Xun’s fanfic spin-off, After I Linked to the Forum Three Times# = Jiang Lai arrives in this world for no apparent reason, and has to start over. Along the way, he gains a temporary home that is cozy, strange, and dangerous. The family includes: Himself, who has crossed borders and broken through the fourth wall. Kurosawa Ak 109.3kFavorites221.2kClicks/ch272kGifts

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    Ahhhh, so good! The "Vest" type of story features a beautiful, strong, and tragic character; the fake knife... I love the little sheep so much, baa baa! What's wrong with a little sheep who loves money?

22. 72 马 Vests Thousand Layers of Routines 马甲的千层套路 Bunny Shopkeeper兔子店长No CP1.3M WordsCompleted [“Always the Black-Side Bait in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department,” a Detective Conan no-romance story. The next volume comes out in the second half of 2025 www] [Bonus chapters drop now and then] The main story and all bonus chapters are complete~ Tsukiyama Asato carries a mission to “achieve the perfect ending” and lands in a world rated SSS-level dangerous. To finish the mission and retire as soon as possib 89.6kFavorites156.8kClicks/ch226.2kGifts

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    Ahh, it's so good! I watched it all night and laughed and cried at the same time (dazed). My mouth is full of knives, hehe. It's okay, it's okay, I can adjust myself (cosmic cat head sublimation).

23. 73 不 It’s Just Playing a Lovesick Fool, Right? [Quick Transmigration] 不就是出演恋爱脑么[快穿] The Year Is Waning岁既晏兮No CP383k WordsCompleted Ning Kezhi is invited by the System to play the role of a lovesick cannon-fodder character. He works himself into a serious illness and falls unconscious, all just to see the male lead once. Ning Kezhi: I've got this! I have to call out the male lead's name in my sleep to show how deeply and faithfully I love him. Ning Kezhi: “...” He falls silent for three seconds, then pokes the System: What's the male lead's name again? System: [...] The System offers a hint in bold, vigorous calligraphy: 42.2kFavorites95.9kClicks/ch27.2kGifts

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    So funny, hahaha! It has a slightly bitter taste, but it's a fake knife~ This Dihua one is really hilarious (what?).

24. 74 我21+ My Classmates Can't Possibly All Die 我的同期们不可能必die RoshuraNo CP314k WordsCompleted 2.5kFavorites2kClicks/ch160Gifts

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    Free read!! Xiao Chao is truly beautiful, strong, and tragic (her SR strength is the result of several playthroughs) (she's even more tragic now, okay!) The side stories really killed me QAQ, the main story is alright, not too angsty ().

25. 75 创 A Guide to Playing the Creator God's Secret Identity 创世神马甲扮演指南 Never Ask Ye Jiu不问叶九Danmei (BL)472k WordsCompleted [The cover shows Yuyu's true form. The secret identities follow the character profiles!] Years after transmigrating to another world, Yusheng, the God of Creation, received a prophecy: an abnormal NPC was about to appear in the world they had created. This NPC possessed far greater power than ordinary people. But as a descendant of the Demon King, he was bent on revenge, and sooner or later he would throw their world into chaos. Natural disasters struck, human calamities continued, the Demon K 12.2kFavorites10kClicks/ch3.9kGifts

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    This is such a tragic story of two beauties, so beautiful and strong, I really love it! It's not angsty but it's just amazing. You can watch it without any romance as long as you don't buy the extra chapters.

26. 76 论 The Forums Say All My Secret Identities Are Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic 论坛说我的马甲都是美强惨 The Unlovable Bilu不可爱的彼酪No CP310k WordsCompleted [Please visit the author's profile for these upcoming titles: The Green Tea Girl Becomes Gojo Satoru's Younger Brother and [Anime Crossover] Frail Older Brother Simulator. Their blurbs are below~] [I'm swamped with midterms and finals, so updates will be slower, probably every other day.] Kamiyashiro Mugetsu, once the strongest miko of the Sengoku era, died one day and opened her eyes a century later in the body of her reincarnation, Kamiyashiro Hanashita. Her body was frail and most of her spi 5.5kFavorites6.7kClicks/ch1.6kGifts

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    It's really good!! Although I'm the type who blindly jumps into fanfiction without reading the original work (especially my personal favorite, Marseille), and there were some parts of this one I didn't quite understand towards the end, it's still pretty good! The scene where the doctor tears up the card really made me realize I'm not a chopping block—

27. 77 在 Planting Death Flags Everywhere in the Detective Conan World 在柯学世界插满死亡flag Five Past Seventeen十七点No CP858k WordsCompleted Completed, full text free, currently being revised. Book 2 is ongoing. Content warning: The ending may cause psychological trauma for some of the original work’s heroes. In Book 2, the entire hero side is reborn and will find healing. You can also read Book 2 first. What would you say if you transmigrated into the world of the little boy who keeps dying, and became a bottle of booze? Noel grew up in the distillery, where his codename was Grappa. Four years ago, he awakened memories of a past l 22.1kFavorites17.4kClicks/ch15.9kGifts

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    Noel, may your journey be filled with blooming flowers. May you rest in peace. (Ahhhhh, this is so good! And it's free! I love you, author!! Noel!! You have to live a good life in the second part!!)

28. 78 总 Always Mistaken for a Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Character on the App 总在app被认定美强惨 Jian Yun见昀No CP833k WordsCompleted [Welcome to leave a rating now that the story is complete. Below the blurb are a reading guide and the upcoming story, After Becoming the Ghost King's Twin Sister] [The cover shows the protagonist's Wusu Jiu secret identity. Each secret identity has its own character-themed cover. The old covers can be found at @Jianyun Gugu - Jinjiang] After transmigrating, Qingniao Shou obtained a binding app called the Kexue App. The app System told Qingniao Shou that he had to complete missions in this worl 48.8kFavorites79.2kClicks/ch37.4kGifts

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    Ahhhh, Mom! I was writhing around in bed in the middle of the night like a qu, no, a little angst is good for the soul. Wusu liquor, ahhh, sob sob, my dear, ahhh, don't go!

29. 79 柯 The Forensics Handbook for Split Personalities 柯学精分手册 Zi Mu Tao子木桃Multi-Orientation737k WordsCompleted Complete. There’s a free collection of bonus chapters next door. Check out my friend’s story, Forum Outbursts Come True, by Tuzi Dianzhang [Third playthrough from the start, with the death-faking playthrough told in interwoven flashbacks] Songjiang Shiyu is trapped in a game and must max out his experience points to return to reality. He focuses on provoking people, stirring up trouble, and boosting their favorability, dancing with danger while covered in DEBUFFs. In the first two game stages, 90kFavorites152.4kClicks/ch312.4kGifts

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    Birds never linger for anyone. Wow, so sweet! A big knife! Hahahaha! Ugh, ahhh, Matsumi-kai! They're all fake knives, but they're so pretty!

30. 80 等 I'll Talk to You Once I Put on My Secret Identity 等我披上马甲再和你讲话 Xiu Xi岫夕No CP464k WordsCompleted My name is... Sorry, I forgot. I only remember that I used to be an utterly ordinary high school boy, and that I died suddenly at home on x year, x month, x day, after staying up too late. Now, I'm a supermarket clerk. If I sell all the goods in my hands, I can come back to life and go home. But can someone tell me what these weird things on the shelves are? [Resurrection Water] [Miracle Elixir: Cures Every Illness] [Kill the Twins] Would anyone really buy these obvious scams that are just 62.6kFavorites117kClicks/ch44.9kGifts

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    This book is so good, sob sob sob! So many unresolved feelings... My Song Jiu, sob sob! And the Golden Prince and his little cherry... I really love it so much! It's not particularly angsty, but it does have those little pearl-dropping moments... I really love it!! It's a pity there are no extra chapters.

31. 81 当 When a True Believer Becomes a Popular Manga Character: Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic 当真酒成为漫画人气美强惨 He Yitang禾一棠Danmei (BL)1.3M WordsCompleted [Please read the content warnings before starting! Make sure you read the warnings in the blurb!] [Pairing: Matsuda Jinpei. Respect everyone’s preferences. If this isn’t for you, perhaps we’ll meet again in another book. Science-mystery-world main plot, beware of a bad ending. The happy ending comes with the worlds’ merger in the finale.] [Check out my original upcoming novel: Who Exactly Is Your Husband?!] Blurb: After a car accident, Naruhodo Kaoru unexpectedly gets bound to a manga forum. 114.9kFavorites250.7kClicks/ch261.1kGifts

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    May everyone's future be bright and glorious (wiping away tears). As for the romance, I personally think it would be even better without a couple (personal reflection), but it's great just the way it is!

32. 82 今 I'm Still Getting Dragged on the Forums for Being a Beautiful, Strong Tragic Hero 今天也在论坛被动美强惨 Zi Mu Tao子木桃No CP960k WordsCompleted The Case Study of a Split-Personality Detective is now available ★ Complete, with occasional edits and typo fixes. ★ A similar fake-tragedy story, I Put Too Much Into Making My Comic Shine, is complete ★ Coming soon: How to Worship a Cute Deity [Mainly Detective Conan, chapters 18–24, 32–35, and 70 of Jujutsu Kaisen; chapters 45–54 of Bungo Stray Dogs. Not much content, 99.8kFavorites226.3kClicks/ch133.5kGifts

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    What a great spin-off!! The salted fish cat and stuff are just so cute!!! And the fake knife isn't angsty at all.

33. 83 为 I Sacrificed Too Much for My Manga’s Spotlight Moments 为了漫画高光我付出太多 Zi Mu Tao子木桃Romance1.1M WordsCompleted ★ A beautiful-and-tragic story with fake deaths and secret identities, focused on the protagonist. No CP in the main story; the bonus chapters pair her with Jingguang. Please be aware in advance: the supporting characters will also suffer. ★ The heroine is independent and strong. She won’t steal the original characters’ big moments. She’s a cool, confident young woman, not a delicate type. I have a secret: The world I live in is a comic that readers follow in real time, and I can use its online 88.6kFavorites185.5kClicks/ch212.4kGifts

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    This is the first spin-off I've ever read!! Ahhhhhhh, I'm such a little kitten, I'm dying to kiss it!!! ( ) It's incredibly good! It's all fake angst, a little bit of angst is just for fun (doge emoji)

34. 84 这 I’m Taking Over This Livestream 这个直播我承包了 White Day Porridge, White白昼粥白No CP303k WordsCompleted [Not a power fantasy. Not a power fantasy. Not a power fantasy. This is a story about the female lead’s growth.] [The author has no brain, so please don’t get your hopes up.] [60% paywall. Paragraph comments available at 10%.] [The female lead’s secret-identity story Don’t Take the Comic Seriously! is currently being serialized.] Jiang Miaomiao never imagined that the little comic she doodled in class would actually appear in the real world. The world was forcibly plunged into an era of livestr 25.3kFavorites38.8kClicks/ch35.2kGifts

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    This is a really good novel about a woman disguised as a man!! I love the beautiful, strong, and tragic little Jiang Jiang so much, I'm so sad! I really love the coming-of-age story of the female lead!!!

35. 85 为 Offering a Matryoshka Doll to the Beautiful World 为美丽世界献上套娃 Unsalted不盐No CP651k WordsCompleted [I’m not very good at this. My writing skills and emotional stability were equally lacking when I wrote it, so please think carefully before reading.] [The upcoming novel The Miracle Offered to a Beautiful World, featuring the same protagonist, is now in my author’s collection.] Garland Reiger Rossdale, male, human. Deputy commander of the Imperial Knights of the Gailing Empire, the only person in the world to embody all seven virtues, and a famous young aristocratic talent on the continent of T 36.9kFavorites25kClicks/ch45.7kGifts

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    It's still really good!! But I really wanted to see the two characters the author cut! Maybe because I don't read with my brain and don't read much Western fantasy, I didn't quite understand some of the details, but it didn't affect the reading experience! (Western fantasy characters are so hard to remember!) It's also the kind of story where the characters have multiple identities, and it made me cry buckets of tears, sob sob. The best part is that it's free!!! No money required! 200 Chapters!

36. 86 人 A Guide to Portraying Popular Characters 人气角色演绎指南 White Sugar Bunny白糖兔兔Romance186k WordsCompleted [This novel will be exclusively published starting December 23. Thank you all for your support!] [Next novel: Reincarnating as the Hidden Villainess of Doom Is a Complete Failure] Li Yue is an immensely popular up-and-coming manga artist who shot to fame with a single series, Shadow Frontline. But while she was out looking for inspiration one day, she unexpectedly transmigrated and got bound to a strange System. The System told her, “Because you’ve been leaving readers f 5kFavorites7.3kClicks/ch2.3kGifts

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    It's alright, but it feels a little bland.

37. 87 伪 Those Years I Spent Pretending to Be a Big Shot 伪装大佬那些年 Wei Chaojin魏朝瑾No CP1.3M WordsCompleted Buyehou, a mysterious big shot. With black hair, phoenix eyes, and a monocle, he habitually wore a long robe. He was quiet and gentle, yet distant. In a remote place, he ran a small teahouse where every single item was priceless. He received travelers who came and went. Some respected him, some hated him, some loved him, and some feared him... Yet no one could ever truly understand him. He seemed invulnerable, forever serene and unruffled. Yet every so often, you could catch a glimpse of some f 69.6kFavorites104.3kClicks/ch168.7kGifts

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    I burst into tears in the middle of the night... I've been following the series since chapter 100-something, and it ended recently. I could roughly guess the ending from the beginning of the closed timeline, but I didn't expect it to be this heartbreaking! What a tragic, beautiful, and powerful story! The author planted so many foreshadowing elements; at first, you might have many questions, but after finishing, you'll just think, "Wow, perfect closed loop, the author is amazing!"... I can't take it anymore! I need to watch the movie or go to a forum to help me cope... The part where the little fox says that if you don't recognize her, you'll never see her again really made me sob uncontrollably... It's like a fake tragedy turning into a real one, filling in the timeline with super powerful foreshadowing—I love it so much!

38. 88 考 A Research Maniac Survives in a Manga by Being Beautiful, Tragic, and Powerful 考据狂在漫画里靠美惨强保命 Copper-Shelled Notebook铜皮笔记本No CP577k WordsCompleted [Complete!!! The chapters are all up, so you can dig in now!] [My next novel features a male protagonist and no romance: The Cannon Fodder Villain Chooses to Join the Protagonist Squad. It’s the same kind of no-romance, group-adored, battle-worn story. A young villainous cannon-fodder heir awakens to his fate and, to fight against it, takes up the plot strings left behind by his mentor, his late and unexpected first love. He becomes a morally ambiguous drifter alongside the protagonist squad. A 34.9kFavorites53.4kClicks/ch24.1kGifts

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    It's so good! I stayed up all night watching it and cried like a baby, sob sob sob. I thought it was all fake, really, I was so stupid.

39. 89 人 Drifting Through the Martial World, My Secret Identity Takes the Blows 人在江湖飘，马甲在挨刀 Four-Legged Gold Swallower四脚吞金兽No CP369k WordsCompleted This novel will soon switch to a paid serialization after its completion. It goes premium on March 16! The chapter with the leave notice has been replaced with an extra about System 000. There’s also an extra about Baixiaosheng at the end of the novel, so make sure to read them if you haven’t yet, everyone~ No secret identities will be exposed at any point in this novel! Rest assured! Bai Yin was about to take the college entrance exams when she got bound to an incredibly wholesome System “Ou 4.6kFavorites7.6kClicks/ch2.5kGifts

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    It's not bad. The later part is a little messy, but it doesn't affect the overall readability.

40. 90 星 The First Guide in the Interstellar World 星际第一向导 Spirit of the Butterfly蝶之灵Danmei (BL)564k WordsCompleted The story is complete. Please add my next novel, Game Developer in Another World, to your library! When the human base B-73 is attacked by alien creatures and suffers devastating casualties, the Falcon Special Forces are sent to the rescue. In a basement piled high with junk, Lu Zexuan finds a strange boy. The boy is pale and thin. His beautiful eyes, one black and one red, show no reaction, and a palm-sized white fox spirit lies dying at his feet. A badly wounded Guide. Lu Zexuan immediately ta 164.4kFavorites199.2kClicks/ch138.4kGifts

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    Ohohoho! Beautiful, strong, and tragically wronged!! The revenge kind!! I love it!! Beautiful, strong, and tragic—it really touches my heart.

41. 91 炮 The Cannon Fodder Scum Gong’s Redemption Manual: Quick Transmigration 炮灰渣攻洗白手册［快穿］ Qiqi Xiaofeng期期小风Danmei (BL)408k WordsCompleted Check out my upcoming new novel, The Scum Top’s Survival Guide, in my author’s profile! Chu Yan has always done an outstanding job playing the disposable scum top in every melodramatic angst novel. Cheating on his spouse / keeping a lover / swindling people out of their money and affection… But once he leaves, satisfied with himself, the bottoms who were supposed to have given up on him completely, waved goodbye, and gone off to find true love all turn dark… Bottoms: That’s it, I’m on strike 52.9kFavorites186.4kClicks/ch17.2kGifts

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    He was a real jerk before he went back, and it was really satisfying to play the victim. It wasn't angsty, but it was still satisfying.

42. 92 残 After the Disabled God of War Married Me as a Concubine 残疾战神嫁我为妾后 Liu Gouhua刘狗花Danmei (BL)448k WordsCompleted [The simplified Chinese second volume is out. See Weibo @Liu Gouhua for details.] According to unofficial histories, the Great Liang war god Huo Wujiu was once captured by an enemy state, had his meridians severed and both legs crippled, and was locked away in a dungeon. To humiliate him, the foolish emperor even bestowed him as a concubine upon his own younger brother, who preferred men. General Huo endured every humiliation and b 499.8kFavorites955.1kClicks/ch356.4kGifts

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    A beautiful, strong, and tragic story that perfectly matches my ideal type; not angsty at all, quite sweet.

43. 93 漫 The Comic Book Extra Wants to Become a Fan Favorite 漫画炮灰想成为人气王 Walking with the Gods与神同行No CP421k WordsCompleted 01. A week before Cezar was due to die of his illness, he struck a deal with the System. He would transmigrate into the currently hottest comic, Absolute Talent, as an unregistered cannon-fodder character with nothing to his name. With his frail constitution, having too little presence would mean certain death. To survive, Cezar had no choice but to manually add character traits and dramatic moments for himself, becoming an indispensable character in the comic and relying on his acting skills an 60.5kFavorites116.7kClicks/ch71.7kGifts

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    I love reading this, please give me more, hehe. I absolutely adore Fake Knife Literature.

44. 94 我 I Really Didn't Mean to Burn the Crematorium [Quick Transmigration] 我真没想火葬场啊[快穿] AlohomoraDanmei (BL)622k WordsCompleted I have only ever said that I love every book and every character I've written. I've only ever said that I truly love them. I have never once said anything about them being embarrassing past works, and I have never felt that way. Zhuang Chen's job is to play the most professional lovesick, beautiful, sickly supporting character. To earn his perfect-attendance bonus, he's always been diligent and never made a mistake. As a rich young master, facing a cold-hearted CEO in a loveless business marria 49.9kFavorites100.7kClicks/ch31kGifts

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    It's great!! The main character really won't live again but will haunt (?). It's kind of a flashback with some regrets made up for. It's a little angsty, but a little angst is good for the soul. //6.5 Extra Review: Shi Hechun is the best in the world!! I cried so much!! //11.27 Second viewing of the second small world, oh my god, I cried so much, I cried my eyes out in the middle of the night. The little prince and his parents walked towards that world of stars, sob sob sob.

45. 95 美 The Aesthetic of Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic 美强惨的be美学 Wei Huo危火No CP641k WordsCompleted ★ There are treats in the featured and long-review sections. ★ If you create fanworks, please credit the original author, and don't post large numbers of screenshots or repost content from VIP chapters. [Recommending my friend's completed novel, Global Ascension, a tragic beauty with secret identities, by Zimu Tao, ID 5520005] Blurb: Gong Du is the least popular deity in the Three Thousand Divine Realms, with dominion over disease. Every world has a protagonist group, and they gather the world 117.9kFavorites137.9kClicks/ch106kGifts

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    Amazing!!! The super-powerful spiral kick is amazing!! Incredibly angsty, the small world's death escape is my beautiful, strong, tragic, quick transmigration enlightenment, my white moonlight, waaaaah, I'll always love it, I love the bad ending // Third time reading Violet Evergarden, second time reading Clivia, and cried again. Who understands the feeling of reading Clivia Evergarden in Nanjing at the end of January or the beginning of February? (Tactical lean back) Max buff. A year has passed, and this is still my current top 1.

46. 96 人 Playing a Popular Character 人气角色扮演中 White Day Porridge, White白昼粥白No CP564k WordsCompleted [Original work, not a derivative; female lead has no romance] [Cross-dressing as a man, comic forums, layers of secret identities, readers imagining things and treating the protagonist as a tragic, beautiful, powerful figure] [The comments contain lots of spoilers. On your first read, you can stick to the long reviews and topics, which have tons of great fanworks and memes~] [80% anti-piracy protection, 10% paragraph comments] [Illustrations are now available. Gacha can be addictive, so spend re 112.9kFavorites175.8kClicks/ch182.5kGifts

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    Waaaaaah, it's so good! I stayed up all night to finish it, waaaaah! The story of a beautiful, strong, and tragic woman disguised as a man and fighting under different identities... I kept calling her my wife (not really). It's essentially a feel-good story, though it's a bit cruel to the manga readers (at least it didn't hurt me). It's a happy ending.

47. 97 路 The Nobody Side Character Has No Hidden Agenda [Quick Transmigration] 路人炮灰没有苦衷[快穿] The Year Is Waning岁既晏兮No CP717k WordsCompleted #If You Don't Play Your Role Well, You'll Be Dragged Back to Write an Epilogue# There's a legend in the Quick Transmigration Department: if a character you play earns too much wish power, you'll be dragged back after leaving the world to fill in an epilogue. Chu Lu has never worried about that. Just look at the roles he plays: An arrogant, self-important young noble; a ruthless, ambitious schemer; a cold-blooded executioner; an ungrateful coward... How could villains like these possibly gather 86.1kFavorites201.3kClicks/ch40.9kGifts

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    Some poor kids who were dragged back to work because of some inexplicable misunderstanding (not really) have a happy ending, so it's not angsty (?).

48. 98 请 Please Control Your Guide Essence 请控制住你的向导素 Green Plum Jam青梅酱Danmei (BL)262k WordsCompleted Ying Xize is the youngest research expert in the Xenomorph Research Group and is widely known as an icy beauty. Few people know he has another identity: the original subject of Project X. The most effective weapons for killing xenomorphs are all the products of countless experiments performed on him. He is the hidden god working behind the xenomorph front lines. Ying Xize is like a night raven perched atop the highest watchtower, noble and untouchable. But with a danger rating of SSS+, he is ke 69.2kFavorites79.6kClicks/ch18.2kGifts

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    So good!! What's with the "beautiful, strong, tragic, sickly, weak" uke? I want a puppy-dog seme, hehe, I want a puppy-dog seme!

49. 99 社 How Can a Socially Anxious Person Become a Popular Character? 社恐如何成为人气角色 Mei Jingxue梅惊雪No CP335k WordsCompleted When Gu Qi’an learned he’d be entering a comic-book world and would need popularity points to stay alive, he’d already given up struggling. Who would make a popular character out of someone with an ordinary, uneventful past, a live-in-the-moment attitude of lazily coasting through life, and such social anxiety that he was afraid of being the center of attention? Gu Qi’an: There’s no way I’ll ever 26.4kFavorites51kClicks/ch14.3kGifts

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    This is a story about a protagonist who didn't intend to be a beautiful, strong, and tragic character, but the audience forced them to be, so the story unfolded naturally. It was pretty good, but it didn't quite hit my sweet spot (the social anxiety attribute seemed to disappear inexplicably later on? I don't know if it's just my perception). The manga has a bad ending.

50. 100 钓 The Alluring, Hated General Tries to Become the Game's Most Popular Character 钓系团厌将军努力变身游戏人气王 Copper-Shelled Notebook铜皮笔记本No CP517k WordsCompleted [My next novel has a male protagonist and no romance: The Cannon-Fodder Villain Chooses to Join the Main Cast. Similar no-romance, ensemble-cast, hurt/comfort story. A young villainous cannon-fodder character awakens to his fate and chooses to take over the story threads of his mentor, his unexpected-death white moonlight, becoming a morally ambiguous member of the main cast. A passionate shonen story about spirited young people, with true Sentinel-Guide dynamics.] An unconventional secret iden 9.2kFavorites11.2kClicks/ch14.1kGifts

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    I cried so much, it's so good, I feel like it's going to make me smarter. It's such a tearjerker, a BL (Boys' Love) ensemble piece, I cried so much in the middle of the night I couldn't take it anymore. Happy ending!

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