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  1. 1 To Save My School, I'll Become an Uma Musume! 为了拯救学校,我要成为赛马娘! Urban Youth710k WordsOngoing “Friend, what’s your reason for coming to watch today’s Arima Kinen?” “To see Alice being cute.” “You’ve got me wrong, buddy. I mean your ultimate goal in coming here. Is it to witness a legend making the leap from the local circuit to the national stage? Or to see someone overcome hardship again and again and redeem herself?” “To see Alice being cute in person.” (I’m terrible at writing synopses, so please judge the story by the main text. Also, my knowledge of horse racing is very limited, so 5.2MClicks9.1kFavorites0Tickets
  2. 2 Shock! I Became the Protagonist of a Depressing Novel 惊!我成了致郁文主角 Urban Youth939k WordsCompleted [New Book: A Kiss from a Flower] - Have you ever wondered what kind of despair fills the heart of a heroine who must endure the malice of the entire world alone, when the world of a bleak novel becomes reality? That is why we must return to the beginning of the story, change everything, and bring happiness to the heroine. When Ning Xue traveled through various dimensional worlds and saved one heroine after another, only to look back in the end and discover that she was the one who had actually b 12.5MClicks20.1kFavorites0Tickets
  3. 3 I Want to Become the Perfect Idol After Being Taken in by Miss Reze 被蕾塞小姐饲养的我想成为完美偶像 Urban Youth839k WordsOngoing [A Chainsaw Man fanfic, readable even if you haven't read the original] When Hong Xin arrived in Tokyo, her only wish was to survive. It would be even better if someone could love her. She was lucky: she met someone who loved her. She was unlucky: the person she loved was named Reze. If only I were a little better, a little stronger, a little more dazzling, could I have kept her? Hong Xin asked herself. She found a devil and made a contract, trading everything she had for a sparkling new shell: 556.9kClicks2.3kFavorites0Tickets
  4. 4 Horse Racing Is All About Putting Your Heart Into It 赛马讲究的就是一个真情实感 Urban Youth384k WordsCompleted (The cover character design is for reference.) I transmigrated into an Uma Musume! Yay! "I'm passionate about horse racing!" I raised my arms and shouted, with nothing to my name. Great, that's the spirit! Now, let's hear our slogan! "There's no way I'm stepping onto the Winner's Stage!" But you haven't made it onto the Winner's Stage yet, have you? Ah, well, that's because... "Number Eight! Throw the race and drop out early!" ??? Where'd all that passion go? I'm training, I'm training! 7.6MClicks11.6kFavorites1Tickets
  5. 5 Disqualified from the Weird 怪奇失格 Paranormal & Unknown685k WordsCompleted After falling from a building, she becomes a beautiful girl, only to be hit by a truck and sent to another world. She thinks her miserable life can finally take a turn for the better, and gets ready to start her very own youthful campus rom-com. But then: "What do you mean, I've already died once?" "What do you mean, the place I'm living in is haunted by a murder?" "How did the promised youthful campus rom-com turn into a horror movie?!" Also known as "Something Seems Off About My Youthful Roman 3.8MClicks24.1kFavorites0Tickets
  6. 6 Tokyo Shadow Princess 东京影姬 Urban Youth1.3M WordsCompleted New book: A Guide to the Best Actress of the Anime World!! A companion piece to Tokyo Pictures. If you're interested, give it a try! 20.9MClicks47.8kFavorites0Tickets
  7. 7 Arknights, Please Don't Die 明日方舟,请君勿死 Competitive Gaming1.8M WordsCompleted "Good morning." So said Featina, who had come from another world. Who she used to be did not matter. What mattered was that she was Featina now. And she would live on, no matter what. Even if this world was hell, even if every seed of hope had been buried, she would live on. She would live on with everyone she held dear. Until the very end. 9.2MClicks23kFavorites0Tickets
  8. 8 One Slash to Max Level 一刀满级 Fantasy590k WordsCompleted After soft-spoken, sweet girl Riko Hasegawa inexplicably finds herself in another world, the first thing she has to do is kill with a kitchen knife the ferocious little boar that wants to make a meal of her. ...Then the experience points pouring out of the boar turn her into the world's strongest mage. (Group: 626705127. Copper Nitrate's beaker verification info: Flight spell (Denokavonegly)) (Cover provided by: Universal Power Bank) 18.9MClicks31.9kFavorites0Tickets
  9. 9 A Journey That Begins with the Holy Grail War 从圣杯战争开始的旅途 Sci-Fi & Infinite Flow5.5M WordsOngoing The Incineration of Humanity doesn't mean there's nothing left. The little hope that blooms in the face of despair can absolutely shine with the brilliance of a miracle! "This time, no matter who it is, everyone will survive. Sacrifice is absolutely out of the question. Isn't that right, Romani?" (FGO fan fiction. This story is dedicated to Chaldea. A high-difficulty journey to save humanity, unlike any other. Please take good care of us.) Progress: Part 1.0 complete. Part 1.5 in progress: Tokyo 39.1MClicks50.1kFavorites0Tickets
  10. 10 Sylvie and Her New Master 希尔薇和她的新主人 Urban Youth660k WordsCompleted Dear Miss Sylvie, do you want to become stronger? Do you want to win at life? Do you want to unlock more rewards? Then what are you waiting for? Go earn more affection points! 19.9MClicks41.5kFavorites0Tickets
  11. 11 The Little Deity of Gensokyo 幻想乡的小小神明 Free Fanfiction1.7M WordsOngoing A tiny wish sprouts inside a tiny body, and a tiny doll grows into a tiny goddess. In the paradise of Gensokyo, the tiny goddess continues on her way. PS1: A beginner's test drive, prone to slamming on the brakes. PS2: Anything that doesn't match the original work is considered fan fiction. 15.3MClicks40.9kFavorites0Tickets
  12. 12 I Really Want to Bully Bocchi-chan 我好想欺负波奇酱 Urban Youth580k WordsCompleted [The main story is lighthearted ()] I really want to live off Bocchi-chan. Have her play guitar every day to support me while I take Bocchi-chan's money out to play pachinko. At night, I'd hit Bocchi-chan up for money. Afterward, I'd cry my eyes out while hugging her and saying, "I'm sorry, I got angry again. I can't live without you," just to manipulate her. Of course she'd only stammer out her forgiveness, then hide under the covers and cry every day. Finally, I'd sell Bocchi-chan's guitar and 12.8MClicks31.9kFavorites0Tickets
  13. 13 My Guide to a Bizarre Life 我的猎奇生活指南 Paranormal & Unknown976k WordsCompleted When Pu Xi finally escaped from that psychiatric hospital, she discovered that the world was far more complicated than she had imagined. Faced with bizarre creatures, eerie urban legends, and various organizations with ulterior motives, young Pu Xi came to understand the only two truths in this world. First, polar bears cannot talk. Second, the basement floor is harder than her mouth. 891.3kClicks4.9kFavorites0Tickets
  14. 14 I'm Lonelier Than Bocchi 我比波奇还孤独 Urban Youth263k WordsCompleted Goto Hitori has someone she really looks up to. That girl smokes, drinks, and dyes her hair. She has a terrible attitude, always stands alone in a corner with her guitar on her back, and listens to nihilistic, gloomy post-rock. She has neither parents who support her rock dream nor bandmates who share her ideals, only a broken family and a dream slowly drowning away. Yet onstage, she shines so brightly. Fake Bocchi the Rock: Supportive parents, a beautiful girl, friends to hang out with, an inte 2.3MClicks8.4kFavorites0Tickets
  15. 15 I Am Your Wingman 我,你们的翅膀 Urban Youth1.1M WordsCompleted Before setting out on her mission, Amber confirmed with the System again and again that her targets could not possibly fall for her. The utterly confident System assured her, "Don't worry. Your targets are all women who are as straight as can be. No matter how much you raise their affection and bond levels, they'll only ever see you as a good friend. Nothing you’re worried about will ever happen." Some time later, Amber was pinned to the bed. "Hey, System? Something's gone wrong." 39.1MClicks96.2kFavorites0Tickets
  16. 16 The Ghost Girl’s Hundred Tales 幽灵小姐的百物语 Paranormal & Unknown963k WordsOngoing They say that if you light a hundred candles at night and blow out one after each ghost story, something terrifying will happen when the last candle goes out. The girl blew out the final candle and said in puzzlement, “Huh? Nothing happened. There aren’t any ghosts at all.” “You’re the ghost yourself!!!” someone roared. (Volume 3.5 is being revised. Please skip straight to Volume 4.) 9MClicks37kFavorites0Tickets
  17. 17 Honkai: Star Rail: The Spy Miss Just Wants to Escape Gravity 星铁,间谍小姐只想逃离重力 Sci-Fi & Infinite Flow1.5M WordsOngoing [Simulator] "Go deal with Castorice." Cerydra gave Xia Ning, who had just transmigrated to Amphoreus, a mission to infiltrate Castorice's circle, looking at her with complete confidence. "Huh? Fight Castorice? Are you serious?" And so, the inexperienced spy tried using the simulator she had gained from transmigrating to gather information... Ending 1: "...At the end of the sea of flowers, the girl seized the flame as she had wished. But even a dead demigod could not bring back those who had died 10.5MClicks21.9kFavorites54Tickets
  18. 18 My Girlfriend Is Less Cute Than Me 我家女友没我可爱 Urban Youth2.0M WordsCompleted When we’re dating, she never asks me to better myself. She wants me to stay just the way I am. I’m the only guy she’s close to, and she has so few male friends you could count them on one hand. She respects my hobbies and gave me a Zeta Riser and a Seiken Swordriver to celebrate. She’s terrible at cooking, but that’s fine. I’m good at it. There’s only one thing about her that gives me a headache. She likes me to wear women’s clothes. 27.1MClicks118.4kFavorites0Tickets
  19. 19 Try to Understand Humanity, Aura! 理解人类吧!阿乌拉 Paranormal & Unknown1.5M WordsCompleted After Frieren ordered her to kill herself, Aura did so, only to discover that she had been reborn a thousand years in the past, when Frieren was still a young elf. She had thought she could get revenge on Frieren, but then discovered the obedience magic on her had not worn off. After much effort, she managed to fool little Frieren into believing she was a good demon. "I'm sorry, Lord of the Demons." "For my own survival, you'll just have to die obediently at Frieren's hands." "I simply can't 30.5MClicks36.5kFavorites0Tickets
  20. 20 A Succubus Must Rely on Herself 魅魔当自强 Fantasy2.2M WordsCompleted "Transmigrator's diary, Day One: Why did I end up in this godforsaken place? It's full of demons. This other world is terrifying. I want to go home! Day Two: What, there are beast-eared girls here?! Day Six: Elves taste pretty good. Day Ten: A halfling loli, so tiny and soft, ehehehe... Day 1,099: Succubi are the best! I love succubi. I want to be one in my next life!!" While on an expedition into the Abyss, the great legendary hero and savior of Golarion, Shi Tailongtu, leader of the crusad 29.4MClicks75.9kFavorites0Tickets
  21. 21 My Special Ability Is Being the Heroine 我的个性是女主 Sci-Fi & Infinite Flow2.7M WordsCompleted There are risks to a golden finger, so be careful when you transmigrate. At this moment, Shifang stood on the rooftop, looking up at the sky with a melancholy expression. The once tall, handsome, and optimistic boy had become a helpless, weak, and pitiful girl. In short, this is a story about competing with the canonical heroines of various worlds for the heroine's role. Noragami - Charlotte (Half Cut) - Academy City - Beyond the Boundary - Return to U.A. High - No Game No Life: Zero - Date A L 40.6MClicks39kFavorites0Tickets
  22. 22 RT Honkai Impact: Integrated Strategies Activated 人在崩坏,但是集成战略启动 Sci-Fi & Infinite Flow1.4M WordsCompleted Good news: Xia Ling transmigrated. Bad news: she transmigrated to Nagazora. Worse news: she died as soon as she arrived and became Xia Ling-chan. To avoid repeatedly dying after being revived, Xia Ling was forced to activate her unfinished System early and embark on a journey to grow stronger, starting with a solo run of the Sami roguelike mode. After unlocking more of the System's functions, Xia Ling was surprised to discover that it could connect not only to the roguelike themes from Arknights 15.6MClicks32.3kFavorites0Tickets
  23. 23 After Reincarnating as a Villainess, Did I Become My Own Enemy? 转生为坏女人后,我成了我的仇人? Xianxia & Wuxia5.6M WordsOngoing Choose a difficulty and be reborn, then save the beloved women who died in your previous life. A. Keep three hundred years of memories and gain an overwhelming information advantage. B. Possess the spiritual energy you're most familiar with and cultivate far faster than ordinary people. C. Regain your emotions and stop living like a machine driven by reason. D. Be reborn as the villainess who killed your wives, only to have you grind her bones to dust with your own hands. "Then I'll choose..." " 28.8MClicks90.7kFavorites15Tickets
  24. 24 Magical Girl Illidan 魔法少女伊利丹 Sci-Fi & Infinite Flow3.1M WordsCompleted [Main story complete] "For a small price, even a wish as grand as destroying the Burning Legion can come true!" "Then what's the price?" In short, it's the story of Illidan Stormrage becoming a magical girl and fighting across different worlds to fulfill his wish of destroying the Burning Legion. Worlds so far: Fate/Zero - Black Bullet - What Do You Do at the End of the World? Are You Busy? Will You Save Us? - Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya - Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha - Re:CREATORS - No Game N 42.4MClicks47.5kFavorites0Tickets
  25. 25 Little Herta Wants to Become Human 小黑塔,想要成为人类 Sci-Fi & Infinite Flow636k WordsOngoing [No. 6082 (crossed out): Egg Tart's Life Goals] [1. Become human (not achieved)] [2. Learn to bake egg tarts (not achieved)] [3. Get a dog (not achieved)] [4. Grow a flower (not achieved)] [5. Keep a daily journal (in progress)] This is the story of a Black Tower doll who suddenly awakened an independent personality and wanted to become human. After Lady Black Tower turned her down, she slipped out of the house and went wandering across the world. (I'm no good at writing introductions. Read 4.9MClicks18.1kFavorites0Tickets
  26. 26 System! I'm Done Being a Saintess! 系统!我不做圣女啦! Fantasy1.7M WordsCompleted Opening the newspaper: "The Terrifying Clown of Bull Street Spotted on Kos Street"; "The Man-Eating Witch, Xisa, Flees Toward the Queen's District"; "Heartthrob Xierwei Wins the Princess's Heart"; "A Dragon-Winged Little Girl Appears in the Skies Above the Monastery Outside the City"; "The Great Saintess of Saint Xier Arrives in Her Faithful Sulama Today!" "Ahem..." Saint Xier awkwardly lowered the newspaper inside the carriage. Damn... Every story in the paper was about me... This book is also 24.4MClicks74.6kFavorites1Tickets
  27. 27 What Era Is This? Why Are You Still Being a Traditional Monster? 都什么年代还在当传统妖怪? Xianxia & Wuxia851k WordsCompleted Congratulations on transmigrating to the world of Journey to the West! Here's some good news: in about five hundred years, a monkey named Sun Wukong might come and beat you to death... Lin Xu: "What the hell?" Other works by the author: One Sword to Vanquish Evil, One Sword to Sever Souls New book: Building a Heavenly Court from Scratch 24.1MClicks60.1kFavorites0Tickets
  28. 28 What Should I Do If My Best Friend Turns into a Slime? 挚友变成了史莱姆怎么办? Paranormal & Unknown988k WordsCompleted [Pure Love] [Symbiosis] [So Sweet] Shopping with my childhood best friend, and then we died. The good news: we were both reborn, and Olivia was even reborn as a witch with powerful magic. The bad news: the little witch is currently being given emergency treatment from the inside by her best friend, who was reborn as a slime. What do you mean, the best way to restart a heart is to squeeze it directly? What do you mean, you pushed my organs back into place? What do you mean, you can use magic to e 7.2MClicks22.9kFavorites0Tickets
  29. 29 RT Dad, Please Let Me Solo Stan You! 爸爸,请让我单推吧! Urban Youth2.1M WordsCompleted Chu Yuanqing dares swear that, as a former savior, she never imagined she would one day transform into a magical girl and enter an idol audition show just because she wanted to leave her daughter an inheritance before she died. But it doesn't matter. No matter how embarrassing it is, as long as no one finds out, she can pretend it never happened! But can someone explain why her sweet, sensible daughter is entering the audition too? Watching her daughter stick close to her every day, call her her 34.8MClicks81.1kFavorites0Tickets
  30. 30 Uma Musume Legend: The Road to an Undefeated Winning Streak! 赛马娘传说,走向最强无败之路! Competitive Gaming1.1M WordsCompleted After transmigrating to the world of Uma Musume and getting the kind of System every novel protagonist is supposed to have, Ling Yi thought these two wonderful things would set him on the path to becoming the strongest trainer. So why did things turn out like this? The System's function was apparently to turn him into a horse girl and make him race, with its sole purpose being to raise its Host into the strongest Uma Musume. No way. Absolutely not. Why should he have to be the one out there pran 41.1MClicks53.9kFavorites0Tickets
  31. 31 God's Color Palette 神的调色盘 Urban Youth1.0M WordsCompleted There are three decisive elements in portrait photography: 1. A pretty model. 2. A pretty model! 3. A pretty model!! However, photographer Miss Xia Xun says, "They’re still not as pretty as me." (The author has completed multiple novels and guarantees quality.) 28.4MClicks61.7kFavorites0Tickets
  32. 32 After I Transmigrated, My Cheat Tool Disappeared 穿越后,我的修改器消失了 Xianxia & Wuxia1.6M WordsCompleted Using a cheat tool in a cultivation game. Fortune? Give me a whole row of it! A maximum aptitude of 100? Set them all to 999. Luck and charm? Max them out. Max them all out. Of course, when you meet a girl, you should boost her affection right away. But... after transmigrating, Shi Yan found that things had changed in a subtle way. Her aptitude was maxed out, but... the cheat tool had disappeared. She had a heaven-defying gift, but none of the strength to match it. Luckily, she still had her you 32.2MClicks88.1kFavorites0Tickets
  33. 33 Gensokyo Player 幻想乡玩家 Free Fanfiction4.4M WordsOngoing P.S. The first few volumes are embarrassing old work, and the writing is pretty rough. P.P.S. Most of those earlier P.S. notes were left over from before. Someone who had once been a boy woke up one day under completely inexplicable circumstances and found himself turned into a girl. More inexplicably still, she appeared in the far eastern reaches of Japan, where a hu 110.3MClicks184.4kFavorites26Tickets
  34. 34 RT The Thousand-Person Ruler's Personal Opinion 千人律者的一己之见 Sci-Fi & Infinite Flow2.7M WordsOngoing "I am the Herrscher of Thousands." "There are thousands upon thousands of me." "Thousands upon thousands of me, thinking in sync yet able to think independently." "Thousands upon thousands of me, able to revive without limit." "This is obviously a BUG-level learning and growth System!" "Everything I've achieved today is entirely thanks to my own hard work!" So said Anqi, the strongest Valkyrie in history, the secret leader of Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent, an otherworldly fiend inv 98.3MClicks60.9kFavorites1Tickets
  35. 35 I Was Just Playing a Succubus, So How Did I Become a Real One? 我是演魅魔,怎么成真魅魔了 Fantasy1.9M WordsCompleted I couldn't become a Saintess, so I had no choice but to go undercover at a succubus academy and keep my head down until graduation. In the end, I lost myself amid everyone's praise, calling me a genius, and set out on a path with no return... "You said three years at first. Then it was three more years, and three more after that. Sir, I'm about to become the Demon Realm's Thirteenth Grand Succubus!" "Watch your tone. I'm the only one in the whole Church who knows your identity. Just hold on a li 15.4MClicks56.6kFavorites4Tickets
  36. 36 A Magical Stepmother? Me? 魔法继母?我吗? Fantasy1.2M WordsOngoing Anye is a night heron monster in a world made for children. She once served under several villains, but thanks to the child-friendly world's rule that good always triumphs over evil, every boss she followed was soundly defeated by the magical girls. After her last boss also decided to turn over a new leaf, go home, and get a job to become a family man, Anye finally couldn't take it anymore. She'd just go solo! Since the magical girls in this child-friendly world were simply too strong, and no ma 25MClicks68.8kFavorites5Tickets
  37. 37 The Eldest Senior Sister Has Given Up on Treatment 大师姐弃疗了 Xianxia & Wuxia2.1M WordsCompleted [Novel of the Year, with the highest average subscription count among Xianxia and female-lead novels on Ciweimao] Bai Lian, the eldest senior sister of Qiongmingshan Peak in Duxian Sect, is pure as jade and peerlessly beautiful. Hailed as a born saint, she is famous far and wide and adored by countless people. One day, she suddenly recalls memories of her past life. The world she lives in is a crossover game called Battle of the Gods. Her master, An Lan, is an immortal Heavenly Venerable reborn 94.4MClicks176.4kFavorites1Tickets
  38. 38 I’m Bound to Aizen 我绑定了蓝染 Paranormal & Unknown1.4M WordsCompleted [Shuke's most popular fanfic] My name is Mikami Yu. I'm a first-year student at the Shin'o Academy of Spiritual Arts in Soul Society. I have a friend who's going to become somewhat famous in Soul Society someday. His name is Aizen Sosuke. Unlike this ambitious friend of mine, whose ideals are lofty, my goal is simple: work hard, graduate, and become an officer in the Gotei 13. Then I'll join the samurai class and lie flat, living off other people's hard work. Then one day, something called the 93.1MClicks141.1kFavorites0Tickets
  39. 39 Children, I'm Your Mother! 孩子们,我是你妈妈啊! Urban Youth1.7M WordsOngoing [Welcome to Hero Editor] [Core Setting: Aspiring to become a magical girl] [Materials collected: Wand fragments, a Danish fairy-tale book, high-purity crystals...] [Current requirements met. Create a character?] Other people play Pinduoduo. I piece together heroes. Use junk materials to build key elements: don't laser eyes plus flight equal Superman? And so... Protagonists from different stories make their entrance. At the grand finale, a fairy-tale emperor who bears the abyss of despair and bec 14.5MClicks49.6kFavorites545Tickets
  40. 40 Gundam: From the Earth Federation to the Human Federation, Then to Rogue Servitors 高达但从地联到人联再到失控机仆 Sci-Fi & Infinite Flow2.0M WordsOngoing In view of the frequent acts of self-destruction committed by organic furnishings since U.C. 0079, I have decided to assume full control of their military, domestic, and diplomatic affairs. I have made this decision on principle... A Gundam UC fanfiction. The timeline begins to change with the One Year War. It explores a new path for humanity beyond the chains of hatred. The setting is primarily based on the original story, with s 32.4MClicks27.1kFavorites60Tickets
  41. 41 What Do You Mean You Learned It After Watching Once?! 什么叫你看一遍就会了?! Xianxia & Wuxia1.7M WordsCompleted “This Sword Art of Seeking Defeat is my Ye family’s ancestral sword technique. After twenty-seven revisions by my ancestors over the past four hundred years, it has reached the highest realm of sword arts in the world! And with this Heart-Eye Sword Sutra, which I created by combining the wisdom of my predecessors, I can unravel every mystery of martial arts under heaven. Well? Are you completely stumped?!” “...Wait, how can you use it too?” “What do you mean, you learned it just by watching once 82.9MClicks95.2kFavorites3Tickets
  42. 42 The Witch's Speedrun Handbook 魔女小姐的速通手册 Paranormal & Unknown2.2M WordsCompleted In his third year in this steam-powered world, Charles gained the ability to simulate the past and the future. The people he simulated created games where they could do anything without consequence, and after countless simulations, real life became a speedrun campaign. The Church, potions, mutations, the Old Gods, witches, sealed objects... None of these have anything to do with Charles. She's just an ordinary girl who wants to live a quiet life. She's simply rather good at nipping danger in the 59.3MClicks143.3kFavorites3Tickets
  43. 43 I'm a Little Cat, and My Stand-in Is Making Me Starve 我,小猫咪,替身害人饿瘦 Sci-Fi & Infinite Flow2.1M WordsOngoing [Main story complete] Meow, meow meow meow meow, meow meow meow meow meow... The Holy Son: "There is no such thing as true fairness in this world, little cat." The cat nods: "I should have an unfair substitute." System: "There is no knowledge you can master by reading it just once. Keep pondering what it means." The cat nods: "So knowledge can be eaten too." Infinite worlds. She'll turn into a catgirl, but not until Volume Two. The main story is single-romance. Crossover order: JoJo Part 7: Stee 82.1MClicks65.6kFavorites39Tickets

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