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- 1 Chronicles of Peace in Sengoku Japan 日本战国太平记 You can think of this book as: A classic transmigration story: an Oda foot soldier, a Toyotomi big shot, and a Tokugawa sworn enemy; A Sengoku enthusiast’s self-indulgent showcase; A history novel in the Qidian style; A calculating young man’s coming-of-age story. 707Reads5.8Score11114d adds
- 2 Otani Yoshitsugu: A Lament for One Who Defied Time 大谷吉继：逆时者的悲歌 Otani Yoshitsugu: A Lament for One Who Defied Time 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Otani Yoshitsugu: The Lingering Spirit of Sekigahara 大谷吉继：关原遗魂 Otani Yoshitsugu: The Lingering Spirit of Sekigahara 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Kyoto in the Mist: Akechi Mitsuhide's Path Against Fate 《京都烟云：明智光秀的逆命之路》 Kyoto in Turmoil: Akechi Mitsuhide’s Path to Defying Fate 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Battle of Sekigahara: The Minister of Justice's Road to Revival 关原之战：治部少辅的复兴之路 The Battle of Sekigahara: Jibu Shosuke’s Path to Revival 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Yamanaka Shikanosuke: The Road to Amago Revival 山中鹿之介：尼子复兴之路 Yamanaka Shikanosuke: The Path to Reviving the Amago Clan 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Transmigrating to the Warring States: The Travels of Ishida Sanji 穿越战国：石田佐治的见闻 Transmigrating to the Sengoku Era: Ishida Saji’s Experiences 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Asai Nagamasa: Against the Current at Anegawa 浅井长政：姊川逆流 Asai Nagamasa: Against the Current at Anegawa 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Oni Without Equal 无双之鬼 The Unrivaled Demon 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 Sekigahara in a Bowl: Ten People's Stories 碗中关原：十人记事 Sekigahara in a Bowl: Ten Accounts —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Fallen Cherry Blossoms, Unsheathed Blade: Akechi Mitsuhide 残樱落刃：明智光秀 Falling Cherry Blossoms, Unsheathed Blade: Akechi Mitsuhide —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 Echoes of Eiroku: The Great Treason Through Their Eyes 永禄的残响——他们眼中的永禄大逆 Echoes of Eiroku: The Great Betrayal of Eiroku Through Their Eyes —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Transmigrating to Japan's Warring States: The Dragon of Totomi 穿越日本战国：远江之龙 In the third year of Eiroku, the legendary Battle of Okehazama comes to an end. Imagawa Yoshimoto dies unexpectedly, and the mighty Imagawa clan teeters on the brink of collapse. Yet in a gap in history, a butterfly from the future quietly beats its wings. A modern young man transmigrates as Nagatoku Ichigetsu, the infant son Imagawa Yoshimoto was supposed to lose in childhood, and is adopted into the Ii family as its son-in-law. Armed with foreknowledge of history and a vision far beyond his ti 1.4kReads5.7Score11314d adds
- 14 Something's Not Quite Right About This Sengoku Japan!? 这个日本战国不太对劲！？ Awakening inside an artifact, he finds himself in the Warring States period of Japan, a world utterly unfamiliar to him. There is no Oda Nobunaga or Takeda Shingen here, only countless names he has never heard of, carving out their own domains amid the chaos. As a transmigrator, he has no System to rely on and no supernatural power to aid him. He can only cling to life in this harsh age with a little strategic knowledge from the future. He once hoped to hide away among ordinary folk, only to lea 37Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 The Shingen Concerto 信玄协奏曲 Fang Heng, a Chinese history teacher, accidentally transmigrates to the Sengoku period while traveling in Japan and finds himself in the body of Takeda Shingen, who has just driven out his biological father. Drawing on his studies of world history and the history of warfare, he survives and grows in this unfamiliar land. From an impostor “forced to play the part,” he gradually becomes a true Sengoku daimyo, shouldering the fate of his domain. 138Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 The Balkan Crown 巴尔干王冠 From the throne of the Victorian era to the shadows of the Iron Curtain, this is an epic history of the Kingdom of Romania spanning a century. Edler, a modern man born into the body of the Romanian Crown Prince, uses his vision of the future to develop the oil industry, strengthen the military, and push through reforms. Amid the turbulent waves of two world wars, he makes the right bets and transforms a small Balkan nation into a regional power that commands the world's attention. But the true t 61Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 17 Splendor of the Warring States 战国风华 After returning from a siheyuan, middle-aged Li Qinglin from the 21st century once again transmigrates into a combined world of Taiko and Nobunaga’s Ambition. Watch as he realizes his ambitions step by step in this turbulent age, wielding power over the realm by day and reclining among beauties by night, while savoring the splendor of the Sengoku era. 517Reads8.4Score3614d adds
- 18 A Journey to the End of the Kamakura Period 镰仓末年走一遭 This book is about events more than two hundred years before Japan’s Warring States period... More precisely, it’s about the whole messy Nanbokucho era. And now, please welcome the madman Ashikaga Takauji. (The story won’t follow the historical course of events, so expect major changes.) 140Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 19 Sengoku Turmoil: My Path to the Shogunate 战国风云：我的幕府之路 I’m Lin Feng, an ordinary history student at a university in twenty-first-century China. My greatest ambition is to find an easy job as a librarian after graduation, eat, wait to die, and see out my days. After all, being unable to keep up with the rat race yet unable to lie flat is the norm for young people today. Who could have guessed that one accident would kick me straight from the “aspiring couch potato” pool into a “hell-difficulty dungeon”? 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 The Dragon Nation's Young Warrior Conquers Sengoku-Era Japan 龙国小子征战日本战国时代 A young basketball player from Longguo unexpectedly finds himself in Japan's Sengoku era, in Owari Province. He happens to meet Oda Nobunaga and reluctantly joins the Oda clan, fighting his way across Sengoku-era Japan. After countless battles, he ultimately earns the title of God of War! 1kReads8.4Score10214d adds
- 21 The Tale of Kitsusaburo in Japan's Warring States 日本战国之吉三郎传 War and upheaval raged without end. From 1515 to 1615, the whole century was a time of constant turmoil throughout the Warring States period. In an age when one set of big players followed another onto the stage, great figures shone like countless stars. But what about the little people? This story follows the life of Kichisaburo, a man born at the very bottom of society, beginning with his days as a farmer. There are countless leaves in the world, yet no two are alike. There are countless men n 328Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 22 December Is Your Spring 十二月是你的春天 Set against the historical backdrop of the West German chancellor’s 1970 visit to Warsaw, this novel mainly tells the story of Marek, a Polish People’s Militia officer, and his defense of his homeland, faith, honor, peace, and family amid the shadows of the Cold War. 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 Transmigrate to Sengoku Japan and Join Nobunaga's Quest to Rule All Under Heaven 穿越日本战国和信长天下布武 With only six months left until the university entrance exams, the protagonist still couldn’t care less and even openly slept through class. When he woke up, he discovered that he had transmigrated. He had become Nobunaga’s fictional childhood friend, rising step by step to become The Outcast of the Oda clan. His early exploits included a surprise attack on Inabayama Castle and capturing Kannonji Castle in a single day. Wiping out everything the Takeda clan had in one battle made him famous thro 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 My Ottoman Empire 我的奥斯曼帝国 In 1886, the Ottoman Empire was on its last legs. The great powers had carved up its territory, creditors had it by the throat, and the sultan's spies lurked in every corner of the palace. Chen Cheng, a history student at Tsinghua University, transmigrates into the body of Murad, the empire's last prince, a crippled exile confined to a seaside villa. But in his mind lies the complete script of the empire's next forty years. Under the sultan's watchful eye, he pretends to be sick and useless. 475Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Soul Transmigration to the Warring States: No Skull Will Become a Drinking Cup 魂穿战国：头骨不作酒器 Shizheng, an associate professor of history at a university in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai region, dies suddenly from overwork. His soul transmigrates into Azai Nagamasa after his defeat at the Battles of Anegawa and Shiga. Watch as he teeters on the edge of a precipice of fate, turns the tide in desperate circumstances, and stabilizes a perilous situation, overcoming one by one the three great obstacles of “Nobunaga's fire, Hideyoshi's schemes, and Ieyasu's patience.” 195Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn as Lü Bu, I Conquer Mythic Sengoku Japan 魂穿三国吕布制霸神话版日本战国 [Japan’s Sengoku Period + Three Kingdoms Generals + Multiple Heroines + Unstoppable Hero + Nation-Building and Conquest] [Dedicated to everyone who has ever imagined Three Kingdoms generals fighting in Sengoku-era Japan] The protagonist, Lü Yi, has his soul transported into Lü Bu, only to find himself kneeling at White Gate Tower. He closes his eyes, opens them, and finds himself in Japan’s Sengoku period, inhabiting Lü Bu’s body. And so the peerless God of War descends upon Sengoku Japan. One s 31Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Transmigrating Again: From Sengoku Japan to the End of the Han 二次穿越，从日本战国到汉末 Novel Title: Transmigrating Twice, from Sengoku Japan to the Late Han Main Premise: On his first transmigration, the protagonist, Wang Tianyuan, a fan of historical fiction, arrives in Japan's Sengoku era as the foot soldier Kinoshita Tokichiro. After achieving success as Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he pays tribute to the Ming dynasty, launches an Industrial Revolution at home, opens trade with the Ming and Joseon, kills the faction led by Tokugawa Ieyasu, and establishes the Toyotomi shogunate. After T 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 A True Hero's Wild Ride Through the World of Feudal Officials 一条好汉，暴坊公卿暴走路 Lu Jiandong opened his eyes and discovered that he had transmigrated into the body of Ichijo Kanefuyu, a Japanese court noble from one of the Five Regent Houses during the Sengoku period. At the time, Kyoto and all of Japan were in turmoil. The shogunate’s authority was crumbling, and the daimyo across the land were sharpening their blades. Human life was worth less than grass, with hundreds or even thousands dying every day. The court nobility he belonged to had long since lost their former glo 92Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 In Tokyo, I’m a Competitive Eater 人在东京我做大胃王 [Competitive Eating] [Food Competitions] Hime Shigeaki, a student at a prestigious school, was so broke he couldn't even afford a convenience-store bento. One rainy night, an ancient voice whispered from his stomach: “Hunger is the path.” After downing a bowl of ramen, he awakened the [Gluttony System]. Win a competitive eating contest, and you can randomly steal your opponent's talent: frenzied swallowing, taste analysis, supercharged digestion... Every monster who looked down on him eventually 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 1945: The British Empire's Ledger 1945：大英帝国账本 London, 1945 The salutes celebrating the end of World War II had barely faded when the British Empire found itself standing on the edge of a precipice. The treasury was empty, foreign debts had piled up like mountains, workers lived on black bread mixed with sawdust, and strikes had snuffed out the last blast furnace in the mines. Lin Bai, a graduate student in history, transmigrated here during a thunderstorm and became the “scapegoat prime minister” pushed into the spotlight by competing facti 141Reads6.3Score13614d adds
- 31 The Great Ming: Conquering the World Starts with Summoning Zhao Yun to Invade Japan 大明，争霸从召唤赵云占日本开始 [Summoning + Conquest + Three Kingdoms + Nobunaga's Ambition] In the 40th year of the Jiajing reign, the Great Ming is already rotting from within, while European navigation and the Renaissance are on the rise. Liu Shan is reborn at the end of the Ming dynasty, but lands somewhere unexpected. Is this Japan? “Brothers killing brothers, subordinates overthrowing their lords... Even after my Chancellor Father left, I never let the Han fall into such chaos. How dare this bastard call himself Emperor 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 The Dawn of France 法兰西的黎明 In 1848, the greatest wave of revolutions in European history broke out. This upheaval came to be known as the Springtime of Nations. France was swept up in it too: the monarchy was overthrown once again, and a republic once more rose on French soil. With revolution raging, France's highest seat of power stood empty. A republic or a monarchy? The choice rested with just a handful of people. Pierre, a minor country noble from Brittany, must find his way to the top amid the turmoil. Where will he 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 Transmigrating to the Bakumatsu: Drawing My Sword Every Day 穿越幕末，拔刀每一天 (New book: The Mistaken Badge is now out) The protagonist transmigrates to the bloody Bakumatsu era of Rurouni Kenshin. Samurai wield their swords and slaughter civilians without restraint, while ambitious men fan the flames of war. Human life is worth less than a bowl of coarse rice. Just when he thinks he has finally made a place for himself through his own efforts, he discovers that Kyoto during the Bakumatsu is no stage for a shonen manga. It is a true age of chaos, one that devours people w 1.3kReads6.1Score10414d adds
- 34 Napoleon Bonaparte and the Wars of the Anti-French Coalitions 拿破仑·波拿巴与反法同盟战争 Napoleon Bonaparte and the Wars of the Coalitions follows Napoleon Bonaparte’s dramatic military career to tell the stirring story of the French people, led by Napoleon, fighting back against the combined forces of Europe’s great powers. What inevitable connection was there between France’s export of revolution and the formation of the coalitions against it? Why did major European monarchies such as the Kingdom of Prussia, the Russian Empire, and the Holy Roman Empire regard the French Revolutio 53Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 35 The Ashigaru Chronicles: My Warring States Survival Handbook 足轻物语：我的战国生存手册 [Light novel, comedy]+ [Alternate history] In this mad Sengoku era, where heroes abound and everyone is forever proclaiming “Unify the realm by force,” my dream is simple and boring: eat, wait to die, and collect a pension! (If foot soldiers even get pensions...) Faced with a stingy lord who makes us eat with salty rocks, a quartermaster who issues bamboo spears as if they were divine weapons, and thickheaded comrades burning with samurai spirit, I finally get it! Courage alone won’t keep you a 74Reads6.6Score114d adds
- 36 Slaughter Like a Song: I Become a Daimyo in Sengoku Japan 杀戮如歌：我在日本战国做大名 Zang Xin, an ordinary Chinese college student, transmigrates to Japan's Warring States period in 1569, bringing a divine weapon and a System with him. At the time, the Mori clan has just destroyed the Amago clan, the Oda clan has just entered Kyoto, and the ambitious Ashikaga Yoshiaki is plotting his anti-Nobunaga coalition. After entering this world, Zang Xin is caught up in one historical event after another: being robbed and shaken down, a gathering at a brothel, a daimyo's recruitment effort 593Reads6.5Score10214d adds
- 37 Tangerine House Tales 橘家物语 [Medieval Japanese light novel style + yokai farming + a struggle for supremacy in a chaotic age] Surviving in a chaotic age where people eat one another is a challenge, especially when this chaotic age really does have monsters that eat people! 808Reads6.9Score11314d adds
- 38 In 1821, Watching the European Wars Live with Napoleon 在一八二一，陪拿破仑看欧战直播 Judi Na: from his name alone, you can tell he's a member of the periodic table family. It's 1821, though, and all he can do for now is wander around Europe. But luck is on Judi Na's side. Despite his mediocre medical skills, he saves Napoleon I's life and becomes famous across Europe. Just as he's preparing to say goodbye to Napoleon, who is still alive and well on the island of Saint Helena, a live broadcast about European wars begins on the sky screen… The European wars discussed in this 197Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 In the Warring States, I Take Out Toyotomi Hideyoshi from the Start 人在战国开局干掉丰臣秀吉 Chen Zheng, a man from Huaguo, transmigrates into the body of a Japanese Sengoku-period warlord. Forced to take his own life in his first life, he is reborn a second time. Now, watch how he gets his revenge. Despair, pessimism, and curses haunt him. His face is twisted, as repulsive as filth. With a bamboo sword, he disembowels himself. Sassa Narimasa returns from the dead as a vengeful spirit. How will he live this time? He cannot forget the past. All that awaits is endless retribution. Revenge 307Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 40 The Aso Chronicles of the Warring States 阿苏战国记 Tenbun was the third era name of Emperor Go-Nara. The imperial court had lost its actual political power, while the Ashikaga family, the center of authority, was also in decline. The Takeda, Hojo, and Imagawa clans formed an alliance at Zentokuji, while the lords of Kanto faced a reshuffling of power. In the western provinces, Sue Harukata and Amago Haruhisa were in decline, and Mori Motonari seized the opportunity to expand his power. The Miyoshi clan of Kinai sought to replace the Ashikaga, wh 134Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Reborn as Takeda Katsuyori: Hosting the G2 Summit in the Warring States 重生武田胜赖，在战国开G2峰会 Tomato has restricted me, forcing me out of my comfort zone. I’m going to give Qidian a try. The story of the Takeda clan was left unfinished, like stopping halfway through a shit. I’m switching to Takeda Shingen for a different kind of story. I hope you’ll keep following me. 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Captain Tsubasa: Imagawa Never Gives Up 足球小将，今川不息 The Japanese Sengoku period roughly coincided with the middle and late years of China’s Ming dynasty. Unlike China, which was relatively peaceful, Japan was experiencing its most chaotic era. Yet both had begun to fall behind the Age of Exploration. A corporate drone with little knowledge of ancient Japanese history transmigrates into “Japan’s Adou,” Imagawa Ujizane, known as the “Soccer Boy.” Can this mere footnote in the lives of Japan’s three great Sengoku figures make waves before East Asian 807Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 43 Low Martial Arts in the Warring States: I, Cao Cao, Unite the Realm 低武战国：我曹操一统乱世 Also known as The Warring States in Chaos This book draws inspiration from Nobunaga Concerto, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sengoku Basara, and more. Tags: Parallel-world Japan in the low-martial Warring States period, no System, multiple transmigrators, a protagonist who only pretends to be invincible, multiple heroines, and Uesugi Kenshin is a woman. The general plot goes something like this: the way of the samurai, a coup against the Oda clan, and... 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 The Rise of a Maritime Empire: The Dutch Eighty Years' War, 1568–1648 海洋帝国的崛起：尼德兰八十年战争，1568—1648 At the 1555 ceremony marking the transfer of the throne, several figures who would shape history over the next hundred years gathered together: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor; Philip II, the future king of Spain; and William, Prince of Orange, founding father of the Dutch Republic. Around them were England’s Queen Mary I, known as Bloody Mary, and Elizabeth I; Mary Stuart, the beheaded queen of Scotland; and numerous princes and lords from Germany and France... “Netherlands” means “low lands” and 137Reads8.8Score—14d adds
- 45 Moe Girls of Europe: Austria Becomes a True Dynasty 萌娘欧陆：奥地利真王朝了 [EU4 + Holy Roman Empire + alternate history + Middle Ages] Austria, darling, we love you! We love Hungary, Burgundy, and Bohemia too! Austria, darling, we love you! We love France, Spain, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth too! Reborn as the famous Austrian posthumous son, Ladislaus V, he begins by inheriting three crowns. He unites Milan with Austria and restores the Iron Crown of Lombardy, protects the Christian world by marrying into Poland and Lithuania, funds Spain’s exploration of the 1.1kReads8.4Score10414d adds
- 46 Japan in the 21st Century: You Want Me to Conquer the World? 21世纪日本，你让我争霸天下？ Lu Qiushan, a seasoned corporate drone, is forcibly bound to the [System for Supremacy over All Under Heaven], whose KPI ranking is rock bottom. He thinks he'll be sent back to ancient times to eat husks and wild greens. But to save energy that would be spent materializing air conditioning, Wi-Fi, and soda, the System takes the lazy route and dumps him onto the streets of 21st-century Japan, where he becomes the young heir to a yakuza family on the verge of bankruptcy. The System opens with a so 28.7kReads8.5Score3.3k14d adds
- 47 I Became the King of Mercenaries in the Roman Empire 我在罗马帝国当佣兵王 Ma Lin transmigrates to the Roman Empire and becomes a wandering knight. He may be a knight, but he’s worse off than anyone. He can go several days without a meal, until he’s seeing stars from hunger. Looking at the horse before him, he says, “I need to stay alive first. I’ll kill the horse and eat it!” Just as he raises his sword, he realizes something’s wrong. “Wait a minute. If a knight has no horse, doesn’t that make him an infantryman...?” The horse, named Karl, lowers its head and munches 1.2kReads7.1Score10014d adds
- 48 Madrid, 1936: The Dream of a Greater Spain 马德里1936：大西班牙之梦 (The synopsis doesn't do it justice. Please read the novel.) [Alternate history] [World War II] [soul transmigration] [Spain] [Portugal] [Habsburg] He transmigrates to Spain at the beginning of the 20th century, where a new star is rising from the empire's ashes. Chaos and disorder have engulfed the entire country. Only a firm hand can save it! Sotelo knows what is going to happen next. He even knows who will die in ten years, who will survive, who will stand among history's victors, and who wi 207Reads—Score13914d adds
- 49 Britain: The Dream of the Red Rose Begins 不列颠：从零开始的红玫瑰之梦 [Parallel world] [War] [Britannia] [Revolution] Two brothers who have just finished their college entrance exams receive an invitation from P Snake Company and “volunteer” to travel to a parallel world, where they arrive in the Lancaster family in the Kingdom of England at the end of the eighteenth century. As the era reaches the end of the modern age and the beginning of the contemporary one, will the brothers lead the country toward a republic or an autocracy? What roles will they play in the 340Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Tokyo Monster Hunt: The Daoist Venerable Without Papers 东京寻妖录：黑户道尊 If this isn't your thing, please move along. Do not attack me!!! They say you can't cultivate without spiritual roots? I'll slay demons and refine divine spirits, then become a god! After dropping out of high school and visiting Taoist sects everywhere, Lin Ye was dismissed as “a mere mortal unworthy of cultivating the Dao.” Then the System unexpectedly transported him to Japan, where he became an undocumented person with nothing to his name. While others cultivate by absorbing spiritual energy, 4Reads—Score—14d adds
