Forsake love, embrace freedom.... more>>

No romance / harem / smut / shoujo / josei etc.

Tags like "Slow Romance", "Late Romance", "Romantic Subplot" are also excluded. <<less

not danmei or baihe

series i plan to read

Mostly LNs on this list, since I don't tend to read much Japanese WNs. Most of the stuff on here are pretty much what you'd expect a person who got into anime/manga back in the early 00's would like. Nothing super shocking or unknown, I think.... more>>

Also, just want to add that Otherside Picnic would 100% be on this list if it was actually listed on NU. It's just a really fantastically written little spooky horror with some very interesting characters. Would recommend. <<less

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Novels from pre-2010 era, high focus on JPN (with usually anime adaption) but there is a slight mix.