Desire for Validation × Deranged Female Listeners♡... more>>

The global gender ratio stood at dozens of women for every one man. Among all countries, Japan had become the most extreme example of this "boy-scarcity” phenomenon. In response to the boy-scarcity and the rise of s*x crimes committed by women, nations around the world had naturally developed special laws to protect men.

Men were thoroughly protected, and it had become the norm for women to handle dangerous professions like dungeon explorer. In this world, one of the rare men, Yuu Kishido, found himself unable to suppress his overwhelming desire for validation—and decided to become a streamer.

This was the story of a validation-obsessed man who streamed his dungeon attacks and his daily life, and who fully satisfied his desires by being adored by his (deranged) female viewers. <<less

"Let's help humans learn more about us!! That's what this livestream is for!!"... more>>

The Demon Lord Olden was a weak demon lord—so weak, in fact, that it was faster to find his rank from the bottom rather than from the top.

One day, while holed up in the demon realm, Olden was suddenly ordered by the Great Demon Lord to head to a certain dungeon in Japan.

The assigned location, the Tokyo Dungeon, had crumbling walls and ceilings, empty treasure chests, tr*sh scattered everywhere, and monsters with absolutely no motivation whatsoever. It was a bottom-tier dungeon in every sense of the word.

Olden found himself completely at a loss in this unexpected situation.

But then one day, a so-called “annoying-type” explorer tried to do something outrageous to one of Olden’s subordinates—a (beautiful) monster girl—and got completely wrecked in retaliation.

And apparently, that entire scene had been livestreamed…

The footage went viral online, and after a popular streamer showed up to do an impromptu interview, Olden began to take an interest in livestreaming himself.

This is the story of a demon lord whose behind-the-scenes dungeon livestream ended up gaining far more popularity than he ever expected. <<less

Reincarnation with a System. These two ought to produce a good result when put together. But he became a girl, and the System was locked to her original self. If she wants to change her tragic past life, she had to find her old self and raise him?... more>>

"Well, fine. Nobody understands me more than myself anyway."

It should haven been a simple task, but…

She gradually began to realize she had led him down the wrong path. <<less

Gu Chen transmigrated to a world where everyone could change professions. His father was a Holy Sword Warrior, the Northern Territory War King; his younger brother was a Dragon Warrior Knight, a Rare Profession. But he was abandoned for eighteen years, suffered extreme poverty, and was extremely humble.... more>>

After finally returning to the family, his father regarded him as a disgrace, his stepmother accused and cursed at him, and even the servants in the family looked down on him. After severing ties with the family, he successfully changed profession to Summoner and obtained the God-Tier Talent — Darkborn First Blood.

[Darkborn First Blood: Can obtain a Dark Bloodline at every level]

After fusing with the Dark Bloodline, Summoned Beasts can evolve into Dark Creatures!

[Bloodthirsty Bat] + [Dark Bloodline] = [Dracula]

[Nightmare] + [Dark Bloodline] = [Nightmare Overlord]

[Gargoyle] + [Dark Bloodline] = [Undead Golem]

......

From then on, Gu Chen became an army by himself, leading the Dark Legion to push forward all the way and crush innumerable geniuses.

The Abyss invaded, and the Demon God led the Foreign Race Army to descend, but they were easily suppressed and killed by the Dark Legion. Facing the trembling Demon God, Gu Chen said with a smile: "You know Despair Black Dragon Nidhogg, right? The one even God King Odin couldn't defeat. That's right, it's also a Dark Creature." <<less

In an era where the coexistence of Awakened beings, and dungeons became commonplace, Lee Kyu-seong, a perennially low-tier Awakened, finds his life transformed by a... more>> second awakening and the unexpected appearance of a slime. <<less

At a young age, I was caught up in a Gate incident and barely made it out alive. ... more>>

They called me a "miracle child," Jung Jehee.

But that so-called "miracle" meant nothing—I had only barely survived.

I lost my sight, my ability to move freely, and was even diagnosed as terminally ill.

Trapped in a hospital room, all I could do was wait for the day I would die...

Then, in a moment of life-or-death crisis, I awakened as Korea's first-ever S-rank.

After a long, long hospital stay, my new life as an S-rank began.

It should have been something to celebrate.

So why is it that my childhood friend, Im Taehwan, who had been so devoted to me throughout my years of illness, is acting so strange?

"Jehee... don’t tell me... you can see through me?"

Even after learning about my awakening, he seemed oddly unsettled.

"After you're discharged, I was thinking... how about living with me?"

He insisted on living together for some reason.

"Once you're out, why don’t we go study abroad? Anywhere is fine."

Out of nowhere, he started suggesting we move overseas together.

For thirteen years, he took care of me every single day. He should be free to live his own life now.

For the sake of my kind but stubborn friend, I tried my best to gain independence from him.

But then—

"Ah, that? It’s called a re-awakening."

"Seems like I got a little stronger."

To make matters worse, my childhood friend followed right behind me—awakening as the second-ever S-rank in Korea.

Just days after I became the first.

"How did Taehwan end up awakening as an S-rank like me...?"

Is S-rank something contagious?

This is getting seriously weird.

* * *

"Jung Jehee. Do you really not want to live with me?"

"You’re in danger just by being with me. You’re only a B-rank and don’t even have combat abilities. At best, you’re just a normal person with slightly better stamina and strength."

Could Taehwan, who has a non-combat ability, really protect me?

He stayed silent, as if he couldn’t argue with what I said.

"No, it’s just that..."

"You only said your house feels empty to reassure my mom, didn’t you? The truth is, you like being alone—that’s why you never joined a guild. I know how hard it is for solo artifact creators to survive. And yet, you insist on staying independent."

"No, it’s true that I like being alone. But... you..."

"I’m a bit special?"

"...Uh... well... no, I mean..."

"So? What exactly do you mean?"

"...You are... a little special... I guess...?"

Avoiding my gaze, he mumbled under his breath, "We’re friends, after all..."

For someone so big, he still acts just like he did when we were kids.

He won’t meet my eyes, yet he won’t let go of me either. <<less

There’s too much work to do, but there’s even more that our main character Sangwoo wants to do.... more>>

To Sangwoo, who spent all day macro-ing ingame, his portal awakening has given him the ability to create clones.

With his clones, Sangwoo will endlessly develop during his growth period. <<less

In another world, it all began with inheriting the name of Hydra. The essence of the Hydra: Cut off one head, two more shall grow. Owen's philosophy: For every base exposed, two more shall be built.... more>>

...

Yan Xu, a novel enthusiast, transmigrates into the body of Owen Hydra, a Viscount in the barren Northern Border. Inheriting a crumbling castle, meager resources, and a handful of loyal subjects, Owen's dream of aristocratic luxury is shattered. His only hope lies in a slowly booting-up system from a corrupted hard drive. As the system partially activates, granting him access to a trove of abilities and units from various video games, Owen begins to rebuild his territory. He navigates political intrigues, bandit raids, barbarian threats, and the mysteries of a world with magic, utilizing his gaming knowledge to establish a hidden power base and amass a loyal following. Balancing his reliance on the system with developing the skills of his people, Owen strives to secure his position and carve a place for himself in this new world, all while trying to unlock the full potential of his game-based golden finger. <<less

Li Li became a chubby, unremarkable tabby cat. Right after his Litter Shovel Officer broke up with his girlfriend, he received a Comprehensive Network slot and successfully became a Comprehensive Network player. ... more>>

However, it seems like his Litter Shovel Officers have encountered some trouble! This is a bit troublesome for him, but what can he do?

He’s a good cat. Li Li took out a treasure from his pocket and tossed it:

"Take it, Litter Shovel Officers. You have been strengthened." <<less

Ha Doheon, a hunter who entered a dungeon to stop an impending catastrophe, finally manages to defeat the boss after a harrowing journey. But when he opens his eyes again… He’s five years in the past—and he is the dungeon boss?!... more>>

Now blessed—or cursed—with overwhelming power, he decides to use it for good this time: save Moon Tae-i, the S-Rank hunter who once sacrificed himself for him, and prevent the apocalypse altogether.

But just as he’s making his plans...

“Doheon, would you like to date me?”

“...Excuse me?”

“I won’t let a single drop of blood stain your hands. Honestly, if marriage is on the table, I’d be even happier.”

That same hunter suddenly confesses to him?

Moon Tae-i, famous for brutally executing criminals with horrifying precision, has now set his eyes on him?

The infamous dungeon boss who rivals the most vicious monsters on Earth must now hide his identity—and somehow still save the world. Can Ha Doheon pull it off without getting caught? <<less

In an era when Guide kidnapping is rampant and even considered normal due to the shortage of Guides.... more>>

Chae Do-min, an exceptionally talented S-class Guide, is suffering from overwork,

and was waiting for a cute Esper to kidnap him.

Suddenly, a strange sense of déjà vu.

Finally, Do-min’s intuition, honed from being kidnapped at least five times, was telling him:

This is surely the appearance of an Esper who will save me from Guiding hell.

…But the Esper who has confined me is strange.

The more submissive I act, the happier they become, rather than getting bored.

Is this… right? Is it? <<less

The protagonist, who died in an accident, is forced to reincarnate into a parallel world without any choice. That world is one where the First World War did not happen due to the emergence of dungeons.... more>>

The protagonist, who reincarnated into a world where anyone can be given a skill, dives into the dungeons with the skill he was given.

“This skill is too problematic, I have no choice but to hide it...”

The skill that the protagonist was given was a non-combat one. With his unique constitution to supplement it, the protagonist sets out to conquer the dungeons. <<less

The boss (the goddess) didn't know about the final boss' struggles... more>>

After (possibly) dying from overwork, the protagonist, Jiro Hasegawa, found himself reincarnated as a dungeon monster in another world. Through sheer effort and continuous evolution, he eventually rose to the position of the final boss, entrusted with guarding the deepest part of the dungeon.

Even though he kept working hard, one day, his boss—the goddess—suddenly deemed him too costly to maintain and attempted to transfer him to another dungeon… or so he thought. Instead, he got fired.

However, the place he ended up in was Earth.

Taking on a human form, Jiro found that time had barely progressed on Earth. And so, he decided to enjoy the continuation of his previous life.

Anyway, time to enjoy my retirement life!~ <<less

Due to a friend’s betrayal, Yang Yohan ends up in the worst dungeon of all, the Abyss. In this monster-infested dungeon, Yohan encounters Lee Hyunmook, once considered the strongest Awakened in Korea, who had gone missing in the Abyss years ago.... more>>

“Mr. Lee Hyunmook, please don’t kill me, okay? I’m human…”

“Human…”

“Yes, I’m human… and so are you, Mr. Lee Hyunmook.”

However, Lee Hyunmuk has been half-driven mad by the influence of the Abyss. Yohan struggles to survive alongside him, tending to wounds and foraging for food, during the rare moments when Hyunmook regains his sanity.

“Every few decades, a certain phenomenon occurs here. And I call it a ‘Flood.’”

“A Flood?”

“The closer the Flood gets, the worse the contamination and madness become… just like how I was moments ago.”

But when an unexpected Flood strikes, Hyunmook loses his mind completely…

“You’re a sheep, so why don’t you cry?”

“I-I’m not a sheep, I’m Yang Yohan…”

“My little lamb-lamb.”

A brutal environment, a festering wound on one leg, terrifying monsters howling as they attack,

and now the erratic behavior of a deranged Hyunmook…

Thus begins Yohan’s tear-filled escape from another world! <<less

The child of an aristocrat, Van, suddenly remembers his past life when he became two years old. Van was once rumored to be a child... more>> prodigy. However, at the age of eight, He was found to have had an aptitude for production magic, a useless aptitude. He was then promptly banished from his noble family. Braving the hardships of village life, Van continues to develop and defend his village. Soon, the nameless village is turned into a city... though it would be nice if the dragons stopped attacking us. <<less

[Rerolling Talents at the Start + Early Beta Test Access] ... more>>

Early Talent: [God of Thieves] (S-Level)

Midgame Evolution: [One-Person Party] (SS-Level)

"A free soul is never bound by the thorns of nobility. There’s no need to ascend to the divine altar or sugarcoat our deeds. We are thieves lurking in the shadows—know yourself, and then revel in unbridled joy."

As the world turns into a game, every player awakens a divinely bestowed talent:

[Holy Light] , [Immortal] , [Breath of Winter] , [Frozen Throne] , [Elegance Never Goes Out of Style] , [Clock Out, Then Become a Chef God] , [Best Supporting Role] , [Marshmallow] , [Butter Beer] , and so on...

After being reborn, the first thing Yu Xunge does is rush home to force-feed her brother—soon to marry into the Su family—a bottle of liquor, ensuring he misses the first beta test of the game.

In her past life, this s*umbag had manipulated her endlessly. It wasn’t until her dying moments that she discovered he had been scheming against her from the shadows all along.

On her deathbed, she learned she was nothing more than the villain in a male-oriented novel about a live-in son-in-law’s rise to power. All the malice and suffering she endured? It was him shifting blame onto her from behind the scenes.

This time, it’s her turn to operate in the shadows.

Male and female leads? All your fortunes? They’re mine now.

Join the beta, reroll talents, and wreak havoc from behind the curtain! <<less

As Haebom walked along the campsite trail, reading his novel, he quite literally stepped into its world. ... more>>

And right in front of the sub male protagonist—who was about to meet his death, no less!

On top of that, he was now an S-rank Guide?

It was already absurd enough that he had fallen into the world of a novel, but awakening as an S-rank Guide?

Though momentarily flustered, Haebom quickly made up his mind—he would become the partner of Wonho, the sub male protagonist he had pitied throughout the entire story.

Of course, only until he found a way back.

But… was the sub male protagonist always this prickly?

Like a wary cat that refused to be touched, Wonho kept running away from him, dodging him at every turn.

Determined, Haebom gave chase—only to make a drunken mistake in the end…! <<less

Kenichi Yamada was a 35-year-old salaryman. As a hardcore game enthusiast, he was saddened by the modern trend towards casual games.... more>>

So, when a site claimed to be “for people who like to do things the hard way,” he just couldn’t resist. Thus, he was reincarnated into another world as Allen, playing on Hell Mode.

This is fantasy light novel about Allen’s journey as a summoner.

Reincarnated as a serf, he starts from nothing.

His journey begins with absolutely no knowledge of the world around him, just like those games he played 10, 20 years ago. <<less

One day, a hero summoning was conducted, but only the protagonist was reincarnated.... more>>

With a changed appearance, he introduced himself as Tooi and decided to live freely in another world.

Reincarnated as Tooi he happened to purchase a s*ave named Annelise, who had been left unsold. He had intended to buy Annelise and witness her final moments, but her true form turned out to be an unbelievably beautiful girl.

In that world, there were dungeons, and Tooi explored them alongside Annelise. As he received advice from Annelise senpai on dungeon exploration, Toi gradually grew, eventually reaching the pinnacle of humanity.

The abilities Tooi gained from his reincarnation allowed him to freely view his stats, change his abilities and jobs, and possess a unique skill for detailed appraisal and an item box. With these abilities, which were not exactly overpowered but still quite useful, Toi embarked on his journey of growth. <<less

Tonight, once again, he yearned for her purification.... more>>

It had been an unhappy life.

Despite possessing the power of purification, Irene was deemed the lowest rank, never having received anyone’s love or acceptance in her short life. Even in her final moments, she died alone and lonely, yet strangely, she found herself back in the past.

And not just any past but right before meeting her husband, Michael, the man she had ruined.

‘This is the first mistake I must correct in this life. That is…not getting involved with Michael.’

*

However, Michael seems peculiar.

"I... I need you. Please purify me."

He asked for purification first.
A paladin, this holy man, comes to me every night.

"Irene. My pair. My wife. Tonight, I want to be cleansed by you. Long and slow."

You were definitely a paladin in a previous life who wouldn't even lay a finger on me, right? <<less

I became an SSR-rank character in a collection-type RPG ..... ... more>>

[Newbie pulled an SSR Character, is this good?]

-For display purposes only.

-Top-tier for entertainment.

-Makes the game hilariously challenging.

The character, who makes everyone except the one who pulled it laugh, is a real joker... <<less

The main character got reincarnated into a game that he doesn’t even know anything about other than the name, which resembles the name of his beloved game that he played more than anyone that he even remembers everything about it.... more>>

He doesn’t know the game’s genre or system, the characters, when the story begins, where it takes place, and he doesn’t even know his position in the game.

Even so, he desperately gathers information and somehow gains the conviction that he is the ‘protagonist of an academy romance RPG’.

In order to protect himself and the world, he goes through a series of out-of-the-ordinary training and confronts the original story! <<less

I transmigrated into the body of an absolute s*umbag S-rank villain—the one who dies thirty minutes into the movie I watched right before I died.... more>>

Of all people, why him?

But… hold up. There’s 400 billion KRW (307 million USD) in this guy’s bank account?!

In my past life, I worked every single day without rest.

This time around, I figured I’d take it easy—maybe work part-time at a snack shop and live a quiet life…

“Who gave you permission?”

“…Excuse me?”

“Oh, so what you’re saying is, Hunter Seo Inho doesn’t care if an S-rank dungeon break explodes right in the middle of Seoul?”

For some reason, the movie’s main characters won’t leave me the hell alone.

Damn it. Looks like I’ve gotten myself dangerously tangled up with these S-ranks. <<less

Outside, I'm revered as an S-Rank Hunter.... more>>

At home, I'm at the bottom of the hierarchy—even the family dog ranks higher than me.

I'm Son Si-woo, a hero to the world but the lowest-ranking member of my own household.

Then, one night, while I was drunk and vulnerable, my body got swapped!

To the guy who did me this favor... I really have no idea how I'm going to repay you.

But since it's come to this, I might as well make the most of it—living life to the fullest and indulging in all my desires. <<less

From now on, do your own video editing, item restocking, and quest management~☆... more>>

"You can’t do anything on your own."

Despite being tired of hearing those words from his so-called partner, Mia Naruse, Shibuki Hamura still continued to support her.

Having lost his right arm to a monster in the past and possessing no special abilities, he convinced himself that Mia was the only one willing to hire him. He kept enduring all the power harassment from Mia, believing he had no other choice but to live like that.

However, the reality was different.

While it was true that Shibuki was one-armed and lacked special abilities, his support skills were top-tier. Not to mention, the real reason viewers watched Mia’s dungeon streams wasn’t her—it was because of Shibuki’s flawless support. With abilities as exceptional as his, it was only natural that others would take notice. Before long, he was approached by Abisu Yuiga, an S-rank Seeker far superior to Mia, with an offer to join her guild.

"I'm here to invite you to join my guild."

"Ah, in that case, we should include Mia-"

"Huh? Mia Naruse-chan? I don't really need her though?"

"Hm? You're not here to invite Mia to your guild?"

"Well, if you insist, I guess I don't mind taking her in, but if I may be honest, I don't see much value in her. The only one I want is you."

Someone who respected him and treated him with sincerity, versus someone who belittled and mistreated him—of course it'd be s*upid to compare both. Without any hesitation, Shibuki chose Yuiga and cut ties with Mia.

At his new guild, Shibuki finally began receiving the recognition he deserved. Meanwhile, Mia, having lost him, saw her video views plummet. Eventually, she blamed her downfall on Shibuki, spreading lies about him within her guild and painting him as the villain. Then, rallying her guildmates, she set her sights on revenge…

Thus begins a labyrinth rise-to-power fantasy story, where a man once branded as incompetent finds his true worth by changing his environment. <<less