Zama, regret, too late, guilty pleasure faceslapping list.

Zama, regret, too late, guilty pleasure faceslapping list.
Guilty pleasures where characters look down on the mc and do horrible things to mc, only for them to later regret it. will not include kicked out of guilds one cause I'll make another list on it in the future. warning: writing might be subpar-bad, and can be super frustrating with how some of the characters act,.

I mostly read male MC-dominated novels (and mostly Chinese), but I’ve been branching out into stories with female protagonists lately and I’ve actually been enjoying them quite a bit. 
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TEJJY
Created: Feb 7th, 2025, Updated: Jul 14th, 2025
Created Feb 7th, 2025
Updated Jul 14th, 2025
CN (2.8)
27 Chapters Every 2.7 Day(s) 143 Readers 0 Reviews 07-22-2025
CN (3.6)
51 Chapters Every 1.9 Day(s) 408 Readers 3 Reviews 07-09-2025
edit: it's alright...Looking forward to reading this. It's not from qimao, fanqie, and faloo where every white lotus/green tea novel has 400+ chapters of dragging and random nonsensical convoluted plot meant for engage/rage bait you into reading their boring schlop of a story just for the cathartic moment of realization on how badly the characters screwed up. This novel is already completed at 53 chapters so I've got high expectations on the plot going smoothly with no repeated dialogues( hopefully it's not the same and was jsut axed).... more>>
CN (3.5)
CN (3.2)
20 Chapters Every 3.3 Day(s) 74 Readers 0 Reviews 07-20-2025
There's no brakes in this one. Super fast paced versions of those fake adopted sons cn genre. In just the first 10 chapters mc already... more>>
CN (3.4)
6 Chapters Every 18.2 Day(s) 79 Readers 0 Reviews 04-08-2025
CN (3.3)
CN (2.4)
KR (2.7)
32 Chapters Every 2.5 Day(s) 192 Readers 0 Reviews 07-04-2025
CN (2)
72 Chapters Every 0.5 Day(s) 91 Readers 0 Reviews 07-22-2025
CN (4.4)
CN (3.5)
CN (3)
4 Chapters Every 4.8 Day(s) 69 Readers 0 Reviews 07-20-2025
Absoute utter tr*sh. It's one of those typical Chinese web novels where the main character is a martial arts and medical genius, a renowned war hero, and well-known to everyon  somehow except his ex gf. The plot basically centers around his breakup with her (bonus points if she idolizes his "secret" identity) while he climbs to heigher heights. Where this goes on for over 1000 chapters where the MC is nonstop berated by his ex, and the only reason to keep reading is the eventual reveal, when his ex-girlfriend finally learns the truth.... more>>
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  1. TEJJY
    TEJJY· Author · Jun 4, 2025 08:45 PM

    BTW in case I get bored of this genre and decide to either stop reading them or update this list, just check out these for new stuff:  Darkstar, Noice, and Splendour translations for CN . Soafp, Foxaholic, Yuki Kitsuneko, Mainichitl, Zeus, Zetro, Dasui,  and Sainokan for JP. As for the KR stuff, the only consistent one that translates these types of novels are Nhvnovel, Kari. I can't find any more KR translators that specifically go out their way to pick up revenge wish fulfilment novels.

    Bcat00 for cn novels with female mc.

    Anastrisha novelupdates lists for switched at birth tropes.

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    • peroxide
      peroxide· Jul 12, 2025 01:01 PM
      Just to add to this, Darkstar has been hit by a cease and desist and has been permanently shut down
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    • TEJJY
      TEJJY· Author · Jul 13, 2025 07:32 AM
      no darkstar just changes site name/domain like every half a year or something. they were galaxy scans before. 
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  2. Joospinch
    Joospinch· Jun 30, 2025 05:49 AM
    Please consider adding this novel it hits hard: https://www.novelupdates.info/series/after-i-died-my-dao-companion-drowns-in-endless-regret/
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    • TEJJY
      TEJJY· Author · Jun 30, 2025 06:45 AM
      Thx for the recommendation.  I usually browse the betrayal tag because it's the tag that's mostly in line with this list. There are actually a lot of things to add in this list that isn't betrayal so I'll miss a few. NU should really add a 'regret' tag. Would make me easier to find novels like these.
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  3. TEJJY
    TEJJY· Author · Feb 7, 2025 02:25 AM
    some of these don't contain faceslapping, it's mostly the cn ones that do.
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  4. San Meas
    San Meas· Jul 7, 2025 06:36 AM
    Thank you TEJJIY for compiling novels of this niche genre.
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    • TEJJY
      TEJJY· Author · Jul 8, 2025 03:44 AM
      imo it isn't really niche. there's a tag for this one literally called zama in jp where it's basically thsi whole list about regret. and cn has hundreds of not thousands of novels about it too, not sure if there's a name for the genre tho. lol. especially qimao, in that site alone, i red at least 30+ novels about the holy son being betrayed. anwyays no problem. feel free to comment and reply if you've found other novels that fits this list, would appreciate it because i'm also a sucker for this trope.
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  5. MrKoffee
    MrKoffee· Jun 13, 2025 05:57 PM
    Thanks for the list of translators! I enjoy this genre, but wasn't show who to check.
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