Brain cells/Standards Nourishment
Brain cells/Standards Nourishment
This is to help my s*upid brain never regress further due to being addicted in reading novels with lack of common sense and questionable plot holes. And to also prevent myself from always having to lower my standard to the point of being brain dead.
Most often no romance but with male protagonist. As much as I always read everyday, only some stories really piqued my interest. So here's my list of unforgettable novels I've read here.
Just to mention, I won't add some KR dungeon tropes and CN wuxias, xuanhuans, xianxias since I find it more generic and full of plot holes (and armors). (+I added good ones if it’s worth putting it here)
I've been an avid NU reader since 2018? Yet this is my first time setting an account because I really want to create this list for my fellow comrades.
Ah, please do not hesitate for some recommendations I forgot to add!
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
• Mother of Learning
• Author's POV (shallow romantic subplot)
• I Became The Pope, Now What?
• Shadow s*ave (shallow romantic subplot)
Most often no romance but with male protagonist. As much as I always read everyday, only some stories really piqued my interest. So here's my list of unforgettable novels I've read here.
Just to mention, I won't add some KR dungeon tropes and CN wuxias, xuanhuans, xianxias since I find it more generic and full of plot holes (and armors). (+I added good ones if it’s worth putting it here)
I've been an avid NU reader since 2018? Yet this is my first time setting an account because I really want to create this list for my fellow comrades.
Ah, please do not hesitate for some recommendations I forgot to add!
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
• Mother of Learning
• Author's POV (shallow romantic subplot)
• I Became The Pope, Now What?
• Shadow s*ave (shallow romantic subplot)
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Created: Jul 30th, 2021, Updated: Jan 4th, 2025
Created Jul 30th, 2021
Updated Jan 4th, 2025
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Comments (14)
@Keraether I'm still reading Mother of Learning right now so I have yet to read the other novels from Royal Road. Do all those three have romance? For the latter, I don't think I would like Regressor Instruction Manual since I'm not a fan of harem.
I am in need of more recommendations since I don't have any good novels to read as of late. So I truly appreciate your recommendation.
@shushreader Only The Simulacrum puts a true emphasis on romance, even in RIM despite the harem tag there is no real romance. Well RR is a treasure trove for western novels : "Super Minion", "The New World", "Defiance of the Fall", "They Called me Mad", none containing romance and very refreshing in the System & Apocalypse genre, "Knight and Smith" is really well written but is kind of romance centered, "The story of how a cultivation universe was conquered by an interstellar weapon" is very good in an...outlandish way, "Sexy Space Babes" is refreshing, "An outcast in another world" is good. On NU there is still "Lord of the Mysteries" and "Ouroboros Record ~ Circus of Oubeniel" which stand above the rest for CN and JP novels respectively.
Anyway you are welcome, as good or at least entertaining novels are really hard to find especially when NU is filled with subpar ones.
I used to tune in every once a while to read new novels there but ever since I noticed most of the trending is just "cute" plays on isekai or relying on the reader's persistence in not dropping it, I only logged in to check if Beware of the Chicken, RE: Trailer tr*sh, and Essence of cultivation are updating. Of course I think The Perfect Run is a masterpiece but for the rest its not my cup of tea to read stories that are dungeon core, spaceship, psychopathic non-humanoids.
Tip: Avoid Defiance's fall, primal hunter, anything similar
Hello! Thanks for this list. I really love your taste so i enjoyed these novels u recommended. Umm im always waiting for more cuz i really need supplement to my decreasing braincells. Im in critical level, u see haha. I apologize for my greediness but im desperate. Anyway, is this "become a star have a romance" ? Tbh im allergic in romance tag and u still didnt put a reviews below so idk if i should read it or not. I only trust ur words so ididnt read others' reviews so hurry up haha kidding.. take ur time.
i recommend "rakuin no monshou" and the "bathroom goddes". Both are completed and i think perfect for you. Rakuin no monshou have romance, but it's not forced. And the novel itself is more focused on politic and action than romance.
And in my opinion, protagonist in Isaac of course is cruel and psycopath. But,if i must categorized isaac in good or bad, I will say he is good. He is trying to do good deeds but with a bad way because his surrounding is what forces him to act like that.