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Not Reliable, I don't know why I made this

Long story short, these are some underrated or hard-to-find novels I've read that you might find really interesting. Most is in the "Action" genre. Most of the novels here are from (2018-present)

These are some novels that stands out as exceptional and rare among more ordinary, less impressive ones. It highlights how one great story can shine brightly in a sea of mediocrity.

PS. I know you're wondering why there's quite a bit of "popular" LN in this list, the answer is that these series aren't really that popular in NU, if that makes sense, idk myself.

Check out @cbboss list "Peak Hidden Gems", he has better list than this one. This list only include the novels I've read.

Some RoyalRoad novels :

•Terminate The Other World! (Book 1-4 is great)

•Mother of Learning (This is so damn peak)

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Sareza

Created: Jun 2nd, 2024, Updated: Aug 4th, 2024

Created Jun 2nd, 2024

Updated Aug 4th, 2024

CN (3.7)

#1Despite Being Pursued As a Villain, All The Heroines On My Side?

205 Chapters Every 37.7 Day(s) 4453 Readers 35 Reviews 07-19-2024

Adult Comedy Fantasy Harem Mature Romance Seinen Shounen Tragedy

A lot of misunderstanding, and yanderes that regressed, willing to kill each other just to obtain the MC's love. Very chaotic.

CN (3.7)

#2I’m the Mysterious Leader of the Salvation Organization

549 Chapters Every 12.5 Day(s) 1698 Readers 14 Reviews 02-01-2025

Completed Action Adventure Drama Harem Psychological Sci-fi Xuanhuan

Manipulator MC that has the ability to play a gacha game that will also affect the real world and change the future outcomes through that... more>>

KR (4)

#3Became an Evolving Space Monster

4 Chapters Every 245 Day(s) 2596 Readers 18 Reviews 06-01-2023

Action Adventure Fantasy Horror Psychological Sci-fi

MC is reincarnated as an "Amorph" that has the ability to steal genetic information of the target he eats and transform it into one of... more>>

CN (4.5)

#4Doomsday Spiritual Artifact Master

270 Chapters Every 33.7 Day(s) 3489 Readers 42 Reviews 03-14-2024

Completed Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Martial Arts Mature Romance Sci-fi Slice of Life Tragedy

Zombie Apocalypse, the FL is a badass and isn't a Mary Sue, also the side characters are interesting

CN (4.6)

#5There’s Absolutely No Problem With The Magic Cards I Made!

264 Chapters Every 1.5 Day(s) 3114 Readers 31 Reviews 07-13-2025

Comedy Mystery Psychological Romance School Life Slice of Life Supernatural Xuanhuan

MC is "smart and cunning" and always win whoever his opponents are, using unique and bizarre tactics and mind games. Made me laugh my ahh... more>>

KR (4.6)

#6I Became A Ghost In A Horror Game.

146 Chapters Every 4.3 Day(s) 2512 Readers 18 Reviews 05-27-2025

Completed Action Adventure Comedy Drama Gender Bender Horror Mystery Psychological Supernatural

Low chapters, but the story is ABSOLUTE PEAK ლ(.⁠❛⁠ ⁠ᴗ⁠ ⁠❛⁠.⁠)ლ

JP (4.5)

#7Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival (LN)

131 Chapters Every 51.5 Day(s) 7057 Readers 56 Reviews 07-07-2023

Action Adventure Fantasy Martial Arts

Not a reincarnation novel, it's a story of a "heroine" who suddenly became self-aware that she is in a game, resisted fate, and decided to... more>>

CN (4.3)

#8Being a Koi in a Survival Game

266 Chapters Every 9.3 Day(s) 1657 Readers 15 Reviews 04-27-2025

Action Adventure Horror Mature Romance Sci-fi Supernatural

A Survival novel with another badass FL that isn't ML dependent

JP (4.1)

#9Genocide Online ~Playtime Diary of an Evil Young Girl~

292 Chapters Every 48.9 Day(s) 4849 Readers 50 Reviews 07-04-2025

Action Adventure Fantasy Psychological

A very pragmatic FL, will kill without hesitation. "I mean it's only a game bro"

KR (4.5)

#10Escaping the Mystery Hotel

309 Chapters Every 3.2 Day(s) 1845 Readers 20 Reviews 07-04-2025

Action Adventure Fantasy Mystery Psychological Supernatural

Transported in a tower or something. Anyways the MC doesn't always solve every floor, and each character has a role to play, each floor is... more>>

KR (4.5)

#11Surviving a Shounen Manga

107 Chapters Every 40.5 Day(s) 2415 Readers 27 Reviews 05-12-2024

Action Comedy Fantasy Shounen

A unique take for a transmigration story

KR (4.2)

#12Evade The Hero and Flee!

471 Chapters Every 7.9 Day(s) 10325 Readers 59 Reviews 06-02-2025

Completed Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Harem Slice of Life

Basically a bunch of JP tropes compressed in a single novel, very entertaining and made me laugh a lot.

JP (4.5)

#13She Was Both Called God, as Well as Satan

93 Chapters Every 82.9 Day(s) 6814 Readers 52 Reviews 03-19-2022

Completed Adventure Fantasy Mystery Psychological Sci-fi Slice of Life

Masterpiece. It's all I can say... It's quite philosophical, it raises a question about life, purpose, and existence. And above all, it illustrates the endless cycle of life as we know it.... more>>

KR (4.4)

#14I Became the Academy’s Pink Airhead

0 Chapters Every 907 Day(s) 2481 Readers 26 Reviews 07-08-2024

Completed Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Gender Bender Martial Arts School Life Yuri

I just read it, it's literally Blue Archive but Sensei became Hoshino, haha

JP (4.3)

#15When the Monster Meat I Ate Led Me to the Throne

87 Chapters Every 6.6 Day(s) 931 Readers 8 Reviews 07-25-2025

Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Harem Seinen

It's kinda similar to The Eminence in Shadow minus the "harem", it's actually pretty good as well.

JP (4.6)

#16Fake Saint Of The Year

124 Chapters Every 93.1 Day(s) 6198 Readers 98 Reviews 06-10-2024

Completed Adventure Comedy Fantasy Gender Bender Mystery School Life Tragedy

If TEIS wasn't a thing, this novel will probably be my favorite "Misunderstanding" novel, aside from Tearmoon Empire.

JP (4.4)

#17Reincarnated Princess Wishes To Avoid Death

632 Chapters Every 23.9 Day(s) 4036 Readers 32 Reviews 12-19-2024

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Romance School Life Shoujo Slice of Life Tragedy

This is "Tearmoon Empire" A lot of misunderstanding, and the comedy is PEAK

JP (4.1)

#18The Chronicle of the Dungeon Master of Slaughter – A Reclusive Beautiful Girl Became a Dungeon Master, So She Pursues the Path of a Hikikomori

135 Chapters Every 40.5 Day(s) 1173 Readers 25 Reviews 12-10-2023

Completed Action Adventure Fantasy Horror Mature Psychological Supernatural Tragedy

A very selfish FL, it's kinda like "Arifureta", in a way, but the Protagonist doesn't give a sh*t about what happens to others and will... more>>

KR (4.5)

#19Omniscient First-Person’s Viewpoint

422 Chapters Every 1.6 Day(s) 5920 Readers 64 Reviews 07-25-2025

Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Harem Mystery Supernatural

Wow, this one lost popularity recently, Genesis is kinda only updating it 4x a month, damn. It's a good novel.

CN (4.5)

#20Gospel of Blood

648 Chapters Every 3.3 Day(s) 1977 Readers 14 Reviews 06-19-2025

Action Comedy Fantasy Gender Bender Mystery Slice of Life Supernatural

Same author as Game Of The World Tree, also it's quite popular now, I'll not remove it tho. I'm not really a fan of political... more>>

CN (4.2)

#21Swear Fealty To Me, My Subjects!

431 Chapters Every 27.7 Day(s) 3268 Readers 16 Reviews 10-07-2024

Action Adult Adventure Comedy Fantasy Harem Mature Mystery Romance

After 999 death, MC finally reached his breaking point and now he is willing to use anything even if ppl see him as a shameless gigolo lol . Very entertaining read.... more>>

JP (4.2)

#22There Was No Secret Organization to Fight with the World’s Darkness so I Made One (In Exasperation)

105 Chapters Every 98.4 Day(s) 8256 Readers 47 Reviews 06-03-2023

Action Comedy Fantasy Sci-fi Seinen Slice of Life Supernatural

This isn't a TEIS copy, it's unique

KR (4.3)

#23The Little Prince in the Ossuary

148 Chapters Every 1.9 Day(s) 2978 Readers 17 Reviews 07-24-2025

Action Adventure Fantasy Mature Psychological Sci-fi Tragedy

JP (4.4)

#24A Maiden’s Unwanted Heroic Epic

373 Chapters Every 2.5 Day(s) 3516 Readers 17 Reviews 07-04-2025

Adventure Comedy Fantasy Harem Psychological Slice of Life Yuri

A girl who is "apathetic" gradually learns emotions and emphaty, she is a fighting genius, and an emotionless killing machine, but an innocent girl at heart.... more>>

JP (4.5)

#25Apotheosis of a Demon – A Monster Evolution Story

110 Chapters Every 142.9 Day(s) 8854 Readers 105 Reviews 01-12-2020

Completed Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Supernatural

The story could've more than 110 Ch. Harunohi kinda rushed it, but it has a very satisfying ending.

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Sareza· Author · Jun 28, 2024 08:46 AM
Honorable mention :
[Mesgaki Tanker Doesn't Get Properly Educated] or [메스가키탱커 신표지]

It's in the academy genre and is quite cliché but the writing is peak and the execution is very good
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- Sareza· Author · Jul 10, 2024 05:22 AM
  Honorable Mention :
  [Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table] or [死亡遊戯で飯を食う。]
  It's featured in Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2024, I saw this around half a year ago, pretty good, the illustrations are just peak, also character designs looks dope, quite brutal as well, like really REALLY BRUTAL.It's not gory though.
  
  Currently V1 has been officially released by Yen Press, and it's the only translated volume so far. There is currently 6 volumes by the time I'm writing this. Good stuff, I recommend giving it a try, I'm a sucker for this type of novels.
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- lordmerlin· Jul 10, 2024 05:12 PM
  @Sareza Thanks mate for the updates xD, seeing you on youtube then back here suddenly is indeed kind of surreal. (i am le merlin hermes)
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Sareza· Author · Jun 29, 2024 03:14 PM
I'm not a big fan of Wuxia, Xianxia, or Xuanhuan so this list will probably have minimal CN novels
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Sareza· Author · Jun 2, 2024 02:15 PM
MINNANOSUPASTAUZAWALEISATOJODESU
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lordmerlin· Jul 12, 2024 12:08 PM
My lad, I definitely recommend "Genius Warlock" if you havent tried that and "The Hardcore Tyrant Raises the Favourability Too Much" seems certainly promising from the first few chaps I read. There's also Memoirs of the Returnee. Dungeon Defense is nice too, if you can get past the chaps of MC trolling even the audience
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- Sareza· Author · Jul 20, 2024 05:40 AM
  Bro, why do you keep appearing in youtube?
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- lordmerlin· Jul 21, 2024 02:30 AM
  @Sareza My guy, I am a fellow human being, of course I use youtube xD the thing we should be concerned about is why we have a similar recommended page
  
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Velaine· Jul 11, 2024 12:07 PM
Can you tell me, what is TEIS in number 15? I love misunderstandings
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- Sareza· Author · Jul 11, 2024 01:39 PM
  The Eminence In Shadow, or To be a Power in The Shadows
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