How I’ve been spending my 2016
Reading webnovels.
Recommendations below.
Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyuku
Ongoing
A programmer wakes in an unknown world and accidentally kills a dragon God and a colony of dragons, making him the strongest mortal. Proceeds to travel the world and make food while gathering and training a troupe of girls.
Thoughts: Casually breaking the common sense of the world.
Evil God Average
Complete
A girl with menacing eyes attracts the attention of an evil God who grants her any wish in exchange for brining her to another world. She wishes to be an average girl, and so he grants her her wish. So now she’s an average god of fear.
Thoughts: A hilarious read.
I was reincarnated as a magical academy!
Ongoing - hiatus
A spirit finds itself inside the body of a dungeon core made up of various other cores. Adapting to his new abilities while fighting the morality of his dungeon core memories and the moralities of the world he is now in, he tries to live a fun life with his wives.
Thoughts: An okay story, borderline adult.
Konji no Moji Tsukai
Ongoing
Accidentally summoned to another world, an innocent bystander travels the world using his ability to write down magic at will. Somehow has a following of little girls.
Thoughts: Recommend, but the translations slowed down after 200 chapters.
Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?
Ongoing
A classroom was caught up in a transdimentional explosion, sending their souls into another world.
The story follows a girl who is reincarnated into a spider, and her journey in accepting that she’s a horrible monster. Side stories littered about follows the adventures and thoughts of the students as they all gain abilities that reflect their presence in their past lives.
Thoughts: Absolutely recommended. Translations have been caught up.
Maou the Yuusha
Ongoing
A girl wakes up to discover she’s the new demon lord. Suffering from the infamy of the previous demon lords, she travels to learn if the world is worth destroying or not. Except the second town she enters, she meets the hero and is horribly disappointed.
Thoughts: Funny and amusing, a reverse twist on the common hero party stories.
Mushoku Tensei
Completed, Sequel/Sidestories ongoing.
A fat otaku is reincarnated into a family of perverts. He tries to live his new life the best he can, while thwarting the human God and joining the ranks of one of the seven strongest people in the world.
Thoughts: A long read, but worth it.
My entire class has been reincarnated - I became the weakest skeleton!
Ongoing
A bus crash sends a class into another world as monsters. The story follows a group of the weaker students who can’t help the others in terms of power, as they team up to become the strongest unit.
Thoughts: Slow start, but interesting read.
The guild’s cheat receptionist
Ongoing
The hero has already retired from adventuring, and instead, becomes a guild receptionist. Using her(his) overpowered abilities and connections, she(he) judges the abilities of adventurers and gives them advice on what they can improve on to promote a successful adventure.
Thoughts: Two volumes have been translated, but the chapters are long. There isn’t much action on the side of the mc, but it follows the day to day life, pushing the action to the side characters instead.
The girl who ate a death God
Completed
The symbol of death, war, and gluttony, the story follows a girl as she rises from solider to hero(?).
Thoughts: Not for the weak hearted. The story has a shared universe with the authors other works, they are also recommended.
Tensei Shoujo no Rirekisho
Ongoing
Reincarnated into a world with magic!
Too bad she has no ounce of magic in her. Instead the mc uses her knowledge to improve the lives of those around her while becoming a maid.
Thoughts: Funny and fluffy, not all that strong, but a nice read.
Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken
Ongoing
A man reincarnated into a slime and devours one of the strongest dragons in the world. Proceeds to make a city of monsters and joins the ranks of demon lords as the cutest one, all while having fun.
Thoughts: A recommended read, multiple translators makes it kinda troublesome to read continuously tho.
Tensei Oujo wa Kyou mo Hata o Tatakioru
Ongoing
Born into an otome game(female based dating game) as the rivaling princess, the mc tries her best to avoid every bad end her character gets, but ends up gathering a harem while trying to attract the attention of the one she truly loves.
Thoughts: Cute story, funny as she ends up digging herself deeper into the hole she dug.
Summoning at random
Ongoing - hiatus
Sequel to Evil God average, a boy is summoned to be a hero to defeat the God of fear, but ends up with random uncontrollable powers that marks him as a subordinate of the evil God.
Thoughts: Just as hilarious as the prequel, but with added naughtiness.
Spirit Migration
Ongoing
A wandering spirit possesses monsters and helps humans. That’s it.
Thoughts: A nice non standard fantasy story where the only ability the mc has is possession, surface thought reading, and item box.
Skeleton Knight, in another world.
Ongoing
Guy wakes up as his in game character in an unknown world. The good: his character is high leveled with strong equipments and abilities. The bad: his avatar is a skeleton.
Thoughts: A good read, where the mc breaks common sense with his abilities and powers while being naïve about it.
She professed herself the pupil of the wiseman
Ongoing
Playing around with a purchased item in a vrmmo that changes your appearance, the mc finds himself 30 years into the future in the game, as the last setting of the vanity item, a little girl. He is sent by his friends to try to find others like her(him) who had joined the new reality earlier than he did.
Thoughts: Amusing as the mc adapts to his new body as well as amazing everyone with his now dying class abilities.
Sendai Yuusha wa Inkyou Shitai
Ongoing
A group of friends is summoned to defeat the demon king!
The problem: one of them already sealed the demon king three years ago and was sent back!
He decides to skip out on the hero job and instead chooses to travel the world on the promise of the princess he lost three years ago.
Thoughts: A great story, but the hero is suffering from puberty and his actions on the world since the last time he was there, resulting in some hilarious bits.
Nidome no Yuusha
Killing the demon king, the hero is suddenly betrayed by the world he saved and is hunted down and killed.
He swears on his dying breath on revenge, when he hears the system message, that the tutorial has ended, intending him to be killed much earlier and be given a second chance.
Thoughts: Not for the faint of heart as the mc becomes twisted with his desire of revenge against all those who he once trusted.
The legendary moonlight sculptor
Ongoing
A poor guy gains a fortune after selling his maxed level mmo account, but loses most of it paying off his debts. Swearing to gain it back, he trains his body and enters the newly popular vrmmo game, aiming to be the best warrior to sell of rare items and loot. He ends up a sculptor.
Thoughts: Interesting read, since the story is set in Korea. The mc is a horrible miser and a brilliant strategist, if not for his horrible luck.
The strategy to become good at magic
Ongoing
Ignoring the title, a woman discovers herself as her game avatar, reverting to her 4 year old self. In the middle of a forest. Surrounded by dangerous demonic beasts. So she literally sets up a shop while scamming visitors.
Thoughts: An amusing read, as she bullies and terrorizes those who enter the forest, while looking like a little girl.
Tsuki ga Michibiku Isekai Douchuu
Ongoing
Thrown away by an otherworldly goddess for his sub par face, the chosen hero is tossed aside for much better looking humans. The hero finds himself in a wasteland with the blessings of the God who chose him, and sets out to enjoy the new world and do whatever he wants. Except he can’t talk common.
Thoughts: Another highly recommended story.
Uchi no musume no tame naraba, ore wa moshikashitara maou mo taoseru kamo shirenai
Ongoing
An adventurer adopts a demon race little girl and becomes a highly doting “father”.
Thoughts: Another fun and fluffy story.