What are you reading?

[bopara6574354]

I am reading datta ken raw manga and This is my favorite.
Source: https://mangazuki.club/manga/tensei-shitara-slime-datta-ken
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What are you reading?

 

[thefoolswriter]

gun princess royale on amazon kindle by Albert Ruckholdt really well written but is quite niche genre felt I was watching a tv show

 

[CatDog]

Monster Girl Dreams by Threshold. It's a Ren'py game, lots of reading. Free demo is out, and it's in Alpha stage.
sauce: https://monstergirldreams.fandom.com/wiki/Monster_Girl_Dreams_Wiki
better sauce links are on the right side on the wiki page
Lillian is waifu. I don't think Lillian marriage is implemented yet. Lillian is too pure, too good for the world. I wanna corrupt her to Exterminatus.

 

[Lonewolf187]

Currently reading Overlord on a recomendation from one of my friends. Also working my way through the Dragon Riders of Pern for the umpteenth time.

 

[FreeJSJJ]

Currently reading aa new Arthas insert into Game of thrones. Very well written fic and portrays Arthas superbly, especially his feelings about the things he had done during the latter part of his life:
https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13549046/1/The-King-Is-Dead
The people called him the Pious Prince. His friends claimed he was a Baratheon, and his enemies called him a Lannister. They were all wrong for before any of those things, he was Arthas Menethil, the Damned Prince of Lordaeron, the Betrayer, kinslayer and kingslayer. His sins were legion. Mother have mercy on his soul.
Warcraft & A song of Ice and Fire, T, English, Drama & Fantasy, chapters: 9, words: 53k+, favs: 226, follows: 248, updated: Apr 17 published: Apr 11, Arthas Menethil, Eddard S./Ned, Joffrey B.

The other stories by this author is also excellent.
A Lelouch insert into A Game of Thrones:

Zero Requiem » Lelouch dreamed about the past glories of his Valyrian family, when they'd held great keeps and their fleets ruled the Narrow Sea. But some nights, he dreamed of a life that wasn't his. He dreamed of an empire, war, and tyranny. Most of all, Lelouch Velaryon dreamed of revolution. (Lelouch from Code Geass inserted into ASOIAF, set in the War of the Ninepenny Kings era).
A song of Ice and Fire & Code Geass, T, English, Adventure, chapters: 29, words: 159k+, favs: 683, follows: 743, updated: Apr 10 published: Jul 13, 2019, Lelouch L., C.C., Tywin L., Aerys I

 

[Emmew]

I am currently reading Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. If you like fantasy books definetly check it out.

 

[Darknessthere]

I started reading Hunter x Hunter recently. Pretty good. Nen is as interesting a power system as people have been saying your years.

 

[ShogunTrooper]

Not sure if Audiobooks count as "reading", but I'm currently listening to the third part of Richard Fox' Terran Armor Corps series on Audible, which in turn is part of the larger Ember War Universe, which is some amazing Military Sci-Fi.

The Series is about the Iron Dragoons, a unit of the titular Armor Corps, who pilot 15-foot tall Mechs/Power Armor that make 40k's Terminators blush, and the Protagonist's initiation into it (in the first book at least), and how they fight against various alien enemies of the Terran Union, plus some great character interactions.

Don't mistake it for pure Starship Troopers-esque HFY circlejerk though. The Terran Union might resemble Heinlein's Terran Federation in broad strokes, that being a pretty militaristic, united Human government with mandatory national service for all Citizens, but they lack the fascist undertones (The Author doesn't wax lyrically about politics for instance), actually use diplomacy wherever they can, and have at least two alien allies that actually like them (as in, weren't forced into an alliance with Humanity at gunpoint, like the Skinnies were), one of which even has an active Soldier Exchange Program with the Union. One of them actually joins the Protag's Lance (Squad), but has only cursory understanding of human customs, and her misconceptions and her own cultural quirks are just downright adorable at times.
Even the hostile aliens aren't one-dimensional. They aren't assholes just for the sake of being assholes, but because they have genuine beliefs or grievances that conflict with the Terran Union. Like lost wars or slights in the past, for instance.

I also love that the series goes into significant detail about the drawbacks of spending often days or weeks at a time in a Mech/Suit of Power Armor, only moving it with a neural implant while suspended in a "Womb" (it's literally called that) filled with Amniotic Fluid which supplies the pilot with nutrition and oxygen.
Limbs atrophy from lack of use, eating solid food becomes difficult (the Protag bites himself in the cheek several times when he eats solid food again after a long period in Armor for instance), and even mundane things like wearing boots feels strange, along with withdrawal-like synthoms of feeling naked and vulnerable when not inside the Control Womb. Stuff that is either mentioned in passing or not at all in other settings.

Part 1, Iron Dragoons, is straightforward: How the initiation process into the Armor Corps works, how their training looks like, and some of their traditions and beliefs. Along with some actual combat scenes.

Part 2, Ibarra Sanction, is about a new alien threat appearing, and reveals a mysterious faction of humans only alluded to in passing in the previous one.

Part 3, The True Measure, the one I'm at right now, without spoiling anything, sheds some light on how Galactic Politics work. As well as more details on that mysterious Human Faction.

There are more parts afterwards, but I haven't listened to them yet.
Also, reading/listening to the Ember War series isn't strictly necessary. It puts some things into context, and events that happened in it are referenced by several characters, but things are explained well enough that you can fill in the blanks yourself without missing out on sonething relevant to the plot (kinda like you can read Lord of the Rings without having read the Hobbit or the Silmarillion first. It helps, but isn't needed to enjoy it).
Overall I can just highly recommend it.

Aaand I'm finished with my ramblings.

 

[Albadaarmahagsret]

for a long time, anything from official light novels to light novel fics from Asians, because they have some kind of Ideas. Now? Now I'm unlikely to read anything other than RWBY. not when I chose for myself the path of becoming an instrument of salvation without individuality and instincts

 

[jackdavid]

Hi there! I'm a newbie to manga and currently looking for some good recommendations. Could you recommend some similar manga with waterbeding superpowers. (or any other). or any other must-reads? Also, can anyone share where I can find manga online to read, like the source you're using? Thanks in advance!

 

[Soupervan]

I'm on a light novel fanfiction binge but it's not going great, most of them aren't to my taste. The furthest I've gotten was I think chapter 20 or so in Marvel, Why Is It Invincible with predictably an OP MC starting out as a Captain America rip-off out preforming the OG in WW2 as a soldier and following him along to the future to become ultra mega rich... only to go back to high school again and rejoining both the army and Shield because reasons that elude me but were what made me quit the thing because who becomes a minor god then goes back to high school and chains himself to two organizations that he clearly hates?

 

[SuperPulp2789]

I'm on a light novel fanfiction binge but it's not going great, most of them aren't to my taste. The furthest I've gotten was I think chapter 20 or so in Marvel, Why Is It Invincible with predictably an OP MC starting out as a Captain America rip-off out preforming the OG in WW2 as a soldier and following him along to the future to become ultra mega rich... only to go back to high school again and rejoining both the army and Shield because reasons that elude me but were what made me quit the thing because who becomes a minor god then goes back to high school and chains himself to two organizations that he clearly hates?

Click to shrink...

I notice that for much fiction, they have an obsession with going back to highschool, in part because possibly many people "peaked" at highschool

Also, going off to work for/with them, even if you don't need them is to make the reader hate em more and shit on em for masochistic reasons

There wouldn't be as much of a plot, if say, they choose to actually go independent, especially if they already could


I think for series like MobuSeka, aside from feeling a need to ensure the plot proceeds like the game, Leon's also got enough Japanese culture still in him to just go with the flow and not really question it…..he already knew what would come from that academy in the form of lots of gold diggers and he chose to go anyway….because it's what's expected

He has the cash and power to live on permanent vacation and maybe some genuine adventures, but nope, most writers want what's socially familiar to em and safe