Archive for Cunning Protagonist

A Death Row Convict Teaches at a School of Magic
A Death Row Convict Teaches at a School of MagicJapanese
Web Novel
3.6

As a human being, Kaneki Ryo was a broken man. Being a monster with rationality, he was finally apprehended one day and sentenced to death. From there, through twists and turns, he was now a teacher at a school of magic. After three years of teaching, his school life began to undergo a transition in the spring of his third year as a teacher when a prodigy princess enrolled at the school. This is an action horror story that outright rejects the conventional school teacher story.

A Wish to Grab Happiness
A Wish to Grab HappinessJapanese
Web Novel
3.6

Lugis is an adventurer who accompanies the Hero’s team party. However, every day he has to fulfill tasks that are not pleasant at all. In addition, he is oppressed by the other members of the group. The only reason he remains on this journey is because of his childhood friend, Ariane. But she is fascinated with the team leader known as Hero. One day a shadow figure appears and tell Lugis, “Let me give you a chance. A chance to redraw your life.” And so, Lugis is given the opportunity to be sent to the past to restart his life.

Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite
Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo ShiteJapanese
Web Novel
4.4

When he regained consciousness he was already in another world. There was no meeting with a God, no cheat skills, just a sudden reincarnation. There was no time to find his bearings either, he was in a life-or-death trouble from the start that would somehow result in being employed as a valet to a vain youngster from an aristocratic family. He would, in time, discover an astonishing truth about this new world and vow to fight it with all his might to protect the people important to him. No matter how reckless that would be.

Because Janitor-san Is Not a Hero
Because Janitor-san Is Not a HeroJapanese
Web Novel
3.4

A certain girl genius with more power than knowledge accidentally summoned dozens of students and teachers into a dangerous world filled with beasts and magic, but the protagonist isn’t a student or the homeroom teacher… it’s the janitor. At the time of their summoning, the students and teachers each gained a power formed from their soul, but not the janitor. As the janitor was about to be bestowed with a power that would protect him, his power was forcibly taken from him by an arrogant student. Having gone three years without a contract extension, he failed to get a job after having graduated from a third-rate university. Somehow he is still a contractor at 25 years old and was a janitor for 2 years, with a take-home monthly salary of less than ¥120,000. From a society that rejected him, he was thrust into a world that rejected him. And what janitor-san wished from the Goddess who took pity on him was…

Blessing from the Goddess and Transfer to Another World! ~No Thanks, I Don’t Need a Special Ability~
Blessing from the Goddess and Transfer to Another World! ~No Thanks, I Don’t Need a Special Ability~Japanese
Web Novel
3.5

The people who stayed at school after class are summoned to another world. They were asked to defeat the demon king at the royal palace. The People, who were summoned, were to receive one blessing per person, but the protagonist and another girl did not. The eyes from people around them become cold and the two of them were driven out by the soldiers and decided to leave the capital and travel. They were rewarded with skills and status more than what the soldiers snatched away.

Boku wa Isekai de Fuyo Mahou to Shoukan Mahou wo Tenbin ni Kakeru (WN)
Boku wa Isekai de Fuyo Mahou to Shoukan Mahou wo Tenbin ni Kakeru (WN)Japanese
Web Novel
3.9

One day, in a certain private school with dormitories, the whole school was transported into another world. I, Kaya Kazuhisa, from the 1st Grade of the High School Section, had been bullied for long periods of time. To kill the culprit who had bullied me, I dug a trap, but unexpectedly I killed a monster. From that moment, I evolved into a rare existence that can go against the monsters. At the same day, I saved a girl from Middle School Section 3rd Grade, Shimozono Arisu in the forest from an Orc. When I was working with Arisu to defeat the Orcs, and gradually leveled up, I was forced to make a choice: Should I choose the Summon Magic which is suitable for surviving alone? Or should I choose Support Magic which is used when battling together with others?

Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician
Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign MagicianJapanese
Web Novel
3.1

When Theodore was dropped into a waterway by his half-brother, he suddenly recalled the memory of his past life. He had been a Japanese citizen known as Kirishima Kagehisa, placed inside VRMMO character he had made in Break Force Online. ‘Theodore’ is a Combat Mage that Kagehisa played within BFO, and he realized his skills were progressing well even in this other world. Theodore, who had lightly brushed off his half-brother to make his own place in the world, had ventured off to the large labyrinth existing at the Boundary City, Termuilles, to find his own place in the world.

Clearing an Isekai with the Zero-Believers Goddess – The Weakest Mage among the Classmates (WN)
Clearing an Isekai with the Zero-Believers Goddess – The Weakest Mage among the Classmates (WN)Japanese
Web Novel
4.2

Makoto Takatsuki is a normal high school student and a hardcore RPG player. However, “normal” goes out the window when his whole class is involved in a bus crash and whisked away to another world! Powerful gods rule this strange new land of magic and monsters, and every newcomer is blessed with strong stats and unique skills. Well, not quite. Makoto’s stats turn out to be pathetic, and his skills are super weak compared to his classmates’…he’s even stuck as an apprentice mage. Worse still, he’s given only ten years to live! Luckily, Makoto soon meets a minor goddess named Noah, who appears in Makoto’s dreams and asks him to become her first believer. With the help of Noah’s blessings and a divine weapon, Makoto seeks to become strong enough to rescue his goddess from the dungeon where she’s been trapped. By training hard and using his weak skills in unorthodox ways, Makoto proves that, even when playing on hardcore difficulty, an RPG player always makes it to the end!

Dungeon Battle Royale ~ Since I Became a Demon King, I Will Aim for World Domination ~
Dungeon Battle Royale ~ Since I Became a Demon King, I Will Aim for World Domination ~Japanese
Web Novel
4.2

One day every human on the world suddenly receives a mail claiming to enact the World Salvation Project. Half in doubt Kurosaki Shion, a diligent university student and loner, follows the mail’s instructions, becoming one of a million Demon Kings governing his very own Domain in the new world.

Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki
Genjitsushugi Yuusha no Oukoku SaikenkiJapanese
Web Novel
4.3

“O, Hero!” With that cliched line, Kazuya Souma found himself summoned to another world and his adventure–-did not begin. After he presents his plan to strengthen the country economically and militarily, the king cedes the throne to him and Souma finds himself saddled with ruling the nation! What’s more, he’s betrothed to the king’s daughter now…?! In order to get the country back on its feet, Souma calls the wise, the talented, and the gifted to his side. Five people gather before the newly crowned Souma. Just what are the many talents and abilities they possess…?! What path will his outlook as a realist take Souma and the people of his country down? A revolutionary transferred-to-another-world administrative fantasy series starts here!