Archive for Depictions of Cruelty

Alice in the Massacre
Alice in the MassacreJapanese
Web Novel
3.8

Blood, rust, and darkness reign in a nightmare land where an amnesiac girl awakens. The misshapen entities who call her “Alice” assault her one after another. Without a clue of what is taking place, the girl is forced to engage in battle. She continues to struggle in her nightmare that she cannot wake up from.

Allrounders!!
Allrounders!!Japanese
Web Novel
3.9

Indra (5) grew up in her family while being shunned and ostracized. When she regained the memories of her previous life, she decided to run away from home and thus trained herself to absurdity. During her training, she encountered the young adventurer Sword, who looked just like a middle-aged guy. Worrying about the impertinent, eccentric, pointlessly strong young girl, Sword invited her to go on a journey with him.

Apotheosis of a Demon – A Monster Evolution Story
Apotheosis of a Demon – A Monster Evolution StoryJapanese
Web Novel
4.5

A back-to-basics(?) monster evolution novel. A new VRMMORPG, “World of Yggdrasia”, was recruiting beta testers from all over the world. Ten thousand testers began their journey of swords and sorcery in a new realm, one that was as large as Earth. At the same time, a clandestine experiment was underway. Unbeknownst to the world at large, 100 secret alpha testers were given bodies of monsters and summoned to the same land. The girl of white was one such tester. Despite the odds against her, she continued to evolve again and again. To rebel against the real world’s invasion, she would become a most terrible beast, the destroyer of worlds… the Bunny Girl! “…wait, what? Me?” Our protagonist would survive, unyielding, knowing no despair.

Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (WN)
Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (WN)Japanese
Web Novel
3.7

Seventeen-year-old Hajime Nagumo is your average, everyday otaku. However, his simple life of pulling all-nighters and sleeping in school is suddenly turned upside down when he, along with the rest of his class, is summoned to a fantasy world! They’re treated like heroes and tasked with the duty of saving the human race from utter extinction. But what should have been any otaku’s wet dream quickly turns into Hajime’s nightmare? While the rest of his class are blessed with godlike powers, Hajime’s job, Synergist, only has a single transmutation skill. Ridiculed and bullied by his classmates for being weak, he soon finds himself in despair. Will he be able to survive in this dangerous world of monsters and demons with only a glorified blacksmith’s level of strength?

Black Iron Magician
Black Iron MagicianJapanese
Web Novel
3.9

It has been more than ten years since he was transported to another world. The protagonist Deris Fahrenheit, who has became a magician with special circumstances, was freely enjoying his life in this world. However, a girl appeared before him and asked him to make her his disciple. That girl seems to be a transported person―― It’s a story of him who becomes the girl’s teacher and trains her to achieve her revenge (?) in otherworld.

Brave Soul of Evil Supremacy
Brave Soul of Evil SupremacyJapanese
Web Novel
3.7

The protagonist is reborn in the world of the game he loved so much – [Dungeon Brave Souls]. However, he was reborn not as a hero who adventures with the heroine while flirting with her, but as a villain who steals the heroine and drives the world to extinction. Why in the world should he be reborn as a villain who ruined his favorite game? The protagonist is in despair, but he still decides to live his second life freely, using his knowledge of the game. However, the reality is not as good as he expected. Events that should not have happened in the game, scenario changes happen one after another…! The villainous character crushes both the demon king and the heroes. A heroic tale of evil supremacy!

Break World Online ~ The Abhorred and Denounced Vampire Becomes a Famous Live Streamer
Break World Online ~ The Abhorred and Denounced Vampire Becomes a Famous Live StreamerJapanese
Web Novel
3.9

The self-proclaimed average high school girl Tozawa Rio, invited by her friend, Onodera Eriko who is also a live streamer decides to play 『Break World Online』, a VRMMO title that boasts various novelties and royalties that was about to reach its third anniversary as the live streamer,【RIO】. Despite not having any intentions to go pro as a live streamer and had decided to continue her amateurish career, her ambition as a player is to be the top among all players in the virtual world unlike her mediocre self in the real world. However, Eriko’s viewers that arrived to check out the stream by her recommendation were shocked. The reason being, not just choosing the 《Vampire》 race that has harsh conditions, hard to use, and moreover antagonized by humans, NPC residents in the starting town were killed without hesitation and turned into kins on the first stream. Insistent for the G (genocide) route and roleplaying as a villain, no matter how one may look at it, it is not a play style that can be derived from an average high school girl’s thoughts. Sucking blood to become stronger, crushing the dystopia of the hypocritical bunch. At some point, former players that were forced to retire in frustration due to the game’s state gathered one after another around RIO as her viewers.

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!

Curse Nightmare Party – Jagan Yousei ga Yuku VRMMO
Curse Nightmare Party – Jagan Yousei ga Yuku VRMMOJapanese
Web Novel
4.4

Curse Nightmare Party is a VRMMO set in a world where there are grotesque creatures, curses, and demons who run rampant. The players are also cursed, taking on strange appearances. It’s a dark fantasy game where you wear equipment enveloped in curses and battle. In such a world, a girl takes on the form of an ominous fairy and begins her adventure.

Dakara, Anata o Koko de Koroshimasu
Dakara, Anata o Koko de KoroshimasuJapanese
Web Novel
3.7

The main character, Celestia Valentine, received a curse. It made her immortal with an uncontrollable impulse for murder. She goes on a journey to kill the Undying in order to end her life. Beyond that, no one knows what tragedy awaits.