Archive for Distrustful Protagonist

Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save The World
Adventurers Who Don’t Believe in Humanity Will Save The WorldJapanese
Web Novel
4.1

The story of four adventurers, all whom have experienced betrayal and hardship, banding together to give the middle finger to society.

I Reincarnated as a Noble Girl Villainess But Why Did It Turn Out This Way? (WN)
I Reincarnated as a Noble Girl Villainess But Why Did It Turn Out This Way? (WN)Japanese
Web Novel
4.2

Eliza Kaldia, who reincarnated as a noble girl villainess in a fantasy otome game, was stuck in a world that seemed far from her image of how noble girls should be living, as the fated events of the game were still far off while she remained a child. In the first place, it was suspected if she could even live to make it to the school setting of the game. Due to changes in the situation of the neighboring country which never appeared in the original game, the world became nothing like the flowery school life from the game. It was a world where even young girls had to take up weapons. How did it turn out this way… I don’t have any cheat-like abilities. I can’t use magic. Though, my sense of ethics might have become a little twisted due to being reincarnated.

I Was Hated by the Girls I Was Supposed To Have Saved, and I Decide To Live Alone ~But It’s Funny, I Was the One Who Saved You at That Time~
I Was Hated by the Girls I Was Supposed To Have Saved, and I Decide To Live Alone ~But It’s Funny, I Was the One Who Saved You at That Time~Japanese
Web Novel
3.4

The good you do for others is the good you do for yourself. Believing in the words of my late grandmother, I, Tachibana Kanata, decided not to abandon those in need as far as I could see. Thanks to this, I had a harder life than others, but the smiles on the faces of those I helped filled my heart with joy. However, unreasonableness always comes suddenly. Betrayed by the girls he had saved, the boy has grown into a young man who no longer trusts anyone. I, Shiina Kanata, go to high school at the same time as my parents remarry, and I’m reunited with the heroines who made me traumatized. But by the time the girls realize their mistakes, it is already too late. When They met again, their impression of Kanata was so different that they couldn’t even recognize him as the boy they used to know. [Please, don’t get involved with me anymore.] The young man, who has changed his atmosphere, tone of voice, and even his last name, coldly shuns the girls. This is a slightly different school romantic comedy that starts too late. A Hero no more.

I, the “Clock User”, Was Kicked Out of the Craftsmen’s Guild for Being Incompetent, but at the Dungeon’s Depths, I Awakened My True Power – Even Though I Was Told to Return Because They Couldn’t Handle the Work, It’s Too Late Now, and I Will Live Freely as an SSS-class Adventurer
I, the “Clock User”, Was Kicked Out of the Craftsmen’s Guild for Being Incompetent, but at the Dungeon’s Depths, I Awakened My True Power – Even Though I Was Told to Return Because They Couldn’t Handle the Work, It’s Too Late Now, and I Will Live Freely as an SSS-class AdventurerJapanese
Web Novel
2.6

Cyclo Owen. As a genius boy engineer, he was a person of great promise in the circles of magical tool production. However, at the age of 16, he was given the job skill of “Clock User” in a skill-giving ceremony. In this world, it was forbidden for those with job skills to work in any other occupation. Thus, Cyclo’s path as a genius engineer was cut off. However, Cyclo did not despair and worked diligently as a watchmaker and contributed to the craftsmen’s guild by using his job skill as a Clock User. One day, however, the guildmaster of the craftsmen’s guild banished him from the guild, saying that the guild did not need a watchmaker, a profession with little usefulness. Cyclo, who has lost his job, faces further despair. He happens to hear that a police officer is planning to r*pe Miranda Lilibel, the neighborhood apothecary’s lady. Since the police is involved, he cannot carelessly report the crime. So Cyclo decides to stop the plan that night. He tries to restrain the police officer who is about to attack Miranda’s house, but he is detained by the officer instead. He is then accused of trying to r*pe Miranda, and when Miranda hears the commotion, she tells Cyclo she has misjudged him. Cyclo is thus made a criminal for attempted r*pe, and is sent to a remote area to explore the worst dungeon in the world. In the frontier, imprisoned adventurers are considered to be at the bottom of the heap, so Cyclo is looked down upon. Furthermore, due to rumors spread by his younger sister, Alice Owen, a well-known genius alchemist among adventurers, he is treated as incompetent here as well. He is then mistreated by adventurers who makes uses him as a baggage carrier, and is pushed down to the bottom of a valley in the dungeon. At the very bottom of the dungeon, Cyclo wished he could use his Clock User abilities to stop his internal clock. Then his hunger stopped. This led Cyclo to understand that his skill coul manipulate anything that could be counted as a clock. Thus awakening to his true power, Cyclo escaped from the deepest part of the worst dungeon. In recognition of his achievements and abilities, he is recognized as an SSS-class adventurer. On the other hand, those who had driven Cyclo to misfortune are now faced with misfortune in Cyclo’s…

Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi ~ Sokushi Mahou to Skill Copy no Choetsu Heal
Kaifuku Jutsushi no Yarinaoshi ~ Sokushi Mahou to Skill Copy no Choetsu HealJapanese
Web Novel
3.3

–Using healing magic on the world itself, I’ll start over. ‘Healing magicians cannot fight alone.’ Keare, who was bound by this common knowledge, was exploited again and again by others. But one day, he noticed what lay beyond healing magic, and was convinced that a healing magician was the strongest class. However, by the time he realized that potential, he was deprived of everything. Thus, he used healing magic on the world itself to go back four years, deciding to redo everything. This is a heroic tale of one healing magician who became the strongest by using knowledge from his past life and healing magic.

Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival (WN)
Otome Game no Heroine de Saikyou Survival (WN)Japanese
Web Novel
4.3

This is a tale that distorts the scenario of an otome game. An orphan girl named Alicia is attacked by a woman trying to steal her body to become the “heroine”. From the fragmentary knowledge she acquires, Alicia learns that this world is the stage of an “otome game” in a “world of sword and magic”. Having learned the truth from the knowledge she obtained, the immature Alicia dismisses the otome game as “nonsense” and runs away from the orphanage to escape the fate of the “heroine”. A villainess aims to take her life. A fake heroine appears. Alicia trains herself using the fragmentary knowledge she has gained in order to survive, growing into the “Strongest Assassin” that is feared by both the Thieves’ Guild and the Assassins’ Guild.

Ouroboros Record ~Circus of Oubeniel~
Ouroboros Record ~Circus of Oubeniel~Japanese
Web Novel
4.5

[This is an everlasting love story.] The second son of the Count family, Tullius Shernan Oubeniel, was a person who reincarnated from modern day Japan. That is, a person who has a single experience of death. With no understanding as to how he was reincarnated, he thought that perhaps, he might be reincarnated next time in the same way. Yet, his fear of death was greater than anything – above that, he could only do things such that he avoids death. Peculiar to this world were certain kinds of magic and one of them was alchemy. Choosing this class of magic, he was said to be able to attain perpetual youth and longevity. With that as his only salvation and goal, he had to reach out his hand towards the deepest secrets of alchemy and did so as though it was the only way for him to live. Even if there were sacrifices to be made for that end. A s*ave maid admired him from his youth. A Count family. Adventurer. s*ave. Citizen. Aristocrat. Country. Humans. Other beings that were not human…… Just because of one man’s delusional obsessions, many lives were changed, warped, torn apart. Even then, Tullius’s footsteps never knew pause. Everything was so that he could reach the forever he longed for.

Outer World Story: The Black Mist that Devours
Outer World Story: The Black Mist that DevoursJapanese
Web Novel
3.5

First Outer World Story: [I’m going to have you quit being a human being.] “Haaaaahhhhhhhh!?” And then I ended up becoming a Demon King from a human being to build a labyrinth.

Rebuild World (WN)
Rebuild World (WN)Japanese
Web Novel
4.4

Akira, was born in the slum and wishes to get out but the only way he could was to risk his life in these ruins as a hunter. These ruins, known as the Old World, were danger zones where beasts roam; buildings crumble, and other humans hunt their own… Though Akira had expected to face death countless times there, he had never expected to meet a naked woman there. Standing exposed with her curvaceous curves and bosom out for all to admire, Alpha, the breathtaking beauty stood there, looking back at him. This mysterious enchantress walked towards Akira and…

Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari (WN)
Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari (WN)Japanese
Web Novel
4.0

Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic Otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!