Archive for Slow Growth at Start

Ascendance of a Bookworm
Ascendance of a BookwormJapanese
Web Novel
4.2

A bookworm who had finally found a job as a librarian at a university was sadly killed shortly after graduating from college. She was reborn as Myne, the daughter of a soldier in a world where the literacy rate is low and books were scarce. No matter how much she wanted to read, there were no books around. What is a bookworm to do without any books? Make them, of course. Her goal is to become a librarian! So that she may once again live surrounded by books, she must start by making them herself.

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!

Going to Another World on Your Own! ~a Story That Begins With a Not-so-sweet Upbringing
Going to Another World on Your Own! ~a Story That Begins With a Not-so-sweet UpbringingJapanese
Web Novel
3.4

A young man who has longed for something in another world since he was a child and dedicated his youth to it goes to another world on his own. And, while gradually blooming the ability of the garbled skill that was thought to be a miss skill in the world, the hero goes around and grows with his brain and effort, a success story in a different world that begins with a not so sweet upbringing.

Hazure Skill “Gacha” de Tsuihou Sareta Ore wa, Wagamama Osananajimi wo Zetsuen Shi Kakusei Suru ~ Bannou Cheat Skill wo Getto Shite, Mezase Rakuraku Saikyou Slow Life!~
Hazure Skill “Gacha” de Tsuihou Sareta Ore wa, Wagamama Osananajimi wo Zetsuen Shi Kakusei Suru ~ Bannou Cheat Skill wo Getto Shite, Mezase Rakuraku Saikyou Slow Life!~Japanese
Web Novel
3.6

Crest was born as the fifth son of a duke. However, as the fifth son, he was in no position to talk. His childhood friend and also his fiancée, Ellis, treated him just like a s*ave. And on Crest’s coming-of-age ceremony, he received a skill called “Gacha.” Yet, he wasn’t able to learn how to use it and was banished away from his home. Banished into the forest full of monsters, Crest began to understand the power “Gacha.” And then, Crest made up his mind. He will definitely survive and get back on his feet.

Hone to Issho no Isekai Seikatsu
Hone to Issho no Isekai SeikatsuJapanese
Web Novel
3.5

MC has been transported to another world, which is the popular MMO he had been playing recently, Freed Online. Using his in-game knowledge, he spends a year working as a guardsman to acquire the warrior occupation, but due to a stroke of RNG, he was instead given three random support classes he didn’t even want. Now he continues as an adventurer making use of the skills he now has on him.

Isekai Tensei – Kimi to no Saikai made Nagai koto Nagai koto
Isekai Tensei – Kimi to no Saikai made Nagai koto Nagai kotoJapanese
Web Novel
3.5

I was a delinquent that died when an accident occurred on a school trip. When I realized it I was the growing son of a farmer in another world. In this world where demons and demi-humans were in the middle of a war, I didn’t have some ability that made me a hero nor did I have magical powers. I didn’t know anything useful. Then, why was I reincarnated? Wait a second, when I reincarnated, was the girl who was my classmate that was riding on the same bus also reincarnated in this world? Alright, I’ve decided! I’ll reunite with that girl, and reach her with the feelings I couldn’t express in my previous life.

Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai
Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni NarenaiJapanese
Web Novel
3.9

On that day, due to the outbreak of an unprecedented and abnormal event, 41 students from class 2-7 of Shiromine Academy are summoned to a different world, one full of magic. Separated and summoned inside a vast dungeon, where the only way to escape is to head to the deepest area, they are given the power of a Divine Protection 『Vocation』 as the only means of survival. While some of them are brave, some just do whatever they want, and some harbor treacherous intentions, they all aim to capture the dungeon. In this place, one person gained a 『Vocation』 whose skills are unsuitable for combat, attendance number 19, Momokawa Kotaro. A boy with a small and lean build from the Literature Club wasn’t blessed with a physical ability, swordsmanship, or strong magic, rather he only had the 『Shaman』 vocation to rely on. After being driven out of the group and left behind by his powerful classmates —– his survival instinct starts running at full throttle! Pushed to the limit of survival in the different world’s dungeon, what starts with trusting and loving each other soon ends in killing and betrayal. The most beautiful and gruesome battle royale has raised its curtain.

My Twin Sister Was Taken as a Miko and I Was Thrown Away but I’m Probably the Miko
My Twin Sister Was Taken as a Miko and I Was Thrown Away but I’m Probably the MikoJapanese
Web Novel
3.4

I am the youngest of two twins. My sister is pretty like an angel, and our parents have always treated us differently. Just the other day, it was decided that my sister is the miko, a child loved by god, and she was taken away along with our parents. Me? I was abandoned, but I’m probably the miko.

Ossan Boukensha no Jimichi na Isekai Tabi
Ossan Boukensha no Jimichi na Isekai TabiJapanese
Web Novel
3.8

An old man who is tired of his slow body leaves the youngsters across the country in the dust as he transfers to another world. But you know? It’s a little too late for that! What am I supposed to do!? Just then, the god offered him a single lifeline. His one ray of hope is a skill that allows him to slowly grow younger. And with this small hope, the old man begins his journey.

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.