Random Poll #11 : Cheats for Main Character
Added 2025-02-13 18:21:30 +0000 UTCThis poll isn't related to Wind Calamity or any future fanfics I write. It's not that I don't enjoy reading stories where main character become strong easily, it's just that there're already too many fanfics with insanely overpowered cheats for main characters. So, I'll stay away from them.
This poll is in regards to the original story I am working on. What are your thoughts on cheats for main characters in original novels/manga?
While I undoubtedly enjoyed writing Fujin follow a proper power progression (which I'm sure nearly all of you enjoy the most too), I feel it becomes more interesting because we already have the Naruto world established. I'm not too sure if it'll have a similar response if this was an original novel and we didn't already know of the world.
I did look at several famous manga and novels, nearly all have some form of cheat for their respective main character. In Dragon Ball, Goku was a Saiyan, differentiating him from the other humans (though this advantage goes away to an extent in DBZ or perhaps not considering all the Super Saiyan forms).
In Naruto, Kurama is a freaking big cheat. We also learn later that Naruto is a reincarnation of Ashura, earning him a free power up from Hagoroma.
In One Piece, it is a bit less compared to others. Luffy did start with a Devil Fruit, which was very rare in East Blue. The advantage completely goes away in Grand Line and New World, until we learn the truth behind Luffy's devil fruit. We could make an argument that it's fair since the story is nearing its final arcs and all enemies will have top-notch devil fruits, but it's still not the same as someone with a common power rising to the top.
Hunter X Hunter, I think is the only major manga that doesn't follow this trend. Gon's only advantage is that he is talented (which is within limits too).
In Cultivation Novels, this particular aspect is heavily focused on. Most (shitty) CN have systems for the MC (no plans to do so). However, even the good stories have major cheats for the main characters. The common cheats are AI chips, memories of past lives (could be of the same timeline or a different one), some heavenly treasure or just insane talent.
So, I just want to know what your preferences are about this. Imagine you're picking up a new book to read. Would you like the MC to have a power that not only differentiates him from the rest of the characters but also gives him a significant advantage over others? Or, would you like an MC with no special powers/abilities, other than perhaps above average talent?
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I really like the reincarnation to the past or to the future of the Mc like with Tales of demons and Gods and Return of the Mount hua sect Granted the Mc' in both achieved the peak power lvl before they were sent back but it was always fun and interesting for me to read because while they were insanely strong for their age when they got reincarnated it balansed out with them finding out a lot of hidden things they didn't know and just having stronger and older enemies so they still struggled and had to really on wits a lot
Bogdan Bogojevic
2025-03-03 18:20:42 +0000 UTCI picked moderate cheats like foreknowledge or system. The system cannot be too op.
Jack Nathaniel Mikhail
2025-02-17 10:32:37 +0000 UTCI know. Was one of the first cultivation novels I read, lol. Though my memory is more than a bit blurry.
Devil Hex
2025-02-16 16:25:31 +0000 UTCI mean the novel is not perfectly written but i like stocking up on chapters.. cuz the fights be crazy..very enjoyable..it does have some harem in it tho...diesnt get too crazy
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-16 15:02:27 +0000 UTCYeah, but that novel isn't 💀
Devil Hex
2025-02-16 14:48:07 +0000 UTC😂😂😂...the character is hilarious but perfectly written given the circumstances
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-16 14:36:24 +0000 UTCLol, that's a fun twist. Thanks :)
Devil Hex
2025-02-16 12:10:50 +0000 UTCHex there is also another perfect example the story is called "nine star hegemony body arts"(great novel ongoing)....this is not the main character but close to him....he is so weak the heavens take pity on him and to make up for the fact that in the universe he is the weakest...he is extremely lucky wherever he goes....hes so lucky he can dig up the ground and find gold...but the main character with the crazy technique has horrible luck
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-16 07:24:47 +0000 UTCAs long as the cheats do not manifest as a system with a personality that gives quests
HighSocks
2025-02-15 22:05:01 +0000 UTCAh, thank you both!! I have read a lot of that then, I didn't that's how it was categorised
Mr Falcon
2025-02-14 19:44:52 +0000 UTCSystem basically turns the journey into a game. MC has a system in his body/mind/head, which gives him tasks and rewards him on completing it. There are several Naruto fics with systems where MC can buy bloodlines and other op stuff.
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 18:21:14 +0000 UTCAgreed.
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 18:19:27 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 18:19:12 +0000 UTC👍 True. Almost slipped my mind. Fujin has this particular cheat too, lol.
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 18:18:57 +0000 UTCThey’re also cheats like future knowledge (just like this novel) that are inherently useless by itself that requires the MC to take advantage of it to plan things out. Stuff of this nature is what I find the best as it needs to rely on the effort of the one using it to get results.
GastricSalmon36
2025-02-14 14:25:15 +0000 UTCGo watch or read solo leveling, it will give you an idea of what the concept is.
GastricSalmon36
2025-02-14 14:13:38 +0000 UTCI would generally pick talent over cheats because strength progression would feel more natural that way, but I don’t really have a problem with cheats if the author knows how to use it well. Their are some stories that the cheats feel earned like if the MC spent his whole previous life trying to get this thing or if the cheat has both massive advantages and disadvantages to balance things out. I’ve also read trash stories where the cheat was you could steal all the abilities of the opponent if you defeated them or stuff like that where the MC didn’t earn an ounce of his strength and didn’t use 90% of his abilities, anyways, it doesn’t really matter if it’s talent or cheat as long you show the MC plan or push himself to his limits over and over to get his strength.
GastricSalmon36
2025-02-14 13:59:43 +0000 UTCReally feel like it depends on the story and the writer. A lot of the satisfaction in wind calamity comes from seeing Fujin work so hard to eek out advantage after advantage, grinding his way to the top; peoples reactions to him, how his prescence changes the story, and how he explores the nuances of the established power system in ways that feel natural. All of these would be diminished if he had any significant degree of 'cheats'. Even in one punch man, the writer has to kinda bend over backwards in order for Saitama not to be recognised for his strength too quickly. I'd say this is because the focus of the story is soley on the MC. On the other hand, you have novels like Overlord, which take the OP MC but have a significant focus of the story be the other characters in the world. They still use the good ol' unknown --> known curve, but it isn't as necessary because of how the characters of other groups are developed. So I'm a Spider, so what? Does something similar with its SS chapters... Anyway, with how well you focus on politics; you could totally do a cheat MC, but it would need a pretty slow unknown --> known curve - which are always hard to get right - while focusing on the political changes and perceptions that different groups have of them.
Veileihi
2025-02-14 08:16:31 +0000 UTCI feel like the main reasons cheats tend to suck is when they take away the satisfaction of progression and hard work. In something like "the novels extra" while they have a cheat the best it really does is gives them a way to keep up with super talented people. So it doesn't feel like it takes away from the story
Jack
2025-02-14 07:32:46 +0000 UTCOne of the reasons why I like that fanfic is that the MC doesn't have a system. I like that the MC learns to use chakra himself, trains, he needs to practice the technique and he relies only on himself, etc. In fanfics with a system, the MC, who, for example, only has an affinity for fire, often completed a task to kill 10 bandits and received a water elemental technique with which he has 0 affinity and can already perform it perfectly the first time without seals and the power of one of the best users of the water element. And this is very stupid and uninteresting to me. After all, if suddenly at one moment the system disappears, the MC will remain disabled.
TrustZee
2025-02-14 05:26:18 +0000 UTCI've read so many novels with cheat codes that it makes me sick. But thanks to this, I have experience :) As for me, there are two important mistakes authors make with bonuses for the main characters: 1. This is a benefit from God with the mind of a human teenager arguing with the main characters. 2. A talking AI who moonlights as a comedian. You don't need to do things like this and explain them from a human point of view. You need to present it as a higher power or a rational explanation thanks to science.
Aldar
2025-02-14 05:17:37 +0000 UTCLot of people here are talking about system or not system. What does it mean to not have a system?
Mr Falcon
2025-02-14 04:51:20 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 04:23:02 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 04:22:08 +0000 UTCCool, ty :)
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 04:21:42 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 04:21:10 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 04:21:04 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 04:20:46 +0000 UTC👍 Haven't. Tbh, there are some decently done system type novels too. Solo Leveling is an example. It's just that it makes MC way too overpowered compared to the rest. Only option to keep the story interesting is to rapidly do world expansion and bring stronger opponents, but that gets repetitive very quickly.
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 04:20:41 +0000 UTCThanks :)
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 04:18:08 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-14 04:18:01 +0000 UTCSo I feel if a main character doesn’t have a cheat he needs to have idiot Savant level talent in some category, but if they have a cheat, they need to have some kind of moderate or minor or even average talent for growth otherwise they just stagnate
J.Rogue
2025-02-14 03:22:40 +0000 UTCHow you currently have written this story is amazing.
One piece #1
2025-02-14 01:42:22 +0000 UTCIt seem DH senpai is not a fan of system type novels xD, I wonder if u read some of it, like a good one, have u ever read a fiction novel “SUPER DETECTIVE IN THE FICTIONAL WORLD”. It pretty interesting marvel fiction to me.
Book Warm
2025-02-14 01:01:40 +0000 UTCFor me, I really enjoy the mystery aspect in a story—whether it's a talented MC with a mysterious origin (preferably one that doesn’t benefit them early on) or a cheat ability with an unknown background. For example, the Purple Crystal that Xu Qing has in Outside of Time by Er Gen. (By the way, I saw in the comments that you also read Er Gen’s novels—nice!) I like when the cheat isn’t too overpowered at the start, or its usage is limited, but its origins remain completely unknown, making it interesting.
Book Warm
2025-02-14 00:39:53 +0000 UTCI think letmelaugh the creator of ttp wrote soul master which is about one of Han Jue’s descendants gaining power throufh absorbing souls
Tristan Cercado
2025-02-14 00:09:00 +0000 UTCSome find techniques acquire skills through dangerous situation body types weak or strong...but 1 thing ilike tho that I find interesting is summoner and necromancy novels..I haven't read one on souls without a system yet...need some suggestions
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 23:38:49 +0000 UTCDoesn't matter to me so long as your clear about it from the beginning.
Jaimenz
2025-02-13 23:36:18 +0000 UTCFujins situation is pure hard work...the cheat in his case is prior knowledge in the path to get powerful...in the originalkurama was naruto's cheat...every main character has something unique that gives them a bigor small advantage in order to separate themselves from everyone else...whether its born with godly talent or no talent and hard work...then earns many opportunities overtime and becomes powerful
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 23:28:52 +0000 UTCYou can give him a good talent then look for items that improve his talent. Like martial peak I think.
تركي القحطاني
2025-02-13 22:55:25 +0000 UTCRead 'Savage Divinity'! Excellent cultivation novel, very much so not wuxia though.
Turean Allen
2025-02-13 22:51:36 +0000 UTCI recommend a CN novel im nearly complete and that has already been completed called Everlasting that yoi can read on Wtr-lab. It’s a good cultivation story that has loss and growth as a character in the mortal world, and a high level of talent that makes him strong but the power system makes it to where even if your talented it doesn’t mean anything as it’s reliant on other factors like weapons, techniques, comrades, and opportunities. You can essentially have horrible talent but if you tough it out you can even become the strongest
Tristan Cercado
2025-02-13 22:35:59 +0000 UTCI would like to say having really good talent is what i want, atleast a top notch one. But having that shouldn’t allow the mc to shine above all others, it should allow him to enter a level of there world where all the other people have his level or even higher levels of talent. But what should allow the mc to be stronger or go further than the others is either those other people that are equal to him helping him or opportunities, as well as having a strong suit and some weaknesses like maybe he’s very strong in combat or even the strongest but his fine tuned skills like healing or something is very bad to where people at even lower strengths can be better than him. I think this allows for some more growth from side characters to make up for his weaknesses, and eventually through opportunities he can make up for these weaknesses but him going further can still be aided by those around him
Tristan Cercado
2025-02-13 22:30:16 +0000 UTCI'm not a huge fan of gaming cuz of similarities to systems but if done right it does get good
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 22:01:39 +0000 UTCIn the case of future knowledge: I read an interesting story where MC had no real knowledge of the future, but time plays out in several different timestreams. We only know MC from main one ofc. Later when it needed to be decided which one were to become the «real» timeline, mc fought other possibilities of himself. Taking advantage of loopholes with his great strength, he gained knowledge of the future through his counterparts that had lived longer in their timeline (mc reached said point before he should have, due to his greater strenght and luck). Also there are others with real knowledge of the future, that MC can steal from.
Mat Hias
2025-02-13 21:22:24 +0000 UTCA lot of stories with early cheats have a tendency to fall off in later chapters when one becomes used to the cheats. Also, I feel too much of an unparalleled talent just becomes redundant. What’s more interesting is the case of moderately superior talent, but a great nick for taking advantage of opportunities. Or another case would involve being extremely dedicated, or very ruthless to oneself. Like for instance using a method that’s extremely painful or dangerous. This is also how it’s the easiest to create character progression.
Mat Hias
2025-02-13 21:06:50 +0000 UTCSword god in a world of magic 🙏😈🙏
Yamir
2025-02-13 20:59:41 +0000 UTChe/she needs to have an advantage of some kind as to what makes him special even if it's a minute one and he gets everything with hard work
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 20:50:15 +0000 UTCI guess it would also depend on what kind of powers are present in the world, whether it’s an unfamiliar system, which has no similarities when any other anime, that would probably be the most difficult. If it’s a ninja world, people can sorta use their own imagination because they are familiar with them
Kelevra
2025-02-13 20:42:26 +0000 UTCOh and what level of advantage the main character has tends to effect tone as well.
nivlek
2025-02-13 20:25:18 +0000 UTCJust a few original works I've read or currently reading
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 20:24:22 +0000 UTCEvery option listed can be good, frankly it's down to writing style and quality for me, I've seen good and bad for all the listed items, if it doesn't feel right to write one it probably doesn't fit your style and would consequently be harder to write with good quality.
nivlek
2025-02-13 20:23:38 +0000 UTCNO SYSTEM Talisman emperor A Will Eternal Sage Monarch(action packed) Earth's strongest Magus Invincible A record of a mortal's journey to immorality Soul land 3: Legend of the Dragon king
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 20:16:57 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:09:04 +0000 UTCSwallowed Star, I think I read. Desolate Era I haven't touched. Will check when I get time 😵💫
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:08:39 +0000 UTCBro there's another one I'm reading "Earth's greatest magus"...beautiful...godly talent and earns everything he gets with hard work..world building is amazing too
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 20:08:15 +0000 UTCYup, agreed
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:07:52 +0000 UTCLol, I got it. That could be fun too. Ty for the idea :)
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:07:34 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:06:56 +0000 UTCHe also wrote Desolate Era which would be his best book but I have a problem with its romance and it kinda ruins it for me
Burntliquid
2025-02-13 20:06:36 +0000 UTCFujin is talented, no doubts there. It's just that it took a long while to realize his talents, be it his control over wind or his talent in Space-Time Ninjutsu.
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:06:34 +0000 UTCI once read a couple of Naruto fanfics where the main character moved into a young (15-20 years old) and adult character. And it's complete crap. An experienced shinobi who was a chunin-jonin yesterday woke up and can barely control his chakra and needs to relearn how to walk on trees. He doesn't know the traditions, doesn't know how to use forms of address like -san, -sama, etc. And the rest of the people around him don't pay attention to this or pretend that this happens to almost every second person.
TrustZee
2025-02-13 20:06:13 +0000 UTCSwallowed star, that one’s much better, one of my favorite cultivation novels
Burntliquid
2025-02-13 20:05:52 +0000 UTCYeah. That's my biggest concern 😅
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:05:46 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:05:01 +0000 UTCYeah, similar thoughts :)
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:04:43 +0000 UTCThat's what makes this one interesting because as u read he doesnt trust the system itself
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 20:03:51 +0000 UTCYup, World Building will definitely be the key.
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:03:46 +0000 UTCYup
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:03:17 +0000 UTC👍
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:03:08 +0000 UTCSystem I ain't a fan off. It just takes the fun out of power progression.
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:02:35 +0000 UTCLol, I think I read just two. The other was Star something, if I recall correctly.
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 20:01:56 +0000 UTCCoiling dragon is like his first and worst book 😭🙏 don’t use it as reference please. I read his other ones first and couldn’t even finish coiling dragon because of how cliche it was
Burntliquid
2025-02-13 20:00:58 +0000 UTCAll I read are original work the only ones I don't like are systems only if done right...for instance 'the innkeeper" he starts out with a system of an inn it gives him benefits pertaining only to the inn and maintaining it...the one power up he has is a technique but he needs to get himself into crazy situations to build it up and 2 he can die at any moment cuz hes so weak in comparison to his "guests"
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 20:00:12 +0000 UTC"Talisman emperor" is a great original work example of no system no cheat jus godly talent
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 19:53:48 +0000 UTCI can actually like most power up systems but what i think is best (and u didnt include) is a kind if system that promotes growing up persistently over time. Most known example is leveling up or killing monsters... but my point is just - to cut down on training arcs. Training arcs r fine ine the beginning and first half of the story After that i feel like they take too much focus off the story If u want a good example - my favorite "cheat" system or power up is Shadow Slave. Its similar to the last option (a lot of people have a cheat system) So thats what i chose
David Rafael Tamir
2025-02-13 19:43:18 +0000 UTCCoiling Dragon, if I recall right... Been a long while since I read his two books. Yeah, his ones didn't have any (or many) cheats, if I recall correctly.
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 19:42:56 +0000 UTCNah, Shadow Clones is hardwork. Chakra reserves can be a cheat, but not really in Fujin's case.
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 19:40:50 +0000 UTCDefinitely a bit inspired from it :) Especially the comedy part.
Devil Hex
2025-02-13 19:40:06 +0000 UTCFan fic is much easier the audience already knows the world...it already has a fan base...the most important for original work is world building...doesnt matter how good the character is written if it's bad world building it's a brick...fan fics is not a problem...systems take the easy way out so I'm not into systems like that...only if done right...and it's hard to do but when done right its great
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 19:30:29 +0000 UTCBoth are fine. They are different types of story with their own strengths and weaknesses.
Diametric
2025-02-13 19:25:06 +0000 UTCI think for ur first original work...it would go much smoother if u made the character with no cheat and godly talent..u can focus on world building..which is the MOST Important in a novel or it's a brick...ive read many light novels and the best ones are the ones with the best world building...u feel like u know and are immersed into the world with the character
Kwabena Kumi
2025-02-13 19:18:19 +0000 UTCI think there is something that can be used, and it is the skill tree like in games where you can't go back unless you pass a threshold, it is something that focuses you on accomplishing certain things to advance to more possibilities but it focuses on growth. Although it is a hack that you must constantly feed.
Rubén López
2025-02-13 19:07:30 +0000 UTCI prefer a main character to just have a high intellect. It allows them to remain intertwined within their own world. Stories where the main character has ungodly talent that outshines everyone else makes them seem like cannon-fodder, and they fade into the background.
Derrick Mills
2025-02-13 19:02:16 +0000 UTCThis is an aspect that can be linked to the personality of the protagonist, someone who has nothing and has come far normally has the side of being the secondary one of the story because normally the tragedy marks his life, it is perhaps the example of characters like Rock Lee and Guy, that perhaps although interesting, are more like complementary characters rather than protagonists of the story. It also depends a lot on the type of story to tell, if it is an adventure story with the first Dragon Ball or One Piece where the protagonists do not have to be otherwise broken, since their cast of characters complement each other in being a group. In a story like Naruto something that stands out is necessary. Talent is something that makes a difference and a hero always makes a difference, because the story of the nobody who doing without having anything special sometimes becomes implausible with the obstacles that sometimes they want to give him, perhaps if it is a recounting of life it works because the focus is not the action but the world that develops. As much as I want a character to make his way into the world, the world has to be known in order to deepen the path of the protagonist, hacks help to go through the world without so many complications. Personally, I don't read culture novels, I think that sometimes they seem a bit impersonal to me.
Rubén López
2025-02-13 19:01:57 +0000 UTCDevil Hex, your style of writing often reminds me of the Author Ergen of "I Shall Seal the Heavens". That mixes seriousness with humor. Rationality with a hint of chaos and unpredictability. Also in that you have no tact in writing romance :) Jokes aside, best way I like cheats are if it's either earned through effort, or found with the consequence it can be lost. I also like if they come with a consequence that is not too fatal or hindrance, but can be overcome or progresses parts of the story.
MrLikeme123 .
2025-02-13 18:56:44 +0000 UTCone aspect was never built on, the Sharingans, he got multiple eyes during the massacre, why not build on it, like transplanting them or perhaps some plot twist with him ending up having some distant ancestor that is an uchiha. I know it is far fetched, i just find it a waste to have all those eyes with no build up on it. or perhaps he can study the sharingan eyes and create his own occular kekkei ginkai since he already knows everything about the sharingan, tenseigan, byakugan, and rennigan, just like he studied the scortch release.
Ahmad Ayoubi
2025-02-13 18:44:05 +0000 UTCFujin is 100% talented, its just like, 40 talent 60 hard work. No one else in the ninja world has wind like his, and he's got space-time talent as-well. Stuff like his fuinjutsu, medical jutsu, and his other elements.. all hard work. Do we count the shadow clone method as a cheat? I don't mind when an MC takes a shortcut. Out of the series mentioned here, HxH is my favorite, and also has my favorite power system since its the least elitist. If you wanna be a big shot in the one piece world, you need to be talented enough to unlock Conqueror's haki, without it, you just can't become a top tier. Anywho, no cheats, I prefer progression the best.
rain
2025-02-13 18:36:29 +0000 UTCAgreed, besides the first few novels I read like that when it was new, I can't stand the body possession transmigration. Child or nothing unless it's your own body. But then that's Regression so....
Viola
2025-02-13 18:34:50 +0000 UTCI think talent that grows into a cheat or something unique is the most interesting and gives you the most latitude to work on in a convincing and satisfying way. While moderate cheats can achieve this too it is easy for it to turn into a total power wank, or just come of as cheap. I think you'd have the skill and given these posts the forethought to avoid this outcome but it'd be something for you to be careful of. I think it obvious like you said that cheats like "I awakened WOOD RELEASE and RINNEGAN, right from the start!?!?!?!" Or the "SSSSSS TIER GOD ABILITY" are not good ways to write a story, with some very rare exceptions. I've read many of these novels and even the ones I recommend to people I have not personally been able to finish or stay up to date....
Viola
2025-02-13 18:31:48 +0000 UTCI personally love to see MCs struggle and sometimes have to sacrifice something in order to progress. This could be they lose someone they care about, or even that the way they view themselves/the world changes drastically due to a tragic event or defeat. Obviously there’s something special about them if they’re the MC and we’re reading their story, but not to the point that there’s never even a little bit of doubt that they’ll succeed.
Tiger Bond
2025-02-13 18:30:24 +0000 UTCBut yes I agree Fujins strength progression definitely hits different due to us already knowing the world and the powers. In an original work it would definitely have to be described very detailed and the main character probably have some kind of handicap/special about him for him to go a different way and become stronger.
Kelevra
2025-02-13 18:27:55 +0000 UTCIn a sense, Fujin already has a power up by his space attribute being so high from his journey into the Naruto universe. The next power up could possibly be the sharigan he’s been saving, not to mention he still has Sage mode to learn.
Colin
2025-02-13 18:27:27 +0000 UTCThe biggest cheat is that the MC's are ultra talented but that could be dialed down a bit. Instead of having a massive cheat at the start, the cheat slowly develops and appears more into the later stages of the book and it feels validated due to MC's struggle.
Burntliquid
2025-02-13 18:27:11 +0000 UTCMy favorite cheats are talent and regression (because of the knowledge). In this case, Fujin transmigrated into a world he (and we) knows and that gives him knowledge too (although to a lesser extent), but I only like transmigration when they are either born into the body or are very young, I abhor “body possession”.
Greedsmith
2025-02-13 18:26:36 +0000 UTCWell a common trend of manga/anime is having the MC be an underdog but seemingly always win, this way of writing requires power ups later in the story as otherwise there is no way for the MC to compete
Kelevra
2025-02-13 18:26:22 +0000 UTCI believe i would enjoy one where mc is just insanely talented in like one aspect and not everything. Would be fun pike imagine some1 in the one piece world having a better talent for haki than roger and garp. And just working hard. Not sure if i phrased that well.
Micky
2025-02-13 18:25:42 +0000 UTCI don't know if you've read his novels but I like how I Eat Tomatoes writes his MC's in terms of power progression
Burntliquid
2025-02-13 18:25:31 +0000 UTC
