Stand Up Guy Manwha

🏆 ["Sliver Medal" in System Category of "Meganovel Annual Writing Contest 2022"] 🏆 ‘Perhaps being stuck in a game isn’t so bad!’, Kyle thought moments before he was mistaken for a hidden boss by a rather dim, but quite powerful knight. That was the moment he learned what immediate regret meant. Kyle was an ordinary student at an insignificant university. Being the pinnacle of ‘average’, his life was as mundane as it could get, that is, until he found himself unable to log out of the full dive game that had recently released. Life in a game wasn’t too bad, that is if one’s not hunted day and night by the players, who mistook him for a special hidden boss with near human level A.I. And no amount of trying to convince them that he was, in fact, human helped. He survived a while until a knight kicked him though a boss door in a dungeon. Usually, facing a lich at such a low level would be a death sentence. By all means, it should have been. But lady luck smiled on him for once in his absolutely mundane life, and he found himself in the possession of said lich. About as confused as he can get, Kyle’s new life took a rather awkward and bizarre turn. And as such, his life of adventure fille with colourful and quirky characters, ferocious monsters and downright terrifying encounters began!

[Warning: Rated 18+] Adams and his two best friends were once among the greatest legends of Crimson Online, the world's most immersive VR game. Famous for conquering impossible quests, breaking countless records, and seducing the game's most desirable women, they had everything players dreamed of within the game. Outside the game, they were nothing more than three frail, unpopular high school students who couldn't even get a girl's attention. Constantly mocked, rejected, and bullied, reality was far crueler than the fantasy they escaped into every day. Everything changed when Adams finally decided to fight back against his school bullies. The confrontation ended in disaster, and while trying to escape, he was struck by a speeding truck. Death, however, was only the beginning. Adams was reincarnated into the world of Crimson Online by the Goddess of Lust under one condition: he must defeat the Demon Lord, a Supreme Being who was on the verge of destroying the world and wiping out every race except the demons. However, because women make up 98% of the world's population while men account for only 2%, Adams decided to take advantage of the opportunity to do what he never could with girls in his past life. But instead of simply enjoying the fantasy world he had always dreamed of, he discovered that his mysterious system constantly glitched because he had accidentally inherited the blessings of two goddesses: the Goddess of Lust and the Goddess of Steel. Now trapped in a world filled with monsters, dungeons, beautiful heroines, ruthless enemies, and deadly quests, Adams must rise to the top and complete the mission entrusted to him by the two goddesses in exchange for an unimaginable reward.

In July 2018, the [Tower of Erase] appeared and changed the lives of 8 billion people. Those who were chosen were given 'special abilities.' One by one, these chosen people call themselves Challengers and attack the Tower. For ten years, the number of people awakened and given special abilities rapidly rose. Soon, teenagers within the age of 13 and above started to manifest abilities. Axel Hart, a seventeen year old high school student, was bullied repeatedly by his classmates who developed special abilities, just because he didn’t have any. Among all the students, he was the only person in that entire school who didn’t have powers. One afternoon, the bullying went too far. In the hands of his classmates, he died. He knew he died, but he woke up the next day with a magical mysterious book floating in front of him. The words ‘For my brother, Axel’ were written in bold on the cover. What’s more, it was from his brother, Nyx, who died inside the Tower one year ago! What secrets does this book have?!

Jace Riven, a man living in the Velmora slums, has been abandoned, mocked, mistreated, and left with nothing. Then he loses his job, his home, and, finally, his will to survive. When he walks into the ocean to end it all, he expects silence. Instead, he wakes up in a void where he found a strange System that grants him power, purpose, and a second chance. As Jace begins to emerge from the shadows, he discovers that true corruption exists not only in the streets, but also in Velmora, the capital city where his beloved ex-wife, Vira, now lives. Behind its gleaming walls, dark experiments are carried out on living humans. But the city that broke Jace has spawned something unstoppable. Now, he is fighting not only for vengeance, but also to put an end to an evil that threatens to corrupt the entire world.

In a world filled with war, the only place you can take refuge is where war merges with sanctity. Altair did exactly that. Leaving his past behind, he entered the tower, the heart of Aculon. What will happen now, what he will experience, whom he will save and whom he will kill, is up to him, but one thing is certain: he will reach the top of the tower and take his rightful place on the throne.

Have you ever felt that someone is controlling your fate? Have you ever thought if the memories you have are your own or someone else’s? Have you thought if you are alive or if this life is just someone else’s dream and you are living in a dream? Have you ever thought if you are just part of a book that is written by someone else?

After 17 years of being bullied by nearly everyone around him, it is finally time for Joseph to awaken his bloodline and join the war effort to reclaim his world from the demons that invaded it nearly 100 years ago. He must dig deep to awaken the full might of his noble blood or the world and universe at large will fall.

Lloyd Blanc was an ordinary boy from Earth whose life changed forever after a mysterious accident transported him to a world ruled by mana, cultivation, powerful clans, and mythical beasts. Awakening in the Viridescent Empire, Lloyd discovers that he is connected to the prestigious Blanc Clan and that his arrival is tied to secrets far greater than he could have imagined. With a mysterious pendant at his side and enemies waiting in the shadows, he must grow stronger to survive a world where the weak are easily crushed. As Lloyd walks the path of cultivation, he will face betrayal, powerful enemies, ancient mysteries, and a destiny that seems to have already been written for him. But Lloyd refuses to accept a fate chosen by others. “If fate has already decided my ending, then I’ll defy fate itself and write my own.”

"Look at yourself, Caleb. You smell like grease and poverty. You are an absolute disgrace. We are over." "You were the perfect stepping stone. You paid her bills, fed her, and polished her up just enough so she could catch a billionaire's eye. Good job, peasant." For four long years, Caleb starved himself and worked three exhausting factory jobs to pay for his girlfriend's college tuition. But on her graduation day, she ruthlessly dumped him for a billionaire heir, leaving Caleb beaten and bleeding in a rainy alleyway. But as he lay in the dirt, a cold, robotic voice echoed inside his mind, bringing an absurd, terrifying power: [Negative Emotion Spending System Activated. Initial Funds: $100,000,000.] The rules are simple: He gets a hundred million dollars every single day—but he can only spend it to drive his enemies into absolute ruin. High society thought they could step on anybody... but they are about to find out what happens when a slum rat gets limitless wealth and a desire for revenge.

Rick, a 25-year-old young man, found his life shattered after an incident that put him behind bars. During his year in prison, he was isolated from the outside world, not realising that life out there had turned into a nightmare. A giant, pitch-black eye-shaped hole appeared in the sky, followed by dimensional portals that spread across the world. Monstrous monsters, once mere animals, now roam the streets, while mysterious towers rise from the ground, signalling a new era of fear and uncertainty. A global crisis strikes, civilisations collapse, and humanity splits into two groups, those endowed with supernatural powers, and those who remain weak, struggling to survive amidst the destruction. Inside a dark and cramped prison, Rick surmises that he has been forgotten by the world. However, fate had other plans for him, revealing that he had been chosen as a Vassal of Heimdall, the Gatekeeper and Seer of All. Extraordinary powers rose up within him, giving him the ability to sense the changes in the world and see the truth behind the curtain of reality. With this gift, he now has the chance to redeem himself and unravel the mystery behind the catastrophe that has struck the earth. With the world having turned into a danger-filled dystopia, Rick must break out of prison, master his new powers, and survive amidst the chaos. As a Vassal of Heimdall, he must use his abilities to deal with threats coming from an alien dimension, as well as uncover secrets that could save humanity from total destruction. Will Rick be able to use his powers to get the world back on track? Or is this new era the beginning of something much bigger than he ever imagined?