Tokyo ESP Gaiden – London ESP summary: Heeding her father’s words, Azuma Minami escaped from Tokyo to continue their path of revenge. Accompanied with Kozuki, they travelled west, all while carrying the Ark in their secure possession. This is a branch plot from the original manga Tokyo ESP.
# action # comedy # martial arts # shounen # supernatural
Sword of the Yue Maiden summary: Sword of the Yue Maiden by Jin Yong was first serialised in newspapers in 1970. This short story was the last of Jin Yong’s works. It revolves around the Yue Maiden, who lived during the reign of King Goujian of Yue (496-465 BCE). The novel was based on the legend of The Yue Maiden, and the war between the Kingdoms of Wu and Yue during the Spring and Autumn Period. The real name of the Yue Maiden is unknown. She is simply referred to as Yuenü, which can be translated as the Lady of Yue or, more commonly, the Yue Maiden. She was bestowed the t.i.tle of Yuenü by the King of Yue, who was impressed by her exposition on the art of the sword. He decreed that his army adopt her style of swordsmanship and appointed her to train his army officers, who in turn instructed his army. Hers is the earliest known exposition on the art of the sword, and influenced Chinese martial arts for generations. The war between Wu and Yue was the last major conflict during the Spring and Autumn Period. Yue defeated Wu at the Battle of Zuili (槜李之戰) and King Helü of Wu was mortally wounded.His son, King Fuchai of Wu, defeated Yue three years later and King Goujian of Yue was captured. Goujian served as Fuchai’s servant for three years before he was allowed to return home. Upon his return to Yue, Goujian plotted his revenge against Fuchai.
# action # adventure # martial arts # wuxia
A Deadly Secret summary: A Deadly Secret, also translated as Requiem of Ling Sing and Secret of the Linked Cities, is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first published in the magazine Southeast Asia Weekly (東南亞週刊) and the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao in 1963. Its original Chinese t.i.tle was Su Xin Jian before Jin Yong changed it to Lian Cheng Jue. The story revolves around the adventures of the protagonist Di Yun, an ordinary young peasant, who is imprisoned after being framed. In his quest for vengeance, he accidentally acquires the Liancheng Swordplay manual (連城劍譜), an ancient artifact not only prized for the skills detailed inside, but also for containing a secret leading to a treasure.
# action # martial arts # wuxia
Heroes Shed No Tears summary: This is a story about love, friendship, ambition, betrayal and fearsome weapons.
# action # adventure # fantasy # martial arts # tragedy # wuxia
Kara no Kyoukai summary: Kara no Kyoukai is a series of stories written by Kinoko Nasu with ill.u.s.trations by Takashi Takeuchi. The first five chapters were posted online on Nasu and Takeuchi’s dojin website “Takebouki” starting Oct 1998, and the last two chapters being released at Comiket 56 in 1999. In 2001, part of the story was included in “Tsukihime PLUS-DISK,” created by TYPE-MOON, the doujin circle Nasu and Takeuchi joined. The story gained huge popularity, and the doujinshi edition of the stories saw release on December 30, 2001 at Comiket 61. Note; The cover image is from The Garden of Sinners non-novel volume 1 edition published in 2004.
# action # fantasy # martial arts # mystery # psychological # romance # supernatural
White Horse Neighing in the West Wind summary: White Horse Neighing in the West Wind by Jin Yong was first serialized in the newspapers in 1961. Li Wenxiu, a young Han Chinese maiden, loses her parents in the Gobi Desert while escaping from a group of bandits who are after a map of the Gaochang labyrinth. Placed on a white steed, she flees to Kazakh territory and is taken into the care of Old Man Ji, an elderly Han Chinese man. While growing up, she meets Supu, a Kazakh boy, and starts a romance with him. However, Supu’s father disapproves of the relationship between his son and a Han Chinese girl, so they are forced to separate. Several years later, Li Wenxiu meets Hua Hui, a hermit, in an oasis in the Gobi Desert, and helps him cure his wounds. Hua Hui feels grateful to her and accepts her as his apprentice and teaches her martial arts. She returns home in the midst of heavy snowfall and sees Supu, his father, and his new lover taking shelter in her house. Chen Dahai, the leader of the group of bandits who killed Li Wenxiu’s parents, arrives at Li’s home and suspects that the map he has been hunting for is inside the house. He ransacks the house for the map and eventually finds it. The secret of the map is revealed when blood is spilled onto the cloth. Chen wants to silence Supu and the others but is stopped and defeated by Li, who has disguised herself as an old man. Chen Dahai flees with the map and finds his way to the labyrinth, while Li Wenxiu and Supu gather five others to join them in pursuing Chen and the bandits. The seven of them make their way to the labyrinth, where they are surprised to find ordinary items a.s.sociated with Han Chinese culture instead of treasure and riches as they expected. To their horror, they encounter a “ghost” who haunts them by killing their companions without leaving any traces. Just as they are about to flee, Supu learns that his lover has been kidnapped by the “ghost” and he tracks the “ghost” to its lair in the labyrinth, where he discovers that the “ghost” is actually a martial arts expert in disguise. The “ghost” tells his story and reveals that he was forced into exile because he was betrayed by his apprentice, who is actually Old Man Ji. The “ghost” is the hermit Hua Hui, whom Li Wenxiu saved earlier. To everyone’s surprise, Old Man Ji is revealed to be actually a man in his 30s in disguise as an old man. Old Man Ji and Hua Hui start fighting with each other. Li is shocked to realise that the two, who are close to her, are actually enemies. Hua Hui eventually dies in his futile attempt to kill everyone in the labyrinth. After leaving the labyrinth, Li Wenxiu hears the true story behind the items hidden in the labyrinth and their origins. She decides to leave the land for central China as she feels miserable after the loss of two of her loved ones and the marriage of her lover to another woman.
# action # adventure # martial arts # wuxia
Kasou Ryouiki no Elysion summary: An incredibly athletic older brother, Tenryu Taiga. A programming genius girl, Tenryu Fuyuki. The two siblings separated for eight years ended up living under one roof again after facing the problem – a lack of funds for living expenses. Fuyuki proposes a way to earn money, a core system deeply involved in people’s daily lives, a game that awards you money as a prize for defeating malicious bugs in cyber world, the 《Aries》structure. Taiga after becoming a warrior in the game relying on his inborn senses, is puzzled by the unfamiliar sensation. One day Saionji Rui, Fuyuki’s best friend appears and is attacked by a mysterious bug― “I’ll be waiting, my prince.”. Hybrid fantasy battle of cheating siblings begins here!
# action # fantasy # harem # martial arts # romance # school life # sci-fi # shounen
The Return of the Condor Heroes summary: The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong was first serialized in newspapers from between 20 May 1959 and 5 July 1961. This is the second book of the Condor Trilogy. The story has undergone two revisions. The second edition was released in May 1976 and and the third edition was published in January 2003.
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The Heaven Sword and the Dragon Sabre summary: The Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre was first serialized by Jin Yong in newspapers from 6 July 1961 to 2 September 1963. The book is the third of the Condor Trilogy. The story has undergone two revisions. The second edition was released in 1979 and and the third edition was published in 2005. Set in the late Yuan dynasty, the story revolves around a pair of priceless and extremely powerful weapons, the Heaven Reliant Sword (倚天劍) and Dragon Slaying Saber (屠龍刀), which are coveted by many martial artists in the jianghu. Either or both of them are thought to allow their wielder to rule the wulin (martial artists’ community), according to a widely circulated mantra which goes, “Honoured by the wulin, the precious Saber slays the Dragon. It commands the world. Who dares to disobey? If the Heaven Reliant does not appear, who can challenge it?” (武林至尊，寶刀屠龍，號令天下，莫敢不從！倚天不出，誰與爭鋒？). The origins of this mantra are not known at the beginning of the story. The protagonist, Zhang Wuji, is of mixed heritage: His father, Zhang Cuishan, is an apprentice of Zhang Sanfeng, the highly revered leader of the Wudang Sect; his mother, Yin Susu, is the daughter of Yin Tianzheng, the chief of the “unorthodox” Heavenly Eagle Cult. He spent his childhood on a reclusive northern island, where he was born, with only his parents and his G.o.dfather, Xie Xun, to keep him company. When he is about 10 years old, he returns to the Chinese mainland with his parents. They soon find themselves the target of several martial artists, who try to force them to reveal the whereabouts of Xie Xun and the Dragon Slaying Saber. His parents refuse and commit suicide. At the same time, Zhang Wuji is wounded by the Xuanming Elders, but he survives after seeking medical treatment from Hu Qingniu, an eccentric physician.
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Smiling Proud Wanderer summary: The Smiling, Proud Wanderer is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised in Hong Kong in the newspaper Ming Pao from 20 April 1967 to 12 October 1969. The Chinese t.i.tle of the novel, Xiao Ao Jiang Hu, literally means to live a carefree life in a mundane world of strife. Alternate English translations of the t.i.tle include Laughing in the Wind, The Peerless Gallant Errant, and The Proud and Gallant Wanderer. Another alternative t.i.tle, State of Divinity, is used for some of the novel’s adaptations.
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The Legend of the Condor Heroes summary: The Legend of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong was first serialized in newspapers from 1 January 1957 to 19 May 1959. The book is the first of the Condor Trilogy. The story has undergone two revisions. The second edition was released in December 1975 and and the third edition was published in June 2002.
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Qing Guo Yingxiong summary: Duan Shun Jie was no more than a skilled usable valuable piece of p.a.w.n. Letting him stay by his side, inevitably there would be a day to put him to good use. However, even Xuan Yuan Xi Cheng himself couldn’t comprehend, why Duan Shun Jie would rather shoulder the bad reputation of betraying his country, would rather endure the all and various kind of malice imposing on his body, but still insisted in staying by his side. Convinced himself that this was merely an act in a play, he used the more and more crueler way to attack Duan Shun Jie’s heart. Why didn’t he withdraw? Why could he still love him? “That’s because I want to love you… I could never hate you.” This kind of total devotion regardless of anything type of love, if only it could really last forever…
# historical # martial arts # romance
Bu Sha summary: Liola—the best a.s.sa.s.sin in his world—has vowed to kill no more. He was being chased by an a.s.sa.s.sination organization when he accidentally dropped into a parallel universe: through a dimensional gate and into poor teenager Kaiser’s apartment. Instead of going to the government shelter for lost dimensional travelers, Liola and Kaiser wind up going to school together. Liola has been trying his best to live the life of an ordinary person, but after certain things happen one after the other, he begins to realize that being an ordinary person could be harder than being an a.s.sa.s.sin.
# action # adventure # comedy # drama # fantasy # martial arts # mecha # school life # sci-fi # seinen # slice of life
Gentleman Free-Flowing Cloud summary: As the left protector of the Demon Sect, and being so “honored” to be seen as the successor by her crazy Demon Sect leader…… ah, to be honest, she’s someone who rather just lead an idle life, but… sigh, her luck has always not been good. When she was ten, the Demon Sect leader bestowed upon her a handsome sect servant (they are called Sky Slaves (天奴)), in order to survive, she and her sky slave never parted from then on, cooperating perfectly, he even promised he would follow her for one life, one lifetime… what a one life, one lifetime! Ah… it’s only a beautiful back, there’s nothing important about it, she shall be generous and not ask the person to take responsibility. Who knew that she’s generous but the other person is stubborn, insisting on having her as an adopted sister! Adopted sister? She once heard that the Cloud Family has a bad practice in the “Jiang Hu” (literally rivers and lakes, but indicating the pugilist world). — Ah! She has miscalculated! Miscalculated! Once she met the charismatic but poisonous heavenly man, can she make a full retreat?
# comedy # drama # historical # josei # martial arts # romance # wuxia
The Demoness Is Not Evil summary: They say Gentleman Xiao Yao (carefree) Liu Feng is a famed righteous pugilist. He himself thought that even if he isn’t considered n.o.ble and benevolent, he is at least of honourable character. But only when he met her, did he realise that he is very well capable of being such a lecherous man. At every little moment he is constantly wanting to take advantage of her, always trying to touch her soft slender hands. It’s hopeless, who told this lady to just be so interesting, causing his heart to helplessly be moved by her—- Her appearance looks like that of a refined lady from a well off background, but in reality she is nothing like that inside. Not only highly skilled in martial arts, her sharp tongue is also highly skilled, capable of angering people to a whole new boiling point. Her ways of doing things is also extremely bold, completely treating the principle of impropriety between men and women like an old fart. He had only jokingly invited her to sleep with him, yet she actually pats the bed beckoning him to attend to her (?) Even going to the point of shooing him out the room after eating him dry, finding him to be too obstructive on the eye, what a way to shoot down his self-esteem. Ai~ to fall for such a unique girl, causing him to be filled with joy one moment, and filled with sorrow the next. Overjoyed when he has her by his side, sorrowful when she acts so elusive. If that was not enough, she didn’t even leave a single note behind and disappeared without a trace, causing him to become like an abandoned husband searching for his wife. Little do they know that this is an important test to see if these two people can be together…..
# historical # josei # martial arts # mystery # romance # wuxia
Half Prince summary: During one of our arguments, my younger brother taunted me, claiming that I only knew how to depend on guys to get me through MMOs. In a fit of anger, I was spurred on by his words and decided to defeat my brother without depending on anyone else. By some coincidence, a new game called “Second Life” was about to go on the market and thus I started from scratch as a player. What’s more, I was the first person ever to log onto the game. The beautiful GM told me that I could have one wish granted… Humph! I. Want. To. Become. A. Guy! s.h.i.t, I accidentally became too super-ultra-incredibly handsome, now there’s a beautiful GM with designs on my virtue, waaaaah…! … OH MY G.o.d! A girl wants to make me her trophy husband! Heavens, what a hottie… Wait, what? He’s actually GAY and he’s. .h.i.tting on me?! Go to h.e.l.l! When I’m a girl you’re not interested, so why the h.e.l.l do you want me now? With an incredibly hilarious main character, incredibly bizarre companions, and an incredible journey of growing up and self-discovery, how will things pan out? Even G.o.d is playing a guessing game…
# action # adventure # comedy # fantasy # gender bender # martial arts # romance # sci-fi # shoujo
The Man Picked up by the Gods summary: Ryouma Tak.u.ma, a 39 year-old man with a hidden past, finds himself in a strange white room. There the G.o.ds tell him that he has died and that they are sending his soul to a different world; a world where magic exists. After living alone for three years his gamer soul loses common sense and starts toward crazy routes.
# action # fantasy # martial arts # romance # shounen # slice of life
I Shall Seal the Heavens summary: I Shall Seal the Heavens is an exciting novel published in an online version on NovelOnlineFull.com. Potential readers can find this book there as well as other important details related to the story. You can, for example, check a rating of the book, which is indeed high in this case. That's because of many positive votes left by previous satisfied readers. It is also a very valuable testimony on the content's quality, and it is sure you cannot go wrong with I Shall Seal the Heavens. I Shall Seal the Heavens is an interesting combination of a few different genres such as Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance and Martial Arts. It is definitely an exciting mixture that can provide a lot of amazing actions and events to the readers. However, keep in mind, the book is quite long, and stillin the ongoing phase of the development. It means new updates have to arrive in the near future, and they can change many events in the story. There are more than 1600 chapters in I Shall Seal the Heavens , however, it received the last update on Jul 2017 so you should be ready to wait for the new ones to come. However, 1600 chapters are plenty of online papers, so you should not experience a lack of content for a while. The main plot of I Shall Seal the Heavens surrounds the actions of a great wizard who has the power to make real miracles. No one is stronger than this magician, and that's why he has an indisputable reputation in his world. He can do many things, he can be very good and support the intentions of others or he can be truly bad and evil. That can be quite dangerous to other inhabitants, however, they can change nothing because it all depends on the wizard's will. He is, in fact, not very interested in other people. It is mostly because they are too weak and not important for the individual like he is. But this wizard does have his own interests. He is focused on much bigger things and happenings, which can change the destiny of all people and the entire universe. This magician has some demonic intentions, in fact. He wants to seal the Heavens while eliminating everything he does not like. It seems like a G.o.d's job, but if he really succeeds to achieve that, he is indeed an extremely powerful wizard. As a reader, you have a chance to follow his mission through the content of I Shall Seal the Heavens , and that's truly an exciting opportunity for all who prefer to read stories of this type. If you are one of them, you should definitely consider this interesting novel. But, keep in mind, the book is not a short one, and you will have to have enough time for comfortable reading. A thousand of chapters is a seriously long story, so you have to be ready to devote an appropriate time for the purpose. Read I Shall Seal the Heavens light novel now
# action # adventure # comedy # drama # fantasy # martial arts # mature # romance # tragedy # xianxia
A Martial Odyssey summary: “It is said that when a martial exponent reached the highest state of divinity of their arts, they be able to transcend into Celestials, overcoming the limitation of life and death. And as Celestials, they have to overcome seven celestial divinity, Genesis, Enlighten, Emotion, Transverse, Seventh Sense, Crisis and Ascend in order to transcend to the Heavens.” A Martial Odyssey is an epic quasi-fantasy/wuxia fiction, of a young man Yi Ping as he braved untold dangers in the martial fraternity. The powerful Honor Manor rules the Orthodox Martial Fraternity, yet there are other equally mysterious martial clans that are outside the influence of the orthodox fraternity; like the Eternal Ice Palace, the Virtuous Palace and the Celestial Palace. When the Celestial Fairy of the Eternal Ice Palace is rumored to pa.s.s away, it immediately attracted the attention of numerous exponents that undertake the perilous journey to the Heavenly Mountains for the martial secrets of the Eternal Ice Palace.
# action # adventure # drama # fantasy # harem # martial arts # romance # seinen # wuxia
God and Devil World summary: In less than an instant the world as we knew it was at its end. That’s right. The Apocalypse. In a single blink Zombies appeared and mutated monsters began to rampage all throughout the world. Now it was the human species turn to fight for survival and planetary dominance! On the same day that the world descends into chaos we meet Yue Zhong. Initially only hoping to get to his friends and escape to a refugee camp our protagonist sets out, inadvertently building a team along the way. After a series of fortuitous events and a few serious hunches our hero decides it’s time to do more than just survive! Yue Zhong begins to form the foundations of an enormous survival plan… before he suddenly discovers that he has only gotten over the first hurdle…. Unbeknownst to Yue Zhong and company, the world outside of China is mostly a wasteland! Country sized swathes of nuclear radiation and an extreme shortage of supplies in the world after the nuclear explosions was quickly becoming the “norm”. Mutants, Evolved animals and what’s worse, intelligent out of control dinosaurs had quickly appeared and claimed their own sections of the planet. There were several innately powerful Evolved races which appeared that were more than 10 times stronger than humans, nearly all of them possessing bodies impenetrable by normal bullets. The fabled orcs’ were another of these Evolved races, the leader of which had in fact enslaved many of the remaining human beings. Unceremoniously exposed to such a cold and heartless new world, Yue Zhong is faced with a choice: Find a deep dark hole and hope it goes back to “normal”? Or overcome all obstacles and struggle towards Evolution!!!
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Ark summary: Kim Hyun Woo lived the life of the wealthy thanks to his parents. But one day, he received a phone call informing him of a traffic accident which involved his parents. His father had died and his mother was hospitalized in critical condition. The normal life he once knew, collapsed… They sold their house, cancelled various insurance plans, and moved to a one room apartment. And after a few years, Hyun Woo spends four to six hours tending to his mother and worked to pay for her medical bills. One day, one of his Instructors recommended him for position in a company called Global Exos, who made an announcement of making history with the newest technological invention.
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Legend of the Supreme Soldier summary: Ye Chong was a denizen of Trash Planet-12. On one fateful day, he discovered a treasure that would forever alter his destiny from a pile of junk – Mu Shang, an unknown machine with artificial intelligence and a lost memory. Together, they venture into the vast galaxy as the isolated “caveman” that was Ye Chong began absorbing all sorts of knowledge and meeting people from all walks of life. He gradually discovers more and more about his own mysterious past as well as his partner’s. Read to find out more!
# action # adventure # fantasy # martial arts # mecha # sci-fi
A Step into the Past summary: A lecherous army special task force soldier from 21st-century Hong Kong is selected to travel back in time, choosing to go to the Chinese Warring States Period. Unfortunately, the time machine runs into an error during the experiment. With no foreseeable way to return to the present, he must use his combat skills and knowledge of history to thrive in his new life in the year 251 BC.
# action # harem # historical # martial arts # mature # romance # seinen # tragedy # wuxia