Translated stories I like enough to recommend. I review them so expect some spoilers (I try not to spoil major events.)
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Wen Shuangbai transmigrated into a novel, becoming a poor artifact cultivator.
Not only was her family penniless, but she also had a fiancé.
Her fiancé had an exquisitely handsome face, with a teardrop mole at the corner of his eye that was utterly captivating.
Unfortunately, he was the novel's devoted second male lead who pined after the female protagonist—willing to go through fire and water for her, even abandoning his wife to prove his love.
Wen Shuangbai decided she wasn't cut out for such a fate and planned to call off the engagement.
That was, until one day, she accidentally witnessed the man handing a medicinal pill to the female protagonist with an indifferent expression, stating matter-of-factly, "That'll be 101 coins."
Wen Shuangbai: "?"
Hold on—he didn't even round it down? Since when did a simp male lead act like this?
Growing increasingly suspicious, she finally couldn't hold back and asked him one day: "Bro, where are you from?"
Xie Ziying: "."
Xie Ziying was the youngest chief physician at a top-tier hospital, his future bright and promising—until he transmigrated into a fantasy novel, becoming a minor cannon-fodder healer.
In the book, his fiancée was a villainess who committed every evil deed imaginable, so Xie Ziying planned to find a way to sever this ill-fated bond.
That was, until one day, the so-called villainess asked him: "Bro, where are you from?"
Xie Ziying: "6." [Internet slang for cool]
[Note: The male and female leads are both transmigrators]
Thoughts:
A fun transmigration novel!
I read this story about two month ago, and forgot to write a recommendation (my bad). So my apologies if it isn't as detailed or accurate as other recs.
Anyways, I personally found this novel to be really unique and enjoyable. I just loved the concept of two transmigrators gradually realizing that they are actually in the same situation as the other (though it took a while for them to figure out, even when it was so obvious).
The novel did not focus on romance, but it handled that aspect alright. Even when the leads were not verbally or obviously showing romantic interest, you could still feel their subtle feelings. Like when they'd automatically assume to be "partners" in an event, you could sense their care and how'd they'd make exceptions. I liked how their dynamic did not change and become boring, but instead just showed more trust in the other person's capabilities.
Moving on, one of the novel's main selling points are the interactions between the characters. The running jokes throughout the story are just hilarious and memorable. An example would be the fortune teller (teammate) losing his hair every time he made predictions and constantly lamenting his balding head.
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(this was so him😭)
The team is well balanced despite how different their personalities are. There was also no such thing as ML or FL knowing how to do everything. Each member had an indispensable role to the team, as such everyone had different contributions to missions and no dead weights. They are honestly all lunatics, a true menace to society. Own sect members, different sects, higher ups, everyone had to deal with their absurdity.
The villains were meh. They did not really pose much of a threat but the audacity was strong. There was a plot twist I genuinely did not expect though.
So yeah, I quite liked the flow of the story. The ending felt a bit rushed, but it was still satisfying overall. I am not the biggest fan of cultivation novels, so I appreciated that the novel did not drag the story and did not create meaningless plots to make it longer. In fact, it felt short and I expected more extras, specifically more on the romance between the leads.
