Looking for Recs please, "Down with the system"
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I'm doing a reading challenge and one of the categories is 'down with the system': read a book in which a main plot revolves around disrupting a system - and for extra points, not a governmental system so I'm looking for light novels specifically that have this theme. Anyone got any ideas?
Also looking for space pirates if anyone has any suggestions for that?
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Any title that's set in a visual novel and the protagonist is trying to change the outcome would potentially work, I think, and there's no shortage of titles to choose from. Reincarnated Princess Skipping Routes, Endo and Kobayashi, and Goodbye Overtime are my favorites here.
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@saffire said in Looking for Recs please, "Down with the system":
Any title that's set in a visual novel and the protagonist is trying to change the outcome would potentially work, I think, and there's no shortage of titles to choose from. Reincarnated Princess Skipping Routes, Endo and Kobayashi, and Goodbye Overtime are my favorites here.
If "changing a 'fated' outcome" counts as a 'down with the system' theme, then I Refuse To Be Your Enemy would work as well.
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@Musereader - If you're willing to read a series and not a single novel, I'd say So I'm a spider, so what fits your criteria very strongly, but explaining why would be a spoiler. The "down with the system" bits don't really come until about halfway through the series, though. (Also, no space pirates.)
Spoiler-ish explanation:
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@Musereader That is actually a fairly common theme.
I May Be a Guild Receptionist, But I'll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time
Published by Yen Press
J-Novel Example:
EXP Is Golden
https://j-novel.club/series/exp-is-golden -
This one is mainly about a couple women taking down the male hierarchy in their society. If that's considered a system, then...
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@saffire
I was thinking of something where they are actually fighting to change a system rather than trying to avoid an outcome in the system. -
@rsog412 i can read a series, but i have 25 challenges and so i would like the down with the system element to be right upfront, like one of the other prompts is 'parent' and well 'No wife no problem: a mages life with his daughter' has it right in the title. I've got fashion where they make clothes so i'm doing 'maiden of the needle' knights 'Skeleton knight from another world'
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@pcj that sound like a good one thankyou
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@Musereader There is a Light Novel called "First Last Idol" (i think) and oddly enough I think it could fit into both of your catagories.
It's kind of weird but fun scifi. -
@Musereader I second @SeamstressAya's recommendation of Last and First Idol . It's a single volume collection of three short stories, so not a huge commitment .
The story gets gloriously weird, this a book described as "existential widescreen yuri baroque proletariat hard sci-fi idol story"The second story in the collection, Evolution Girls, also fits your criteria. Honestly, Evolution Girls is my favorite story of the collection.
