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Pulled into another world — usually with cheats.

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The Magicless World Will Bow To The Three Geniuses [Kingdom-Building]

by Shiseiji Aoi

107
310.2k words

Why fight a war when you can buy the kingdom? Transported to a primitive medieval realm, three genius brothers realise that swords and armour are useless. Instead, they unleash the most terrifying forces known to man: steam engines, modern medicine, and fiat economics. Under the banner of the Kazuha Syndicate, they orchestrate a ruthless industrial revolution that shatters the old world order. Knights fall to bullets. Monarchies are bought with paper money. But when neighbouring empires mobilise millions to steal their technology, the Syndicate must wage an industrialised world war to protect their new empire. Three minds. No magic. Total domination. Those who adapt, rule. Those who cling to the past, perish.

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Between Worlds

by Orvin

15
19.9k words

Morgan was just trying to make it through another day. A husband, a father, and a former Ranger, he had a wife waiting at home, children who needed him, and a life that was far from perfect—but it was his. Then, in the middle of his living room, Morgan disappears. He awakens in another world surrounded by magic, knights, and a group of Japanese students who have apparently been summoned before. The kingdom calls them heroes. Morgan calls it kidnapping. Unlike the others, Morgan has no interest in fighting a Demon Lord, serving a king, or becoming some legendary hero. He just wants to go home to his family. But the kingdom's story doesn't add up. Why has this happened before? Why are people from different worlds being summoned? Why are some of the summoned never allowed to return? And why does Morgan have a feeling that the kingdom isn't telling them everything? With the help of another soldier named Dre, Morgan begins searching for answers while learning to survive in a world where magic is real and his own abilities may be far more dangerous than he understands. Back on Earth, Morgan's son refuses to believe his father simply disappeared. As he digs deeper into old reports of unexplained disappearances, he discovers something that shouldn't exist—and begins to suspect that his father may not be missing at all. Two worlds. Two sides searching for the truth. And a system that has been operating for far longer than either of them realizes. Morgan has one goal: **Get home.** But getting home may mean tearing down the entire system that brought him there.

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Worst of The Fallen

by J.D. Vayl

3
7.1k words

Dontae thought death was the end. Instead, he awakens in Hell—and to make it home he must face forces born from the abyss Now, with a mysterious power awakening inside him and a place in Hell's deadly tournament, Dontae must survive a world of demons, powerful Houses, and enemies far beyond anything he knew on Earth. All he wants is to find a way home. But Hell has a way of changing the people who enter it.

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To Earn a Crowded Funeral

by Rub

6
15.2k words

Nicolau Britton, reborn as a baby while retaining his memories, finally obtains what he never had on Earth—an older brother who would risk his life to protect him, a mother who adores him, and a life worth living again. But this new family is built upon a secret implanted at the time of his birth by his missing father. And when that father returns to reclaim it, there is no salvation in “innocence.” Inspired by Mushoku Tensei (I added Turning Points), this is a story about family, brutal loss, and survival. I've created a very unique dark fantasy setting inspired by medieval Portugal.

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Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground

by RealmWeaver

1766
2.0M words

About Isekai

Isekai — Japanese for "different world" — is the genre about being pulled out of one reality and into another. The protagonist dies, gets summoned, falls asleep, or steps through a portal, and wakes up somewhere with new rules. There's usually a system. There's usually a cheat. There's almost always a slow, satisfying climb from confused outsider to local powerhouse.

Isekai is the anime-adjacent end of web fiction. Readers of Re:Zero, Konosuba, Mushoku Tensei, and Overlord are looking for the same emotional core in English originals: the disorientation of a new world, the puzzle of figuring out its rules, and the reward of mastering them. Beware of Chicken, The Wandering Inn, and I'm The Evil Lord Of An Intergalactic Empire are some of the modern English serial classics in this space.

The community spans r/isekai, r/LightNovels, and the broader web-fiction subs. IlorisNovel hosts isekai in the form readers want it: ad-free, with audio on every chapter, and authors keep 91–93% of what readers spend supporting them.

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