Ensemble: the 5 series we've reviewed with this party shape.
Ongoing
When aliens demolish the surface and turn Earth into a televised, multi-level dungeon, a barefoot man and his ex's pampered show cat have to descend to survive while a galaxy of viewers tunes in.
- Status
- Ongoing
- Books
- 8
- Length
- 159 hrs
- Pace
- Fast
Complete
Born Unsouled and forbidden the sacred arts his clan lives by, a young man leaves home to climb a named ladder of power on intelligence and grit, racing to grow strong enough before a foretold disaster arrives.
- Status
- Complete
- Books
- 12
- Length
- 132 hrs
- Pace
- Steady, builds to fast (slow first book)
Ongoing
A sardonic Australian office-supply manager wakes naked and powerless in the magical world of Pallimustus, gains essence-fueled abilities, and claws his way up as an adventurer in the desert city of Greenstone.
- Status
- Ongoing
- Books
- 12
- Length
- 270 hrs
- Pace
- Slow-burn
Ongoing
A man dies and is reborn into a cultivation world of sects and sword-saints, wants none of it, and buys a run-down farm to grow rice in peace, but his qi makes the crops thrive and the animals clever while the wider world keeps noticing.
- Status
- Ongoing
- Books
- 5
- Length
- 79 hrs
- Pace
- Slow, cozy slice-of-life
Complete
Branded by prophecy as the Fool, the worst of five Heroes' Marks and barred from combat magic, a would-be wizard flees to a dangerous magic university to study his enemy and game his curse into something powerful.
- Status
- Complete
- Books
- 10
- Pace
- Steady up front, slides slow once campus life takes over