I know it’s hella problematic, but the web novel reverend insanity/master of gu introduced me to the genre a long time ago, and I’d love a tv show/movie with that style of magic system. Anything vaguely similar would be dope if you know what I’m talking about.

Grandmaster of demonic cultivation is the closest I’ve found.

Edit: Thank you everybody :mission-accomplished-1: :mission-accomplished-2: I now have enough content to make the void of capitalist realism feel less empty. I really appreciate all the recs.

  • RATMachinespirit [he/him,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Edit: are you familiar with the web series? I might be able to explain better if so. I tried to be somewhat generic with the response because I couldn’t tell.

    The power system, creative use of powers, scheming protagonist, lack of idealism (heroic heroes exist, but their light exists in contrast to a dark reality), and of course the willingness to get weird with it. Honestly, I liked basically everything about it except the times the author decided to do grimdark gross stuff for it’s own sake.

    For example, the northern plains arc has him being a deceitful bastard, but he’s going up against not good people. I didn’t care for the times he’s just ruining the lives of good people. I felt the series was it’s best when he is the underdog and against the clock to gain enough power to survive the cicada while also operating within an unjust system so I didn’t feel bad for the people he was up against.

    I guess I could summarize it as: I enjoy a less bad villain royally fucking over worse villains through wit and creativity.

    The Pokémon aspect was also a big part. I like the idea of cultivating collectible powers within your heart and finding creative uses for them.