Muscles are Better Than Magic! (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 13+
• 2017 - ?

Lloyd is a novice adventurer who's dream is to discover "true strength" in the capital he's always admired, despite growing up with neighbors who always considered him weak. The story starts with him departing from his hometown, which just so happens to be located right next to...one of the most dangerous dungeons in the world?! Lloyd may think of himself as powerless, but when he goes to the city that serves as the starter town for adventurers, the difference between him and everyone else couldn't be starker!

• Vol: 1
• 2019

• Vol: 12; Ch: 55
• 2007

KATANAGATARI brings to life a swordless “swordsman” and a self-described “schemer” who embark on a quest to obtain twelve peculiar masterpiece blades.

• Vol: 2
• 2017 - 2018

• Vol: 6
• 2018 - 2021

Carrying the baggage of the adventurers and in addition to other miscellaneous tasks in the guild… veteran adventurer Baru is known as a dowdy man who only does simple jobs, but he feels satisfied to live as such in the capital city. “I’m counting on you today too, Mr. Baru!” “Sure, I’d be glad to.” Be it the receptionist working at the guild or the people on the streets, they were all endeared by his friendliness and helpfulness, but they did not know—that he was in fact one of the “Eight Glories”, the one with the greatest strength, Bartholomeus. “Shall we go then, Lord Baru.” With the elf beauty who only trust in him as his follower, his is truly the War-God who rules over both politics and warfare.

• Vol: 4; Ch: 15
• 2018 - 2020

In order to save her little sister's life, S-ranked adventurer Laffey seeks an all-healing elixir. However, elixirs are highly precious items that take years to make by even the most experienced of alchemists. But one day, she meets a man that defies these rules! "Here, an elixir. Oh it's fine, I can always just make more." A slow-paced fantasy about an extraordinary alchemist who doesn't know his own worth and the beautiful adventurer who gets caught up in his efforts to help others!

• Vol: 4
• 2019 - 2020

Alan is the strongest miner in the world, able to reduce mountains to rubble with simply a swing of his trusty shovel. But when Princess Letitia begs him to escort her on a quest to save her kingdom from an invading demon force, he agrees to leave his solitary mountain abode and venture forth, on one condition: she must help him find a successor to train. In this hilarious fantasy tale for fans of RPGs, evil doesn’t stand a chance against the mighty power of the shovel!

• Vol: 10+
• 2018 - ?

It’s the golden age for treasure hunters—adventurers hungry for wealth, fame, power, and glory, who risk their lives in treasure vaults throughout the world. “Let’s become treasure hunters.” Krai and his childhood friends swore to become the greatest of them all, but that dream should have died the day Krai realized he wasn’t cut out for the job! Yet expectations continue to mount, right along with Krai’s fear for his life. While his childhood friends climb closer toward their dream, this grieving soul has one simple wish: to pack it all in and retire!

• Vol: 10+; Ch: 112+
• 2018 - ?

A baby, Rex was a reincarnation with two previous lives, a hero and a sage. “Be careful not to get involved in conspiracy and turmoil in this life” Rex, who had learned the dangers of being conspicuous from the memory of the previous lives, vows to live plainly, and become a adventurer who is a symbol of freedom, a longing profession from the previous life! Rex, who became an adventurer after longing to fulfill his wishes, enjoys the daily life of earning money with an unobtrusive request. “I’m sorry, while collecting herbs, I was attacked by a dragon and I hunted it.” Rex was unaware. To the fact that his plainness is messy. “Even so, the adventurer rank is easy to rise.” Boys who are not aware of it still outweigh the surrounding human beings.

• Vol: 4
• 2018 - 2020

Fill was picked up as an orphan by the Great Sage who once saved the world. In a remote land for from civilization, he raised her as if she was his grandchild. Eventually, she was able to cast spells without chanting, and even defeat a dragon with her bare fists. However, the sage called out his granddaughter one day. “Fill, I never spoke about this before, but you are a girl!” Really!? By the way, what is a “girl”? Fill did not even possessed common sense, much less the conception of sex. Worried about her future like that, the sage enrolled her into the Royal Academy.