NGC Recs Unlocks & LVL⇪
Stories where someone either gains (multiple) new powers, unlocks significantly more powerful versions of existing ones, or just gets eyebrow-raising power boosts throughout, Zero to Hero style!
To be clear: this is not a natural slow ramp up in power that goes unnoticed until a big fireworks display at the end, these are distinct stair steps of power where people typically notice right away unless the MC is trying to hide it. If at least one person isn't asking themselves, "What is this bullshit?" on the regular I probably won't put it here.
(Also, yes, ideally the stories are specifically Progression Fantasy genre, LitRPG, JumpChain stories with multiple Jumps, or Celestial Forge/Grimoire stories, but since that's not typically common in the fandoms I read, I'm also throwing 'close enough' into this collection too.)
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It hurt his head to think about what he was doing prior to… this, but he was fairly certain he’d gone to bed. Like any normal day. He’d returned from his routine shift at the Fatui headquarters and gone back to his studio apartment to sleep. The first thing his slightly dumbfound mind managed to conjure up was that he’d been isekai’d, but it was thought with a mental laugh and a ‘yeah, sure’ followed right after.
Meaning the only feasible conclusion was that he was still asleep, and this was all a dream.-----------
Or, Ajax wakes up somewhere that looks suspiciously similar to Liyue, from Genshin Impact, the videogame; and resolves to change history.
Alternate working title by Avana: Big Brothers Ajax's Misadventures in Space-Time One Accidental Adoption at a Time[word count up to chapter 12: 69k
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Like a Dungeon Crawler (Yakuza/Danmachi, Celestial Grimoire) by Ebiris
Fandoms: ダンジョンに出会いを求めるのは間違っているだろうか | DanMachi | Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (Anime), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
11 Mar 2025
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Ichiban Kasuga mysteriously wakes up in the Labyrinth City of Orario after being shot by his beloved patriarch. How will a Dragon Quest addicted yakuza navigate the intrigues of the city and the terrors of the dungeon beneath? Well the fact he keeps getting random magical abilities and items will probably help.
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AU of PoA. Harry wakes in the night to a voice calling him from somewhere in the castle—and when he follows it, everything changes. Updated every Friday.
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10 Apr 2025
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Before his third year of Hogwarts has even begun, Harry faces three whole weeks of unsupervised time in Diagon Alley. In that time he takes a trip to Gringotts - and that changes everything.
Burdened with the knowledge that Dumbledore has been blocking his family magic, and manipulating far more than he ever thought possible, Harry doesn't know who he can trust; but he knows he can't keep going that way. There's a whole world of lore and politics and history to catch up on, and the more he learns, the more Harry realises his true place in the world, and how much is being kept hidden from him. All the while, Dumbledore's twinkling eyes are constantly watching, and Harry can't let on how much he knows.
With help from unexpected places, Harry starts on a journey to end the war, and reshape the wizarding world. With how much he looks like James Potter, people have forgotten one important thing about him - he is Lily Evans' son, and she was one hell of a witch.
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13 Mar 2025
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AU. Time Travel. Snape goes back in time, holding the knowledge of what is to come if he fails. No longer holding a grudge, he seeks to shape Harry into the greatest wizard of all time, starting on the day Hagrid took Harry to Diagon Alley.