There has been a growing popularity of people who like to pass their time in reading novels. I for one must say is one of those people who does that. If you have noticed, there is a considerable amount of novels wherein, we will find that the main character goes back in time. Well, that is a no-brainer since those kinds of novels are somewhat interesting (though, it depends entirely on the plot).
With that, if you are looking for good novels to read in this kind of genre then I made a list just for you! Now, mind you, novels that center around time travel (going back to the past) have two (well, there might probably be more) subtypes which are the Regressors and the Second Chance. In this list you’ll be seeing both of these types, so without further ado, let us begin!
Table of Contents
LN MCs WHO TRAVELLED THROUGH TIME
16. Mother of Learning
| Title | Mother of Learning |
| Author | Domagoj Kurmaic |
| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Coming-of-Age, Fantasy, Time Travel |
| Status | Completed |
Let us start off with a good Light Novel wherein, it is set in a world full of magic and the main character, Zorian is the center of it all. He is a third year student in Cyoria Magical Academy who is dedicated and passionate in achieving his own future without the help from his family.
However, during the eve of the annual summer festival, this guy got stuck inside a time-loop where he goes back in the beginning of the month right after he gets killed. With that, he has to find a way to unravel the mysteries behind the time-loop he is stuck in that has no exits.
15. SSS-Class Suicide Hunter
| Title | SSS- Class Suicide Hunter |
| Author | Shin Noah |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy |
| Status | Completed |
We have here a cool light novel that is quite popular among the masses. It is about an F-Rank Hunter who envied those people who had an S-Class card making them quite strong. Because of that strong envy he has, he one day was able to receive his dream S-Class card.
To his dismay, the contents written on the card is that he’ll be able to obtain other people skills but he has to die first! But little did he know he stepped on a gold mine, turns out that once he dies he goes back in time for a day and if he was touched by another hunter before he died, he’ll be able to obtain one of his skills. The story is quite slow paced but I tell you guys, this novel is a good one!
14. The Perfect Run
| Title | The Perfect Run |
| Author | Maxime J. Durand |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery |
| Status | Completed |
Now this one is a unique novel wherein it sets in a world much similar to playing games like Pokemon, wherein you have to constantly save your progress so that once you go back inside the game you return to where you left off. But in this series it has a bit of a twist in it.
The main character, which is basically the entire plot of the novel, has the skill to set up a “save point” and when he dies he returns back to that certain point that he saved.
13. Kidnapped Dragons
| Title | Kidnapped Dragons |
| Author | Yuzu |
| Genre | Modern Fantasy, Seinen, Romance |
| Status | Ongoing |
We have here another unique novel that might pique your interests. It talks about a guy who kept on regressing a lot of times just to stop the apocalypse from happening. After the nth time of constantly turning back the time, he decided to choose another route.
That’s right, you guessed it correctly, this man literally kidnapped some dragons as his solution in stopping the dreadful apocalypse. This is a very fun novel that is packed with good stuff, especially comedy. I tell you, you’re going to laugh at the puns it has.
12. Return of the 8th Class Mage
| Title | Return of the 8th Class Mage |
| Author | Ryusong |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy, Tragedy |
| Status | Ongoing |
This is a cool light novel that talks about the first 8th class magician that ever exists in all of the human race. This man is not someone to be messed with entirely because he will surely bite you back a hundred more times! However, despite being a successful and powerful mage, this overpowered mage was betrayed by his dear old friend.
In his dying breath, he cast a spell that could let him travel back in time to when he was still in his younger days. After going back in time, he decided to do things a bit better than what he did the first time.
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11. Rebirth of the Thief Who Roamed the World
| Title | Rebirth of the Thief Who Roamed the World |
| Author | Mad Snail |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Martial Arts, School Life, Slice of Life, Supernatural |
| Status | Completed |
That’s right, we have a Main Character who is an actual Thief! It centers around a man named Nie Yan who is a Level 180 Thief inside a VRMMO Game. So, you may probably think that this guy is considered to be one of the Elite players, but he isn’t. Though he takes pride in his level, Nie Yan is flat broke– it is because of his father’s enemy who made him that way.
With that, he decided to settle everything with his father’s enemy and chose to assassinate him. Though he accomplished his goal, he still got shot by a gun next he knew, he woke up again as his past self, and with all the knowledge he had from the future he decided to live life anew.
10. Emperor of Solo Play
| Title | Emperor of Solo Play |
| Author | D-Dart |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi |
| Status | Completed |
We have here another light novel where the main character was betrayed by his closest mates. The story focuses on Ahn Jaehyun, a professional gamer who plays Warlord. He is a great gamer that has earned the title of a “Hero Slaughterer” in his first life.
However, as I’ve mentioned when he became a successful player, he got betrayed by his friends and became penniless which led him to his untimely death in a car accident. Through some random miracle, he went back in a time way before he played Warlord.
9. The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind
| Title | The Regressed Demon Lord is Kind |
| Author | Hungry Panda |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Seinen |
| Status | Ongoing |
If you haven’t read this light novel yet, then you are surely missing out on a good one right here! The fact that the main character is an antihero is truly worthwhile! As the title shows, the story is basically about a villain who returned back in time to his younger self and became kind.
Even at the start of the novel, it has already become intense! We would be able to see how crafty and clever he is, the same goes for his enemies too. Also, the title really fits the main character because he literally is kind. As a matter of fact, TOO KIND, to the point that his enemies weren’t punished severely as they deserve.
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8. The King of the Battlefield
| Title | The King of the Battlefield |
| Author | Onhu |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Mystery, Supernatural |
| Status | Completed |
Quite similar to the light novel Reincarnator but has its own different twist. You’ll be able to see how in-depth and fleshed out the main character is throughout the story. Anyways, a bit about this novel is that it revolves around an assassin who died and returned back 40 years in time with the memories he had from the future. With that, he decided to use that knowledge in saving humanity and defeating the Demons from the Underworld.
7. Rebirth of the Strongest Empress
| Title | Rebirth of the Strongest Empress |
| Author | North Night |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Josei, Romance |
| Status | Completed |
A revenge plot of a light novel! The story focuses on Ye Qingtang, in her first life, she used to be timid, naive, and weak. Though she has amazing prowess, she doesn’t know how to use it well and is constantly being betrayed by the people she trusts. Also, the people who really cared for her died protecting her.
After she died in her first life, she returned back to her younger self and with that, she dedicated her life to cultivation in order to protect the people who cared for her and avenge those who betrayed her.
6. The Human Emperor
| Title | The Human Emperor |
| Author | Nhan Hoang Ky |
| Genre | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Martial Arts |
| Status | Completed |
Now this light novel has a mixture of getting isekai’d and regressing back in time. Now let me explain, the main character, Wang Chong has led three lives, and he is currently living the third one. For his first life, he got yeeted in another world because of a mysterious star. For his second life, when he arrived in the other world, he led aimlessly after being betrayed and all of his loved ones die one after the other.
Hence, he also died and after that, he went back in time. He decided to protect all his loved ones and enact revenge on those who betrayed him.
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5. Reincarnator
| Title | Reincarnator |
| Author | Alla |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi, Seinen, Supernatural |
| Status | Completed |
Now this one is a GODLY light novel that will surely keep you peering through your screen because of how interesting the story gets as you read further! The story revolves around Kang Hanso who travels back in time so he could achieve his goal, which is “saving humanity” from the apocalypse.
The three main genres for this series are Apocalypse, getting transported to another world, and traveling back in time. What makes this novel unique, it is not like any other apocalyptic novel where you’ll find the main character leveling or has an RPG System, instead, we would see the main protagonist using runes as a way of powering himself up.
4. Remake Our Life!
| Title | Reincarnator |
| Author | Nachi Kio |
| Genre | Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life |
| Status | Ongoing |
If you were suddenly given a chance to turn back time when you were young, would you remake your life? This is technically what happened to our main character, Kyouya Hashiba. He used to be someone who worked at a gaming company, however, he got laid back and he decided to return to his parents’ home.
However, after he woke up, he realized that he returned back in time, to be precise, he returned ten years back in time. In addition to that, he was shocked when he found out that he was studying at art school when he gave up on that dream. Little did he know that was the best decision he ever made in staying.
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3. Villainess Enjoys Her Seventh Life as a Free-Spirited Bride (hostage) in a Former Enemy Country
| Title | Villainess Enjoys Her Seventh Life as a Free-Spirited Bride (hostage) in a Former Enemy Country |
| Author | Amekawa Touku |
| Genre | Action, Fantasy, Romance, Josei, Slice of Life |
| Status | Ongoing |
A light novel where the main character is a Female! To add that up, she is literally a free spirited girl whose only goal is to idle around all day after having an unfortunate death in her previous lives. In this story, Rishe who’s the main character is a Duke’s daughter as well a villainess, she had her engagement with her country’s Crown Prince for seven times already.
In her seventh life, she agreed willfully that her engagement will be canceled because this time, she decided to live her life indulging with luxury and leisure. But, in order for her to achieve that goal, she had to marry a Crown Prince from another country, who is also the one who killed her in her past life. See how she’ll live her life freely without a care in the world by reading this light novel!
2. Possessing Nothing
| Title | Possessing Nothing |
| Author | Mogma |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Harem, Martial Arts |
| Status | Ongoing |
A light novel that I highly recommend for those readers who actually want a Main Character who has a growing personality, and an in-depth story of how he suffered through hard times, and want to change for the better. I tell you, this isn’t like any other second chance novels wherein, when the main characters return back in time they became a genius or whatsoever.
But this time, the main character here is just a normal guy who wants to become better in life after experiencing so many hardships in his previous one. You’ll be seeing how pessimistic he is, but let me tell you this, you’ll understand where he is coming from when you read the novel. However, the fact that he wanted to change for the better is something we all should look forward to and the process he has to experience for his goal to be achieved.
1. One Man Army
| Title | One Man Army |
| Author | DaoistThreeLives |
| Genre | Action, Adventure, Fantasy |
| Status | Ongoing |
This one is actually a good light novel for readers who like revenge plots! As you’ve read from the title, the main character is literally a One Man Army, he’s basically super overpowered! However, as much as he is very mighty, this guy has been betrayed by the people he trusts and works with aka the company he used to work with.
Nevertheless, he suddenly woke up 18 years from his past before everything that happened to him. Since his past memories are still intact he decided to do things differently this time which is REVENGE.
Conclusion
With that, this ends the list of fun novels that I urge you guys to take a peek at. Who knows, maybe there’ll be some that’ll pique your interest. If you did, tell us in the comment section below which is it!
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