Guardians of the Dafeng is like the much more polished version of this ML trope. It's not set in a cultivation world but more wuxia/politics. Both MLs are snarky and use their other-world knowledge to help better their situations.
Guardians has much more politics and slower progression of ML ability but still quite fast-paced. They both have cheats. They both have supporters, although Be Yourself ML is more harem-style so his all are women. I think the only male that helped him sincerely was his father (beyond his friends from his first life).
Guardians has much more politics and slower progression of ML ability but still quite fast-paced. They both have cheats. They both have supporters, although Be Yourself ML is more harem-style so his all are women. I think the only male that helped him sincerely was his father (beyond his friends from his first life).
Extraordinary (2025) and Be Yourself (2025) both ride the ‘modern-or-outsider in a historical/fantasy world’ wave — but they give it very different flavors. Extraordinary leans more into politics, strategy and slow-burn power play: the MC pretends to be a wastrel but uses modern knowledge/wits to amass wealth and influence, quietly rising to real power behind the scenes. Meanwhile, Be Yourself opts for fantasy + romance + cultivation tropes: a powerful ancient monster merges into a weak body and suddenly gets romance, power and attention (plus multiple marriage proposals), so it’s more flashy, dramatic and romance-driven.
In short — Extraordinary feels like a cunning, slow-paced palace-drama with secrets and strategy; Be Yourself is more of a wild, supernatural ride full of cultivation-energy, romance, and transformation.
In short — Extraordinary feels like a cunning, slow-paced palace-drama with secrets and strategy; Be Yourself is more of a wild, supernatural ride full of cultivation-energy, romance, and transformation.
