by Mister Jackle
(Formly "Shrugs: Vol I) Darian 'Shrugs' and Enrique 'Cool Nickname' are recent high school graduates. They work together at a local burger spot, with their friend Oliver. One day before work, Shrugs finds a big red floating button after his pre-work shower. Of course, as any main character would do, he pushes the button. This was a stupid idea for Shrugs and his dear friend, as the button teleports him and Enrique to another world, right in the middle of a cult controlled country named Araki. Shrugs and Enrique now finds themselves in college trying to 'avoid' detection by the EVIL government who seeks their innate ability to learn magic to do nefarious things to the world they have found themselves in. (Names of the chapters are from some of my favorite songs at the time of writing; PM if you would like to know more about the songs/bands.) Currently on a weekly upload schedule, normally posting every Tuesday at whatever time I feel like.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 02:38 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
4%
Two or more lists
2%
Likely threshold order: Comedy → Romance → Action → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Comedy + Romance (2%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#11075 of 12,418 · 11025 below RS #50
By genre
beats 53% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 20% of similar stories
Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
