by Sunrhae
Twelve strangers are isekai'd and shit hits the fan! A week before he donates bone marrow to save his dying sister, Minjoon is pulled from Earth and dropped into a monster-filled forest with eleven strangers. His only goal is to get home. To survive, Minjoon starts using shadows. What starts out as a weapon soon shows itself to be something much more disturbing. His shadows can dig into memories, reveal hidden fears, and bring to light truths people want to keep buried. As pride, fear, and suspicion tear the group apart, Minjoon learns that knowledge can be more dangerous than strength, and much easier to misuse. Then he finds out that someone in this world may know how to travel between realms. For Minjoon, this could be his only chance to return to his sister. The problem is that every step he takes toward home brings him closer to becoming the kind of person he would have once despised. What to expect: - 3rd person omniscient - Large multicultural cast with multiple POVs - Character driven story Lean into: Progression Fantasy / Political conspiracies / Mystery Schedule: 1 chapter everyday
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, 08:09 UTC
Entry forecast updated 2 Oct 2026, 08:09 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
2%
Two or more lists
1%
Likely threshold order: Mystery → Action → Adventure → Fantasy → Main.
Leading bundle: Mystery (1%).
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
#8960 of 12,176 · 8910 below RS #50
By genre
beats 81% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 40% 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.
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