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Defender of Asphodel [Yuri, Prison, Mecha]

Defender of Asphodel [Yuri, Prison, Mecha]

by Frichard

PsychologicalSci-fiActionRomanceLesbian RomanceSpace OperaWar and MilitaryPsychologicalFemale LeadSci-fi
Rising Stars:Sci fi #11Psychological #6
Shadow rank ~80–102 in Romance↑10

Would you strap yourself into a weaponised mining mech to fight your way to freedom? There is one rule on Asphodel: if you're not useful to someone, you die. Some enter the brutal mining operation, others clean or cook, and most end up someone else' 'girlfriend'. But Chione shouldn't be here. She was about to debut into high society when her father was accused of undermining the war. He was summarily executed and, by Kratian Martial law, his sentence of treason passed to his daughter.A chance of salvation comes when the war reaches Asphodel. A brilliant mechanist retrofits the mining mechs into killing machines, and the Warden conscripts five prisoners to become the first pilots in a new penal battalion -- the shtrafbatsAsphodel has a way of changing people, and no matter how much Chione resists, she is no different from the rest. When she's lost everything she's ever had, all she has now is what the iron chains have made of her. Then she'll have to ask herself what feelings are truly her own. 
 What to expect: -Worn down sci-fi setting with cassette futurism aesthetics- F/F primary romance, F/F + F/M secondary romances-Mecha fights and prison drama-Messy trauma recovery-Exploration of identity and romance formed under unfree conditionsLaunching with 10 chapters on 26/7, followed by daily releases for 8 chapters then 2 chapters a week.

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Current Rank
#6
Peak Rank
#6
Followers
171
+5
Story Timeline

Started

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50

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100

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Entered Psychological RS

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#8 Psychological

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Entered Sci_fi RS

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#50 Sci_fi

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Left Sci_fi RS

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Entered Sci_fi RS

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#12 Sci_fi

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OverviewEngagementProseChapters
Ranking History
Track position changes over time
24h7d30d
Favorites
26
+1
FVR
2.98%
Rating
4.46
Ratings
26
+2
Reviews
5
0
Comments
N/A
0
RS Days
19
90d
All
Rating Breakdown
Overall4.46
Style4.83
Story5.00
Grammar4.50
Character5.00
Prose Quality
Reading Ease77.7
Dialogue Ratio38.4%
Avg Chapter Length0.8k words
Streak History

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #11

2d

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #6

2d

#3

8/4/2026

Peak #12

7d

#2

8/3/2026

Peak #50

0d

#1

8/3/2026

Peak #8

8d

Shadow RS Climb

Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 14:28 UTC

Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~2%26

deep field · ~#212 of 7,531 · 162 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+3.6
vs #50 follower pace-52/wk
P(enter ≤14d)1%

By genre

Reader Funnel
How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 20–49 chapters
Views
5.7k
29.6 follows / 1k viewslast 29d

beats 99% of similar stories

Followers
171
0.15 favs / follower

beats 6% of similar stories

Favorites
26
Traffic (last 29d)197 views/day

beats 90% of similar stories

Conversion trend
Steadyrecent 29.6/1k vs lifetime 29.8/1k

Firing on all cylinders

Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.

At this conversion, the Romance Rising Stars bar (≈4 new followers/day) costs about 143 views/day — the story currently gets ~197.

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.

Shoutouts
Author-note cross-promotion — a driver of reader traffic on Royal Road.
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