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The world had changed so fast for Zi Nuan. Before the great chasm ripped apart the land allowing demons to flood into the world, before the treachery within her sect forced her to the Stellar Empire's very edges to seek the only hope she could clear her name, before it all...

She'd been Bronze Cleaver, general, young mistress of the Three Rings sect. The road once laid out before her, her life as a cultivator intricate as the paint on fine porcelain dashed to the winds.

The demons were back, the Empire was under threat, and not even the ancestors were willing to give her aid.

She planned to start anew, selling her particular set of skills to the highest bidder if only to get where she was headed. Little more than a common mortal mercenary.

Again, the heavens blew even those tenuous plans apart as the fabric of Reality coughed and sputtered, a strange figure slipped through into the corporeal world.

Someone just a little bit... silly.

Spoony had no real idea where on Earth he was. While he was a toon of science he couldn't exactly explain the new body, this new place, and these strange people. After all, how could no one know where Anytoon, USA was? And what's with all this 'Courting death'? How did anyone die in this place if the Grim Reaper was stuck in Court all the time?

Was that why these people were always going on and on about Immortality?

Was that the point?

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(NOTE: COVER IMAGE IS AI GENERATED AND MODIFED BY ME. IT IS ONLY A PLACEHOLDER!! I HAVE NOT NOR WILL I CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF THIS IMAGE, NOR DOES IT BELONG TO A COPYRIGHT HOLDER. I only use AI to conceptualize my characters AND NEVER TO REPLACE ARTISTS AND CLAIM WORK THAT ISN'T MINE.)

What readers say about A Bit Goofy - A Xianxia Story

“As this story only has two chapters and I would like others to see it so I shall rate It five stars for others to see. The concept of a cartoon character in a realistic setting isnt all that new, but those stories tend to be sparce on detail and have terrib…”

BotwashRoyal Road5.0 / 5

“This works better than initially expected. Not just a quick gag, but the actual beginning of a story. I assume this will become more serious going forward, since the world is serious. That is acceptable, and I think it would quickly turn stale otherwise. Th…”

toracRoyal Road5.0 / 5

Community Reviews(2)

BotwashRoyal Road

★★★★★ 5.0

As this story only has two chapters and I would like others to see it so I shall rate It five stars for others to see. The concept of a cartoon character in a realistic setting isnt all that new, but those stories tend to be sparce on detail and have terrible pacing.This story seems like it wont have those problems though the long paragraphs suck to read on mobile if you don't lower the font size.

toracRoyal Road

★★★★★ 5.0

This works better than initially expected. Not just a quick gag, but the actual beginning of a story. I assume this will become more serious going forward, since the world is serious. That is acceptable, and I think it would quickly turn stale otherwise.
The blending of worlds and mindsets in the same story is done well. The sides contrast each other, as one could only hope from this premise. There are some hints as to the in-universe mechanics both of how it happened, and how a toon in a "real" world interacts with physics and Qi. I’m very satisfied, though I’ll have to reassess once more content is published.
Style: Used as a proper tool to enhance storytelling. It is evocative: Examples:
>"the ol' one-two was second nature to him, a practiced choreography of dodges, feints, and strikes that came back as naturally as riding a bicycle and as was as intuitively complex as riding a unicycle while juggling flaming bowling pins"
>"The night's events replayed in his mind like a scroll unfurling - the clash of swords, the cries of men, and that monstrous figure whose presence seemed a nightmare made flesh."
Grammar: It’s okay, few mistakes.
Story: Extremely fresh twist, based on old tropes. Too early to fully judge.
Character: Each different, each adding to the whole. Without going too deep, they make the world feel lived in.