The Best Shonen You've NEVER Heard Of!

[@mma93067]

“Rock lee was the main character and resourceful” … im already convinced

[@Slitheringpeanut]

Yeah, that sold me.

[@rockinalice4034]

I hope you cover more on Cradle, your the first guy I have ever see covering an its such a great series that so unknown in the wider community

[@Br0ku]

@@rockinalice4034 I will!

[@kojoosei7850]

Brilliant series. Love it so much

[@boxingelfis1499]

🥹ya'll are awesome. I'm gonna feel so sad when I finally finish the book series.

[@kojoosei7850]

@@boxingelfis1499 you can read “a thousand li” afterwards. Similar world (cultivation, progression fantasy) Also if you are an audiobook listener, Travis Baldree narrates that series also. There’s also a more comedic book series, “beware of chicken” They should scratch your itch

[@RazzyXM22]

For real, I saw the thumbnail and was like "Is that my boy Lindon?"😂

[@iliveameme4930]

My friend sent me this video on the 26th of August, and today , I finally finished the last book of the series. Thank you for this. It was an AMAZING Adventure

[@Br0ku]

@@iliveameme4930 hype!!!! Glad you loved it 💪🏻

[@sugardady1019]

Why did the beginning give me HELLA avatar the last airbender vibes? My goodness.

[@evitanigaminU]

I think it was the Asian inspired character designs animated in a western style. I thought the same thing when I first saw it

[@ashkelon03]

and the music at the start of the video

[@SinisterGoop]

Cradle is my favorite series ever, it’s a long series but it’s such good writing. Def worth the read!

[@nicksonleslie7366]

Where can I watch it ?

[@SinisterGoop]

@@nicksonleslie7366 It only has a short animation currently, it isn't a show/movie quite yet. It is a book series on Kindle Unlimited though if you like to read!

[@crowravencorvenrow]

@@nicksonleslie7366 Don't think it's out yet. Also, it's a book series originally.

[@lonahora]

Are they working on a show?

[@crowravencorvenrow]

@@lonahora Nah, just an animatic. But if it does well enough, who knows?

[@jakeaustin6706]

Cradle is definitely one of my favorite fantasy books right now. I just started Book 4: Skysworn but I'm looking forward to the rest of the series!

[@Br0ku]

@@jakeaustin6706 awesome! Keep telling me about it 💪🏻

[@spiderkp97]

I just finished Skysworn yesterday definitely a good Read

[@noaharthur9041]

Hope you enjoy the series through out. Imo, it's an amazing series overall.

[@jtAdvent23]

It only gets more epic with each book, my friend! The dragon advances.

[@billyp9347]

@jakeaustin6706 one of your favorite fantasy series and you’re only on book 4… dude, just you wait. It only gets better 🫨

[@monkeydjelly6059]

The audiobooks are fantastic btw they elevate the books and the narrator kills it. Has a variety of voices for the cast of characters

[@saltycanadian2467]

Where can I get the audio books? I’m reading Cradle right now (I’m finishing the second book and I bought the third one on Amazon) but I’m intressted in getting it in audio

[@blazingwonderor]

Travis Baldtree is a legend

[@parkermaisterra8532]

Travis Baldree also wrote his own books called Legend and Lattes which was nominated for several awards. He also narrated an indie series called *Beware of Chicken* which is kinda like Cradle but way more light hearted

[@icarusablaze1831]

The Uncrowned King tournament was so hype, especially THAT fight, iykyk. One of the most satisfying aspects of the story is seeing Linden get stronger each book and bossing up over the course of the story, going from this meek, powerless dude to someone more confident and competent.

[@Ceolis]

Uncrowned King is insane how high fidelity the fights are, thats gonna be the hardest arc to adapt. Everyone has an idea in their head of what it looked like, especially with how well he wrote and described the fights.

[@joshuabender7030]

All I want is to watch my boy Lindon fold the entire Akura underlord bloodline lmao

[@yasinsaleh625]

I never expected to see this being reviewed before its release. Brings a tear to my eye to see how far this series as come

[@noaharthur9041]

Lowkey, if Will Wight was japanese, we would already be in season 3 of cradle. There's so many similarities of this series with Anime that it would resonate with anime fans pretty well, especially Shonen fans of course.

[@takeruneverborn4740]

Wow Broku hitting us up with a good shounen series thank you my Guy 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿💯💯💯🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥🐦‍🔥

[@Br0ku]

@@takeruneverborn4740 💪🏻

[@sethcoleman4890]

I had been thinking about getting into Cradle for a long time, but I think the introduction of this video ended up finally selling me onto it. Thank you Edit: 2 weeks later, 4 books in, loving it so far and regretting not having started before

[@Steran]

Bet, I'm picking up the audiobooks. Thanks for putting me on!

[@vsimp2956]

What did you think of them? I randomly stumbled upon cradle on Audible and it was one of the best things. I really love the narration

[@BigT0ny]

I’m already on my second read through of cradle and I hope you cover more in it and I gotta say Lindons progression through the story from turning to be apologetic about everything to being someone who don’t take nobody’s shit is amazing

[@Br0ku]

@@BigT0ny hell yeah! Glad you like it 💪🏻💪🏻 I’ve gotta get back to my reread soon too

[@ghulamnakashband6924]

Where can i read it online

[@BigT0ny]

@@ghulamnakashband6924 kindle I believe but I like the audio books on audible

[@rodthedigger2902]

Great video! I'm definitely gonna start reading it!

[@cremy7475]

Amazing video, so glade your doing videos on Cradle Broku! If anyone does plan on reading or listening to the series I highly recommend the audio-book, Travis Baldree (Narrator) does an incredible job with voices and narrations.

[@Ceolis]

Whats insane is the medallion Lindon gets, just so happens to use a long forgotten symbol with a different meaning from what Scared Valley knows. Which actually is part of what allowed him to get an Icon.

[@jaredf.6532]

I just want a BONE animated series

[@vaitael369]

Starting reading this series thanks to this video, on book 7 right now and loving it!!

[@jtAdvent23]

Eithen definitely gives Gojo vibes, but I think he gives equal Kisuke Urahara vibes. Started reading when Blackflame was released then restarted the entire series with each book release. It is the best story I have ever come across! Great video! And apologies, I’d just like to add that there are two ways to reach gold, taking in a remnant, or you can bond your spirit to sacred beast

[@Kamakiri711]

Wait what? Cradle gets an animation!!!🎉 Right now I‘m at ca. 50% of the last book, and I can’t bring myself to finish it…but I think I should, then I can just listen to the whole thing again😊 So glad Travis Baldree narrates them.

[@GenoKiller7]

the music early reminds me of Avatar: The Last Airbender. man i am so ready for this

[@aaronmgriffin]

Northstrider stared into the reflective black surface of his codex. The turmoil calmed, and the message it had displayed - [A destroyer has come] - now flickered out. It was replaced with a new message, and if the previous one had brought with it the chaos of panic, this one came along with the silence of the grave. White letters on a black surface declared: [The Destroyer has come.]

[@asmodeusguys4472]

This gave me chills when i read that for the first time.

[@blazingwonderor]

if ykyk

[@BlacklitStar]

E=O ​@@blazingwonderor

[@Mkninio]

Wow I never thought I would see a yt video about Cradle.

[@RegnarBM]

The thumbnail with the MC and the little spirit made me think of Sprens, more specifically of Kaladin and Syl from The Stormlight Archive series by Brandon Sanderson😊👀

[@blueface4007]

Their relationships is very similar to Kal and Syl's at the very beginning when Syl was more childlike

[@RegnarBM]

@@blueface4007 oh nice. Thank you for the additional info! I’ll give it a try after I’m done with Wheel of Time

[@Ceolis]

Yeah they're relationship is super similar, in the later books Little Blue becomes one of the coolest characters imo.

[@parkermaisterra8532]

I finally finished waybound and I I'm so nettled I didn't discover the series earlier because I would've definitely thrown in some money for the Kickstarter. First big youtuber to talk about the series so I'm really hoping you do more videos on the series, Cradle (and Will's stuff in general) needs more love and attention.

[@Br0ku]

@@parkermaisterra8532 I’m working on a video right now! Glad you loved it 💪🏻

[@FlavoredFrenchToast]

Cultivation makes for some of the best fictional stories.

[@phantom9831]

You convinced me, I'll go watch it

[@tonyt8271]

You had me at the Naruto reference!

[@juliegease2084]

I had never read anything like this series when I picked up Unsouled. It was free on Audible, so I tried it. I LOVED it. Cradle series took over as my favorite book series of all time (replacing another series that had been top for over 40 years). I've listened to the series all the way through 4 times. It gets better with every listen!

[@Atticus_Moore]

Sounds really cool, although I don't know if I'm a fan of the top of the power ceiling, but I'll have to read it to find out for sure.

[@Br0ku]

@@Atticus_Moore I was weary at first but it’s done really well

[@saltycanadian2467]

I want to thank you for this video. I bought the first book of this series one week ago when I first saw this video and I’m already almost mid way to the second book. I already bought the third one in amazon and I’m hooked. Lindon and Yerin are amazing characters and I’m at the point where Eithan is intronduced.

[@Ceolis]

RAAAAHHHHHHHHH A CRADLE VIDEO GOD IS GOOOOOD PLEASE LET THIS TAKE OFF THE WORLD NEEDS MORE CRADLE CONTENT

[@LostInTheUniverse917]

This is the best story I have ever Read. I recommend it to EVERYONE. I also recommend everything else that Will Wight has written so far. He Builds great worlds with amazing characters, and then sends them on epic adventures.

[@toshinronin]

I will deffo check this out right now

[@inducement]

i love cradle sm, cradle and tbate got me into reading consistently, then i got into manga which then lead me here lmao, so happy you’re talking about it

[@rhtufts]

"Once, you were weak. That boy is long dead, but his remnant still haunts you. Your weakness, Lindon, is thinking you are weaker than you are." - Orthos Loooove those books! Great video!

[@blazingwonderor]

shoutout to Eithan, the best all powerful janitor archetype. Runner up goes to Ahti from control.

[@Hissingace110]

You convinced me to get the first book on Audible.

[@igorlukyanov7434]

I am currently reading the forth book. What an amazing story!

[@landocheckingin]

Glad I took this recommendation. I've listened to all 12 books. It's a masterpiece!!!. Yerin best girl for sure

[@greyworld6242]

Interesting. I might look it up.

[@red_catharsis]

The description you gave of this in the beginning reminded me of “Infinite Leveling - Murim” about a guy who is a captain of a low level band of soldiers. He “dies” in a battle against the greater evil the world has seen, basically an insurmountable force of nature. Then he wakes up in the body of his younger self and is basically given 30 years to get stronger and change the future to defeat this great evil. Problem is, he’s talentless. A complete dolt when it comes to his internal energy/ power. And he’s completely surrounded by prodigies from the greatest generation. Understanding that he’s not just in possession of a “weak” body, but he also has a condition that essentially makes it so he will probably not surpass a certain level of internal power, even with hundreds of years of cultivation. So what does he do? He starts working out and training. Non stop. And hard work always pays off. He’s given ridiculous tasks by a system that is helping him get stronger. One challenge/mission is to duckwalk (marching in a squat stance) hundreds of miles. Only to reach his destination and realize that he now has to swim accross a sea to get there. So he just starts swimming. lol. And even when surrounded by a prodigy best friend who literally has a power that allows him to get infinitely stronger in his sleep while taking naps, he’s still keeping up through sheer, ridiculous hard work. If that’s not a Rock Lee/ Might Guy story idk what is!

[@fireflyyyy4263]

When I first stumbled onto this video, I thought to myself Cradle is gonna be some shitty ass book and a boring story with interesting characters. Boy was I delighted to be proven so utterly wrong. After finishing the whole series, I must say I found myself laughing and crying more than I want to admit. Great video to hype-up the series and to get people to be invested in it. Thank you!

[@Br0ku]

@@fireflyyyy4263 let’s go!!

[@Vladejr]

I already got the chills just by listening the history

[@parzival988]

Man this makes me want a Worm/Parahumans animated series Adding cradle to my Reading list tho lol

[@leonardgreen4248]

I’ve been a fan of cradle since the Juno and omfg I cant wait for you all to see it. If you want to please check out the audiobooks

[@Doljan345]

cradle is one of the best novel fantasy series that I read, its totally worth your time & effort

[@kalihullsiek8346]

I love and adore this series, and the author and his crew the Hidden Gnomes 🥰😍

[@astaroth4418]

🤔 looks interesting will be watching

[@Grayson-Winchester]

Will you do a video on how you found MHA or JJK ending?

[@Br0ku]

@@Grayson-Winchester Probbaly

[@jebucaro]

I consumed all the Cradle series as audio via Audible. The narration by Travis Baldree is remarkable; you should give it a try.

[@Banefane]

Sounds interesting!

[@staygrizzly196]

If you don't want to read the books (Cardle) I would highly suggest doing the audiobook. The voice acting is amazing. Once you get to ghost water you'll never look back. But every book is amazing. I've listened to all 12 books twice in one year 😂 and im already like i need to start it over again.

[@bullseyeh.a6038]

How do I get a cradle video a couple hours after i finished Waybound. This shit so magnificent

[@rayisuke]

The cradle series is amazing, I’m rereading every book cause I forgot everything waiting for waybound

[@Vieyram]

If you like cultivation type stories written for a western audience, I would also recommend Dakota Kraut's Divine Dungeon series. He also has a series called Full Murderhobo that I liked. I won't say they are as good as Cradle, but I enjoyed them.

[@ke1Ta360]

W vid - W Gojo Diss - W recommendation

[@kevonlordoftheslimes9084]

YOOO BROKU KNOWS ABOUT CRADLE LETS GOO

[@mattsstuff4138]

I'm half way through the final book and I don't way it to end. Best thing I've read.

[@joshtheboss3339]

Cradle is amazing idk it was getting an anime I hope this can happen to He Who Hunts Monsters as well

[@SDfighter1]

There was a lot of oversimplification in this video which is fair, but it was a good video and Cradle is an awesome series.

[@pressplayalex5719]

GREAT NOVELS would recommend!

[@Ceolis]

Check out Arcane Ascension by Andrew Rowe. Its in the same genre as Cradle and hes good friends will Will Wright. Its a little harder and more strict of a magic system and its apart of a set of series based in a single world.

[@Nova-qy3pv]

High-ball Asta vs Saitama :D? With your Asta scaling I’m interested.

[@TheCraftyDawg]

So I tried to read the first book in the cradle series and I couldn't even get halfway through it. But from what this video has shown I might be able to get into the animae.

[@benelliott1175]

I would say that the first couple of books are the weakest in the series. I would recommend the audiobooks because you can put it on in the background and the narrator, Travis Baldree, is REALLY good. Honestly the books past the first couple are truly amazing and Lindon becomes far stronger and has a much firmer personality and attitude. Lindon basically learns to take no shit and hit back far harder.

[@Rookt00r]

I think you should have some sort of affiliation because I bought the 3 first volume on amazon before reaching the end of your video ! Good luck

[@grantpflum6844]

Can't wait to see Aethan animated.

[@uso_Jus2SmooTh94]

Anything kung fu. I'm sold. Story sounds very interesting tho and it does have Avatar vibes. This will be huge when animated

[@punypunny]

I DNF mid way of Book 2 as it was too weird compared to conventional fantasy series. Your video made me realize I should view it like a fantasy Shonen instead. Maybe I'll pick up the series again.

[@CanadianGameHunters]

Dude no way cradle is coming out. I am now happy

[@Paragonivy]

You got me in the first 50 seconds

[@michaeld.henryiii6703]

I need the animation

[@IrumaA-y8j]

The power system seems extremely well done

[@Sovreign87]

Im a simple guy. I see someone who loves black clover... and I sub. Jokes aside thanks for bring this obscure shonen to light, Ill be sure to check it out!

[@sessahme]

Sounds pretty cool.

[@rayanjayasamraj7129]

One of my favourite progressive fantasies!!!

[@francesbenson9592]

I LOVE CRADLE!!! I only listened to the audiobooks and they are so good! I can't wait for the animation! I recently found another series that is very close to being as good as Cradle to me. Divine Apostasy. Check it out if you haven't!

[@kristoffaudain9478]

You've posted a few videos this past few weeks, is ur wrist feeling better?

[@Br0ku]

@@kristoffaudain9478 yeah not all the way though

[@ANOblkstrMALY]

In western novel form, yes, it is the best shounen. It would really be great if they could release the Cradle books into multi season episodes, though...the main character is written a little daft sometimes and takes many books to grow his heart and reduce his wimpy only serve others not thyaelf character. But, hey, dat is just my opinion. But if u love having martial arts, sci-fi, and mysticism in your novels, you really should be reading the Cradle series

[@vatircavry6359]

Already read it and it is worth it...

[@DaySun88]

Is this real? I love this audiobook series This series is based off cultivation novels from Asian cultures. The people who wrote our favorite manga anime grew up reading cultivation stories. That’s why they feel so familiar and there are more out there find them. This is just your first just like Dragon Ball Z. A thousand Lee story the first stop by Tao Wong is one that I like. More action and still has the inner dialogue that I like

[@mma93067]

The power system sounds awfully similar to xanxia

[@bullseyeh.a6038]

thats cuz its inspired by it

[@joshualin5476]

The author has said directly he is a huge fan of Xianxia and Wuxia and wanted to make a version more accessible to Western audiences

[@ghost4439]

1:02 whats that suppoesd to mean? You doing good broku?

[@lawrencedillon1506]

Cradle is goateedd

[@DAYTONAX]

in b4 cradle blows tf up. Ive been saying for years that if the books ever became an anime itd clear anything currently out.

[@Br0ku]

@@DAYTONAX fax 💪🏻

[@andriagamgoneishvili8468]

this seems like one of those chinese webtoon/manhua's I read.

[@bullseyeh.a6038]

the author took inspiration from xianxia so thats why

[@adminnimda8632]

Literally just searched for and backed the kickstarter (Backerkit). I wish I’d heard about this sooner! Cradle animation FTW!

[@johnathanlehrbass2406]

You should read THE BEGINNING AFTER THE END

[@carlsonmujem2390]

Dude cradle is getting animated? I’d be so amazed if that actually happened

[@familyman600]

Cradle series is GOD TIER

[@camiifu]

you had me at if Lee was the main character

[@SageZerox]

Yuno character analysis vid win 😭

[@binishthomas2675]

I am new to the cradle series, is the world building as good as One Piece?

[@TheRedHaze3]

Didn't the kickstarter only have enough funding for an animatic? There's been no announcement of a show being in the works.

[@Br0ku]

@@TheRedHaze3 IIRC there is going to be a show at some point, but the animatic being shopped to studios will determine both when the show releases and the budget.

[@grantpflum6844]

Most of this look great but there are a lot of little details that are way off. For example, Yarrin's gold signs should be mechanical. They are supposed to be made of a liquid metal that takes the shape of blades and shines like polished steel. The "evil god" that crashes the festival is actually supposed to look quite haught with massive pinioned wings, not like a cartoon villain with demonic wings. Elder Whisper, the fox, is supposed to look like a normal fox but with pristine white fur not a massive horned dragon fox. I am really excited at the idea of Cradle being animated as it is one of my all time favorite series but there are a lot of signs in just this little bit of footage that has me worried about how closely they will be following the source material.

[@Br0ku]

@@grantpflum6844 Will Wight is heavily involved and has implied he is tweaking things to *fix* them. Nothing is ever 1:1 in adaptation ever.

[@grantpflum6844]

@@Br0ku That's a good sign

[@SDfighter1]

Let's go Cradle advertising lmao. I loved Cradle and have re read the entire series 4 times. Sadly a fund of 1,000,000 though it seems large is probably not even large enough to animate the whole first book. Either way go read that shit

[@Solance90]

Is there any website were I can buy the books physically? This video made me curious to read it, but I want to read the physical books. I only found digital books.

[@youlookweirddude747]

thought the glazing was kinda crazy but the comments seem to approve so it must be him fr. I'll try looking for it but is it a graphic novel though

[@toshinronin]

?

[@chamo7756]

Brother really said Cradle over One piece

[@toshinronin]

yeah he’s right

[@tariqulislamakash5749]

@@toshinronin Yeah he was full of shit. I have read all of cradle in one month and it's good but there are many shonens that are significantly better. At one point Cradle became just about powerups and nothing else. The characters don't even finish getting the current powerup while rushing to the next power up. Some of those instances are even worse than how it is in the dragonball universe. One Piece is a 100 times better.