Full-Time Dad

Men Dun'erQidian

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Featured Fiction Social Fiction Paycheck to PaycheckLittle GirlDaily ReflectionsLight ReadingHeartwarming NarrativeWeb NovelSatirical StyleACGN Culture

Summary

Ye Yu, an ordinary young man living paycheck to paycheck in the city of Yucheng, is jolted awake one night by a little girl named Ye Ran who claims to come from the future. She presents a time-space watch developed by Ye Yu himself in that future as proof of her identity, and urges him to go pursue her mother, Su Xuan. Half skeptical, Ye Yu tests her with private questions and gradually comes to accept the reality. What he doesn't expect is that he has more than one daughter—and that their mothers are all different women. Soon, these future daughters, each far more formidable than their old man, team up to play matchmaker between Ye Yu and their respective mothers, leaving him to drift along like a slacker while being pushed forward by his girls. The story centers on everyday interactions, interspersed with urban drama and offbeat doomsday elements.

Editor's review

This is a typical ACG-style urban slice-of-life comedy. Its core appeal is the setup of future daughters reverse-pressure their dad into marriage, the daughters being far more capable than their old man, and the light humor of a slacker dad's snarky commentary and his daughter-con interactions. In an opening single chapter the author notes that slice-of-life makes up about half the book, so it suits readers who like father-daughter daily life, light comedy, and don't need a dominant protagonist. The weaknesses are that the plot advances through the daughters' antics and coincidences, the protagonist lacks initiative early on, the late-stage doomsday thread is resolved messily, and the ending has been put in the "dark room" (discontinued), which may affect the reading experience.

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Reading tips

  1. Read the related single chapter first to understand the proportions of slice-of-life, urban, and doomsday content before deciding to commit
  2. Focus on the daughters' interactions and daily humor; don't expect the protagonist to accomplish much early on
  3. The book has been discontinued and put in the dark room; read the early slice-of-life portion first, then consider the author's similar new book Full-Time Old Dad

About the publisher

Qidian

Qidian is a platform whose catalogue brings together online literature, with about 45,000 titles in the library spanning categories such as male-oriented fiction, Eastern fantasy, xianxia and wuxia, science fiction, selected fiction and quality web novels. Representative titles include Reincarnation Paradise, War Soldier Leon, The Fairy Is Fierce (also known as Tai Mang), The Expert Is Right Beside Me, Dragon Herder, You Should Cross the Mountains Like a Hero, The Adventures of a Clever Girl and Summoning Heroes of All Ages in Another World, with themes extending from fantasy and xianxia to science fiction and adventure. Representative authors available in the library include Na Yi Zhi Wen Zi, Chi Gua Zi Qun Zhong, Guan Guan Gong Zi, Chenxing LL, Luan, Chen Mo De Ai, Piao Yi Dao Zhang and Dong Tian Bu Leng. Their works mostly appear as serialized web fiction aimed at readers who prefer long genre fiction. Public information on its founding background and scale is limited, so no inferences are made here; the description is based solely on the library's titles and categories.

FAQ

Is this book completed? No. It is marked after the main text as having entered the dark room, and the author has started a new book, Full-Time Old Dad.
How many daughters does the protagonist have? More than one; three future daughters with different mothers appear later.
Is this a harem novel? It leans toward a multiple-heroine setup, with the daughters each matchmaking their dad with their own mother.

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About the author

Men Dun'er Author

Men Dun'er is a Chinese web-fiction author. Public information about this author is limited, including nationality and dates of birth and death; three works can currently be confirmed. The representative works are Crossover Chat Group, Tom Cat Mixed in the Multiverse, and Full-Time Dad. Judging from the titles and common categories, these works often involve familiar web-fiction premises such as supernatural powers, transmigration across worlds, and chat-group settings. They are usually classified as boys' fiction, quality web fiction, and premium fiction, with some also showing a tendency toward social themes. Because public information is limited, the author's personal history, years of writing, and a systematic assessment of writing style cannot be confirmed at present. Readers may form a preliminary understanding of the author's creative profile through the themes of the works listed above.