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HARRISON UNIVERSITY: The School of Monsters

Harrison University is an institution where 17-year-old Myrttle Joong, is obligated to finish her studies, despite her strong aversion. At first, he thought the place was like the typical university he was trying to escape. Until he discovered something he didn’t expect ... ‘Monsters’ are what Harrison University has. The school accepts students who may pose a risk to ordinary ones. Hoodlums, Gangsters, Mafia, Assassins, and even people with criminal records are allowed to enter the campus without everyone's knowledge. Only the new Harrison University Rulers know the school’s dark secret. A peacemaker that she shortly belong. But how will they be able to protect everyone, if that very secret looms on its own hiding place? Will they still be able to defend it, or they will be the ones who consumed it?

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The CEO's Ex-Wife Is A Famous Doctor

Shantelle Scott has been in love with Evan Thompson since she was young. When Evan's father arranged for her to be his wife, she willingly agreed, despite knowing it was against Evan's will. She devoted her life to him in their two-year marriage, forgetting her aspirations. She hoped her husband would love her back. Sadly, one day, Evan coldly said, "I want a divorce! I want you out of my life, Shantelle!" Years passed, Shantelle became a famous surgeon. When her ex-husband came to see her, he asked, "Doctor Shant, I need your expertise." "What is wrong with you, Mister Thompson?" She asked. Yearning reflected in the man's eyes as he suggested, "My heart is broken, and only you can mend it." Shantelle laughed and replied, "Mister Thompson, I am a doctor. I'm not God." *** There are two versions of the book. Old readers can access the old version in your library. Please scroll down. If you don't find it, kindly contact goodnovel (contact@goodnovel.com).

382 Chapters

Bound by her bump

Annie Davis was beyond furious when she was told she had been inseminated with the wrong sperm which belonged to a Billionaire who insists he wants to be in her life and the baby's life if she falls pregnant.........

9.8

43 Chapters

Rebirth of the Scheming Wife

Betrayal. A young woman, Gu Xi, was deceived and murdered by those she deeply trusted. However, instead of dying, her soul was sent back 5 years into the past, giving her the chance to relive her life. Only this time, with enough knowledge about the future to change her destiny. Now she seeks revenge against those who have wronged her, and to live the life she believes she deserves.

8.8

443 Chapters

The Alpha’s Contract

Accidentally killing her parents is what turned Neah’s life upside down. As punishment for her crimes, her wolf abilities are bound, and she is forced into a life of slavery by her brother. At the age of twenty-two, she saw no way of getting out and had given up on life, just trying to make it through each day. A contract between packs brings the arrival of the powerful, crimson-eyed Alpha Dane. A wolf that men feared, yet Neah couldn’t help but be fascinated by him. Adding Neah to the contract was never Alpha Dane's plan. Something about her strange scent lured him in, and he knew he couldn’t leave her behind, especially not when he heard the lies coming from her brother's mouth. But meeting Neah was just the beginning. If she isn’t challenging Alpha Dane, then it was her old pack that was trying to make life extremely difficult for him by keeping secrets buried. Please note, this book ends on a cliffhang

9.5

618 Chapters

Payment To the Alpha

What happens when a young girl, unbeknown to the world of creatures, meets the all mighty alpha? Avery Simmons is an 18 year old girl. She believes she has life all figured out. Love, school, work and family. James Knig is 23, powerful and ready to claim what is his. What will happen when Averys identity comes to life? what will happen when she finds out who she really is and that she has been sold to the most powerful alpha in the United States, before she was even born?Blurb:”Im not marrying you” I said as I slowly opened my eyes. My voice was trebling. ”Yes you are.” Was his only response before removing his hands and freeing me from the little cage I was put in. I let out a heavy sigh and then looked back up at him. Tears still streaming down my face. ” Whether it be by choice or by force Avery, you will marry me.” Follow James and Avery on their journey through hate, love, deceit, possevines, and power.Cover designed by MiblArt™

9.2

154 Chapters

What Inspired The Hoodlums In The Cult Crime Novel?

4 Answers2025-08-30 05:39:04

I still find it fascinating how authors stitch together small, believable details to explain why a ragged group of hoodlums would join a cult-crime outfit. For me, it usually starts with a sense of invisible debt: economic precarity, broken families, and a town where every good job went to someone else. Those are the easiest scaffolds to build on, because they give the characters something easy to identify with—hunger, boredom, rivalry. Then the writer layers in cultural echoes, like the aesthetics of a band or a viral forum meme, that make the group feel modern and immediate.

On top of that, there’s always a charismatic focal point: someone who promises meaning, protection, or a shortcut to respect. I think of how 'Fight Club' and 'The Lottery' show ritual and belonging turning poisonous, or how real-life figures like Manson have fed fiction. The hoodlums aren’t just criminals for cash; they’re seekers, scared kids, thrill-seekers, and cynical pragmatists all at once. When an author mixes personal trauma, peer pressure, and an ideology dressed up as purpose, the whole thing clicks for me—it becomes disturbingly plausible and painfully human.

Which Actor Played The Ruthless Leader Of The Hoodlums Best?

4 Answers2025-08-30 03:00:46

I’ll be blunt: for sheer, gleeful menace I keep coming back to Malcolm McDowell as Alex in 'A Clockwork Orange'. He’s charismatic and vicious in the same breath, so you believe that a gang could follow him simply because he convinces you they already do. McDowell sells the poetry of the violence — he’s not just loud, he’s hypnotic, and that makes the leader feel genuinely dangerous rather than cartoonishly evil.

On the flip side, small-but-devastating performances stick with me too. David Patrick Kelly’s Luther in 'The Warriors' is only on screen briefly, but his unpredictable cruelty and that one iconic scene turn him into the kind of villain you can’t forget. Roger Hill’s Cyrus feels different — a leader who inspires rather than terrifies, and that contrast is why discussions about who’s the best keep getting interesting.

If you meant a modern TV kingpin, Cillian Murphy in 'Peaky Blinders' brings a cold, calculating authority that’s closer to organized menace than street-level brutality. I’m curious which hoodlums you had in mind, because each actor offers a very different flavor of ruthlessness, and I love arguing the nuances over coffee or a late-night rewatch.

Are The Hoodlums Based On Real Street Gangs?

4 Answers2025-08-30 06:19:58

Whenever I watch a show or read a comic with a bunch of unnamed 'hoodlums' smashing windows or shouting in alleys, I get curious about whether those groups are based on real street gangs. For me, the short truth is: usually they're inspired by real things, but heavily fictionalized. Creators pull from news stories, old films like 'The Warriors' and stage classics like 'West Side Story', but then remix elements—clothing, slang, graffiti—until the group feels authentic without being a direct copy.

That remixing matters. I’ve seen writers admit they combine traits from several real gangs to avoid glorifying or targeting a specific community. Other times the look comes from subculture research—hardcore music scenes, skateboard crews, even local youth cliques—so those hoodlums end up as a cultural collage more than a straight historical record. If you want a deeper dive, check nonfiction like 'The Gangs of New York' or 'Gang Leader for a Day' to see how messy and human real gangs actually are; it’ll change how you see the fictional versions.

How Did Costumes For The Hoodlums Evolve In Adaptations?

4 Answers2025-08-30 14:18:43

When I look back at how hoodlum costumes have shifted across adaptations, it feels like watching fashion and storytelling collide. Early film and stage henchmen were often indistinguishable — soupçon of theatricality, lots of suits, fedoras, or simple work-rough clothes that made them background threats. In comics and pulpy adaptations they stayed anonymous on purpose: same-colored suits, matching hats, or identical masks so the hero could punch one and the rest still felt like a collective problem. I still have a photo of a convention panel where everyone cosplayed that look and it gave the same visual shorthand that older movies used.

Then things get interesting: filmmakers and game designers began giving the mob visual identity. Think of the stylized, graffiti-heavy outfits in 'The Warriors' or the grimy, tactical silhouettes in modern takes like 'The Dark Knight' — costumes became a language. Color palettes, logos, and signature props started saying who the group was, whether they were anarchists, gangsters, or corporate enforcers. Practicality also matters now: stunt-friendly fabrics, layered pieces for camera-friendly movement, and masks designed for performance capture. So the evolution is part costume history and part storytelling — clothes tell you as much as dialogue now, which I love to point out when I watch a remake with friends.

What Is The Origin Of The Hoodlums In The Anime Series?

4 Answers2025-08-30 02:29:48

On the surface, the hoodlums in many anime feel like standard urban-grit fodder—gangs, punk kids, disposable thugs—but I’ve noticed three common origin threads writers love to reuse. Sometimes they’re products of economic collapse and social neglect: kids pushed into crime because the city chews them up, which you see echoed in works like 'Akira' where the underclass fills the streets. Other times they’re the fallout of experiments and corruption, guys engineered or radicalized by corporations or governments, like the background of some factions in 'Psycho-Pass'. And then there’s the supernatural route: curses, contagions, or possessed objects that turn ordinary people into violent mobs, which is a favorite in darker fantasy shows.

Personally, I like when creators mix those ideas. A gang born from poverty but amplified by a corrupt corporation or haunted relic becomes more than villains: they’re a mirror of the world’s rot. When I’m rewatching scenes where the hoodlums swarm alleys, I catch little details—tattered school bags, graffiti referencing lost factories—that hint at their backstory. It makes the city feel lived-in and tragic, not just a backdrop for fights.

Why Did The Hoodlums Become Sympathetic In The Manga?

4 Answers2025-08-30 17:50:39

Catching that chapter on a rainy afternoon totally flipped my view of the gang scenes. At first they’re drawn like one-note threats — leather jackets, sneers, and wild hair — but the author slowly peels layers away through tiny, quiet panels. We get flashes of homes that smell like cheap cooking oil, a parent passed out on the couch, a kid skipping school to work, and a single scene where a hoodlum tucks a stray cat into a box. Those little human details matter more than a big speech; they make you feel why someone clenches their fists at life.

Beyond the backstory, the art and pacing do the heavy lifting. Close-ups on trembling hands, long silences after a joke, and POV shifts that let you live inside one thug’s insomnia — all of that breeds empathy. The narrative doesn’t absolve their bad choices, but it frames them as consequences of systems and missed chances rather than pure villainy. It reminds me of how 'Tokyo Revengers' humanizes its delinquents: messy, tragic, sometimes redeemable.

What Soundtrack Tracks Highlight Scenes With The Hoodlums?

4 Answers2025-08-30 22:58:06

Now that I’m thinking about it, certain tracks just scream ‘hoodlum scene’ to me — the kind where streetlights make everything cinematic and someone’s tying their shoes before trouble starts.

The joyously ironic one I always throw first into any playlist is 'Stuck in the Middle with You' from 'Reservoir Dogs' — Tarantino nails that juxtaposition of sunny pop and vicious brutality, so any sequence with petty criminals or thugs becomes memorably weird. Pair that with 'Little Green Bag' (also from 'Reservoir Dogs') and you get that cool, low-key strut that thugs use when they think they run the block. For more classical menace, I love 'The Godfather Waltz' from 'The Godfather' — it wraps organized crime in a tragic, almost beautiful theme, perfect for scenes where men in suits behave like hoodlums.

If you want modern, chaotic energy, 'Why So Serious?' from 'The Dark Knight' gives the Joker’s crew that buzzing instability; it’s basically sonic anarchy and works great for unpredictable thug sequences. And for gritty, urban dread, Bernard Herrmann’s 'Main Title' from 'Taxi Driver' has that lonely trumpet/jazz vibe that makes street violence feel inevitable. Mix these and you’ve got a mini soundtrack that highlights different flavors of hoodlum scenes — ironic, stylish, tragic, chaotic, and gritty.

What Merchandise Features The Hoodlums From The Series?

4 Answers2025-08-30 23:34:44

I get oddly excited whenever I spot the rowdy side characters from a series showing up on merch — they bring so much personality to boring shelves.

If you mean hoodlums/henchmen-type characters, you'll find them on so many things: Pop figures (think vinyl Funko-style), articulated figures and Nendoroids, plushies, enamel pins, keychains, stickers, posters, and T-shirts. Blind-box gachapon and capsule toys love sidekicks and grunts because they’re cheap to cast and collect. Limited-run art prints, sticker sheets from doujin artists, and official artbooks sometimes dedicate pages to these background troublemakers, too. I’ve even seen them on collaborations — tote bags, skate decks, and capsule-shirt drops from streetwear brands.

Where to look: official shops and licensed partner stores first, then secondary marketplaces like eBay, Mercari, Mandarake, AmiAmi, and Etsy for fan-made pieces. Conventions are goldmines for enamel pins and zines featuring the hoodlums; I always end up walking away with a cheap keychain and a heroic-squad poster. If you like a particular series, search for the character group name plus ‘pin’, ‘nendoroid’, or ‘blind box’ — that usually surfaces surprising finds.

How Did The Hoodlums Influence The Movie'S Climax?

4 Answers2025-08-30 06:25:40

There’s this scene that still buzzes in my head: the hoodlums don’t just fill the background in the climax, they shove the story forward like a gust of wind that flips a whole rooftop chase. Watching the last act, I felt how their unpredictability compressed time—random violence and petty choices forced the protagonist into split-second moral decisions. That made the climax feel less choreographed and more like a real, messy human collision.

From a cinematic point of view, their presence rewired the stakes. They turned a one-on-one showdown into a chaotic ecosystem: the hero’s plan unravels, allies get collateral damage, and the villain’s carefully laid trap backfires because the hoodlums act on impulse. The film suddenly becomes less about neat resolution and more about surviving consequences, which I find much more satisfying and emotionally honest—like when a minor character in 'The Dark Knight' changes the entire rhythm of a scene without needing any exposition.

How Do Hoodlums Affect The Protagonist'S Arc?

4 Answers2025-08-30 20:09:07

There's a particular electricity that hoodlums bring to a story, and I love how they can shove a protagonist into motion. For me, they're rarely just background troublemakers — they're that sharp prod that reveals what the main character is made of. When some scrappy gang corners the hero, their reactions expose core beliefs: do they flee, strike back, negotiate, or find a cunning middle path? That choice often defines the arc's emotional spine.

I’ve seen it play out in so many favorites: a young thief learning empathy in 'Oliver Twist', or a burned-out cop who finds purpose after a gang's cruelty in 'On the Waterfront'. Sometimes the hoodlums are catalysts for growth; sometimes they’re the nails that pound the hero down into someone else entirely. Their presence raises stakes and urgency, forcing backstory and ideals into the open.

On lazy weekends I sketch scenes like this in margins of my notebook — a scuffle by a neon alley, a whispered threat that cracks a confident smile — because small confrontations are where protagonists either harden into cynics or soften into leaders. Either way, the story becomes more electric, and I find myself rooting harder for the person on the receiving end.