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“Yangcheng” (养成) as a book category centers on the long-term process of nurturing, raising, or cultivating someone or something, tracking growth over time. Stories typically follow a caretaker, mentor, guardian, manager, or trainer as they guide a child, ward, apprentice, idol/artist, pet or spirit beast, or even a relationship or skill from fragile beginnings to maturity. The appeal lies in incremental milestones, bonding and dependence-to-agency arcs, and the transformation produced by patience, resources, and guidance. Tones range from warm slice‑of‑life and found-family to ambitious management/producer narratives, fantasy taming and training, or romance that develops alongside stewardship; some works also examine power dynamics and ethical gray areas inherent in caretaker–protégé relationships. The category overlaps with coming‑of‑age, mentorship and training arcs, pet/creature raising, idol or team management, and “raising-sim” aesthetics, with settings spanning contemporary, historical, and fantasy worlds.

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