No, The Apprentice with the Clam, Punch the Card Quietly is an original cartoon, so there is no novel in The Apprentice with the Clam, Punch the Card Quietly. Novel is a literary genre that focuses on portraying characters and reflects social life through complete stories and environmental descriptions. The word "novel" comes from Zhuangzi Foreign Things. Character, plot and environment are the three elements of a novel. The plot includes four parts: beginning, development, climax and ending, and some also include prologue and ending. Environment includes natural environment and social environment.