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Hi, can you recommend me any good, slow-paced, romantic BLs? I don’t really like fast-track romance that people jump to each other when they first meet. Thank you!
(I’m looking for hidden gems :) )

Do you know some smut manga/manhwa that the girl is flat chested somehow? I'm just hoping that there is kind of manga like that cause i the girl has always a big chest and im tired of seeing big chest ( ╯-_-)╯┴—┴

Recommend a story like a
Solo leveling I like cool ones pls

Stats Breakdown of Default Male Lead w/ Dark Hair (ver. Dojin) - massive post.
Dojin doesn’t just resemble Jonghyuk, but also at least 11 novel MLs. Out of 11 novels, stats say:
90.9% have black hair
81.8% broad shoulders
72.7% side-parted bangs
72.7% wavy hair.
72.7% are OP munchkins.
54.5% have a wardrobe in shades of black (the remaining wear black with red or white accents).
45.5% unhealthy attachment tendencies (e.g. destructive obsession/coping mechanisms)
45.5% are either regressors/resurrectors.

*Not complaining. I love them all, just thought it was interesting.
*I have no authority to speak on the default blonde ML yet

(Yes, this is NOT SCIENTIFIC, I know. 11 is too small a sample size. In my defense, haha coincidence goes brrr & I consult novel covers only)

Subspecies of the tall, dark, handsome & mentally unstable brunet Male Lead:

Type A - OP hardworking (but not necessarily cold) narrator with dark hair, broad shoulders, tendency to wear all black, with a regression/resurrection ability
Ex:
(1) “I Came Back & Conquered It All”
(2) “Resurrection of the Catastrophic Hero” (ONLY in novel! Promo manhwa changes character design!)
(3) “F-Class Key Hunter (F급 사주 헌터)” —NO TL
https (://) page (.) kakao (.) com/home(/) f급-사주-헌터 /55716061

Type B - OP Male Lead who slowly develops or mends a fractured brotherhood w/ MC through struggle
Ex:
(4) “2nd Male Lead Powers Up” has Prince Cedric
(5) Jonghyuk, the original from ORV, covers 100% of the ML requirements
(6) Kim Dojin (though it’ll take 9-10 volumes to reach the friendship stage) covers all requirements EXCEPT regression/resurrection (no death-cheating skills, but Dojin did return from another world, à la Narnia or classical JP hero-summoning isekai)
(7) “S-Classes That I Raised” has Yoohyun

Type C - Shoujo romance novel’s Main Love Interest. Often an aristocrat. Always a broad-shouldered & black-haired ML, who ends up either very sweet or very obsessive.
Ex:
(8)”Doctor Resignation”
(9) “Please Be a Traitor” = a more Kuudere ML, but he could pass for Jonghyuk’s brother.
(10)”Lost the Leash of the Yandere Male Lead” = author literally describes ML as a “brainwashed twisted yandere, the Duke’s heir & a genius wizard”
(11) “Regretting Once is Enough” (후회는 한 번이면 족하다) at https (://) ridibooks (.) com (/) books/2901002405
You can’t see him on the cover for the 1st 3 volumes, but vol. 4 on Ridibooks has the ML

CONCLUSION
My literary brain tells me this is likely b/c the prevalence of dark-haired OP protagonists created a stereotype that “this is what a male lead looks like,” which these authors built a scaffold around, either to use it directly (as in Shoujo romance) or to comment on the nature of a “protagonist” (as in ORV).

On the other hand, lizard brain wants to crack jokes about Jonghyuk’s regressions bulldozing their way into other plots.

What is your theory?
I have no account & cannot reply, but I am very interested in hearing other opinions.

WHERE TO READ:
1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 14 are worth reading. Have not read the rest, so I honestly cannot recommend.
However, if you want to read, know that:
Broken-up links to Ridibooks or Kakao below? Ok, there’s no translation & IDK where to get free raws.
English title only? Ok, it has a translation (no guarantee of completion). Just go on Novel Updates & look up the title, but be careful, as there are many similar titles.
Am an anon w/ no account. Can’t reply to anon topics, even my own. If 1 of the links is wrong, I beseech someone else to correct it below, since I sure can’t.

BONUS (BL)
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Here are the ones who I did NOT include in the stats, out of fear they would skew the distribution.

EXCLUDED FROM STATS:

Type D - BL love interest
(I CANNOT confirm their personalities, nor the storylines. NONE of these are translated, the raws are paid, & I can’t understand Korean.)

Ex:
(12) “Protect the Legendary Blacksmith” (전설의 대장장이를 지켜 줘!) at https (://) ridibooks (.) com (/) books/2093030314
(13) “How to Raise Victims” (희생자의 사육법) https (://) ridibooks (.) com (/) books/2200032024
(14) “Is the Role of the Villain Over?” (악역의 역할은 끝났는데요?) at https (://) ridibooks (.) com (/) books/2749014911
(15) “Snake” (뱀생) at https (://) ridibooks (.) com (/) books/2259003674

Congratulations for scrolling this far! I cannot reply to you but I wish you all a good day!
This concludes your regular “Trapped in a Webnovel”-related long post.

Whats wrong with society now is treating fiction as of theyre real and real people as theyre fictions. We have brains to separate them, use it.

Stop internalizing that people are what they read. Its stupid and absolutely moronic.

This is yaoi and with a shotacon tag. Warnings out in the cover. You dont go commenting on manga page for rape, murder, abuse tags. Stop harrassing other readers.

Where do y'all watch anime? other than 4anime and 9anime. Less ads too. Give me some sites.

I’m bored asf.. Someone please recommend me Yaoi manga or a op male mc manga with little romance to NONE.. Preferably one without romance.. Please don’t put down the basic ones like
Solo leveling
Love is an illusion
& etc. please put some that you’d think I wouldn’t know
(づ￣ ³￣)づ thanks again

Has anyone translated this yet?
https://www.mangago.me/home/album/222219/

7 Novel Recommendations (VERY long post)
If you like Trapped in a Webnovel, you might also like the following (click to expand).
WARNING : spoilers ahead, though I tried making them vague
Warning 2: these are all NOVELS. Unless otherwise stated, they have no comic adaptations. Only no. 4 & 5 have manhwa versions so far.

Still here? Ok, let’s proceed.
*Bromance ratings provided in units of Jonghyuk, where 0=no bait, 1=are you sure this is not BL

1-“The Editor is the Novel’s Extra”
(Do NOT confuse this with “The Novel’s Extra,” these are different novels! TNE is a harem, EITNE is not)
An editor is transported into the world of a 8-times rewritten manuscript & possesses Kleio, the timid son of a nobleman. He doesn’t want to get involved, but his talent in magic puts him in the role of the kingmaker (Merlin-type character backing the original MC, the 3rd prince who is literally named Arthur).
Cons: Really slow at the beginning. If you like the protagonist to jump into action right away, don’t read this.
Pros: Wait for political schemes, & a villain who is genuinely a threat. Arthur’s older brother Melchior is politically smart & uses charisma to manipulate people - though he’s not blindly evil.
Also, the psychological aspect is really good. Kleio might be an editor, so he’s fine with saying “this world is fictional,” but a few other characters (not transmigrators, as in 2-3 characters born in the manuscript so far) become aware of the drafts being rewritten. Author (unlike most other writers of this mini-genre) actually explores mental instability/irrational grudges being fueled by having conflicting sets of memories each time the author rewrites the draft.
Bromance Level: 0.3 Jonghyuk

2-S-Classes That I Raised
In which our MC, Yoojin (F-class) resents his S-class hunter little brother, but after his younger brother dies saving him, he regrets everything & wishes to go back in time. When time resets, he find that he now has the skill “Perfect Caregiver,” with which he can “raise” people with talent. First half is a wacky comedy in which he manages a bunch of yandere-ish S-class hunters who all like him, but don’t necessarily like each other. Second half takes a sharp turn for the serious, going into the nitty-gritty of timelines & paradoxes (still a comedy though).
Cons: confusing if you skim instead of read. Also, anti-JP sentiment typical of KR novels, but you can skip these bits.
Pros: dynamics between characters. It might look all fluffy, “MC beloved by everyone,” but it isn’t entirely. A few of the S-classes have twisted ideas of family, putting MC in physical danger, which prevents him from being too OP. Also, our MC Yoojin’s dynamic with his little brother goes between “haha both of them are yanderes” & “damn-onion cutting ninjas really going at it with the inferiority complex VS unresolved guilt.” And it works better than it sounds.
Bromance: 0.7 Jonghyuk

3-Legend of the Sun Knight
Not a dungeon or transmigrator story, but a pure fantasy/action. It’s a comedy in which our main cast, who all are high-ranking knights working for the church, have to act out pre-set roles that contradict their personalities. The titular Sun Knight, our vicious MC, has to pretend to be an all-loving hero while dealing with scandals in the palace, taxation issues, revolts, demons, etc.
Cons: lots of info dumping
Pros: a bromance level of 0.5 Jonghyuk

4-Omniscient Reader (novel & comic both)
Do I really have to introduce this one? This is the king of epic Korean bromance. Please do read the novel too, as there are some metal quotes & beautiful turns of phrase that got cut out of the comic adaptation. Search up “ORV Boxnovel” to access all 551 novel chapters.
Bromance: 1.0 Jonghyuk
because this is literally where Jonghyuk (aka. The 1st to say “2 men can be Companions of Life and Death, and live 1000 lifetimes to meet again, but no homo”) comes from

5-Trash of the Count’s Family (novel & comic both)
Smart protagonist who claims he is lazy, but is revealed to be a super unreliable narrator, with a huge-scale plot involving naval battles (Operation Ghost arc is fantastic), politics, etc. So much foreshadowing. Heck, even what people complain about (how come MC isn’t trying to go back? Why’s he so calm & seems used to this?) are later explained (hohoho, TCF chapter 273) & become plot points (around the 500-600 ch. marks). Go on Eat Apple Pies to read.
Bromance: 0.6 Jonghyuk. It was 0.4 in the beginning, but Postype has a ton of ChoiCale fanfic

Now, for the recommendations that I hesitate to give you…

6-Regressor Instruction Manual
A bunch of people from Earth wake up in a monster-infested dungeon. Our MC, Kiyoung, is actually a man w/ no sword/magic talent. However, he can see the titles of others (like a game stat board). He realizes that one of the other people—Kim Hyunsung—is a regressor & latches onto the regressor (plus a bunch of other people w/ potential) in order to survive. Kiyoung quickly realizes that while these people are better at fighting, he’s the one who best understands politics & how to deal with rival guilds.
Cons: the harem. Some of the female characters are well-written, some are… not. Also, the MC really is scummy.
Pros: MC is not just a bastard, he is a Magnificent Bastard. Fun to watch his schemes succeed, fun to watch him also trip himself up when his plans don’t go right.
Also, BROMANCE. There’s the princess carry scene, the part where only the MC can snap the regressor out of a breakdown, the part where the ML falls in love with the MC’s genderbent form (long story), ML imprisoning MC in a windowless room to “protect him from the world,” etc. If you thought I was exaggerating, too bad; all of these things happened. Come get y’all gaybaiting juice.
Bromance: 0.8 Jonghyuk

7-I Don’t Want This Reincarnation
An ACTUAL BL novel in a dungeon setting. MC is a man who wakes up in the body of a really unfortunate fictional character who works as the henchman of the main villain. Somehow, he gains the attention of both the villain & hero.
Cons: Novel just started being translated.
Pros: Go to Novel Updates & look this up. No, really, do it. The MC Yigyeol looks identical to Choi Yuseong, but with slightly darker hair (think sand blonde instead of champagne blonde). Both of the MLs look like Dojin. The villain looks like Dojin (behavior: sadistic edition) with long bangs. Hero looks like Dojin (behavior: cold edition, with hidden yandere) with his hair parted on the other side. If you want to see a MC who looks just like Yuseong collect a harem of Dojin expies, read this. Also, the plot is fun & there’s a lot of action (not the R-rated kind, this isn’t explicit in that way. I mean battle scenes)
Bromance: This is straight-up BL. Do not measure with Jonghyuks.

Now, as for where to read:
Type “novel name” + “Novel Updates” into Google search bar. Exceptions are Trash Count (b/c the Korean fandom found out about translations) & Omniscient Reader (NU page only has chapters till 39), so for either of these, you’ll have to find an aggregator site.

6 MORE Novel Recommendations for "Trapped in a Webnovel" Fans (ALSO VERY LONG)

Hey, it's me (Simps Dojin) again, back with more novels. Please click to expand!
Again, there will be spoilers, though I've kept everything as vague as I can. Again, NOVEL ONLY... unless otherwise stated.
You can read all of them by searching up “title + Novel Updates” unless otherwise noted. Find my previous recommendations under the comment "7 Novel Recommendations."

Novels w/ a Male MC, No Harem, No Romance:

1-"Second Male Lead Powers Up," aka. "Third Wheel Strikes Back"

A man realizes that he has transmigrated into the body of a character from a novel that his sister was a fan of. He is now the 2nd male lead, a prince who is a "visitor" in name, but is actually being kept as a political hostage to another kingdom, & is fated to die in the 1st male lead's place (he took his place in the war for the female lead's sake). But unlike the character, our MC has no intention of sacrificing himself or going to war. He's going to do his best to live. However, he actually never read the book–only heard it offhand from his sister.

Cons: Slow, fluffy. If you want a vicious MC who face-slaps & curb-stomps, this isn't for you.
Pros: Which is exactly why you should read it. Our MC doesn't talk shite because that's how you get killed when you're in the middle of a semi-hostile kingdom. Instead, he ties himself to a powerful institute (the church), being blessed with an OP priest/cleric skill. Not a genius, but he's got an open mind that allows him to genuinely befriend the original female lead–& even the other male lead (who he has quite a lot of bromance with). There is political intrigue & assassinations, but this story basically goes, "you know, kindness can't solve everything, but sometimes being willing to listen & give other people a chance IS good. Maybe Heart is an awesome power after all."
Fiction-world isekai protagonist who is mentally stable & has 0 interest in romance.
Also, the MC (Jesse) looks like Yuseong, but more blonde. Cedric resembles Kim Dojin, but with red eyes & no vendetta.
Bromance: 0.6 Jonghyuk between Jesse & the other prince Cedric

2-"Count's Youngest Son is a Warlock"
Premise is that a badly behaved young master regains memories of a past life & wants to change developments; namely, he wants to gain strength as a warlock while hiding the fact that he's a warlock, so he can live but avoid persecution.
Cons: some may complain about originality. The MC Lucion is rather like the original Cale & Choi Yuseong, pre-transmigration. A rich young master with a bad temper and mental health issues, who picked fights but "never once laid a hand on his servants."
Pros: This IS NOT plagiarism, y'all, despite what the haters on the forums say. Similar concept, different execution. It's not entirely fresh, but we're here for similar novels, yeah? The plot is different enough that it's not just copying. There are some major differences:
Lucion struggles with self-destructive behavior & voices in his head more. Unlike most other MCs of this genre (Choi Yuseong, Cale, Kleio), he's NOT A TRANSMIGRATOR. He was born in this body & lived in it without knowing anything for years, then bam! He remembers his past life, so now he knows he must change... but. Lucion still is the same person, & his behavior speaks of that.
There's also an overlying layer of darkness. Lucion occasionally says things like “I have no choice” & “even if the world considers darkness a plague, I must learn it” & "I'll never let him go again" (spoken to Lucion's teacher, who died to save him in the established plotline). He justifies any unhealthy/irrational behavior by mentioning "the plot," but they are also halfway born of fear/guilt/clinginess.
If "Second Male Lead Powers Up" is a light & fluffy work, "Warlock" is more melancholy. This is set in a world where magic isn’t entirely positive; those who are favored by darkness have to become warlocks if they want to stay alive/sane, but the moment they are revealed to be warlocks, they are persecuted.
Not a downer novel, though. Lucion makes conscious efforts to behave differently, treat the servants better, respect his teacher, try to repair whatever is left of his relationship with his father, etc.
Bromance Level: 0.3 Jonghyuk, though the direction is vague (no clear ship, just an atmosphere)

2- “How to Live as the Enemy Prince”
It’s about a soldier who dies, but instead of going to heaven/hell, is transported into the body of the young prince of the enemy nation. Cue sibling rivalries, battles for the throne, politics, scheming, deliciously horrific family relationships, & misunderstandings.

Cons: The author is dead, so don’t expect an end to this; it’s on indefinite hiatus. However, what exists is worth reading.
Pros: Dynamics between the MC & his siblings, especially one of his older brothers. Also, it’s not grimdark; though there is neglect & bad parenting, MC has mentors & friends who care deeply about him. MC himself also calls out BS, and if he has to take it, he damn well is getting justice later.
Bromance: 0.4 Jonghyuk

3- “Lord of the Mysteries”
MC transmigrates into the body of a dead man, but not into a novel/game/established world. B/c there’s so little info, & no source book or show that he can reference, he doesn’t have cheats such as knowing the future… but he does have access to a mysterious space above the fog, a talent for bluffing, & a strange Lovecraftian power. He’ll need it, as the setting of the world is basically a Cthulhu mythos + Industrial Revolution/late Victorian-era Europe + dark, vicious systems of magic that have severe backlashes + hostile eldritch gods.

Cons: Rushed ending. Author suddenly finished at a point that basically no one was happy with.
Pros: No romance, no harem (as are the previous 2 series). Also, an unusual tarot-based magic system that doesn’t have any godforsaken numbers/XP/game system boards, but instead a series of “pathways,” each with limited abilities tied to their tarot themes
Bromance: 0.2 Jonghyuk (barren of bromance, but the Chinese fandom sure writes a lot of fanfiction)

I hesitate to recommend… Male Transmigrator MC, but has romance:

4 - “My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending” (both novel AND manga)
MC transmigrates into Harold, a villain in a game. He tries his hardest to maintain the Stokes territory, support the main characters, & avoid death.

Cons: The romance made me drop it. Felt very forced.
Pros: Harold is not a bad person, but the world literally edits his words to sound villainous/mean, so even when he’s doing nice things, he comes off as a male tsundere. It’s superb.
Bromance: 0.1 Jonghyuk (this field is barren, I see nothing)

And now for some ACTUAL BL…

5 - “Circumstances of a Fallen Lord”
Enemies-to-lovers BL. Our MC, Luisen, flees a besieged castle & lives years on the streets; he is helped out by a pilgrim, but eventually wastes away. Instead of dying though, he returns back to the day of the siege & resolves to surrender himself this time… and runs into the enemy, the noble-hating mad mercenary/knight Carlton. Through a series of bluffs, manipulations, & character developments, they gradually grow closer.

Cons: Carlton is a bit… well. Some people may not like him.
Pros: Sort of like in “Son is a Warlock,” MC doesn’t magically become a wonderful person. However, Luisen has certainly become smarter. He relies a lot on verbal attacks, armor-piercing deductions, & literally talks the (absolutely bonkers & violent) ML into not murdering him. Great to see a weak character obliterating a much stronger opponent with mere words. Also, this has the “are we allies? I want to use you but you pose a danger to me” sort of dance on both sides, which “Trapped in a Webnovel” fans like.
Bromance: This is literally BL


6 - “Is the Villain Role Over?” aka. 악역의 역할은 끝났는데요?
Due to complicated circumstances, MC regresses & redoes his death 99 times, each time having to fake being a villain & getting killed by his best friend, who he is trying to save. But after the 100th time, his best friend remembers the previous loops & realizes, with horror, that he’s repeatedly killed the one person willing to sacrifice himself. ML then becomes high-key yandere & resolves to murder the world if he must, in order to save our MC. MC is now the only person able to hold his leash.

Cons: NO TRANSLATION AS OF 7/8/2021. You can find paid raws on Ridibooks, though.
Pros: Regression? Villains? Fantasy? Yandere male lead courting a skittish protagonist? Yeah, this has all the stuff that “Trapped in a Webnovel” shippers like.
Bromance: It is folly to measure actual BL with Jonghyuks