Please post novels you've come across that are borderline gay despite not being tagged as such or have a straight romance tag. Stuff like ORV just seems like bl clickbait.
So, you’re looking for queer-baiting novels? Honestly, they’re so good. Even better than bl imo. Trapped in a Webnovel as a Good-For-Nothing - just read the reviews and you’ll know why The S-Classes That I Raised - mc is a cheat that everyone wants lol. His ability has a side effect that basically makes people more possessive of him. Even Korean male readers complained about the excessive “bromance”! How to Live as the Enemy Prince - aborted due to the author passing away (rip). Didn’t read that far cause there wasn’t any translation available (tho there is mtl). Heard that Webnovel picked it up tho I’m not quite sure tbh. Anyways, saw fanart and it seemed pretty gay! Trash of the Count’s Family - everyone worries and cares about mc (especially male characters) I Became a Sick Nobleman - similar to ToC, tho I feel it’s more extreme. Plus, it’s his hot butler who worries about him What Happens When the Second Male Lead Powers Up - All I got to say is that 1st male lead is sus
There's also: Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School - heard that the translation is kinda bad tho The Editor Is the Novel’s Extra - but the MC is a little dumb
I Returned and Became a God - I found this one recently but it’s mtl. Similar to orv. It’s not bl btw they just tagged it as such because of the excessive bromance lol.
Hello. Excuse me, my English is not very good. I am not a native English speaker. I know of three popular Korean bromance novels that have not been translated into English: 1. "Dusk Howler" (PG-13, shounen with BL subtext). The protagonist is a male hikikomori (magician and swordsman) who joined a villainous guild in VRMMORPG. The English translator translated only the prologue and an excerpt from the first chapter from Korean into English, and then abandoned the translation. 2. "The Dragon Master" ("The owner of the divine dragon", PG-13, josei with BL subtext). The protagonist is a male healer who is studying at a magical military academy. 3. "Swallow Knights Tales" (PG-13, shounen with BL subtext). The protagonist is an immortal knight who is the only good inhabitant in the evil kingdom. The novels "Dusk Howler" and "The owner of the divine dragon" are fanfiction based on the novel "Swallow Knights Tales", so these novels have a lot in common with the novel "Swallow Knights Tales". I am currently looking for English translators for these novels. Spoiler: Spoilers In these three novels, the male protagonist is a handsome guy who looks like a girl and he has a "harem" that consists of heterosexual guys who often try to seduce or rape the protagonist. But in the novels "Dusk Howler" and "Swallow Knights Tales", the protagonist's "harem" has about the same number of handsome heterosexual men and beautiful heterosexual women, so these books appeal to both female and male readers. And in the novel "The owner of the divine dragon", the protagonist's "harem" has three beautiful women (probably fujoshis or lesbians) and almost all the guys on the planet, because the protagonist is not an ordinary person, but a god of beauty (one of the three most important gods on the planet), and therefore almost all readers of this book are women. In the novel "The owner of the divine dragon", the male protagonist (an asexual bishounen) has a fake bridegroom (a heterosexual bishounen), something like Wolfram in "Kyou kara Ma no Tsuku Jiyuugyou!", and the protagonist almost became the wife of this groom. From the groom's point of view, they have a true love, and from the protagonist's point of view, they have a true friendship. The groom, for several volumes in a row, tried to win the protagonist's heart and marry him because he did not know that the protagonist was a man, not a woman. In the novel "Dusk Howler", a homosexual bishounen Asmodeus (NPC, demon king and final boss in the virtual game "Trikia") fell in love with the male protagonist (a heterosexual bishounen) and tried to win the protagonist's heart and marry him for several volumes in a row. Once, after a powerful explosion, Asmodeus and the protagonist accidentally met alone in a desert consisting of hot ashes, and Asmodeus once again offered the protagonist to marry him, but the protagonist again rejected his wedding proposal, and then Asmodeus became angry and tried to strangle and rape the protagonist at the same time. He almost killed and almost raped the protagonist, but at the last moment, the already almost dead protagonist was able to escape from the cruel embrace of Asmodeus and save the protagonist's life and virginity.
Don't worry, your English is pretty good and most people on novelupdates usually are either extremely grammatic or just type in casual chat language, your on the former unlike me who just...writes and thank you for the suggestions, will look into them!
The novels "Dusk Howler" and "The owner of the divine dragon" by the author Taeseon (태선) 1. The novel "Dusk Howler" ("더스크 하울러", 12 volumes, 2009) in Korean: https://page.kakao.com/home/46807673 The manhwa in Korean: https://page.kakao.com/home/46781280 The manhwa in English: https://mangakakalot.com/read-ey6lg158504870977 2. The novel "The owner of the divine dragon" ("The Dragon Master", "신룡의 주인", 11 volumes, 2011) in Korean: https://page.kakao.com/home/47074863 The manhwa in Korean: https://page.kakao.com/home/52326633 The manhwa in English: https://mangakakalot.com/read-jh6lg158504894072 ************************************************************ The novel "Swallow Knights Tales" by the author Kim Cheolgon (김철곤) in Korean The novel "Swallow Knights Tales" consists of two books ("SKT" and "SKT 2") and three parts ("SKT" is Part 1 + Part 2, and "SKT 2" is Part 3). Part 2 tells about the events that began immediately after the ending of Part 1, and at the beginning of Part 3 the male protagonist and several other people became immortal knights, so in Part 3 the events take place 200 years after the ending of Part 2. The book "SKT" has an old version ("SKT") and a new version ("S.K.T. Revised edition"). In the revised edition, the writer changed many details (such as the age of some characters) and added additional episodes. List of publications: 1. "SKT" / "SKT – Swallow Knights Tales" (11 volumes, 2003). Status: completed. This book does not have a Korean title. Kim Cheolgon called his book the English title "Swallow Knights Tales". Korean readers call this book "SKT" or "제비 기사단 이야기". Free download volumes 1-8 https://m.blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=mewmew2&logNo=100052862307&proxyReferer=https://www.google.ru/ Free download volumes 9-11 https://m.blog.naver.com/mewmew2/100052862320 You need a program "Notepad++" to read these documents. 2. "SKT 2" / "SKT II – Swallow Knights Tales II" (3 volumes, 2009). Status: ongoing. Volume 1 https://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ItemId=6213281 Volume 2 https://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ItemId=8856086 Volume 3 https://www.aladin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ItemId=26412771 Now, in 2022, the author is writing volume 4. 3. "S.K.T. Revised edition" ("S.K.T. 개정판", 7 volumes, 2011). Status: completed. https://page.kakao.com/home/s.k.t.-개정판-[완결]/47037179 Based on the novel "SKT", two black-and-white manhwas were created: 1. "SKT Plus" ("SKT+", 10 volumes, 2008). Status: discontinued. http://www.yes24.com/Product/Goods/90995089 2. "SKT Official Comics" ("SKT 오피셜 코믹스", 1 volume, 2011). Status: discontinued. http://www.yes24.com/Product/Goods/5695979
Just reading the title made me go ORV, ToC and S-Classes... Tbh I'm constantly surfing on Pinterest and fanart always connect the 3 mcs with their respective harem (except orv 1-1) Did you know that it's alternative name is "The Trash of a Fantasy Novel"? Like ToC
Residence of Monsters Fu Xing Dong Lai (same author as ROM) Jin Xiao Yi Tan (translations stopped, but would still recommend reading what was translated) The Real Awakening (same author as JXYT) Chen Yue Zhi Yao And Legend of Sun Knight - though MC is pretty obviously straight, he'll do anything for his brothers and vice versa.