Just read 108 Maidens of Destiny and enjoyed how the MC actually responded to the girls actions and didn't simply blush and stutter.
Okay, well, here's what you're not looking for: https://www.novelupdates.com/language/japanese/ .. and here's exactly what you're looking for: https://www.novelupdates.com/language/chinese/ 100% serious. Now I'll step back and let everyone fill this thread with redundant suggestions of chinese novels.
I don't know @Westeller I have encountered several dense chinese characters, while most that I have read seem to think rape is the fastest way to a woman's heart. no seriously, an MC who i otherwise really loved just said that he was going to capture the key to this girl's heart, and pulled his pants down. I simply think it's the fact that young adult fiction really can't have enough depth to not come across as bad in some kind of way when it comes to relationships.
What about Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei? He's not actually dense, just stripped of almost all emotions.
The Spearmaster and the Black Cat a pretty good Japanese novels, MC isn't dense, Harem with a moderate amount of women(5), the beginning isn't that good, but afterwards it is getting more and more interesting.
then dont read novel with virgin mc try My wifes is beautifull CEO or something mc is not virgin or hentai novel if japanese 100% mc is not dense !!!
read KR mmo novels, the MC will be so focused on how broke he is that women will merely be a means to make money.
There are tons of JP novels that justify their shit with excuses like that. Oh, the MC is just traumatized. Oh, the MC just doesn't want a relationship right now. Oh, the MC is too busy being obsessed with blahblah. Who the fuck cares. It's still the same thing in the end. You'd have been better off citing an example of a JP novel that doesn't hold back. Like Mushoku Tensei.
OK seriously, how far do you have to go for it to get good? Was reading it and it's just a struggle. The world just seems way too soft and the chapters are relatively long (with annoying ass 1 sentence per line and double indentations between) with not a whole lot going on. Moved it to my Dropped list at chapter 21.
yeah @Littleton94, then when the keeper of the castle told him the tree was mad at him for trying to rape the girl his first response was "But was it her first kiss?" Issue is Castle of Black Iron is nowhere near as rapey as many of the other chinese stories i read, in fact the author goes so far as to explain that denying the woman her free will was wrong, which I really appreciate. Yet it is so common in cn stories that the mc is a rapist.
Honestly I have to agree with what westeller said. There are very few japanese stories that I like writing wise, and the retardedly dense mc stereotype is part of the reason why, coupled with a very different mentality compared to cn's which I cant really seem to enjoy. Sure, some of the worsely written CN's novels might contain badly placed rape scenes and the like, but then again those stories usually also have a ruthless mc killing left and right anyway, and imo rape isn't any worse compared to unjustified killing sprees that don't seem to repell anyone nearly as much.
Female MCs have their own problems. Like falling in love with a man who treats her like crap. I've read plenty enough like that.