I read many manga/manhua/webtoons kr/jp/cn novels and I can’t seem to recall a really really good romance in these type of stories. It’s always the trope of ML that has a harem and everyone likes him or this one girl that likes him (either from the start or a little bit later on) because he saved her/he is dense to his popularity. Then he either ends up with all of them or one of them. And when that happens it feels like he is forced into the relationship. I never get feel of “Gosh, he genuinely loves her.” It’s not cool to have the ML being a simp but at the same time when they they have the trope of being dense it just goes: FL likes him -> He doesn’t notice -> He does something unknowingly -> FL gets angry -> He gets eventually guilt-tripped into liking her.
The FL could be a character every reader loves but when the romance kicks in, they just write her like that. What is mutual love? What is respect? Can you eat that?
Solo leveling (i only read the webtoon, I stopped myself from reading WN) seems the closest I am looking for so far. It to also have the trope of ML saving the FL and so on but she is at least not forcing her feelings on him, like she knows he doesn’t like her, but she respects that and try to make him like her back and I ship it.
What do you think? Am I the only one missing a romance done right in these types of stories? Or do you know any recommendations that might have what I am looking for?
It’s on kunmanga.com if you want to check it out
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I have a quick question, there is something slightly unclear to me. When the best friend said ‘by getting rid of the creeps’. Did it seem to you like he means he tried to at least keep him away from some creepy people (creeps) that uke slept with and they bothered him later on? That’s how I understood it at first. But the panel of the best friend standing amidst others and the way how seme got mad after he left. Made me rethink whether the best friend meant that at the very least he did his best to keep his creeps regards uke’s orientation or condition at bay in consideration of their friendship and the fact that he was initially the one responsible for him being so. What do you think?
I think it's the first one you mentioned. There's nothing suggesting that sosuke's condition somehow repulsed his best friend and the fact that Sosuke often says that he felt indebted to him because he stayed by his side and took care of him may include the best friend keeping an eye on him to avoid Sosuke to get involved with creeps
So this pretty much shoujo ver. of Trash of the Count's Family...love both
i felt that too. it's like she's cale's long lost sister
Named Jin. Handsome. Overbearing president. Childhood sweetheart....your only flaw, second guy....Now I get what they mean by: “Male lead is for female lead and second lead is for the (thirsty) viewers” (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
I really want the angst already. Maybe that's my sadistic (/masochistic - since I am also torturing my heart by that) heart speaking...but oh boi do I luv it. Might be cliche, but interestingly there isn't many manga like these
If only the hair look like this when found on bed...