
Recc me anything similar to this but with no romance OR with a male lead that's weaker than her.

How about Saver? The girl dresses as a guy and gets into sword fights (and actually kills people), and she's stronger than all the guys around her! The male lead also knows his way around a sword, but he's weaker than her. http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/saver/
SPOILERS BELOW:
(THIS IS THE MANGA, not the novel BTW)
In the next chapter, while that Pei bitch be confronting her ass, the elevator lights shut down and it starts falling. He holds her in an embrace and she struggles at first but then starts getting sentimental.
Just the way the mc is treated shows how badly this manga disrespects women. It's revealed that the MC still fucking cares deeply for him, and she even worries if he's injured. Like no, you're supposed to go, "HA! Fuck you, you old pedo bitch I hope you fucking suffer!" But noooooo...
And then she goes to admire him for being "strong and domineering"... Um no, those aren't traits to be admired, especially in an abusive asshole like him.
She keeps asking him if he's okay and if he's not injured. I'm just like, "bish wtfff??? This guy locked you up and whipped you in your past life, and you're fucking caring about his wellbeing?? Are you a masochist?!!" Like, no, she should be yelling at him to get off her.
And THEN, the real fucking nail in the head is when that Pei bitch ORDERS her to not move, and she submissively complies, with a slight blush on her face. I doubt that is the reaction any of us hoped for her.
How fucking DARE he attack and confront a girl he doesn't even fucking know, and then give her orders like she's his fucking property??
And the MC... GOD,,, the MC. I had real hope for you. I thought you could actually be in a sweet, loving relationship with Li Lei. But the manga follows the plot of the novel.(Which means that he turns into a rapist)
Any hope I had for the manga not following the path of the novel has dead ass evaporated.
Yeah true disappointment. I wish that when novels like this are adapted that they're revised and reviewed then edited. Like...this is pure masochistic rape romanticization and not even as bad as other genres/things having a reputation with rape like yaoi. Like he RAISED you, he was a FATHER figure but you fell in love with him and thought it was healthy??? Then you go one being rude asf to employees and shit because your the Queen of Song and all cocky like that but get back home and abused/raped in the name of love???
Like she probably has PTSD but that still doesn't justify her making terrible decisions and being stubborn asf. Like chapters after this one in the novel, she's all cocky and back with Skyart's manager/owner and he's "better" (she probably has a type for rapist-shit men like JESUS) and it's all just lovey dovey and crap while just blocking out the fact he did shitty things too??!?
And of course she gives in to her "feelings/love" for Pei Ziheng and it's HEAVILY implied that she still can't let go of him and will end up with him; like if you got to pick a man at least pick that Skyart man because at least he isn't as creepy (still a shitty ass dude though)
SHE LITERALLY GETS A PROCEDURE TO BE INFERTILE BECAUSE SHE WAS SCARED OF PEI ZIHENG IMPREGNATING HER WHILE HE RAPED HER AND SHE CHOOSES HIM AGAIN???
Ikr, the manga just had so much potential, and it's so annoying to see it go down the drain. Imma smh at the logic authors like these have lmaoo.
I saw this coming from a long ago and that’s why I instantly dropped this manga, like slightly domineering or protective is one thing and it might even be hot if it was portrayed right. But this is full on violence, this is fucking torture what he did to her, if I was reborn I would turn into a fucking assassin just so I could kill him for what he did. I hate this type of plot development , it’s extremely degrading to women and makes them to only want handsome , powerful men. Any young, naive mind could pick up a story like this and think this is alright! Which it isn’t! I feel like stories that have this kind of ending is what warps the view of both men and women.
Yeah agree with that; I think it has to do with culture too. Things like yaoi have an excuse because well it's fiction and it's fetishization like lots of mature comics/manga. This is just bad writing no matter how fictional it is. Like she might get a good ending as the novel goes on but it's not worth the reader's time when they have to endure, I'm not exaggerating, HUNDREDS of chapters worth of rape, abuse, and general mistreatment just for the drama; I'll tell you she does escape and gets cocky again but even the side characters call her dumb/stupid because she just gets so cocky so quickly but is easily taken down.
Yeah, like if your going to make a character strong let her stay strong till the end!
No point of calling the character strong if she starts getting charmed by her rapist!
I get that they’re trying to make it fictional but come on! in no world fiction or non-fiction will this ever be okay! I used to wish the rapist could go to hell now I wish she should burn in hell right next to him!
I agree with you, if the story was done right this could have turned into an amazing manga! But they had fuck up the story like this and make it extremely excruciating to read.
I actually really liked the initial plot of coming back for revenge but they went a couple steps too far when he started raping and torturing her. I mean I get that you’re trying to make the story dramatic but that’s way too much compared to how the Female Lead is acting it’s as if all he did was break her heart , when he actually broke her bones