Recs if you like My Junior Still Hasn't Killed Me ( 师弟还不杀我灭口 )...

a compilation of danmei characters who stubbornly believe in their heterosexuality despite all evidence to the contrary. recommendations are very welcome!

have you ever wanted to try reading danmei, but the sheer length of the most popular offerings intimidated you? here are some novels that are short enough to be published in a single volume in translation (around 250k chinese characters or less)

✧ [仙侠]: the most popular genre, its narrative is set in a mythical Ancient China. The key points in xianxia novels are the spiritual cultivation of qi to pursue immortality or transcendence, the existence of sects/clans, and the presence of supernatural elements/entities.

note: if there's any xianxia title missing please do let me know!

(n.) men who put a good act, but are actually either deeply melancholic, sinister, or both. they often isolate themselves from wider society and are more quiet than not. you might find that the air around them often feels as if it is pressing in and down on you so that you can't breathe.

do note that this is more of a vibe than a description.

a list of popular chinese webnovels, including but not limited to danmei and baihe.

a collection of terrible first impressions and the long, arduous journey from hatred to love. recommendations are very welcome!

(n.) a homophonous play on the trope of 强制爱, in which one character (or both) has the intention of coercing the other into loving them. overlaps with the attic wife trope.