- I avoided harem, ecchi. If its has good story, I'll reconsider.... more>>

- I eat anything no romance, straight, BL, GL. As long as it is good story why not? I ship anyone as long it is cute!

- The MC is I think funny, decent, or good. The side character is not too flat. I avoided pe*vert protag, aiming for harem is a big no, especially slaving someone for pe*vert desire is a no go.

- Story is good, I prefer slow paced, or while MC is gone world still continuing not revolving MC.

- I prefer slow paced romance or romance as sub-plot, or no romance at all, If its twisted but interesting I will add it. If its healthy relationship I will add it too. Yandere or Possesive character is good if its been used well?

- I will give short description each novel (beware of spoiler), and what I think about it.

*Contain broken english explanation

*Not in order, I like everything, so everything is 'number 1' /laughs

*Note: I might dropped in the middle / stalling the novel, but I put it in here because I like the premise after all, please read the review to know which I dropped and why. I will put dropped tag + make in lower.

*Note: I dislike when it is all serious and tense suddenly romance pop up. I wont dislike if the novel stated it, or the entry is natural, but forced suddenly out of nowhere I dislike it. It is like a pinapple pizza, when you are expecting pizza but suddenly there is a pinapple on it. You like pinapple, but not at your pizza. <<less

Stories with a close friendship/relationship between two male characters that is not romantic in nature.

Surrounded by loyal protective companions? Good stuff. Platonic harem and bonds? Heck yeah. MC smartly planning ahead and sometimes humorously misunderstood?  Dig it. Bromance? YES!... more>>

This is my jam~ ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧

I like stories where the MC is loved and cherished by his people (but not romantically, not into harem).Though I still ship MC with other characters sometimes (〃'▽'〃). 

Some are more of a slice-of-life, with little actions, but more focusing on the deep bonds of the main characters.  I only put series that I've actually read, with my little comments on it, I'm definitely up to recommendations for similar trope.  

Top best three asides, the rest are in no particular order. Enjoy! <<less

Things that makes me ship them, or it is so ambigous, or the bromance is u w u.... more>>

Also, wait what? is that shounen ai sub-plot? 

If it is only comradeship without me shipping too much I will tell you.

My favorite are the non romance one, so I will give No Romance + Ship when it isn't, meanwhile I will put Romance if they have romance..  <<less

My personal favorites from Adventure Fantasy genre

(Mostly) no harem no BL, male lead on fantasy novel setting with his over protective companions.... more>>

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Some is tagged Yaoi/Shonen Ai. BUT their relationship is mainly bromance, dense MC, super slow romance and barely had any explicit contents. Save read for those who doesn't like BL, like me.

Note: Some with yaoi tag  still ongoing, I'll update if it's bearable to read or not. <<less

List of novels that I found interesting but never had a chance to read it because of various reasons.... more>>

The novels that I've already read will be removed from this list and, depending on whether the story are as interesting as the summary, moved to my other lists.

My other rec list:

■ Interesting Transmigration Stories (https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/12031/)

■ Interesting Rebirth Stories (https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/12059/)

■ Another Interesting Stories (list for novels that's not in the genre of transmigration or rebirth) (https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/12392/) <<less

No romance, no harem, fun to read, mc is male... more>>

*If you know another novel with those criteria, please tell me

*Other novel that i recommend but no one has translate it yet, i put it in the comment section <<less

It's a list of all my favourite Korean novels with male protagonist that I'm recommending you for reading . So I hope you like it!!! 

Yup! I am a Fujoshi and the fantasy novel I've read should not have ROMANCE!! ... more>>

LET'S GOooOOO ~~(^ 0 ^)~~ 

SOORY! I lieD~: some of them are bl <<less

this is mostly just male mc without female leads like "love interests" or harems :)... more>>

Korean Novels #1 - #25
Chinese Novels #26 - #53
Japanese Novels #54 - #70

* There might be some s*xual tensions towards side characters but mostly it views the improvement of the main characters
* Novels like this just focus on the plot and battle towards mc's main goal and shenanigans but most of the novels here are my male protagonist 'to be read' and I hope you guys find something that suits your tastes <3 so yeah happy reading ^^)/ <<less

Not fully Korean but still so many Korean

I will need to find time and read these kids soon!

I'm gonna sort this list from gaeey-est to straight-est/ "brotherhood" level lol (except of course those novels which I haven't read yet, just recommended by many . I will just put them on the bottom, in accordance with their NU ratings) - you may also recommend some below if I ever missed one or anything. This is all for our quest on finding these types of novels anyway lmao.... more>>

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EDIT: On second thought, I won't put the ships anymore cuz some readers may put off reading it because they're spoiled as to who to focus on or that they're already suggested as to which relationships between 'bros' to invest on so yeaahh~~ Just gonna put some of my thoughts and its synopsis instead.  <<less

Male MC and (possibly) no romance

You can read most of their chaps on other sites since most of these novels are still not updated here yet

PT. 2 IS NOW POSTED!... more>>

https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/62065/

*please recommended more like this to me*

Korean Novels about men who have either reincarnated, got a second chance, or transmigrated, woke up in another body, into noble sons, side-characters, villains, or extras. They sometimes have animal companions, and definitely have loyal followers.  <<less

Mixture of female and male protagonists. These novels are really good in my point of view. Some of the novels here are new but I... more>> see potential in them. I've posted comments in every novel so please read them. <<less

The first list is a complete one. ... more>>

Since I can only add 100 books per list, I'll continue here. I can't believe that I could even find so many books, I didn't think it'd be possible when I started the first list.Y'all can check out the first list, there might be some similarities, but I'm too lazy to check lol. If there are novels that have romance in the later stages in both lists, please let me know. 
Link to the first list- https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/25820/?st=1 <<less

A collection of novels that I like. Not in order. 

No description.

kr novels with male protags that I read/planning to read... more>>

no romace!!

possible bl(?)

sometimes idol stuffs <<less

Not a QT list

This is all shounen novels, whether middle-aged or modern time! \(･◡･)/ Also a lot of transmigration, rebirth, or maybe the mc is just a real resident of that world. There is some of harem or bl, but mostly the mc have no love interest so rest assured! Well, sometimes I tolerate some novel with harem because it's too good even though I don't like the genre very much~... more>>

Ps. On the front is my own personal rating, not the general rating of the book. <<less

Historians said they were very good friends... ... more>>

(Action and fantasy books with BL vibes hahaha)  <<less