MALE MC NOVELS THAT FOCUSES IN THE PLOT MORE THAN ROMANCE

MALE MC NOVELS THAT FOCUSES IN THE PLOT MORE THAN ROMANCE
this is mostly just male mc without female leads like "love interests" or harems :)

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 ^^)/
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Created: Apr 13th, 2021, Updated: Jan 31st, 2022
Created Apr 13th, 2021
Updated Jan 31st, 2022
KR (4.2)
731 Chapters Every 0.7 Day(s) 5121 Readers 61 Reviews 11-08-2024
He had lived a thousand lives… some were long and precious and some short-lived, forgotten in the back of his mind.This time, he was born... more>>
KR (3.9)
20 Chapters Every 137.3 Day(s) 5566 Readers 31 Reviews 04-22-2022
5 years after the world changed, the final boss appeared.[The final boss for area Earth, the Frost Queen, has appeared.] The final boss! If we... more>>
KR (4.7)
211 Chapters Every 35.2 Day(s) 8327 Readers 83 Reviews 06-12-2023
KR (3.9)
21 Chapters Every 3.3 Day(s) 16934 Readers 185 Reviews 09-09-2016
KR (4)
190 Chapters Every 0.6 Day(s) 15367 Readers 109 Reviews 11-07-2024
An F-rank Hunter.That too, a useless, pathetic F-rank hyung who dragged down his amazing S-rank brother.To me, who’d halfheartedly lived a disastrous life that’d ended... more>>
KR (4.6)
0 Chapters Every 2321 Day(s) 22824 Readers 452 Reviews 07-03-2018
Kim Dokja does not consider himself the protagonist of his own life. Befitting the name his parents gave him, he is a solitary person whose sole hobby is reading web novels. For over a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yu Junghyeok, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA).... more>>
KR (3.8)
99 Chapters Every 19.4 Day(s) 2460 Readers 11 Reviews 04-13-2024
One day, when I opened my eyes, I became the 5th prince of the empire that appeared in the novel.... more>>
KR (4.5)
1071 Chapters Every 1.6 Day(s) 39400 Readers 600 Reviews 11-09-2024
When I opened my eyes, I was inside a novel.[The Birth of a Hero].[The Birth of a Hero] was a novel focused on the adventures... more>>
KR (4.2)
51 Chapters Every 73.9 Day(s) 2104 Readers 11 Reviews 02-24-2023
He became an aide to the final boss in the novel.In the ending of the novel, the final boss is dead, and the world is... more>>
KR (3.8)
0 Chapters Every 1689 Day(s) 6079 Readers 52 Reviews N/A
Kim Jeongjin, an editor of a publishing company on the brink of closing due to bankruptcy, ends up transmigrating inside a fantasy novel as the... more>>
KR (4.2)
1157 Chapters Every 2.2 Day(s) 9193 Readers 62 Reviews 11-08-2024
When I cleared the final chapter of a game that was a national failure, I became an unnamed supporting character in it.A non-standard, unmeasurable, EX... more>>
KR (3.9)
333 Chapters Every 90.9 Day(s) 4159 Readers 17 Reviews 02-10-2022
A crunchy and crispy chicken. The stretchy cheese on pizza, and eating ramyeon at 1 in the morning! I only wanted to eat delicious food.... more>>
KR (4.1)
204 Chapters Every 7.1 Day(s) 9031 Readers 63 Reviews 11-07-2024
I was transported into the romantic fantasy novel my younger sister was reading, not as the male lead but as the second male lead. If... more>>
KR (3.8)
14 Chapters Every 4.9 Day(s) 2363 Readers 13 Reviews 11-03-2024
“If you had E-class or F-class skills, history would have changed.”Jung-woo Jung, a hero who has everything except ability.Then the world gave him unlimited power.
KR (4)
0 Chapters Every 1516 Day(s) 617 Readers 5 Reviews N/A
After being beat up and put into a coma by eight of his classmates at Nun’Gwang Middle school, Se’young woke up after nine long months and found out that his father committed su*cide by self-immolation in an attempt to get justice for what happened to him.... more>>
KR (3.9)
74 Chapters Every 14.9 Day(s) 1373 Readers 4 Reviews 09-26-2024
I lived as a F rank hunter. I thought I would die as a F rank hunter.“How is it? Is it usable?””Where did you pick... more>>
KR (4.3)
520 Chapters Every 76.7 Day(s) 22853 Readers 195 Reviews 11-24-2021
The man forsaken by the world, the man a s*ave to money and the man known as the legendary God of War in the highly... more>>
KR (3.2)
21 Chapters Every 96.4 Day(s) 1953 Readers 36 Reviews 05-03-2021
Kwan Dae-ha.A second-year high school student who looks ordinary but is not ordinary.He has a secret he couldn’t tell anyone…And it was that he was... more>>
KR (3.8)
33 Chapters Every 3.4 Day(s) 11716 Readers 123 Reviews 08-09-2016
Emperor of Solo Play.Year 2035. The virtual reality game, Warlord, changed the world. An Jaehyun was one of the many who wished to change his... more>>
KR (3.9)
38 Chapters Every 16 Day(s) 684 Readers 10 Reviews 07-26-2021
Someone who got stabbed is fine, but someone who attacked started bleeding. ‘Are you surprised? I just gave it back to you.
KR (3.6)
0 Chapters Every 1643 Day(s) 2045 Readers 10 Reviews 05-13-2020
[SSS-Rank Summons, Predation, Transformation] “It’s a machine error. Sometimes a nonsense rank is written.”... more>>
KR (4.4)
830 Chapters Every 1.1 Day(s) 19150 Readers 225 Reviews 10-25-2024
I want an S-Rank skill too! I want it so badly, I could die for it!... more>>
KR (3.9)
233 Chapters Every 28.2 Day(s) 7091 Readers 69 Reviews 11-02-2024
Lee Junghoo died in a car accident. He braved each and every hardships in Jaiden’s body in hopes that he would survive once he cleared... more>>
KR (4)
481 Chapters Every 98.4 Day(s) 18642 Readers 164 Reviews 01-17-2021
On a normal boring day, a message appears, inviting him to a Tutorial.... more>>
KR (4.1)
167 Chapters Every 6 Day(s) 4848 Readers 25 Reviews 11-03-2024
I became a miserably weak aristocrat in the web novel ‘SSS-Class Knight’.With a body that can drop at a moment’s notice, no less.‘Let’s live for... more>>
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  1. snowyearl
    snowyearl· May 4, 2021 01:13 AM
    I recommend Superstars of Tomorrow! https://www.novelupdates.com/series/superstars-of-tomorrow/
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    • air1ine· Author · May 6, 2021 10:20 AM
      Tysm for the great suggestion snowy! I'll make sure to add that on the list ^^
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  2. Akira-chanu
    Akira-chanu· Jun 8, 2022 09:39 PM
    I recommend [Gourmet of another World] and [Losing Money to Become a Tycoon]
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    • Akira-chanu
      Akira-chanu· Jun 8, 2022 09:41 PM
      Oh and [God-Level Store Manager] and [Carefree Path of Dreams]
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    • air1ine· Author · Jul 1, 2022 02:09 PM
      @Akira-chanu Thank you for the recommendations! I see another person with taste ^^~ Will put the recommended novels in here later 
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    • Akira-chanu
      Akira-chanu· Jul 2, 2022 10:19 PM

      @air1ine Why thank you fellow person of taste~ I'm happy I found your list!! I finished reading [#23 The Duke’s Eldest Son Escaped to the Military] and I LOVED it ! I'm going to start [#25 I Became a Sick Nobleman] today.

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    • air1ine· Author · Jul 12, 2022 03:37 AM
      @Akira-chanu so glad to be of your service!! hope u have a great read~ 
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  3. AnnaWars
    AnnaWars· May 17, 2021 05:36 PM
    I wonder if The Earth is Online can be considered in this list hahash
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    • air1ine· Author · May 18, 2021 04:10 AM

      oh haha~ unfortunately TEIO is yaoi and the list specifically said no romance ( romance centric =  yaoi) although the story and arcs are good it is not fit for this theme of lists.

      though thank you for the suggestion I'll make sure to read TEIO again ^^

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