BL Gems

BL Gems
Because I'm picky.

Every unlimited flow novel I read is really just a desperate attempt to return to the way I felt reading Liar Game for the first time ten years ago. *lights up a cigarette and takes a long drag, staring vacantly out into the distance*

Note: A lot of titles have had their links removed from NU due to some recent concerns about copyright. I'm not entirely clear on the situation or when/if they'll be returned, but they are still out there to find if you want to read them although there are potentially hoops to jump through to get to the actual texts. Some of the novels are removed for other reasons, such as being officially licensed in English, and I've tried to make a note of those, although I haven't really kept up to date with the status of the super popular novels that are missing or marked incomplete like Husky and his Shizun (aka 2ha). I pretty much just assume that these are in the process of being licensed. If you want to read them, you can find them.
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Created: Jun 28th, 2021, Updated: May 30th, 2023
Created Jun 28th, 2021
Updated May 30th, 2023
CN (4.5)
#1FOG
0 Chapters Every 1521 Day(s) 6132 Readers 102 Reviews N/A
E-sports with an emphasis on the behind the scenes industry. Well fleshed out and flawed characters that actually feel like real people.... more>>
CN (4.4)
65 Chapters Every 48.1 Day(s) 15795 Readers 384 Reviews 04-27-2023
The problematic fave. Read if you ever have too much moisture in your body and want to cry until you become a dehydrated sponge. I occasionally think about rereading it, but then I remember how much it just wrecked me the first time through.... more>>
CN (4.7)
23 Chapters Every 107.1 Day(s) 20599 Readers 479 Reviews 11-29-2020
#1 husband in this and all lifetimes. Adapted into a manhua and donghua (1 season, season 2 coming...??).... more>>
CN (4.7)
17 Chapters Every 177 Day(s) 25053 Readers 546 Reviews 04-01-2024
Do you really need me to tell you about this one.
CN (4.2)
273 Chapters Every 82.7 Day(s) 7509 Readers 116 Reviews 01-01-2021
An unlimited flow horror game meets its ultimate match in an unshakable MC and his shameless admirer. I'd like to believe if I ever wound... more>>
CN (4.7)
156 Chapters Every 71.9 Day(s) 12406 Readers 275 Reviews 07-18-2021
A really intelligent gender-bender that will keep you glued to your seat and then make you say, "What." Slated to be adapted to a TV... more>>
CN (4.6)
131 Chapters Every 46.1 Day(s) 17452 Readers 409 Reviews 06-22-2023
More smart characters that will make you feel s*upid, but in a good way.... more>>
CN (4.7)
1 Chapters Every 224 Day(s) 12065 Readers 259 Reviews 09-21-2023
An unlimited flow novel that quickly goes off the rails. One of the few unlimited flow novels that I think has an actually satisfying ending,... more>>
CN (4.7)
82 Chapters Every 91.9 Day(s) 9508 Readers 103 Reviews 09-16-2020
A rich young wastrel with a dark past repeatedly inserts himself into police investigations involving two policemen he's known since he was young. And then one of the policemen turns around and inserts himself - OKAY. Spoilers. Slated to be adapted as a donghua. Honestly I think it would be easier to adapt as a TV drama than Faraway Wanderers/Word of Honor was but also I don't dare ask for it.... more>>
CN (4.6)
340 Chapters Every 83.5 Day(s) 9054 Readers 145 Reviews 12-09-2020
This one's pretty corny I'm not gonna lie. It scrapes by and manages to make it onto this list because: 1) It has a complete,... more>>
CN (4.7)
144 Chapters Every 68.6 Day(s) 9564 Readers 182 Reviews 06-08-2022
Soft is my useless son. I've never felt such kinship with an online fanbase in any novel ever. I love this couple to friggin death.... more>>
CN (4.6)
192 Chapters Every 3.5 Day(s) 7726 Readers 71 Reviews 04-27-2024
My only wish is that it would update more frequently.... more>>
CN (4.4)
248 Chapters Every 22.1 Day(s) 4335 Readers 43 Reviews 09-11-2023
When I think about the fact that the translation is currently not even half way finished, I feel both happy and sad. Happy because it... more>>
CN (4.7)
115 Chapters Every 21.2 Day(s) 5950 Readers 36 Reviews 02-19-2024
I didn't really like this one at first because the rules of the game felt way too open-ended and I was frustrated at how easily... more>>
CN (4.5)
166 Chapters Every 10.5 Day(s) 3092 Readers 18 Reviews 04-19-2024
I'm not gonna lie. Half of the reason I like this one is because one of the characters is of only average intelligence but the... more>>
CN (4.2)
147 Chapters Every 71.5 Day(s) 2553 Readers 19 Reviews 09-27-2023
Brutal and smart. The MC's deeply rooted self-loathing is almost worse than anything that actually happens in the framework of the game. Like, damn.
CN (4.6)
33 Chapters Every 19 Day(s) 5298 Readers 30 Reviews 04-28-2024
Feng shui ghost detectives. I didn't realize this was by the same author as Kaleidoscope of Death until just now but now that I know... more>>
CN (4.8)
0 Chapters Every 1556 Day(s) 12160 Readers 300 Reviews 01-28-2020
Like the strange, delicate love child of Chobits and Wilder Girls - a melancholy apocalypse. I put off reading this one for a long time because I'm not at all a fan of aliens and Weird Biology, but that was a mistake. Don't make the same one!!! I think part of the problem is that the summary does this novel a disservice. It's not a light hearted story in the least. It's dark, but also tender, and the chapters are filled with a gentle kind of desperation. Beautiful.... more>>
CN (4.7)
48 Chapters Every 98.4 Day(s) 6357 Readers 121 Reviews 04-30-2020
Oblivious skeptic with an innate immunity to the supernatural baffles local ghosts and ghost exorcist. The couple dynamic here intensely reminds me of a role... more>>
KR (4.4)
406 Chapters Every 3.8 Day(s) 6818 Readers 68 Reviews 04-24-2024
In a world that has adopted game-like elements and dungeon delving, the MC is a weakling Necromancer whose servant-master relationship with the vengeful spirit he accidentally summoned seems to be the wrong way around.... more>>
CN (4.6)
98 Chapters Every 27.1 Day(s) 4372 Readers 13 Reviews 04-15-2024
MC is a semi-immortal who has returned to the modern world after 25 years in part to search for his lost soul. A mysterious past,... more>>
CN (4.6)
1 Chapters Every 1012 Day(s) 5449 Readers 34 Reviews 07-24-2021
This is the good shit. I actually somewhat resent novels like this because they make everything else suck so much harder in comparison.... more>>
CN (4.6)
1 Chapters Every 1897 Day(s) 7432 Readers 125 Reviews 01-25-2019
Very funny. I don't think the summary does an accurate job, but every time I try to come up with a better, non-spoilery way to... more>>
CN (4.5)
104 Chapters Every 22.5 Day(s) 6864 Readers 46 Reviews 04-24-2024
This one has a lot in common with Little Mushroom, only much more action-packed. It's like Jurassic Park if Jurassic Park had a romance subplot... more>>
CN (4.5)
138 Chapters Every 58.1 Day(s) 3891 Readers 56 Reviews 12-31-2021
Chuunibyou Cardcaptor Sakura gets caught by the military and sent to magic school where he encounters a literal Lovecraftian god disguised as a bishounen. That's right. The main CP of this novel is an asocial high schooler with a magical girl transformation (this phrase is literally used) and Yog-Sothoth, the One-in-All, the All-in-One, the Lurker at the Threshold. If you're not already on board with this then IDK what to tell you, man. We probs wouldn't get along IRL.... more>>
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  1. ReenThefirst
    ReenThefirst· Jun 29, 2021 09:40 AM
    You... Why are you me? Lol. Great list
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  2. sloth-erer
    sloth-erer· May 26, 2022 06:22 PM
    Just so you know, I created an NU account today just to let you know of my grievances. Was planning to read card room, then saw your review. Don't know what happened, but instead of novels I was reading your reviews (dude i was lmao the whole time) then now I've read all of them (except for het novels btw i'm on my BL phase and looks like there's no going back for me). Anyways, now the problem is nothing's picking up my interest sooooo, do you have any works???? clear.png
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    • pephem
      pephem· Author · May 26, 2022 09:57 PM

      Yeah, there are a handful of things not on this list for various reasons! Let's see...

      I Don't Want This Reincarnation - Korean dungeon crawler novel somewhat similar to Necromancer Survival. I really like the plot, but the translation is... rough. It sometimes gives me a headache because I struggle to follow what's happening. ):

      Where Is Our Agreement to Be Each Other's Arch-Rivals? - Honestly I remember that it's a good novel and I even debated putting it on this list but also I instantly forgot everything that happened in it almost the moment I finished reading. It's enjoyable but forgettable.

      How To Survive As a Villain - I think this has some corny points and there's stuff about it that I don't like. But it's unique to transmigration stories in that there are actual serious consequences for becoming someone with power, not just lazing around being in charge. There's also a manwha adaptation that is well done (vs. a lot of adaptations that are... ugly..........) and I read most of that first, which is why I bothered to read the novel at all, even though I don't think the writing is very good.

      Most of the others are things that I haven't added to the list because I haven't read much or finished them yet so I haven't fully decided how I feel:

      Breaking Through the Clouds - I remember enjoying this one but I've only read like 40 chapters because the translations stopped for like a year so I've forgotten everything that happened and I can never find the motivation to reread.

      After an Infinite Flow Player Retires - Only read 30 chapters so far. The ML appears to be a yandere.

      Killing Show - Only read about 30 chapters. Like the Hunger Games on crack. Literally. People take hard drugs to cope with the violence and gore.

      (con't.... have to break this into parts)
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    • pephem
      pephem· Author · May 26, 2022 09:58 PM

      @pephem part 2

      I Managed to Ditch My Single Status in a Survival Game - I'm not caught up and I probably need to reread. Dark and gorey. The ML literally kills the MC in cold blood the first time they meet. The fact that the ML has moral (and mental) issues is something that the novel actually addresses, though.

      The Easter Egg Game - Kind of waiting to see how this ends before adding it to the list. It feels like it should be way longer than it is and some of the characters are kinda 3edgy4u which makes them hard to take seriously. I like the MC, though.

      Love History Caused by Willful Negligence - Only read 20 chapters. Dark. The ML is also the villain.

      I Couldn't Tell You Who it Was - Not caught up and I'm waiting to see how it ends. Dark. Kind of smutty? There isn't really any smut that I've read yet but there's some weird, uncomfortably s*xual undertones and it's tagged with 'smut' so. TW for at least s*xual harassment, maybe assault or r*pe. I haven't read that far yet. Not by the ML, though. That I... am aware of... it's hard to trust these novels...

      Guilty Pleasures... these ones are bad but I like them anyway u_u:

      Fairy Trap - 100% yandere male lead throwing up explicit red flags left and right. Get a restraining order against this man. But the MC's circumstances hit my angst sweet spot just right. Also there's no smut yet, but it is tagged that way, and they jump PRETTY fast to "platonic chest hickies." Just between bros. No homo. Yet.

      All-Round Mid Laner - *sigh* ........It's A/B/O. :/ I hate A/B/O. But it's also an e-sports novel. I love e-sports novels. And the A/B/O element is not........terrible. Because it's more like "human being goes to alien planet and doesn't realize that shaking hands is equivalent to alien marriage proposal; proceeds to shake hands with the first alien he meets, hijinks ensue." I forget that it's A/B/O a lot of the time. And so does the MC. Also the fact that there's no smut (likely due to censorship lol) makes it better so that cuts down on the weird shit.

      Hopefully there's something in there that tickles your fancy! It really means a lot to me that someone would ask. :)

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    • sloth-erer
      sloth-erer· May 27, 2022 01:10 AM
      @pephem OMG i wasn't really expecting a response, and a quick one at that! Planning to circle back after a few weeks to see but gosh, you're really awesome. I admire your holy brain (pls keep it that way I'll be relying on you lol) stuffing all of these unlike mine. How can you remember all of that? Huhu thank youuu!!! This really worth creating an account for clear.png
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    • pephem
      pephem· Author · May 27, 2022 02:40 AM
      @sloth-erer Yeah no problem! I pop on here pretty much every day just to check for updates to stuff I'm reading even if I'm not visibly active he he. I have a lot of stuff bookmarked (way more than this, but some of them are het, and most of them are pretty bad). I honestly forget about most of them most of the time, ha ha. I'm glad this was helpful though!!! Happy reading!!!!
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    • sloth-erer
      sloth-erer· May 28, 2022 11:30 PM
      @pephem Rest assured I am reading sooo happily you've saved a few people I might've annoyed without these to keep me busy hahahaha 
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  3. infatuated
    infatuated· May 14, 2022 11:46 AM
    Excellent taste
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  4. sloth-erer
    sloth-erer· May 26, 2022 06:08 PM
    Sigh... 
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