Angst

Angst
Bittersweet short stories with a whole host of tragedy and angst, but typically with a happy ending. 

In no particular order.
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21 Followers
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Created: Aug 10th, 2019, Updated: May 17th, 2021
Created Aug 10th, 2019
Updated May 17th, 2021
JP (4.8)
0 Chapters Every 2757 Day(s) 6293 Readers 54 Reviews 10-01-2016
JP (4.8)
0 Chapters Every 2755 Day(s) 5967 Readers 54 Reviews N/A
CN (4.8)
3 Chapters Every 0.7 Day(s) 5115 Readers 99 Reviews 09-03-2015
CN (4.8)
14 Chapters Every 32.2 Day(s) 5723 Readers 150 Reviews 03-03-2023
CN (4.7)
19 Chapters Every 227.3 Day(s) 8995 Readers 163 Reviews 03-29-2015
JP (4.2)
47 Chapters Every 75.2 Day(s) 6787 Readers 44 Reviews 07-15-2021
CN (4)
4 Chapters Every 81 Day(s) 785 Readers 8 Reviews 03-28-2017
Not an HE but worth a read if you want a good cry.
CN (4.5)
5 Chapters Every 0.6 Day(s) 3067 Readers 44 Reviews 10-03-2017
Another story with a BE. (Well, it's slightly ambiguous but still, bittersweet at most.)
KR (4.4)
272 Chapters Every 108.9 Day(s) 19325 Readers 274 Reviews 12-04-2019
Not a short story but the angst comes quick, and it's eventually resolved in a very satisfying way. 
JP (4.4)
94 Chapters Every 97.9 Day(s) 6524 Readers 38 Reviews 05-29-2020
KR (4.1)
39 Chapters Every 117.7 Day(s) 3527 Readers 34 Reviews 06-22-2019
About 250 chapters of romance you can read on aggregator sites if you don't like webnovel.com. The angst and tragedy is definitely there but that's... more>>
JP (4.3)
8 Chapters Every 210.9 Day(s) 1244 Readers 15 Reviews 02-09-2020
KR (4.1)
85 Chapters Every 62.1 Day(s) 6909 Readers 19 Reviews 05-03-2022
KR (4.1)
279 Chapters Every 78.9 Day(s) 17074 Readers 200 Reviews 04-23-2020
The novel translation is a bit hard to read, check out the manhwa adaptation instead. 
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  1. LynnLynn
    LynnLynn· Dec 21, 2022 05:52 PM
    I've already read most of these novels, but still following cause I loooooveee the stories in this list. I love me some short story angst, it stings enough to hurt but not too long that it's unbearable lol
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