No Romo (reviews included)
No Romo (reviews included)
Get that harem sh*t out of here.
A BL reader's curated guide (with comments) to exciting non-BL stories with either no M/F romance or very little late romance. And NO idiotic, horndog MCs!!!
A BL reader's curated guide (with comments) to exciting non-BL stories with either no M/F romance or very little late romance. And NO idiotic, horndog MCs!!!
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Created: Jan 28th, 2020, Updated: Mar 5th, 2024
Created Jan 28th, 2020
Updated Mar 5th, 2024
0 Chapters Every 2065 Day(s) 21339 Readers 438 Reviews 08-24-2018
Really interesting combination of infinite scenario, apocalypse, transmigration, streaming, mythology, and cheat codes - unlike anything on the site. Male leads are very shippable, and... more>>
315 Chapters Every 117.9 Day(s) 11414 Readers 164 Reviews 08-16-2019
This is an excellent stone age/prehistoric setting fic! MC has a golden finger, but it isn't overdramatic. Ch. 403.
40 Chapters Every 282 Day(s) 7246 Readers 188 Reviews 12-14-2018
MC is reborn as an NPC. It's hilarious the way he shamelessly manipulates players with his foreknowledge and insight into player psychology. 717.
78 Chapters Every 81.9 Day(s) 6135 Readers 141 Reviews 01-19-2018
This is like 7 genres shoved into 1 novel: music composition, acting, eSports, military, animal training, space exploration, etc. It works, though! Ch. 448
552 Chapters Every 27.1 Day(s) 7085 Readers 49 Reviews 09-10-2023
No romo aside from an ex-girlfriend in the backstory. Interstellar genre with a badass allrounder MC that is 70% brainpower and 30% fighting skills. Mostly... more>>
732 Chapters Every 3.7 Day(s) 18254 Readers 210 Reviews 04-14-2024
Wow, at first the title made me think it was the same kind of empty power-leveling fantasy devoid of character development a la Solo Leveling,... more>>
38 Chapters Every 223.9 Day(s) 1220 Readers 47 Reviews 03-27-2020
MC obtains system that rewards him for losing money but ends up being a business genius. So funny to see the MC lose his soul... more>>
205 Chapters Every 144.5 Day(s) 11665 Readers 110 Reviews 06-07-2018
M/F romance only at the very last chapter of the novel, but it's done tastefully. This is an awesome action/sci-fi/apocalypse scenario story with interesting female... more>>
975 Chapters Every 3.5 Day(s) 37690 Readers 583 Reviews 04-16-2024
MC transmigrates into a useless noble's body. MC is shippable with the prince.
101 Chapters Every 409.9 Day(s) 6087 Readers 131 Reviews 09-29-2023
Guy inherits a supernatural app that lets him expand a haunted house with real ghosts. I really like app/business management stories. Think there might be... more>>
355 Chapters Every 2.7 Day(s) 9855 Readers 45 Reviews 03-25-2024
Interesting second chances, royal intrigue plot. Too bad it hasn't been updated in months!
1138 Chapters Every 0.3 Day(s) 1543 Readers 29 Reviews 04-18-2024
Cool wizard worldbuilding and an adorkable MC. The side characters (bird companion, badass female pirate, calculating mentor) are great and all have distinct personalities/goals.
87 Chapters Every 122.5 Day(s) 1076 Readers 16 Reviews 04-17-2019
Super good-looking doctor that gets a medical system. All the girls love him, but it doesn't look like there's a love interest so far. He... more>>
94 Chapters Every 78.3 Day(s) 9686 Readers 118 Reviews 03-01-2024
No romo - though a lot of joking. MC is bis*xual man who had a past life as a woman!!! How rare is that? Zombie... more>>
104 Chapters Every 289.7 Day(s) 4740 Readers 49 Reviews 01-11-2022
Cooking system with a shameless MC. Interactions between the chef MC and his customers as well as his system are so funny.
38 Chapters Every 100.3 Day(s) 1053 Readers 23 Reviews 03-08-2020
MC transmigrates into a 3rd tier God of Games and turns his worshippers into players. No romance because he's a ball of light...
2477 Chapters Every 68.7 Day(s) 10061 Readers 172 Reviews 07-01-2021
No romo, but some hints starting chapter 1000. Lots of nationalist xenophobia and the classic "female martial artists only exist to be beautiful/haughty and succumb... more>>
61 Chapters Every 94.7 Day(s) 2521 Readers 8 Reviews 07-16-2020
A skilled Adventurer becomes a manager for Adventurers.
46 Chapters Every 133.2 Day(s) 4683 Readers 26 Reviews 11-05-2018
Humanity vs beasts apocalypse. Like, zero characterization, but exciting action. COMPLETE.
1 Chapters Every 2717 Day(s) 4406 Readers 31 Reviews 11-10-2016
An unfortunate kungfu master whose friend accidentally signs him up for a VR MMORPG as a mage and becomes the most OP violent mage ever.
45 Chapters Every 113.5 Day(s) 1112 Readers 15 Reviews 01-13-2020
Grandpa-like MC who transmigrates into medieval fantasy setting. Kingdom-building and modern day concepts of HR and technology. Lighthearted.
90 Chapters Every 3.8 Day(s) 3060 Readers 18 Reviews 09-03-2020
Noel is a support class, but he wants to become the strongest adventurer. He's a pretty boy who has all the ladies and gents chasing... more>>
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97 Chapters Every 92.7 Day(s) 3287 Readers 20 Reviews 07-18-2020
Boy who can remember 2 of his past lives is reborn into a world with the power of runes. MC is a cunning 9 y.o.... more>>
37 Chapters Every 86.8 Day(s) 1415 Readers 49 Reviews 03-09-2020
Boy picks up a watch that grants him an extra 24 hrs in the day and then joins a survival game - which allows him... more>>
Comments (15)
https://www.novelupdates.com/viewlist/3797/
Here a list that i found just after yours, i didn't check so i don't know about the novels, but maybe you'll like some
Thx for your list (and your comments !! Very usefull
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Hello~
I really like your list, and it's really similar to mine (the one that brother/sister upstairs recommend u to check). I just hope there are more "no romance/harem/ecchi non-bl" novels on this site *sigh* recently it's so hard to find this kind of novel, i even searched on chinese qidian, syosetu, etc. *sigh again*
But bcs you're a person of culture i will recommend you this novel "Start with contracting sprites" that you can check on Webnovel (but it's on hiatus so u can just check the raw 從契約精靈開始). It's like pokemon but better hahahaha, hope u like it~
@ria.green what happened to second male lead if power up korean novel.
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/what-happens-when-the-second-male-lead-powers-up/
Wooaahhh~ I love your list so much because it had helped me find a ton of things that I'm interested in reading, and as fellow fujoshi/fudanshi's I've always been looking for a list made by someone who loves BL.
Ever since I was introduced to the world of yaoi, I fell so hard that I ended up dreading most romance novels and mangas, leaving me with nothing to read, now that I've found this list, I can stack up on a bunch of great and promising novels~
[Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint] is a novel I've been wanting to read for the longest time because it's author is the same on as [The World After The Fall], but knowing the writer's style, it's going to have a very angsty and tear jerking ending, even though the male leads are such a perfect match for each other!
By the way, have you tried [Gourmet of Another World]? There's no romance, but the MC is quite shippable with some male characters, that is, if you have a very big imagination~
Sorry for making you read all this
and thank you for creating this list~! 
A nice guide, completely approved by yours truly
I'm sure that if we were to search a bit more we could find more of this kind of novels. I hope so at least
Thanks, now I have a couple more novels in my "waiting for enough time" list