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these are some korean+chinese novels that i have read in the past and really liked. there are obviously a lot of really famous ones. they are a wide range of genres ranging from action to slice of life (no romance tho). hope you like my list.

p.s. im still writing my reviews and thoughts, so the list is not finished lol. it is not exactly reviews, its more like my stream of consciousness...

i wanted to create a separate list for bromance, but i realized that almost all of the novels here have it. so, i will put them together here, but will specify the status of romance plot and bromance in each novel.

also its so hard finding good no romance novels...

p.s. there might be some novels with romance subplot. mostly it will be really minor and never interfers with the main goal or it is usually written in the extras after hints of romance in the main story.

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Created: Sep 19th, 2022, Updated: May 8th, 2024

Created Sep 19th, 2022

Updated May 8th, 2024

KR (4.6)

#1Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

0 Chapters Every 2148 Day(s) 21531 Readers 442 Reviews 07-03-2018

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Mature Mystery Psychological Sci-fi Seinen Supernatural Tragedy

5/5... more>>

KR (4.5)

#2Trash of the Count’s Family

984 Chapters Every 3.5 Day(s) 37960 Readers 588 Reviews 05-17-2024

Action Adventure Fantasy Supernatural

5/5... more>>

KR (4.5)

#3Return of Mount Hua Sect

667 Chapters Every 1.4 Day(s) 6345 Readers 47 Reviews 05-17-2024

Action Adventure Comedy Seinen Wuxia

5/5... more>>

Oh what a fresh breath of air... seriously I love Chung Myung!!! He is just so cool with his foul mouth and handsome face and his smartass brain.

only bromance, friendship, i-will-do-anything-for-you juniors and seniors. while people might feel some vibes between mc and yoo iseol, i personally don't think its romantic, its more like sibling (?)/ platonic. and literally nothing happened between them till now (its been like 1500 chaps) also he views everybody as his kids and even calls some 'child' or something like that. he is and acts like a grandpa.

Totally love the comedic undertone of the story, but there is still angst here and there. There are about 300 chapter translated in lightnovelpub. I decided to read the mtl because I couldn't wait and am around 600 chapters now. This novel is so f*cking good in my opinion. MTL is shit, wracks my already non existent english comprehension, but the story is too good that I am willing to withstand it.

Some of my favorite arcs so far would be the shaolin competition and the northern sea palace (f*ck you majins). Waiting for Jang ilso to come into the story because his character design in the new cover and the fanarts are so f*cking good (he is the one in my pfp xD). I'm not yet at a point where ilso's character is fully revealed, but looking at the scenes where he appeared, he is just disgusting and plain vile. But, his design is just so hot and fine? that even though I don't like his character, I still like his art? If you know what I mean...

EDIT: um i forgot to update but i already caught up with the updates long ago, yes read some sh*t mtl. one of the greatest novel that i read, no doubt. if i can just one chance, just one, to f*cking kill the bald bastard myself, i would die of happiness. but still a deserving end for him, no doubt in it.

a little translation guide, like what websites i used to read it.

first i read the sky demon order translation but through lightnovelpub. then i started reading mylasted blog, who translated from 83 to present. they are about 860+ chapters in and the quality is pretty good. then i read from bagel_seeds on webnovel who translates from 850+ till present (i believe the current chapter is 1351) so bagel_seeds is the most updated and pretty far among others. it's machine translated and edited, but the quality is great. the first thirty or so chapters are a bit hard to get through, but rest are gold. then i just accessed the raws and mtled it myself to read it. (dec 25 2023) <<less

CN (4.7)

#4Lord of the Mysteries

113 Chapters Every 533.1 Day(s) 13557 Readers 358 Reviews 02-06-2019

Horror Mature Mystery Psychological Supernatural

4.9/5... more>>

KR (4.2)

#5The Return of The Crazy Demon

1 Chapters Every 889 Day(s) 1225 Readers 13 Reviews 12-14-2021

Action Comedy Wuxia

KR (4.1)

#6Count’s Youngest Son is a Warlock

162 Chapters Every 6.8 Day(s) 4851 Readers 20 Reviews 05-16-2024

Action Adventure Fantasy

4.4/5... more>>

CN (4.1)

#7The Greatest Showman

109 Chapters Every 12.3 Day(s) 614 Readers 7 Reviews 05-10-2024

Comedy Drama Fantasy Psychological Romance Slice of Life

4.5/5 (This rating is for only the mc, fl, and the plot, so this does not include the influx of info every chapter)... more>>

This is a novel with a romance subplot though it might not even be a subplot as the romance appears like once a blue moon. There is no hindrance to the story because of it. The relationship is really mature and calm. You might even start yearning for it appear more often cause you will envy the communication and love that is between the mc and the fl.

This novel, unlike others, is mainly about hollywood and real life actors, acteresses, movies, and various scandals that happened in real lives. There are some twists on the real life happening in order to put it into the story and adhere to the fakely created mc in the 'real' hollywood of the novel setting. It was great to go and research some stuff that was told in the novel irl and read it about. Lots of parts are touching, lots are funny and happy. I have never expected a 'hollywood' seeting novel to make me cry. But, I did. I cried when he was maliciousily slandered by the media and how his friends, fans came to support him. Yes, there is a lot of focus on the reporters, paparazzis alike, movies, critics. If you are a movie buff, then you are going to love this novel.^^. There is some focus on netizens too like the general public and such. Talk shows like the Ellen show, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon and such are also written in the novel. Haha it's such a treat.

EDIT: I wish the author explored Mathew's situation a little more because they wrote about it for a chapter right before the ending (like 5 chapters before) and didn't explore it. They opened it and then just closed, it would been better if the author didn't do that because it feels the ending is a little abrupt now. One of the main drawbacks of the author's writing is how they add so many unnecessary information in the middle of the plot that it breaks the reader's immersion. The story would be in the middle of the mc's movie success and suddenly the author goes on a 10 chapter tangent about the various box office and reviews. While I did enjoy the movie reactions from gp and the critics, sometimes it's a little overdone. I came to just skip all those chapters in order to read the plot. If you took out all those chapters out, the story would literally be under 1000 chapters... But I did enjoy the information sometimes cause I am not familiar with hollywood at all, so it was interesting to learn about some things. But, because its overdone and also it seems the author did this for all their novels, when you go an check out their other novels, you just get bored at some point. But, the plot and the mc's friends and relationships itself are very good:) <<less

KR (4.2)

#8The Great Storyteller

39 Chapters Every 136.7 Day(s) 3250 Readers 80 Reviews 10-14-2018

Mature Psychological School Life Seinen Slice of Life

4.5/5... more>>

KR (4.3)

#9The Road to Glory

34 Chapters Every 3.6 Day(s) 190 Readers 0 Reviews 05-20-2024

Drama Fantasy

KR (4.5)

#10Van Gogh Reborn!

58 Chapters Every 6.2 Day(s) 2129 Readers 14 Reviews 04-27-2024

Comedy Drama Fantasy Mature Slice of Life

4.5/5... more>>

KR (4.2)

#11Become a Star

20 Chapters Every 60.4 Day(s) 3154 Readers 60 Reviews 12-09-2021

Completed Adventure Drama Fantasy Slice of Life

4.4/5... more>>

KR (4)

#12The Third-Gen Chaebol Becomes a Genius Actor

0 Chapters Every 182 Day(s) 1865 Readers 8 Reviews 11-20-2023

Drama Fantasy Mature Mystery Psychological Slice of Life

4.2/5... more>>

KR (4.1)

#13I Became the First Prince

31 Chapters Every 21.6 Day(s) 5691 Readers 71 Reviews 05-07-2024

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Seinen

4.4/5... more>>

KR (4.3)

#14The Reincarnated Cop Who Strikes With Wealth

112 Chapters Every 35.4 Day(s) 2420 Readers 9 Reviews 03-12-2023

Action Fantasy Mystery Psychological

4.3/5... more>>

KR (3.9)

#15Solo Leveling

17 Chapters Every 182.5 Day(s) 18667 Readers 256 Reviews 02-17-2019

Completed Action Adventure Drama Fantasy Shounen Supernatural

4.2/5... more>>

KR (4.1)

#16What Happens When the Second Male Lead Powers Up

180 Chapters Every 6.8 Day(s) 8424 Readers 62 Reviews 05-15-2024

Adventure Comedy Fantasy Mystery Slice of Life Supernatural

4.25 (?) /5... more>>

KR (4.7)

#17Debut or Die

211 Chapters Every 23.7 Day(s) 7519 Readers 79 Reviews 06-12-2023

Comedy Drama Mystery Supernatural

4.2/5... more>>

CN (4.5)

#18Chronicles of Primordial Wars

315 Chapters Every 68.1 Day(s) 11437 Readers 164 Reviews 08-14-2021

Completed Action Adventure Martial Arts Mystery Seinen Xuanhuan

KR (4.2)

#19The Trashy PD Has To Survive as an Idol

190 Chapters Every 3.7 Day(s) 2666 Readers 16 Reviews 05-10-2024

Drama Fantasy Slice of Life

no romance just bromance and blood

KR (4.1)

#20I Became a Sick Nobleman

142 Chapters Every 7.1 Day(s) 4455 Readers 24 Reviews 05-19-2024

Action Adventure Drama Fantasy

kinda like tr*sh of the count's family with no romance but brotherhood.... more>>

KR (3.2)

#21I was a Genius in my Previous Life

5 Chapters Every 54.6 Day(s) 184 Readers 2 Reviews 02-06-2024

Mature School Life Slice of Life

The friendships, bromance was very good. A really good story!!!... more>>

KR (4.5)

#22I Became the Tyrant of a Defense Game

669 Chapters Every 0.7 Day(s) 2838 Readers 27 Reviews 05-13-2024

Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Mature Psychological Romance Supernatural Tragedy

no romance (but there is a person who like him), but side characters have romance. ... more>>

KR (4.4)

#23Chemistry

128 Chapters Every 6.7 Day(s) 2866 Readers 10 Reviews 05-13-2024

Drama Fantasy Romance Shounen Slice of Life

this one does have romance!!!!... more>>

CN (4.5)

#24Genius Mechanic

145 Chapters Every 1.8 Day(s) 1492 Readers 18 Reviews 05-20-2024

Action Drama Mecha Romance Sci-fi Shounen Ai

this one does have romance, but it's a subplot and so subtle, it won't intefere much:) tho it's one of my favorite romances i have read in the recent times tho lol... more>>