Healthy Relationship BLs

Healthy Relationship BLs
The title says it all. BLs with a healthy power dynamic (mostly, since those are pretty rare), well-developed leads, great storylines, almost no unhealthy and unrealistic characterisations like yandere MLs or MCs with questionable IQs. Some exceptions are there, though; I've added the novels I liked despite them having somewhat yandere character(s).

I've added all the novels that checked off most of the boxes and noted everything I might have liked/disliked about those novels while reading. 

The rankings on each novel don't really matter (except for the ones at the beginning). Don't forget the ones at the bottom, although they're the ones I personally didn't like much! But you might! 
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IndusEla
Created: Feb 18th, 2020, Updated: Jan 19th, 2021
Created Feb 18th, 2020
Updated Jan 19th, 2021
CN (4.5)
34 Chapters Every 22.9 Day(s) 12668 Readers 216 Reviews 05-20-2023
The MC was the Film Emperor who died but was reborn back into the past when he was just starting his career in the entertainment industry. He actually works on improving his acting even more after his rebirth so that's cool. The ML is a very autistic, physics genius who eagerly responds to the MC, this was pretty cute. ... more>>
CN (4.4)
142 Chapters Every 92.8 Day(s) 7830 Readers 155 Reviews 07-19-2020
The MC is a super handsome, tall, cool/aloof, campus Prince, rich, and intelligent guy. He's perfect except for one thing... he sounds like a beautiful girl when he speaks (not a defect IMHO). He's manly as hell cause he does boxing too. He's introduced to a game by his hyper-active, shounen-esque, hot-blooded roommate (a ball of sunshine, this supporting-character is). ... more>>
CN (4.3)
393 Chapters Every 57.4 Day(s) 6923 Readers 77 Reviews 05-06-2019
This novel involves E-Sports in China with both the leads being masters at the game. The MC hasn't had much luck in winning the trophy because of his less-impressive teammates but this time, it's his time to shine. The novel tells about his return to his previous gaming community and taking it by storm, he gathers his teammates and stuns new/old players. ... more>>
CN (4.4)
68 Chapters Every 9.4 Day(s) 12756 Readers 184 Reviews 12-19-2023
The MC transmigrates to different worlds which are interesting enough. The ML, unsurprisingly, is someone really powerful everytime. There is a huge secret burried behind the existence of both the MC and the ML. ... more>>
CN (4.6)
0 Chapters Every 1558 Day(s) 6537 Readers 104 Reviews 01-20-2020
Gaming BL! The MC is a super strong, newbie gaming anchor gaining fame on an online broadcasting platform which belongs to the ML. ML fits the bill of "cold, aloof, rich, tall, and handsome" Chinese character template, bummer. But I think it'd be a bit too early to judge since I've only read the first 11 chapters.... more>>
CN (4.5)
38 Chapters Every 92 Day(s) 4526 Readers 33 Reviews 10-30-2021
To quote tamagoyaki, the translator, "This is a short, so very sweet, dogblood-free, BL version of Quan Zhi Gao Shou with different game settings." They also mentioned the MC is strong in game as well as IRL, yay!... more>>
CN (3.8)
69 Chapters Every 7.8 Day(s) 3506 Readers 43 Reviews 02-17-2021
Here is user Actualtr*sh's review on this novel, I agree with every single word they said:... more>>
CN (4.1)
156 Chapters Every 100.1 Day(s) 8018 Readers 99 Reviews 03-30-2020
Movies can be watched as VR and the audience have the chance to act out as a cannon fodder and extend the life of their role in the movie. If the movie becomes better because of their actions, the movie would be rereleased with the audience member as one of the characters. Most people go for romance or other genres but the MC, this madlad, goes for horror movies, survives splendidly, and all of the movies he goes into are rereleased. He's the only one who can survive in these horror movies. Anyway, the ML is a ghost who shows up in these movies, we don't know his real identity. He's usually invisible but his... more>>
CN (4)
93 Chapters Every 25.3 Day(s) 5631 Readers 37 Reviews 01-10-2024
Good enough if you don't have anything else to read. ... more>>
CN (4.4)
120 Chapters Every 95.1 Day(s) 8664 Readers 56 Reviews 09-28-2023
All the arc in this one are original and fun to read. The ML isn't a yandere and the MC is smart. The MC always... more>>
CN (4.1)
91 Chapters Every 101.7 Day(s) 2879 Readers 17 Reviews 09-04-2021
This novel is full of drama, it's endless dog blood drama which hooks your soul away until nothing is left. The MC is a highly talented body double, the ML was okayish even though he cheated on his hospitalised boyfriend with the MC (to even out the readers' dissatisfaction with a cheating ML, the author made the ML's ex a villain so that the readers could rest easy; a cheap move, imho). I'm NGL, it was nice.... more>>
CN (4.5)
171 Chapters Every 3.4 Day(s) 5128 Readers 23 Reviews 04-13-2024
The MC transmigrates into different worlds and has to figure out the mystery. More often than not, there are mu*ders happening or have happened and the MC has to figure out who's the culprit. It's not easy and a confusing mess cause everyone is suspicious. You can empathise with both the leads as they run around trying to figure things out. ... more>>
CN (4)
87 Chapters Every 60.9 Day(s) 7639 Readers 102 Reviews 11-09-2022
MC realises he was a cannon fodder in a book, is reborn, retaliates against the protagonists who wrecked his life, and marries bae. He also has kids which means it's mpreg! The title may make you misunderstand that it's about a gold digger but it's not. ... more>>
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  1. Lascie
    Lascie· Feb 21, 2020 03:52 PM
    For healthy relation you should try Death Progress Bar (by the author of one useless rebirth) and Seizing Dream (+  Fei Tian Ye Xiang others novels). The works of the author Priest, and Huai Shang (the author of Undead) also fit the bill. 
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    • IndusEla
      IndusEla· Author · Feb 21, 2020 03:58 PM
      Thanks for the suggestions, I really appreciate it. I'll definitely check them out! 
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  2. lost_talez
    lost_talez· Aug 13, 2020 10:10 PM

    thank you so much for this list <3 clear.png 

    im so sick of overbearing possessive yandere MLs and poor innocent MCs who gets taken advantage of. It doesn't make me root for the relationship AT ALL and I just end up dropping it (or continue reading in some fruitless hope that the MC will somehow one-up the ML at least once.. which of course never happens). either that or we get pampering ML in a one-sided relationship with an MC who only knows how to throw tantrums and argue. -.- 

    Now i just need someone to make a similar list for female protagonist novels.

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  3. Bellilelly
    Bellilelly· Feb 15, 2021 05:26 PM
    Three more: since I just realized how long my explanation is trying to highlight the good pts and reason why u should check them out sighsss and since we could only comment Max of 2500 character oh deae

    “Those years in the quest of honors of mine”—> some people compared it to golden stage since they both are historical and have political scheme going on. I just feel it’s quite realistic in the sense of mistrust and vilgilance between the characters. The relationship is slow but understandable, and it’s mainly build from trust before into life and death partner honesty. IMO it’s also pretty heavy theme so I also took a break from reading this  I guess I’m not fit for angsty yet I still want to read them




    How to survive as a villain —> tragedy, drama, comedy. Let’s see there’s angtsy, there’s plot, there’s conflict, and there’s relationship like Romeo and Juliet except mc in denial of his feeling since realistically it can’t work out w his identity and ml’s identity with blood feud from previous gen. The relationship development is nice and fun to see them overcome obstacles. Oi masochistic tendency showing its tent**les again...

    100k volts electrocute you to death—> cute story w actions. The buildup and their chemistry is not bad and fun to read. The story is interesting hmm I’m being vague but I don’t want to spoil too much since I realize I kinda did w my few other recs smh ... but it’s also a relationship that started out from trust then to life and death partner. And it’s also one of my fav that I always keep checking for updates



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    • IndusEla
      IndusEla· Author · Mar 10, 2021 04:56 AM

      Sorry for the late reply. 

      I am very, very thankful for your recommendations and as surprising as it may be, I've only read one from all your recommendations lol so it is indeed of help to me. Thanks~ clear.png

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  4. Bellilelly
    Bellilelly· Feb 15, 2021 05:15 PM

    Heyy I’m back w more novel rec tho idk if they fall under your “healthy relationship” category and if u like them

    Anywyas starting off one of my fav

    Heroic death system —> I say it’s one of my fav QT and I have my personal fav arcs my bias since I find their relationship sweet and ml pampering. Tho that doesn’t change the fact I did find mc getting HE in the latter half story repetitive(idk these kind of qt might have uncover some sm tendency that makes me not want them to have HE...AHEM)and also a few arc that I really don’t like, so I just skip around reading the arcs that I like more, it’s still really enjoyable and I find the chemistry nice in the beginning. The last arc is the worst smh but love the first few arcs

    Fight the landlord, fall in love —-> same author as Golden Stage, this is like an au of it? It say it’s adapted from it on NU and we find a side cp from golden stage in this modern setting. It’s a really short read 41 chapters so I guess that y their relationship, interested in each other and falling all happened within the first 10 chapters. Still baffles me how quickly they gain interest in each other but ml isn’t forceful or anything and respects mc quite a lot. They both childish but mature and that somehow complement each other. Their relationship reminds of of “Your distance” I guess because of the ml’s profession loll but ofc the two novel are really different except the vibe of mature stable and calm relationship 

    Another MXTX high profile work and gained quite a bit of recognition

    Heaven official blessing (same author of founder of diabolism)—> characters are all endearing with their own flaw yet the relationship buildup is really nice —> but this novel for me is really hard to read under one sitting since there’s a lot plot going on so I stopped around c50. I think other people are the same, taking breaks while reading this since my heart can’t take it

    Note:

     At some point when I was reading QWTFOD I think someone commented that QWTFOD, heaven official blessing, founder of diabolism and maybe something else I forgot the name is the four bible of cn bl community loll

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  5. Lilyjae
    Lilyjae· Jan 18, 2021 08:14 PM

    A few novel recommendations if you haven't read these yet: 

    1) Assistant Architect

    2) Film Emperor’s Adorable Wife From Ancient Times 

    3) The Film Emperor Asks for Divorce Every Day 

    4) I Ship My Adversary X Me

    Three of these got really tacky titles but the stories are interesting and the relationships between the main characters are balanced and full of respect if you want to check it out!! 

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    • IndusEla
      IndusEla· Author · Jan 19, 2021 02:48 PM

      Thanks for the recommendations! Number 3 has been on the list for a long time, still, thank you for mentioning it. I read number 1 a long time ago and completely overlooked it, so thanks for the reminder. clear.png

      I'll check out both number 2 and 4. clear.png

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  6. Comeheretocommentonly
    Comeheretocommentonly· Oct 28, 2020 02:54 PM

    Hello, honestly I've been a long time faithful follower from your list recomendation but I'm too shy to come out and greet you in person.

    First of all, I wanna thank you for being so kind and empowering making me realized that there are people who actually shared same passion as me.

    I'm still reading some tr*shy novels as of now, but truly, your list is the one I always kept looking forward. 

    I've read some of the books mentioned before I go through this list. But also there are some gems that I truly like from your list such as Your Distance, Fake Slakers and Tattoo. Of course there are many more but I already imposed too long on this building.

    At the end I just wanna say hi and hope we could one day chat regarding these books and sharing a few books that maybe we already read.

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    • IndusEla
      IndusEla· Author · Nov 3, 2020 11:05 AM
      Aw, thanks for liking my list! And i would love to talk~ clear.png
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  7. eceo
    eceo· Aug 7, 2020 11:55 AM
    I love your list! I see some novels I absolutely love, so I’m sure I’ll love most, if not everything on this list. You have very good taste, I can’t wait to see what else you’ll add to this list. 
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    • IndusEla
      IndusEla· Author · Aug 8, 2020 02:12 PM
      I'm glad you like them! But be sure that I've added some mediocre ones too just in case someone might like them. Read my notes to see if I liked that particular one! :)
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  8. Junksnack
    Junksnack· May 8, 2020 10:56 AM
    You have great taste, thank you for this list and for including your thoughts with each novel! If you havent read any of them before, I enjoy "Spring Trees and Sunset Clouds", "Class Teacher System", and "My Underachieving Seatmate Doesn’t Need Any Comforting" for having particularly sweet relationships!
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    • IndusEla
      IndusEla· Author · May 8, 2020 03:09 PM

      This comment made me really happy. I'm glad to know you liked reading my thoughts on all these novels. If you liked my list then you have a great taste as well. ;)

      I have read Class Tracher System but haven't added it to this list yet, thanks for the reminder. As for the other two, I haven't checked them out. My Underachieving Classmate seems to have an unfair power dynamic, though, along with the MC's dubious intelligence which is why I haven't tried reading it yet. I will give it a chance, though. Thanks for the recommendations. :)

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    • Dooka
      Dooka· Jun 23, 2020 02:18 PM
      @IndusEla
      Ta for the list clear.png
      My underachieving classmate starts unbalanced but gets better as it is actually about rebuilding confidence and overcoming severe trauma. He isn’t really dumb, either, I can’t explain why he is like he is without spoiling it. But read it, it just ended and I still haven’t recovered. And it’s a comedy of errors, completely hilarious (when you aren’t crying), I love these boys.


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    • IndusEla
      IndusEla· Author · Jun 23, 2020 04:40 PM
      @Dooka Such high praise, looks like I'll have to add it to my reading list. Thanks for the suggestion. clear.png
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  9. ponkansuits
    ponkansuits· May 2, 2020 01:31 PM
    My, My, My.. What a tasty list! fufufu~ Thanks :>
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    • IndusEla
      IndusEla· Author · May 5, 2020 07:36 AM
      You're welcome :)
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  10. Xian-laoshi
    Xian-laoshi· Mar 24, 2020 12:44 PM

    Regarding I Just Want To Be In A Relationship, I checked it out. I was confused. In the raws, was it only really 96 plus extras? The translators already translated around 220 chapters.

    By the way, thanks for creating this reading list. I have been following this since you created it. Right now, I'm being broken by Strategy to Capture the Scum Gong (my eyes are now so swollen because of it). 

    I'm now starting to be busy. So, hehe, if you don't mind, may you recommend the best complete stories you read in ascending order? Arigatouuu~

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    • IndusEla
      IndusEla· Author · Mar 25, 2020 02:51 PM

      The translator most probably split the chapters of I Just Want To Be In A Relationship to make it easier to stick to schedule which made the number of chapters a lot more than the raws. It's understandable since the raws reach close to 10,000 characters sometimes. 

      As for Strategy To Capture That Scum Gong, what's life without a dash of good angst? It hurts but the subtle craving is satisfied so well~ amirite?

      The best completed stories? That'd be really hard cause my ranking wouldn't do justice to them and almost every novel on this list has been completely read by me so all of them are complete to me. You can just read the ones marked 'completed' on this list and voila, you'll have the list you desire. All the ones here are my favourites and mostly arranged in the order I thought was appropriate. 

      And thanks for following my list, I'm glad I could contribute to your reading journey! clear.png

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    • Xian-laoshi
      Xian-laoshi· Apr 13, 2020 06:37 AM

      @DarkAngel268 I just finished FOD last week. So satisfying. Most of the things I was looking for in a novel was there...

      Now, my studying schedule has been completely ruined yet I'm still looking for the next read. Haha. I'll browse again here for a short completed one... 

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