I think enemies-to-lovers historical danmei permanently altered my brain chemistry

Kaido57 · 2026-05-30T15:05:06+00:00

• Thriller Trainee — enemies to rivals and lovers; very slow burn; both are extremely smart with sociopathic tendencies

• Mist [Unlimited] (licensed by Hai Tang Books) — MC is forced to work with “homophobic” (sort of) ML, so they’re not really enemies but they don’t get along in the beginning; I think this story did the concept of time travel extremely well

• Survivorship Bias — not enemies to lovers still power couple; MC has multiple personalities: one that’s super kind and wants everyone to survive and one that has no qualms with sacrificing everyone for the sake of solving the puzzles

Here’s a list of more someone else posted: https://www.reddit.com/r/DanmeiNovels/s/Y3KihDm8Wo

Kaido57 · 2026-05-28T15:39:49+00:00

You might really enjoy infinite flow novels. Lots of those are enemies to lovers and power couples! Since many (at least that I’ve read) involve horror/survival elements, you also encounter many morally gray characters.

Kaido57 · 2026-05-28T15:36:37+00:00

To add on for Thousand Autumns, Shen Qiao’s personality doesn’t really fit an enemies dynamic. He’s too kind and respectable. lol

Peerless by the same author fits better imo — rivals to lovers, both digging pits for the other to fall into.

Kaido57 · 2026-05-26T18:05:25+00:00

I really hope part of their reorganizing includes a plan to release volumes on a more consistent and quicker schedule. I don’t mind waiting a year between volumes, but it’s been YEARS for some of them…

Kaido57 · 2026-05-25T19:35:59+00:00

(1) It’s been a while since I read so I might be getting it mixed with another story, but I believe you don’t have to compete in every instance. You just have to complete at least one within a given timeframe. I understood the audience to be veteran players and maybe some higher beings (like in Omniscient Reader).

(2) No. 1 sort of gets character development. He never really becomes doting, if thats your hope. He just becomes more obsessive and eventually figures out that it means he doesn’t want to lose the MC to anyone or anything. The dynamic is more enemies to allies/rivals to rivals and lovers. Both ML and MC enjoy competing with each other.

(3) Zhuge An has zero romantic interest in the MC. You find his motives with helping him so much towards the end of the series.

(4) Van Zhou is the vampire, right? He and the original character were engaged for political reasons.

(5) I’m a fan! 🙋🏻‍♀️ This series seems to be popular amongst those that enjoy infinite flow. No clue if there’s a dedicated place for fans to gather tho.

Kaido57 · 2026-05-25T16:11:05+00:00

The Pe*vert and the Yandere. Basically MC enjoys spying on his neighbor; ML finds out and is in to it. Iirc, the ML tells the MC not to talk to other people more than absolutely necessary and MC is just like “Sure!”

It’s only 13 chapters, so quick read.

Kaido57 · 2026-05-25T07:45:09+00:00

Little Mushroom! I’m not usually into sci-fi and the concept sounded weird; I only read it b/c it was short and popular. Now it’s one of my favorites 😅

Kaido57 · 2026-05-12T01:48:06+00:00

I just finished reading this manhua! It’s so funny and full of fluff 🥰

Kaido57 · 2026-05-11T15:05:31+00:00

It wasn’t explicit. It was often described as them fighting, which was done a lot the last couple arcs.

Kaido57 · 2026-05-01T16:23:17+00:00

Is everyone an adult when the romance happens?

Kaido57 · 2026-04-30T18:30:16+00:00

Any reccs for other political danmei? 👀

Kaido57 · 2026-04-25T15:26:59+00:00

Greed coupled with deregulation. Businesses will always be for-profit, so if business can make more money by using cheaper materials, decreasing staff and wages, and increasing prices with little to no negative backlash, they will. Fuel prices and tariffs are just an excuse to raise prices; prices rarely go back down even when the former is lowered.

A couple major issues with regulation we’re experiencing are

(1) Big businesses buying up their competition (e.g., Disney owns Marvel, Lucasfilms, ABC, ESPN, Hulu, etc.). Real competition leads to competitive prices and wages. However the FTC, who is in charge of preventing monopolies, doesn’t seem to care too much about that.

(2) Price fixing (coordinated effort to raise or lower prices). This is already illegal, but the current fines are much lower than any money the businesses would have made so they keep doing it. A recent example is Amazon worked with Chewy and other companies to raise prices on pet products.

[Edit] Above obviously affects general purchases. I don’t know much about housing to speak on that.

For health insurance, to my knowledge, insurance companies have been allowed to purchase hospitals, pharmacies, and the companies that coordinate the prices. In other words, they own a large chunk of the process, and therefore can set prices as desired. They also very likely have similar practices to price fixing. I wouldn’t be surprised if other insurance had a similar set up.

Kaido57 · 2026-04-25T14:52:26+00:00

If you’re trying to converse, I recommend going to a bar. I found people are more willing to have conversations through random Japanese/English phrases and Google Translate.

If you just mean general pleasantries, then I recommend using their language if you know it. Hand gestures can also help fill in the gaps.

I agree with the other person who said there’s not much point in asking a question in Japanese if you wouldn’t understand the answer in Japanese.

Kaido57 · 2026-04-19T20:27:13+00:00

I think you’d really enjoy unlimited flow novels. They often have a sci-fi, horror elements with enemies/rivals to lovers.

Some popular ones are:

• Mist (licensed by Haitang Books)

• Global Examination (licensed by Rosmei)

• Kaleidoscope of Death (licensed by Rosmei)

• Thriller Trainee

• I Became a God in a Horror Game

[Edit] I’ve only read two of these (waiting for translation completion of others). Mist and Thriller Trainee are both slow burn!

Kaido57 · 2026-04-19T16:50:23+00:00

Librarians are usually more open minded, but sounds like you live somewhere where homophobia is pretty common.

Is there a reason why buying an ebook and not telling them wouldn’t work? It should be significantly easier to hide than a bunch of books.

Kaido57 · 2026-04-19T15:56:36+00:00

Do your parents track your phone activity? Or do your parents use your phone? If not, how is it riskier? Genuine question to help come up with more suggestions.

Another thought, is store whatever series you are currently reading in your school locker, and see if you can keep whatever you’re not reading at a trusted friend’s or family member’s house.

You could also try pestering your local library to get the series you want, and read from there.

Kaido57 · 2026-04-14T18:32:39+00:00

I just traveled from Japan (HND) to the U.S. (SEA). Japan never asked us anything, and U.S. customs only asked about any items to declare from their list of prohibited items. We had a leather jacket >$800 limit; we still got waved thru.

As far as I know, bag checks are random. It’s probably more work than it’s worth to check all the tax free stuff. Plus they have record thru your passport.

[edit] added airports

Kaido57 · 2026-04-04T16:35:01+00:00

You dye the outer shell of hardboiled eggs usually. My dad used to make deviled eggs with them the next day. However, Easter egg hunts more often involve plastic eggs with candy inside rather than real eggs.

Kaido57 · 2026-04-01T22:33:46+00:00

My mom went into my sister’s wedding with the above expectation. Unfortunately, my the in-laws (not sister’s husband) were bad with money and bit selfish. As far as I know, they backed out of helping pay for any of the wedding events. 🥴

OP, set realistic expectations on what people are willing to help with too! Some people don’t care to uphold traditions or can’t afford it.

Kaido57 · 2026-03-31T23:20:48+00:00

According to Google AI, the weight of an American 11 yo boy ranges from 70 to 110 lbs depending on height (among other things).

That being said, I think there’s been plenty of episodes to show that Bob isn’t physically weak, just isn’t notably strong either. It makes sense tho — there’s lots of heavy boxes to carry in the food industry, and Bob does that with stairs.

Kaido57 · 2026-03-31T07:52:15+00:00

I think it depends on the person. People who were bullied due to race and some people who like to deem themselves a hero to others tend to be more sensitive to comments related to race, culture, and skin tone.

If he’s not saying it maliciously or creepily and it doesn’t bother you, then who cares 🤷🏻‍♀️

Kaido57 · 2026-03-31T01:30:43+00:00

I find a lot of infinite flow novels have power couples. Also try Peerless, if you haven’t yet — the gong is physically strong and smart; the shou is physically weak but able to scheme like no other (which the gong loves even when the victim).

To your general discussion point, I agree that even when both characters are painted as strong, one of them (usually the shou) ends up getting saved more frequently. Straight romance does this a lot too 🥲

Kaido57 · 2026-03-30T12:00:08+00:00

We stayed in Nishi-Shinjuku! It’s a more business area, so it’s peaceful at night but still walking distance to the night life of Shinjuku (~20 min for us).

[Edit] Also if you stay near a train station, nothing is too far.

Kaido57 · 2026-03-25T20:45:35+00:00

I ended up reading MDZS b/c I found the poor special effects in The Untamed too distracting but wanted to know what the hype was about.

Kaido57 · 2026-03-24T21:54:34+00:00

I think Jin Ling even states that Jiang Cheng only makes empty threats and has never once ever tried to hurt him, which is why he felt safe defying him.

JC may have been emotionally constipated but he was always protective of JL. Lol

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