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A Frail Hero: Any Illness Will Do, the Worse His Health the Better

I want a sickly character, with things like stomach problems, back injuries, coughing up blood, or poisoning. The kind where they're physically weak, miserable, and in pain. Male-male leads only, and one of them has to be sickly. I really love this kind of story.

The Male Lead Has a Severe Illness: Coughing Up Blood, Rushed to the Hospital, So Pitiful It Brings You to Tears

Looking for Really Great Everyday Urban Fiction

Nurturing Promising New Books, No Older Books Please

No old books, please. I want to see which new books have potential! Anything the poster has liked or commented on has potential. Give them a try!

Looking for a Sweet, Down-to-Earth Story Where the Male Lead Is Paralyzed from the Waist Down and Wears Diapers

Looking for books like "The Splendor of Fireworks". No healing or reconciliation in the later part, the woman dotes on the man, and no older woman-younger man romance.

The Male Lead Is Paralyzed and Abandoned, While the Female Lead Changes His Diapers and Never Leaves Him

Looking for Stories with a Sickly Male Lead, Stomach Problems, and Him Getting Sick in Every Chapter. Thanks

I'd especially like a sickly secondary-perspective character, someone meek and vulnerable is fine too. I want to feel sorry for him. Thanks! ❛‿˂̵✧

The Male Lead Is So Pathetic!! It Breaks Your Heart to Read

I want the kind of story that makes you feel especially sorry for the male lead, so that while reading, your heart suddenly clenches with an indescribable ache.

Any Stories That Feel True to Life? Please, With Authors Who Use Their Brains!

I don’t want either lead to be stupid. I hope the story has a warm, everyday feel. They don’t have to be rich, but there absolutely shouldn’t be any huge misunderstandings between them. Both should be pure in love, please and thank you. I’ve been reading for years, and so many authors write things that make no sense. Sigh ╯﹏╰

Books That Feel Close to Real Life

Any recommendations for good books that feel especially close to real life?

A Disabled Male Lead, Preferably One Who Never Recovers, Wears Diapers, and Is Incontinent

Looking for a BL Story Where One Lead Has a Leg Disability and Has to Be Carried Everywhere

I dreamed up a premise. Are there any stories like this? Please recommend one with two male leads. One of them is a knight or something similar: longish hair, handsome, and incredibly strong. But after an accident, he becomes paralyzed from the waist down and loses all feeling in his legs, so he can only get around by having the other lead carry him.

Looking for Stories with a Frail or Injured Male Lead Whose Old Wounds Often Flare Up

Looking for stories where the protagonist has an old injury, is frail, or is sick or injured. I really want to read this kind of thing!! Two male leads or no CP, please 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Why Do All the Bad-End Stories Have the Female Lead Die? Are There Any Where the Male Lead Dies?

Make the Hero Suffer! Make the Hero Suffer! Make the Hero Suffer! Make the Hero Suffer! Make the Hero Suffer!!!!

Preferably quick transmigration, historical romance, or school stories. Please, please, please!

Looking for a Sickly Male Lead

Looking for books similar to How Can I Survive Beside Conan When I Keep Coughing Up Blood? I'm really into frail characters and want to read about a frail male lead, any genre. As long as he's frail, that's all that matters. Preferably not romance, but that's fine too.

The Hero Is Frail, and the Heroine Constantly Worries About Him

Looking for romance where the male lead is sickly or disabled and has frequent episodes. Every time he gets sick, the female lead feels heartbroken for him.

Any Well-written Contemporary Romances with a Sensible Plot and Sound Values?

Modern romance novels with good writing.

Stories with a Frail Constitution, Not Mental Illness

Coughing up blood or fainting is fine, too.

The Male Lead Really Uses a Wheelchair and Has a Leg Disability. He’s Tsundere, and the Female Lead Absolutely Spoils Him.

Looking for a Historical Romance with an Extremely Frail Male Lead!!!

They often fall ill and never get better by the end. Ideally, they have stomach problems. Historical romance!

Female Lead Carries the Disabled Male Lead in Her Arms

Which Male Lead Do You Feel Most Sorry For?

A miserable past, physical imperfections, and the pain of memories. Which male protagonist makes you feel the most heartbroken?

Looking for High-Quality Novels with a Sickly Male Lead

I need some high-quality stories with a sickly male lead. No BL, please. Something fairly conventional, without too many secret identities.