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characters who transform into both humans and animals (includes nine tailed foxes).
main characters with scars, particularly those that are significant to the plot or the romance.
ML or FL is believed to be the fulfillment of a prophecy that says they will end the country/world/a person or are thought to be bad luck.
Couples with large height differences, guaranteed to make the heart flutter!
Plots centered around food, restaurants, cafes, bars, and cooking and/or characters who are chefs/cooks.
Both leads are damaged, traumatized, deeply lonely, or otherwise wounded by life, fall in love, and try to heal together. AKA my favorite romantic…
When childhood connections and true love are not enough for peak romance - these couples are true soulmates, connected in a magical way by either…
Sad endings (my definition is the leads don't end up together due to death or separation) and happy endings for the main couple but are otherwise…
One of the leads secretly and deliberately gets close to the other to use them for some hidden reason such as revenge on their family member,…
settings in the country and small towns, for when you want to get away from it all.
the leads are more than star-crossed lovers - there is bad blood between them. Includes blood feuds in which the lead or their family harmed/killed…
instead of an enemies to lovers arc, the leads go back and forth between hatred and love in their relationship.
Romances between an employer and their employee or master and their servant (excluding bodyguards).
Dramas that have two or more different endings, either alternate (one tragic, one happy), bonus epilogues/extra episodes set after the drama,…
one or both of the leads dislikes/hates/is annoyed by the other when they first meet, but the two later fall in love.
Most of the to time when the FL is in disguise as a boy, the ML finds out and then falls in love. This is for the rare and wonderful times when…
ML or FL gives up their royal titles, quest for revenge, wealth, or something similar.
zombies, robots, human clones, death games, futuristic and/or dystopian settings.
When you want something very different from the usual - bizarre concepts, fresh/unique plots, and unconventional pairings.
SFL/SML gives up on the ML/FL and actually moves on, finding love with someone else. May end happily, may end tragically.
ML's romantic rival is himself due to time travel, magic, reincarnation, or a split personality.
