hello and welcome to the modern danmei recommendation page!
just a heads up, not all of these danmeis are actually set in modern/current setting. i just wanted to make recommendations for danmeis out of the historical/xianxia/xuanhuan genre so this carrd actually also contains danmeis from futuristic and dystopian settings.
note that i have not read all these novels, so please read the carrd and tags before you dive in as there might be triggering content for you in some of these novels.
feel free to contact me on my twitter if theres an error or even if you just wanna scream with me i'll be more than happy to talk to you!
i hope you enjoy your read! (click on right arrow to proceed)
默读
mo du
Silent Reading
Author: Priest
Genre: Action, Mature, Mystery, Psychological, Shounen Ai
Chapters: 180 + 5
Translation: completed
SYNOPSIS
Childhood, upbringing, family background, social relations, traumatic experiences…
We keep reviewing and seeking out the motives of criminals, exploring the subtlest emotions driving them. It’s not to put ourselves in their shoes and sympathize, or even forgive them; it’s not to find some reasons to exculpate their crimes; it’s not to kneel down before the so-called “complexity of human nature”; nor to introspect social conflicts, much less to alienate ourselves into monsters.
We just want to have a fair trial – for ourselves and for those who still have hope for the world.
My Note:
THIS NOVEL IS SO GOOD IT MAKES ME FEEL UNWORTHY TO READ IT. If you like mystery/crime then this is a have to for you. The way events and clues are weaved together in this novel is just amazing. The angst isn't very heavy but it covers some dark and heavy themes so just be careful of the warnings. The carrd has complete information about it so please check it out!!
I honestly could go on and on about priest's novels because they're just That Good so I'll stop here before it gets out of hand ⊂((・▽・))⊃
*note that this book revolves around murder cases with descriptions of gore and many other potentially triggering topics so i highly recommend you to check the carrd or contact me for specific details if you're unsure about the tw's
残次品
can ci pin
Imperfections
Author: Priest
Genre: Action, Mecha, Romance, Sci-fi, Shounen Ai
Chapters: 197 + 6
Translation: ongoing
SYNOPSIS
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
—— Dickens《A Tale of Two Cities》
I took my hatred and plot for revenge with me down the mire, to the depths of the abyss, and returned as a ghost of the past. I want to plant the seeds of the rotten truth, nourish their deadly thorns with fresh blood so that they grow and pierce through this civilization built on lies.
I reached the bottom of the abyss… only to find a shining star.
破云
po yun
Breaking Through the Clouds
Author: 淮上
Genre: Action, Adult, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Shounen Ai, Yaoi
Chapters: 155 + 6
Translation: ongoing
SYNOPSIS
Bizarre clouds billowed by in the sky, as if in a hurry.
During an anti-drug operation in the city of Gongzhou three years ago, a chain explosion had gone off on site due to a mis-judgement made by the Commander-in-Chief Jiang Ting, and caused the anti-drug detachment team to suffer great casualties as a result. Three years now, Jiang Ting, who was supposed to have already been killed in the line of duty with not even a body left to bury—miraculously woke up from a coma.
His heroic soul had never been at peace. He returned from Hell back to the living, to give everything he had to bring the bloody and bizarre truth back to light.
伪装学渣
wei zhuang xue zha
Fake Slackers
Author: 木瓜黄
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life, Yaoi
Chapters: 112 + 3
Translation: completed
SYNOPSIS
After class placement were decided, the school’s two infamous ‘problem youth’ not only shared the same class, but the same desk.
They’re clearly good at studies, but pretend to be slackers. Fakers from head to toe who just keep walking farther down the path of their performance.
Hear on the grapevine about the two big brothers who always fight over the last place in class.
Basically, this is a serious comedy. About the little matters of growing up.
My Note:
Just as the synopsis says the story is about 2 very smart students who pretend to be dumb. The thing is they themselves still think the other is dumb and try to find ways to get them to study (ITS SO FUNNY). I love this book so much its a very light read with mostly comedy and minimal angst.
However you'll have to pay on the website from ch 29 onwards or buy the ebook. (honestly you can find a repost on wattpad or dm someone who has an epub but you didn't hear that from me *runs*) Please buy it if you can!
撒野
sa ye
Act Wildly
Author: 巫哲
Genre: Drama, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, Yaoi
Chapters: 145 + 5
Translation: ongoing
SYNOPSIS
When Jiang Cheng was told to return to a family that he never knew or had a relationship with, he had never expected to end up meeting a young girl, and eventually, her seemingly roguish brother Gu Fei, as a first encounter in the new city.
shared universe with qing kuang and xiao zhang
学渣同桌不需要安慰
My Underachieving Seatmate Doesn’t Need Any Comforting
Author: 龙柒
Genre: Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai
Chapters: 122
Translation: completed
SYNOPSIS
Qiao Shao, who worked hard to stay up all night and study, was first in class — if you count from the bottom.
He Shen, who was able to get a perfect score even when he slept all day, in a rare display of kindness, bought a bottle of drink to comfort his stupid seatmate.
Then he saw the messages popping up on Qiao Shao’s phone—
Dad: Don’t panic, it’s okay if you didn’t do well in the exam. Dad just ordered a new sports car for you.
Granddad: Grandson, there’s no need to hurry. It’s alright even if you didn’t do well in your exam. Granddad bought a new yacht for you, come and take a break.
Grandpa: Grandson, don’t cry, it’s okay if you didn’t do well in the exam. Grandpa’s billions-worth of properties are all yours.
With a blank expression, He Shen threw his 2.5 Yuan worth bottle of drink into the trash.
Hold your horses! Comfort?
你的距离
ni de ju li
Your Distance
Author: 公子优
Genre: Comedy, Mature, Romance, Slice of Life, Yaoi
Chapters: 90 + 3
Translation: ongoing
SYNOPSIS
Distance is a social platform that (just like other social platforms) can display the distance between parties. Ting Shuang had chosen someone that was 287 kilometres away from him, thinking that it was very safe. After all, when there’s more than two hundred kilometres between them, they wouldn’t awkwardly chance upon each other in real life, right!
Unexpectedly… The next night, 287 kilometres suddenly became 4.8 kilometres???
And even more unexpectedly… In the afternoon of the third day, 4.8 kilometres suddenly became 3 metres???
3 metres?????
Metres?????
I’m having a f*cking lesson right now, doesn’t 3 meters mean that the person I was flirting with is in the classroom right now?
My Note:
Just a heads up this is a student/professor relationship but its not problematic so please give it a try! MC is a graduate student (24) and ML is a professor (36). They're both mature and independent and they communicate (or at least learn to). Character development also plays a major part in this story as they both learn understand each other and grow as a better person. Their relationship progresses fast so if you're tired of pining go read this for an abundance of fluff (and some smut) hehehe
网恋翻车指南
Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating
Author: 酱子贝
Genre: Comedy, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life, E-sports, Yaoi
Chapters: 117 + 2
Translation: completed
SYNOPSIS
The cousin that Jing Huan has been closest to since he was a child was labelled as “the other woman” in a certain popular online game: only after devoting herself did she know that the other party was a jerk with a girlfriend.
After several days of being bullied online by people in the game, his cousin went abroad in a fit of anger and sorrow.
Jing Huan couldn’t take this lying down; he decided to take revenge for his cousin using the same method as that guy – buy a character in game and kill that slag guy thousands of times online.
With his strength and skill as the Great God when the game was first launched, wouldn’t he be able to kill that guy and force him to quit the server in minutes?!
He went online, eager to fight, but made a discovery after conducting a round of investigations — this slag guy was the number one DPS server-wide, number one on the expert ranking list, number one on the wealth ranking list, number one on the popularity ranking list, and number one on the fame ranking list.
Conclusion: Can’t screw him over.
Jing Huan felt despondent. He was just about to give up when he personally witnessed his dormmate’s online relationship end right after meeting each other in real life. The other party had sent fake photos and changed their voice, and had even cheated him of his money, triggering his dormmate so much that he was almost admitted to a hospital.
Jing Huan felt enlightened as a sudden realisation dawned on him. After comforting his roommate, he moved the high-priced voice changer back to his rented house overnight.
shared universe with pubg
My Note:
As someone who has zero knowledge on gaming this novel was actually easy to understand. Its about a catfish another catfish for revenge and even acts shameless to carry out his plan. (All you gege kink people im eyeing you rn)
Its so funny and light GO READ IT
社交温度
she jiao wen du
Social Outcast
Author: 卡比丘
Genre: Adult, Drama, Mature, Romance, School Life, Yaoi
Chapters: 33
Translation: completed
SYNOPSIS
A cold and homophobic top matched with a person he hated on a dating app, and discovered that the other was even more clingy than he thought!
My Note:
This is a short read you can finish in one sitting. MC is adorable I just wanna shower him with love and give him head pats. Theres also a manhua with very pretty art so go check it out <3
夺梦
duo meng
Seizing Dreams
Author: 非天夜翔
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Psychological, Romance, School Life, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life, Supernatural, Yaoi
Chapters: 165
Translation: completed
SYNOPSIS
Within the dream of the dreamer, the one who was dreamed of awoke.
— Borges
“I exist in the sunlight, the wind, between the heavens and the earth, and also in dreams.”
One night, Yu Hao, a college student who was at his wits’ end had an unexpected encounter with a mysterious visitor – “General” – who had dream travelled. He led Yu Hao in solving the countless riddles that abounded in the realm of the conscious, and lit up the fire beacons on the meandering Great Wall.
Thereafter, the darkness retreated, the sun rose, and when the long night was thoroughly lit up, the him who existed in reality was reborn.
The black dragon that roared, the lighthouse and demonic eyes on the coastline, the rain forest before Chichén Itzá, the fierce beasts that wreaked havoc in the Colosseum…the bizarre projection of reality in one’s consciousness reflected the hidden place that the sunlight in reality couldn’t touch – the innumerable sins of the human heart.
The journey of seizing dreams continues, and one can only hope that the sun will continue illuminating the human heart.
—
Fire beacons on the Great Wall were lit up to signal a border invasion.
shared universe with tiandi baiju