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5 novels
Healing Sci-Fi BL Novels
Dinosaur-world romance, alien courtship, robot parents and found family: five warm, unusual danmei by Yue Xia Sang.
11 novels
Danmei: Shui Qian Cheng's 188 Boy Group
Meet the eleven male characters known as the 188 Boy Group in Shui Qian Cheng's danmei novels, from Shao Qun and Song Juhan to Qu Moyu.
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