mix of: sci-fi, mystery, adventure, action, fantasy, psychological, thriller and historical

main genre: shounen, seinen

theme:

• mc have male comrades only or male subordinates
• child protagonist or young adult
• strictly no girls/women crushing on mc
• no canon straight (bxg) romance till the end
• preferably completed
• preferably manga and manhwa

either of any of these tags such as: aristocracy, european ambience, level headed mc, dense protagonist, realistic mc, cunning protagonist, character growth, reliable teammates, prodigy, op mc, isekai, transmigration, world building, medieval fantasy, unique system, cheats, manipulative protagonist, antihero protagonist, political drama, mc takes over the world, clan building, coming of age, cosmic wars, conflicting loyalties, betrayal, comedic undertone, competition, demi-humans, dungeons, enemies became allies, dystopia, game ranking system, fallen nobility, fantasy creatures, hidden identities, hidden abilities, interconnected storylines, legends, lost civilization

examples: Sennen Meikyuu no Nana Ouji , Herscherik, Heroic Tale of the Reincarnated Prince , Shounen Oujo , Lord of the Mysteries , I Woke Up as the Villain , The Lord of Coins , Lout of Count's Family , Housekishou Richard-Shi no Nazo Kantei , Descended from Divinity , Youjo Senki

Maybe try Greatest Estate Developer? If you like Trash of the Count's family, I think you might enjoy it as well. A bit more of a comedic focus, though.

https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/chin5uq/the-greatest-estate-developer

Odayaka Kizoku no Kyuuka no Susume

I'm not entirely sure it meets your no girl requirement.

i've read that and according to the novel Lloyd got married to the Queen and had kids

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oh yes this has been sitting on my library for who knows how long now 😂 i didn't think it's queerbait. thanks.

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i've read that and according to the novel Lloyd got married to the Queen and had kids

WHAT, NOOOOO!

apparently dear that's very true, a reliable source of mine confirmed that. as well as leveling with the gods and return of the 8th class magician, they all had their girls in the end

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apparently dear that's very true, a reliable source of mine confirmed that. as well as leveling with the gods and return of the 8th class magician, they all had their girls in the end

Darn, that's disappointing. Hopefully the Manwha leaves it ambiguous at least.
Oh, also I heard from a friend a while back that My S-Class Hunters novel had a canon BL end, so I've been checking the Manwha adaption of that out as well. Haven't actually gotten too far into it yet myself though! https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/lp9q2vx/my-s-class-hunters

holy cow that?! thank goodness if that's true. it looks like yoojae ship will sail ❤️

hey wait so do you know where your friend got that info😭

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holy cow that?! thank goodness if that's true. it looks like yoojae ship will sail ❤️

hey wait so do you know where your friend got that info😭

I'm not sure honestly! I think they heard from their friend as well.. hopefully they weren't just messing with me. 😢
I can only read Japanese and English myself, so I can't personally verify the information in the novel. I'm sorry if it was inaccurate.

so i messaged the forum and they said there's no endgame for the mc.. maybe your friend have seen fanarts on shj and hyj but nothing is canon.. OR maybe your friend can read Korean? did she bought the chapters from ridi or mtled it but if that happens im gonna freaking scream