Interest Stacks

Traumatized MC learns to open up to others. (I only read the WN/LN and not manga.)

Traumatized MC learns to open up to others. Great chemistry with the entire cast.

Joyful and dense protagonist who is always up for making friends. Great chemistry with the entire cast.

MC grows to form deep bonds with his two 'employees'. Great chemistry with the entire cast.

Apathetic MC attracts friends wherever he goes, much to his disappointment.

Loner delinquent MC makes friends he grows to really appreicate and gets a girlfriend.

Apathetic but softhearted protag attracts friends everywhere he goes, he appreciates it but won't show it.

Bullied MC gains a friend group that he would die for.

Lonely MC years for companionship and gains many friends who are fond of his sincerity.

Intelligent and overworked MC takes in a 'student' and learns to reevaluate his own beliefs.

Loner cinnamon roll MC gains friends who are fond of his deep kindness and non judgmental personality.

Dumb fun MC makes friends casually, but develops deep bonds along the way.

OP MC leaves seclusion and meets people he grows to love.

Naive and kind MC is left alone after a tragedy occurs and ventures on a journey to seek her revenge. This is kind of a sad story.

Average MC enters a Soccer boot camp of sorts and makes friends and enemies. Note that every character can become an enemy or a friend due to the nature of the game.

Overly pessimistic optimist MC learns to love himself through the friends he gains.

Lonely MC goes back in time to save girlfriend and makes friends along the way

Suicidal MC finds value in living after forming connections in an apocalypse.

Orphaned and abused MC finds a place for himself in a detective agency for supernatural beings.

Teenage Killer MC is made to live as a normal teenager and forms bonds with many.

Clumsy and Low self-esteemed MC suddenly inherits a mafia group and gains friends/subordinates/fanboys.

Hot headed MC enters the word of The Shinigami. gains friends, rivals, and enemies.

Dumb af MC turns his enemies and rivals into friends with pure strength.

Anti-social MC 'marries' a girl and becomes a part of the family.

Abused MC is recruited to become a Devil hunter.

Non-human immortal MC learns the value of humans relationships and life.

Loser MC goes back in time(in a crazy way) to become OP and helps those who are suffering along his journey.

Bullied MC joins a loser class and forms bonds through the memories made.

Friendly and cheerful MC with a trauma and

Tomboy mc wants to start new and become more feminine, unfortunately for her, she truly does attract the wrong crowd.

Everyday Japanese boy is secretly the reincarnation of a princess from a fantastical world. Suddenly he realizes the death of his past self was not what he thought and along with other reincarnated individuals they work to solve the truth of their deaths and face an ever growing existential crises with who they are now.

This is actually peak. Smart and cunning MC and a string of narratives that slowly reveal more and more truths. It’s not really gender bender because mc was born with memories of his past but doesn’t consider his past self the same as his current self.

Very wordy though.

MC who is hated by all her female classmates, must work with them to survive.

Bullied and insecure MC joins the baseball team at his new school and gains friends. This is a nice one, very real in a way, even the comedy felt grounded.

Calculating MC is forced to become an idol and develops bonds with his group members.

Immortal vampire slept for almost a millenium. And now has to catch up with old and new friends.

Introverted and anti-social male mc meets self-conscious and headstrong female mc, shenanigans ensue. Despite being a romance, after chapter 70 it just becomes a comedic slice of life about the friend group.

The epitome of traumatized, broken, loveless, loner MC... learning to love.

“Retired hitman” now a family man who runs a store, and through silly hijinks and past encounters he meets other odd characters who somehow end up working alongside him.

Fat and bullied MC gets a 'glow-up' which makes him handsome, and people flock towards him. Eventually, he develops deep bonds with some of them.

Adult MC who believes he’s failing in life becomes young again and sees the world that teenagers face through the lenses of an adult.

Loner MC who lost faith in friendship learns to value it again.

After an infiltration, selfish and entitled princess mc escapes with her bodyguard has to face the reality of what her citizens have been facing, she meets and gathers many companions along the way.

The only exception to the 'do not become love interest' rule.

Guarded MCs Learning to love while also being terrible at it. Not BL

Beautiful orphan MC accidentally joins a 'knight' host club and forms a found family with the members.

Not BL? Idk

Cowardly yet quirky mc becomes a teacher in a yokai school and fits right in amongst their oddities.

(Beginning is a little rough, the MC does change)

Loner delinquent mc goes to a delinquent school to fight but instead learns what it’s like to be loved.