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The miserable beautiful man and the younger capable one dynamic

(Danmei ships with age gap if that's fine with you. Its not what you think it is. They just developed a crush to someone older than them like a "childhood hero" or they met during the younger one's childhood but the real romance only started when they became fully-fledged adult. This trope interests me because it answer the question "How will they destroy the power imbalance that are created because of generational gap? Will the relationship even works? How will the dynamic transition from platonic to romantic?")

Sha Po Lang (Stars of Chaos)

➤ML was saved by MC from wolves during his childhood that turned MC into ML's godfather because that's the village's tradition. ML deeply treasure his young blind and deaf useless godfather but turns out this godfather of his is a general in disguise with obligation to protect the prince who's actually the ML. ML is already in early 20s when he confessed his feelings and the MC is at his late 20s. MC show strong resistance against ML's advances like he tell him to read sacred texts, and even try to convince the ML that he will get over it soon while ML believe his love will be forever unrequited and fine playing the good godson. Until, MC found out there's a poison implanted to ML that will turn him into mad killing machine who will only experience misfortune in life so to fight against it MC who love ML in platonic way decided he will shamelessly play the lover role so ML know he's loved. The relationship started out of pity and platonic love but MC did fall in love with the adult ML who values his wish for peaceful country. Its very romantic that ML go to that length for MC's dream that he thought he never will achieve.

You Yao (Medicine)

➤MC is a native who pretend as a person from another world and later encountered the beautiful rich older ML who runs a well-known luxurious mall-like Best Tower under the Emperor's permission. ML is the real transmigrator from another world. Its a stranger to lovers story between errand boy who use the other because of his political influence and a scheming influential figure who use the other for errand jobs. They are using each other in the beginning since both have their own agenda but its also true that they developed genuine relationship with deep mutual understanding so the presence of each other in their life is their only solace in that twisted world. The story is plot-driven and never romance-driven but its obvious enough that they are a pair or at least they like each other. The novel didn't mentioned their ages but the author gave estimation that its between 18 and someone who's at his late 20s in the main story so we can assume they did become older at the end of the story. In the uncensored and deleted LouZuo extra, they finally became a couple officially and its after 5 years but they have long distance relationship because of their circumstances. Its sad but at least they love each other that much to be in touch via letters and remain loyal to each other. There's also a reverse isekai extra where they both transmigrated in modern setting so the age gap don't matter more because its a new life. Both of them are working adults there.

Bencao Gu Xu Lu (Touch of a Herbal Petal)

➤MC is a human disciple of a Herbal creature. Basically an immortal plant monster with special abilities. MC hated their kind so he attempted to kill his master, the ML so many times but ML don't see him as a threat so he just adopted him as his disciple. Later, it turns out MC is like a reincarnation of someone important to ML? This is only a manhua and its in hiatus until now but I really love this one. I love the art style and the main CP dynamic so I want to mention it. I have no idea what are their age but an immortal and a human meaning bigger gap.

Ren Zha Fanpai Zijiu Xitong (Scum Villain's Self-Saving System)

➤MC is a pitiful man who leave hate comments to his hated novel at his deathbed but suddenly died and now got isekaid in that same novel he hated in hilarious way. Unfortunately, he's in the body of the scum villain who will eventually have a bad ending in the story so to save himself he start giving the ML who's the MC of the book a better treatment without being out of character to fight the system. Because of this, ML developed a love and hate feelings for the MC. He admire the MC like a teacher that he look up to but MC also betrayed him who pushed him down to the ravine so he developed grudge. Its between someone who hates the other and someone who keep running away. It look a very messy situation but it make sense since we have two flawed people, one who want to face the other persistently while the other is too scared to face him lol. But once they face each other and finally talk, its all good. They are cultivators so expect bigger age gap. MC is (body: 40s, soul: 20s) and ML is 14 when they first met but ML is already at his 20s when he entered the romance territory. Its a teacher-student love story.

Liu Yao (Coins of Destiny)

➤MC is a diligent junior disciple of their dying and rundown small Fuyao sect compare to his senior disciple, the ML who's a spoiled narcissistic lazy rich guy. The novel shows the growth of the characters from their childhood to adulthood as they face the harsh turn of destiny while trying to save their family-like sect. MC died in some point and it made ML realized that he need to do his responsibility seriously as the eldest disciple. ML only realized his feelings after MC's death and when they become older. MC was resurrected tho so all is good.

Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official's Blessing)

➤MC is a god but don't look like one because of many times he descended from heaven. He collect scraps and stay in rundown temple because he don't have many believers. In actuality, ML is a a very devoted believer of his and also his secret admirer even before MC became a god. ML start to look up to him when MC saved his child self before MC first ascended to heaven. ML continue to follow him even after his human life ended and he's now a ghost king feared by others. Its a very romantic tale between a poor god and a rich ghost king. It gives you similar feeling when you read a mythology about gods. They are not humans anymore who already live a long time so age obviously is just a number to them.

Mozun Ye Xiang Zhidao (The Devil Venerable Also Wants To Know)

➤MC is a powerful ruthless sect leader of demonic cultivators who's been cultivating when the Abuse Romance book fell in his hands. He read it out of interest and find out he's one of the character of the book. What bugs him the most in the story is he fell in love with the Mary Sue heroine in the book and his left protector, his ML gone insane because of his death. He was never interested in romance so he find it weird to see this version of himself. He then try his best to avoid this ending to save himself. Because of this, he start to care more about the people close to him especially the ML who's unwavering loyal to him. Later, he found out ML is secretly in love with him. Again, they are immortal cultivators. I don't exactly remember their ages but they met each other as humans when MC is still a general and ML is a kid who look up to MC like TGCF.

Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (The Dumb Husky & His White Cat Shizun)

➤MC is a ruthless emperor of cultivation world who committed many crimes and hated his Shizun, the ML deeply. After his death, he transmigrated to his younger self and thanks to that he see his Shizun in different light. Also, turns out MC and ML are not that bad. They just need to communicate to each other. There's an implication that the older one develop feelings for the younger one earlier but the book show that ML is very self-deprecating who don't expect anything in return so he decided to never say it and also he believe the MC don't like him anyway so he only help the MC secretly the same way MC took the flower originally for ML that made him go insane hence why he's a ruthless emperor in his past life. They love sacrificing for each other. Its a teacher-student like SVSSS. Cultivators again, you know the drill.

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