The Hate to Love Trope | Rivals/Enemies to Lovers BL

A list of BL stories revolving around the concept of hating someone to falling in love with them. Also applicable is the trope of rivals slowly becoming lovers.  ENEMIES to  Lovers included especially.

Includes one-sided rivalries, or one-sided dislike.

Note: I curate my lists to include ones that I enjoyed only. Just cause it's a hate-to-love story theme doesn't mean I'll put it in this list. I have to think it's good first. Just a heads up! 
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Never Understand

 9.5(750 voted)
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Author(s): Bbong
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Romance / School Life / Shounen Ai / Webtoons

Jaerim is an unpopular, not-so attractive HS student who gets bullied. He traverses his complicated HS life sticking to his values while also often butting heads with Yuri who is one of the popular guys in school. He seems nice to everyone but Jaerim because Yuri hates ugly people. However, as they interact more, things start changing between them.

● One-sided hate coming from Yuri to Jaerim at first out of nowhere. Cos of that, Jaerim starts hating Yuri too.

29 04,2021

Who Can Define Popularity?

 9.5(365 voted)
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Author(s): 拓本,KENAZ,极直社
Genre(s): Comedy / Romance / Shounen Ai / Webtoons

Che Qiu Yuan was bullied back in elementary school when he confessed to the school diva so he lost weight and decided to glow up in college so that he can have everyone's attention. Just when he thought he will finally be the most popular guy in his uni, he meets Wen Chen Xi who has everything. One day, he finds out that Wen Chen Xi is a super narcissist who thinks that Qui Yuan is in love with him after Qui Yuan said he looked like an angel when he was super drunk.

• One-Sided Rivalry from Uke

18 02,2023

The Keystone Romantic Combination

 9.4(253 voted)
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Author(s): Yuni,Teava,TEAL
Genre(s): Shounen ai / Sports / Webtoons / Comedy

Youngjun Kwak was a talented baseball player until he got diagnosed with depression, which impacted his playing skills leading to a decline in his career. Eventually, he meets Hyun Choi, a gifted & skilled baseball player, which ignites his inferiority complex even further, despite Hyun being a huge fan of him w/c he can't accept nor believe.

• One-sided rivalry/dislike from Youngjun

07 08,2023

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