Similar Series showing the exact same novels for most BL stories

uenala

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This was an observation that the BL discord made today.

It seems like almost every story that has "Boys Love" set as its main genre has exactly the same "similar series".

If we go down the BL ranking:
  • 1. The Grandmaster’s weird disciple [BL]
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 3. Wife, Please Stop Running Away!
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 4. Heavenly Soul [BL]
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 5. [BL] I Picked up a Husband While Trying To Be An Author
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 6. Making my Naive Master Love only me
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 7. Lovely Writing System
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 8. My Real Life Dating-System?! [BL]
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 9. Oh. My. Fate?!
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 10. I transmigrated to the body of an insignificant character from a Dark BL novel!
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 11. I am an Eggplant [BL]
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 12. Reincarnated Into A Hell Hound Bl/Yaoi
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
  • 15. Disgraced 10 Minutes After Arrival
    • Similar Series: Like a Ray in My Night, Wife, Please Stop Running Away!, The demon lord decided to marry the hero to win, Thin Ice
In other words, the same four series appears on everyone's similar series.

The BL stories ranked at #2, #13, #14 don't have the same similar series, but it seems like they might have a different genre (i.e. Gender Bender, or Smut) set as their "main genre".
 

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Either the system is bugged, or Tony's pockets got a direct wormhole to some hidden, lucrative hands.
 

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There were some recent changes, with stories that haven't been updated for 90 days becoming less apparent in recommendations. Feature request: Reduce prominence of long-inactive novels (without "finished" status) on similiar series
As a result, the number of possible recommendations will drop.
Sadly, it seems to me that it may also affect novels that were completed longer than 90 days ago.
That's sad, but I guess they get what they deserve (less exposure) for not finishing what they started.
 

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This is the same for a number of GL I checked too (the majority have "Stalked by an Eldritch Deity in Love", "I Transmigrated into My Little Sister's Cultivation Novel.", and "I Became the Hero's Bride to Save the Otherworld").

Those featured novels don't have different or more "similar series" either - they just have one less, since their own novel isn't included on the list.

That's sad, but I guess they get what they deserve (less exposure) for not finishing what they started.
But it looks like completed novels are also removed, punishing them for actually putting that work in. :')
 
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Now there are ~7 series recommended across different BLs on SH. But they are still the same series regardless of the genre or tag combinations from which books they are recommended.

It seems more completed series were added to this small recommendation carousel, but the Similar Series still ignores the majority of stories and doesn't seem to check the tag/genre consistency, suggesting wildly dissimilar series.
 
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