few comments under this might have some answers. gotta agree that labeling this as bl can give off inaccurate ideas (already did) but I don't give a damn about this unless it's influencing others the wrong way. (this is the first time I actually visited this page after like 3 yrs 'cause I had to comment something about it just now)
The author never said it, actually in an official Q&A she said why she chose BL as a genre for her first published work. Plus, during a comic convention I personally attended, she called KS a BL thriller. Lezhin didn't do anything without Koogi's consent, Koogi chose it to be sold as BL , the rumor she said multiple times she didn't want it, must be definitely debunked
i'm curious where'd yall get that "the author doesn't want this to be labeled as a BL" statement from? i'm just curious don't come at me bro because on lezhin.com it has the label '#BL' on it.