Lately every BL only have SA and rape as plot like where’s the creativity? Where’s the...

You're spitting rn

Preach

wdym lately lol it's been like that for years just pick the genre that suits for you, if you know you won't like this one then don't read it?

its already been years theres genre like this and theres a lot of wholesome genre too if u more prefer that

Ikr? This is nothing new. It's been going on since the dawn of yaoi. If anything, I'd say it's become less. Ten years ago you couldn't find a single yaoi that did not have rape as a plot device

yeah but they usually had the courtesy of being 2 volumes long at most. nowadays you're stuck with the same trope for 80+ chapters

I agree with u but we love it so

It should’ve stayed like that- if you like to read about rape seek mental help

Killing stalking set the bar for psychologic bl and only a few manhwas understood the assignment. Like harada's fcked up plots are a masterpiece compared to this.

true but the author said killing stalking is not "boys love" since there's no love and romance in it. it's a psychological yaoi

she literally did not say anything like that lmao. she clearly stated it’s bl in the first q&a for killing stalking. just one look at her twitter also confirms she ships the hell out of sangwoo and bum. and killing stalking is hella romantic, just because it’s not healthy and includes two mentally ill people doesn’t mean it’s not romantic. romance doesn’t immediately equal something is healthy and should be endorsed lol.

"Many in the fandom consider Killing Stalking a BL (Boys' Love) manhwa. But its creator, Koogi, states she never intended it to fall into that genre."

how do you define romance? if assaulting someone means love to you then you should reread the def. of romance. "killing stalking is hella romantic" bro where??

i am not, in the slightest, aware of what the author said but i remembered a piece when you asked, "how do you define romance?" and the words "and assaulting someone means love to you"...

this is by jose olivarez: "I killed a plant once because I gave it too much water. Lord, I worry
that love is violence."
-- i adore this piece so much — how too much love can break the person receiving it.. the thin line between love and what comes after it if given too much.. tho there is no way killing stalking comes close to the woes and love this piece gives (and killing stalking wont ever give such a pure one cause its psychological for a reason lol) i just cant help sharing it after your very question made me remember the quote.

(Okay, my literary-nerdy part is leaking in here lolol)

*its the exploration of the idea of the quote i adore, by the way. not the violence in love part lol

the fact that killing stalking isn’t a romance doesn’t mean it can’t be romantic. nice quote btw

i really encourage you to actually read the first part of a special episode that comes right after chapter 19. it can be read on b*ato (or even on official l*zhin site as it’s free) because for some reason mangago doesn’t have these chapters.

“Q: Why did you decide to make a BL genre comic?
Koogi: I think it came naturally since I was exposed to so many BL comics while growing up.”

this is the official translation. and i prefer to believe in the author’s own words rather than in someone saying she said that without an actual proof she really did say that. btw, killing stalking is still under the “BL” category on l*zhin official site.

and having romance in the story doesn’t necessarily mean the whole story is under romance genre, which is where you usually see healthy couples and happy endings. i define romance (as an element of a story, not a literary genre) as characters having romantic feelings towards each other. the first romantic thing in killing stalking that comes to my mind is the amusement park date. killing stalking generally had a lot of genuinely romantic moments even though it was obvious that it’s not how a healthy relationship should look like.

i really encourage you to actually read the first part of a special episode that comes right after chapter 19. it can be read on other site (or even on the official publishing site as it’s a free chapter) because for some reason the q&a chapters aren’t here on this site.

“Q: Why did you decide to make a BL genre comic?
Koogi: I think it came naturally since I was exposed to so many BL comics while growing up.”

this is the official translation. and i prefer to believe in the author’s own words rather than in someone saying she said that without an actual proof she really did say that. btw, killing stalking is still under the “BL” category on the official publishing site.

and having romance in the story doesn’t necessarily mean the whole story is under romance genre, which is where you usually see healthy couples and happy endings. i define romance (as an element of a story, not a literary genre) as characters having romantic feelings towards each other. the first romantic thing in killing stalking that comes to my mind is the amusement park date. killing stalking generally had a lot of genuinely romantic moments even though it was obvious that it’s not how a healthy relationship should look like.

that was a beautiful phrase, ngl. pls do share more if you have

okay i get your point, your view in romance is very valid. but calling killing stalking romantic is still hard for me. the amusement park was cute, still it wasn't romantic. it's the bare minimum of human treating human correctly.