I clicked it and got March of 2012! Some great series like Haru wo Daite Ita and Love Mode popped up. Such a difference to the recent top stories listed right below, which are almost exclusively webtoons. There were also some wild ones back then lol like Sex Pistols (which is STILL ongoing!!)
Smells Like Green Spirit is a great shout, it's really stuck with me since I read it.
Some of my favorite oldies are Silver Diamond, Mamono No Monogatari, Doushitemo Furetakunai, Doushiyoumo Nai Keredo, Doukyuusei, and Himegoto Asobi.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/silver_diamond/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/koori_no_mamono_no_monogatari/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/doushitemo_furetakunai/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/doushiyoumo_nai_keredo/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/doukyuusei_nakamura_asumiko/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/himegoto_asobi/
I have absolutely adored this author for a very long time, this is one of my fav stories from them!
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/gosan_no_heart/
I didn't read a lot of bl back then but I was obsessed with the anime betrayal knows my name, loveless, and sukisho. Also it's not a bl but the subtext in DN angel... daisuke and satoshi were probably one of my first ships.
Smells like green spirit is one my all time favourite manga in general, if u liked it I definitely recommend Kids on the Slope
Ah, I agree I'm a big fan of their work! I remember when Caste Heaven was still being actively updated and very popular, though I definitely prefer the lighter-hearted stories like this one these days;; Thanks for reminding me of it!
Oh, I started reading that a while ago, but I think my expectations were different than what the story actually was so I never finished lol. I should go back to it now with fresh eyes. Jazz music is a big part of the plot, right? Have you seen the anime adaptation and would you say that is better than just reading the manga considering the music?
Thanks for the recs, half of these I'd not heard of before and the others I'd mostly forgotten about! IKR, a bit insane to think of series like Sex Pistols and Junjou Romantica which used to be considered kings of the genre and now have dwindled in popularity despite still being active (at least online that is not sure abt the readership elsewhere).
If you liked Green Spirit I was also reminded of Life Senjou no Bokura while looking through my read list, I think it has very similar vibes.
I've read Life Senjou no Bokura, love that story! Such an emotional read :')
The anime’s ost is out of this world, I watched the anime before I read the manga and It didn’t ruin my experience :)
I used the 'top manga' feature where it gives you the top current works, and the top from a random date. I git February of 2011 and forgot how good so many of these older series are! This site seems a lot more active now than in the past so I wonder if we could give a shoutout to series you think have maybe been lost to time!
If you haven't read this yet, I recommend it:
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/smells_like_green_spirit/
This one has some intense non-con elements that haven't aged well so TW, but I still enjoy it. Guilty pleasure?
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/sakura_gari/