How is this queer bait? Genuine question.
My comment is just a joke lol, but personally, I understand this story to show some form and level of queerbaiting because there are some scenes where the MC is particularly touchy and intimate with other male characters, like yooseong.
There’s one scene where he admires how pretty/handsome yooseong is whilst blushing (despite another pretty girl being next to yooseong) and many where he admires his playing(also blushing), not to mention yooseong has large amount of screen time, for a mere side character/rival. They have a lotttttt of chemistry, and tbh, yooseong is the perfect ml, in terms of plot.
There’s also a lot of male characters the MC interacts with and has a good level of chemistry with, like the rapper guy( i forgot his name).
Not to mention there’s also hinting at a GL relationship with two of the side female characters, both of which could’ve been potential FL’s for the MC, but there is little to no hinting towards that.
But the since the author isn’t mentioning nor stating that this story will be BL or is BL, the author is most likely utilizing possibility of a queer relationship or queer representation in the mangas to get higher audience/readers, and not follow through with it. This story may or may not have had less viewers, had it not had a queer element to it, though the author won’t develop it. So yeah, unfortunately to some, this story is most probably queer baiting.
Hopefully this answers your question!
Thank you for the lengthy explanation. I appreciate it! It certainly does seem a bit more obvious now that you've pointed out out.
no problem, i’m glad i could help!
the tag “shounen” for this manhwa is missing its “ai” after it
please this is is so gay…