Another month is so long. This is no good. I mean, the competition has become stiff thanks...

I like some webcomics, but they do not inspire the fan in me the way my favourite mangas do, such as Finder, Kuroshitsuji, Yami no Kodou and Vassalord, but I read more novels than anything, and sometimes there are years between sequels so I am patient like you! (and pretty picky, I actually prefer fan fiction over many of the mangas posted here!) (づ￣ ³￣)づ

We seem to have similar-ish taste. I was gonna check out Platinum end but it only started like a year ago, so I'll wait it out(and wait for an anime)
I dislike Black Butler too, simply because the shota gives me a bad taste in my mouth. Why must something good be ruined by the worst thing in manga(after loli)

Read Berserk, like right now... (⊙…⊙ ) Berserk is the only thing I put on the same level as One Piece. It's amazing. In terms of story/characters, the quality is higher than One Piece, and the art work I'd say, VF is close to Berserk's level.

About the novels I'm with you. It was a completely casual thing that I started reading yaoi mangas. I remember reading some comics when I was a child and the only manga I was interested at that time was Versailles no bara. I started coming in this site to find recommendations/suggestions because the first BL I read was a real adult story, and I thought the entire genre was like that... but it was full of stereotypes. I still tend to prefer the BL (even some baras) who are appealing for both:guys and girls. Am I the only one who likes yuri webtoons? Oo

For me, it's apples and oranges. Most of the webtoons seem darker (I know there are dark yaoi too) and more about trying to figure out what is going one than having an erotic fantasy. I mean Blood Bank is erotic AF (as they say), but still you have to figure out what is going on with the plot.

Finder has a plot and gods know I speculate on it, but it's not the same. For me Finder is first about Asami and Aki and their hot sex life, and then the plot comes into it. In contrast, in many of the webtoons, people argue about whether readers should ship the main characters at all. It's different.

Platinum End I'm actually still not sure if it's good or average. But it's intriguing enough and the action is rather quick paced. It's just that the characters seem to lack a bit, especially the MC. I'm not sure if it's because the humans were all suicidal so they end up just being depressing (chapter 1 spoiler, no worries lol), but the angels all have their fun quirks. Maybe they'll evolve better as the story advances.

But I have to tell you this, if you haven't checked out the anime Fate/Zero, go watch it. Just go. It's one anime I can recommend you with 99% certainty, it's just so good in the animation and story departments.

Yeah well One Piece's arcs can be very hit or miss, aren't they? Like I couldn't bear the Fisherman arc, I swear I must've skipped whole chapters because I didn't pay much attention to it. But as a whole, it's great, and well I'm looking forward to start Berserk eh, it even got my boyfriend interested so that's going to be the first manga he reads ;).

Which by the way, he also loved to bits Fate/Zero eheh, and well he's a fan of Stephen King's works which Gen Urobuchi, the original creator, take great inspiration of in his works.

I must say, Black Butler isn't really shotaish anyway, well in the manga that is (and not the anime adaptation), the fandom is making it sound much worse than it actually is; I even know people who never noticed the few subtle undertones lol. It's not that I dislike Black Butler, the latest arc was just really slow and kind of boring and so I've been reading it quite sparsely. It's more of a "haven't put too much attention in that series lately".

But actually, some loli undertones actually don't bother me as much, especially if it's played with with witty dialogue and STRONG characterization. Like Bakemonogatari; I just really dig the humor, and the main characters really are among the most unique and complex I have yet to encounter, they often break the 4th wall so it's very self-aware, even often gets into philosophy etc. And actually the few lolis are adults in child bodies (one's a vampire, one's a ghost etc.) But to some the humor doesn't speak to them, which makes the whole series much less enjoyable obviously and makes it hard to bear until season 3, where it really starts to pick up and tones down the fanservice. As for me it's one of my guilty pleasure series along with Finder ahahah (though uh there's some ecchi but not actual sex lol). The MC is actually one of my favorite characters ever.

I don't suggest you to check it if it isn't with an open mind and trying to look past the "service" when it's there, I was just saying, it's still to this day one of my favs, there's really really strong arcs and characters in there ^^"

If you think VF and Berserk has similar artwork you should read more seinen manga. Specially the old school ones, most of them have such realistic artwork VF could be compared to OP next to them. If you're interested these are some examples I can show;

http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/heat/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/sanctuary/(If you like VF you will love this, Mc is like if Asami was a regular seinen guy.)
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/hotel_harbour_view/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/ichi_the_killer/
http://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/shura_yukihime_gaiden/ (This manga has the most realistic artwork I have ever seen in my life. Even VF looks like OP next to it).