icl I totally get where you're coming from, it feels like half the BLs that are currently trending are pretty much just SA, which is rlly sad bc the art is amazing but the stories are so bad . anyway, I have A LOT of recs, but these are a few of my favourites:
- the third ending ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_third_ending/)
you'll see this on practically every single BL list and for a reason, it's amazing
- heesu in class 2 ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/heesu_in_class_2/)
- someone else's bl manhwa ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/someone_else_s_bl_manhwa/)
this is a personal fav of mine but idk if you'll like it hahah
- dream away ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/dream_away/)
- bad contact ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/bad_contact/)
- our sunny days ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/our_sunny_days/)
I'd honestly recommend majority of the author's works, they're so good
- salad days ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/salad_days_tang_liuzang/)
this is a manhua but it had both plot and romance!
- when the killer falls in love ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/when_the_killer_falls_in_love/)
and here's some that may not be as cute but are def rlly interesting:
- mr. 100% perfect ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/mr_100_perfect/)
- checkmate ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/checkmate_1/)
- at the end of the road ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/geu_kkeute_issneun_geos/)
I recommend the authors other story too!
- private scandal ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/private_scandal/)
- monochrome rumour ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/monochrome_rumor/)
- the pizza delivery man and the gold palace ( https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_pizza_delivery_man_and_the_gold_palace/)
I see that you're down for cute things. Then i recommend you :
1. Our dating sim
It's very cute for me cause they supposed to be dating in highschool but they got separated and it jumped to office romance... Yk like it's office romance but they act like a highschooler in love very cuteeee
2. Boys be brave
They're just literal cuties, totally stress-free, it's so cute, so light, perfect thing to watch.
3. Love for love's sake (manhwa : love supremacy zone)
The story line is kinda heavy?? It's plot oriented, but yeowoon is so golden retriever coded so it's impossible to not kicking the air, biting my pillow whenever he smiles
4. Kieta hatsukoi/my love mix up (manga : same name)
Watch the japan oneee, so cute:(( it's soooo lighttt, it's just full of aoki overreacting and being extra, he's so cute tho very light story also!
5. Love tractor (manhwa : same name)
The character is so so so so innocently cute, very impossible not to like
7. Love is better the second time around
ADULT ROMANCEEE istg the sensei actt sooo childishly around the boyfriend and it's justtt like argghhhh i was kicking the air and punching the walll so cuuuteee how can a 30++yo guy acting cute like that!!
8. Light on me
A love triangle but no dramaa at all, it's so cute tho cause the mc is so innocent and both the ml and the second lead are great guys very worth to watchhh
9. Sing my crush
It's like a musical-ly drama, dw he's a good singer! The ML is the definition of golden retriever!!! He's just a bit slow but he's cute and a NEON FLAG!!!
10. Love in the big city
This actually a personal recommendation, this one actually the least cute and yet the most realistic one.. it's the best drama you'd ever watch, I'd pay to watch this for the first time again. Actually i take that back, it's cute, there are 4 male leads, and the third oneee the third one is the cutest!
I think that's it sorry i rambling too much i just love watching good shows and have the opportunity to recommend it to other people
So I kinda am prejudiced against BL manhwas because they generally seem like little plot-lots of sex toxic ones. (They got really popular in the last years and the quantity increased while the quality decreased a lot...) Or they have unnecessarily long useless drama on and on for around 30 chapters or so because of miscommunication, it gets boring. Of course there are some that I have liked but please drop ones that you think are good BL manhwas. I ofc don't like noncon stuff or red flags who do not know how to communicate. No girly weak bottoms or playboy crude oppressing tops either, that stereotypes are overused as hell in manhwas. I like fluffy sweet relationships and bottoms who can hold their ground mentally but I am open to interesting different plots as well ofc. (Still I'd prefer if the focus is more on the couple instead of the plot itself, there are some webtoons where they feel like action or historical politics more than bl so their love feels like a side plot that was used for the main one, it feels forced)
So I am basically asking for cute shit that makes you roll on your bed or some other interesting stuff you really like :))