I'm sure it won't go this way but I sort of want him to be asexual and for it to be ok. Li...

exactly my thoughts. it could be like "how to be a normal person" which is mxm but still with asexual partner

It would definitely be interesting as there are not really stories of asexual people out there (idk is there even one asexual yaoi/bl manga?) also I feel like i am asexual too and I can relate to (Tamaki? The dark haired one) very much so it’d make me feel ok to be like i am if they just accepted one another (￣∇￣")

I know there’s ‘say it!’ Which is free on webtoon and tapas and one of the main characters is asexual— it’s super cute!! Even though the guy who likes him is super attracted to him and wants to touch him all the time he’s also respectful of his boundaries and stuff. (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ But it’s also a super long and developed story and it’s not finished yet

Ohhh that sounds really cool, I’m definitely gonna check it out ヾ(☆▽☆)

but he’s not asexual, he’s afraid to have sex because of trauma mother gave him him, being asexual in this situation would be pretty sad i think we deserve to best asexual bl where they are really asexual

I agree with this statment, I feel like asexual stories most certainly have their place and I would personally like seeing more of them, but they have their place and this story isn't about asexuality its about tramua. Persons who experience conditioning to think that sex is bad like him (even though it wasent intenitional conditioning) tend to have a really hard time excepting the sexual part of themselves and no I don't agree with Shii's advances, but its clear to see that Tamaki had an issue beyond just that of having a problem being touched non-consensually like that. I've seen this trope in yaoi where they might say you're disgusting when they are actually talking about themselves and I think that's what is going on here, in that situation Shii represents the sexual part of Tamaki and is the only one who pries into it thus making Tamaki open up about how he has disgust for that part of himself. Once again I need to restate I would love to see more asexuality, but this just isn't what is occuring here.

I know the way the story is going is about trauma and not asexuality. I should have been more clear. Its just you don't really see asexual characters and seeing someone that might be asexual made me want to read a story like that.

Yes, I definitely agree with this, as I said in the comment above. It was seeing a character that might be asexual that made me want to see it.

I wouldnt want a character to be asexual because of trauma, I would want them to be asexual because that's what they are. Like I hate yaoi where they are gay because they were raped by men and now crave the dick... fucking gross.

Just me wanting something a little different, like also another story I was reading where it seems the character was trans but they just wanted to crossdress, nothing wrong with that, but the way it started made me hope they were trans.

One that actually pissed me off where the character obviously was trans but the person they loved didn't like women so they were "cured"

All in all its just me wanting something more, and different.

Edit: I am adding this because of 2 comments. I dont want to have an asexual character because of truma. Its just reading something where a character could be asexual made me want to read a story like that.

I get that I was more so on the other comments about it. I'm the same way I like asexual character myself.

For me personally, it feels wrong and dirty to imagine Tamaki having sex. The trauma and reluctance just doesn’t feel right... this is yaoi so asexuality won’t happen but if the author HAS to add smut, I hope it’ll be a slow burn, like right now with accepting romantic feelings.

I’ll be disappointed if Tamaki is rushed into sex but the author is doing a great job with the slow burn at the moment so I feel a bit reassured.

If there were more asexual characters in mangas, it’d be best to look under shounen/shoujo ai. Yaoi is just too tainted with normalizing rape to expect well-developed characters in LGBTQ+ themes (for the most part).