Agree, the author said this wasnt yaoi
how is it not yaoi? i’m just curious, not trying to argue your opinion!
At the end, koogi did confirm that sangwoo did love bum BUT this story is definitely something that shouldn't be romanticized.
She never said that!
there wasn't any form of a yaoi relationship in the story, yeah they did stuff in the beginning, but it doesn't classify as a yaoi, sangwoo gave a bj and used a toy on bum, that's it. if you think it's a yaoi then you're romanticizing a clearly toxic, abusive relationship. the story didnt have s3x every other chapter. that's why I dont think it's a yaoi. it's a psychological, abusive relationship between both sangwoo and yoonbum
whether she said it or not, it's clearly not a yaoi. if you think it is, you're romanticizing an mentally, emotionally and physically abusive relationship between both sangwoo and yoonbum
If this doesn’t deserve a yaoi tag then color recipe also doesn’t deserve a tag
It's not Sandwich on mangago that decides if a work is a yaoi or not. Killing Stalking has always been marketed as a BL on site it is officially published, also Koogi herself defined it as a BL thriller.
wait so if he loved Bum doesn’t that mean it was BL then?? It doesn’t mean you have to romanticize their relationship. Yaoi is a very adaptable genre that clearly has a high level of duality. It can be a cute, fluffy, clear-cut romance or it can be this, which is a darker, twisted and much more complex type.
Like I said the story was NOT a romance but it did end up with the two characters in love with each other in an overly dependent and twisted way.
Thus...BL!!!
ok, alot of ppl don't think of it as a bl or yaoi, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions. （￣へ￣）
also yaoi and BL are similar but also different, yaoi is s3x(which this story barely had, and if it mentioned it, it was most likely r4pe) Bl in my opinion is more centered around love then s3x
It's not your opinion tho, it's a BL, both the official publisher and the author call it BL
I meant to upvote
Right but again most came from him seeing his mother in him as well as just wanting to be loved. He saw that bum had a weakness for him and took advantage of it. If bum didn't look like his mother he would have never spared him life. It was very clearly stated by koogi herself that "this is not a bl or yaoi it is a physiological horror and tragedy" sure he did love him in the end but again did he really? Even before dying he was screaming all these thing said to him and was very much about to kill him. Though He loved him in the end, the so called love they had can only be deemed a tragedy considering, they both died and sangwoo never got to truly show his love, adding the fact that he would have most likely killed him, himself if he didn't die.
Koogi has literally stated herself it isn't a bl of yaoi but a phsycological horror and tragedy and to not romantisize their relationship. Just because there's something that involves to men and they've kissed or had sex, doesn't mean it's a bl or Yaoi.
Even when you google the genre of killing stalking it will come up as drama, horror and phsycological horror, not here to fight just don't want this to be mistaken for live or romance!
Ok, show me the link where she stated that then. Because I could find a link to the official site where she said why she chose BL as a genre for her work. Plus, the official site put KS in BL category since the very start. If Koogi wasn't ok with this, she would have complained.
Koogi said that it's a BL thriller I personally attended two years ago, where she also explicitly confirmed there was genuine love between them and Sangwoo loved Bum for Bum himself and not for his mother
Yes, Koogi confirmed that Sangwoo loved Bum. The author herself said that, and yes this is supposed to be a tragedy!
She never said that. Show me when she said it. I'm sure you are not able to prove it.
oh wait. ok so koogi said it isn't to be romanticized and that its not a bl but its put under the tag....? like yes they had an intimate relationship but the so called love that they had in the end for each other clearly wasn't healthy and again is more a stockholm sydrome that a bl. yes bl can have many genre's and be twisted in many different ways but it still shouldn't (at least in my opinion) be categorized a bl or yaoi because again sure they did love each other in the end, but the love was more built on need for it and abuse, than what a so called "normal" relationship would have. here's the link off fandom on how author said it "is not a romance." https://killing-stalking.fandom.com/wiki/Killing_Stalking#:~:text=It%20has%20to%20be%20said,then%20please%20contact%20the%20police.
even on the tags none have bl or yaoi included in them. i'm assuming at this point different things are being said and her words are being twisted, or she's just saying different things but from what i know based on what i read, it was love at the end but seeing the things he put him through before realizing he loved him, is questionable. again this is my opinion and i'm not here to argue.
the yaoi tag needa go Σ(っ°Д °;)っ