Which BL (finished or still ongoing) would you consider “a classic”?
Something that you feel everyone either read, heard about or should read?
At the End of the Road, My Darling Signed in, Robber x Lover, and Salad Days came to mind.
For me a classic is "Yume musubi koi musubi". Or stuff like junjou romantica xD
You listing everything that I would still consider fairly new makes me feel old lmfao
I think Ameiro Paradox is up there. Anything from this author is a classic tbh. They're mostly from the 2000s and I've been reading amepara since hs
Nahh, these definitely on the newer side. Idk how well known older bls are, and I felt like these titles were more recognizable. (￣∇￣")
ten counts
Seven Days. I think this is the only one I still truly enjoy from my early days of reading BL.
here u are
faded first love
semantic error
anything by ogeretsu tanaka
"Aistu no daihonmei" I found it by accident it's been ongoing since the 2000s and is still ongoing it updates once a year twice if we're lucky and if we're unlucky once every 2 years.
The story is not smutty there are references and mentions to bdsm but all the story ever does is have dialogue elude to it but the most our lead does is prank and tease other. Like "he's such a sadist he just gave his boyfriend spicy chocolate even though he can't handle spicy food". Mention of one of our leads having underage sex with an adult woman + all the side couples are shit except for one set of parents.
It's really charming but only starts getting good at around Ch18 where the author just makes the main couple like each other's company, say "you're my boyfriend it's fine for me to want to spend time with you anf get jealous when other people flirt with you and I do love you" and repeatedly admit they care about one another which is boring on its own but the rest of the cast has this OHSHC level of zaniness and antics that contrasts wonderfully with our main couple's charms and them being the only "normal" ones. (example 1 :all the girls have a calligraphy competition to see who can sit with one of our leading men at heating fable but then it dissolves into chaos as they start sabotaging each others calligraphy meanwhile our main couple just sits together at the table before deciding to just leave and go on a date)(example 2: the entire school is covered in banana peels and anyone who trips and falls form the banana peel gets amnesia and the only way to reverse it is to slip on a banana peel again.). They're adorable and sweet and I'm suprised it's not that popular.
Omg I remember aistu dahonmei lamo it's one of my first BLs
Some older classics I can think of:
Junjou Romantica - and all that series
Haru wo Daite Ita
Silver Diamond
Some slightly newer but I'd still consider classic:
Honto Yajuu
Doukyuusei
Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai
Ten Count
Omg I'm sorry, that wasn't my intention really! What are your classics honey??
Oh girl no ur fine, ur classics r some of my favs from back then I was responding to another comment lolll but for me probably things like "Kimi ga Koi ni Ochiru", "Kimi no Tori ni Naritai", and I was a huge fan of "Private Magician"
Coming back to this because whether you like it or not Killing Stalking is one of the most iconic and well known "BL" out there (not animated). people wanted to know what was going on here because of the controversy over the Fujoshis thinking it was a pure romance when it's a psychological horror (for some reason it reminds of the twilight fanbase with how the fans loved it but objectively shitshow of a romance)
Other contenders are BJ alex, full volume, Anti PT, Jinx basically all yaois that were trending or making waves in the fujoshi/fudanshi/BL/yaoi community for better or worse.
We can't forget iconic Yaoi anime like Yuri on ice and Sk8 the infinity.
Adding to killing stalking because it was probably a lot of readers introduction to korean manhwa because it was a "BL" that broke free from the yaoi community and was in anime/weeb/manga community for the controversy.
Another example of BL breaking through the yaoi sphere was yuri on ice as it toed the line between sports anime and ice skating anime so it introduced a lot of readers and viewers to yaoi and BL.
Recommend me some good, short bl manhwa (full color only please).
Something like Insomnia, Merry on the Rocks, Rabbits Ejaculate in 3 Seconds, A Guide Thicker Than Blood etc...
What's your favorite scanlation group for bl manhwa (or manhua, shounen ai) that you'd recommend checking their translations out?
I recently started to pick new manhwa to read based on my fav scanlation groups and was wondering how many good ones are actually out there (if there is no official translation of course.)
Team hazama is one of my faves ..and the recent one stories they are doing are great too
Cadre scans is really really good I sometimes mistake their work for officials
Yesss same!!
I love all scanlation teams cause they're doing god's work, except for whoever translated Ghost gate. The story is so interesting and good but you can barely understand shit because of the weird ass translation. It made many hate the story in general cause of how confusing it got because of the translation.
Oh wait i love lalamanga too..like it's heavenly...once you read their translations you'll instantly fall in love (=・ω・=)
OMFG yes dyk where I can read it with comprehensible translation?
I don't, sorry (༎ ෴ ༎)
It is going to get official translations pretty soon, not very sure about that tho cause the notice for the officials was posted last year in October so let's hope it gets one soon. And even when it does, I'll just have to let it marinate for a long long time.
Hi!
So I've been reading a lot of yaoi but recently realized that I have never read a bl manhwa (yaoi) where the couple switches sometimes (seme bottoms and uke tops).
Do you know any yaoi with such couples?
And no, I'm not talking about when the top becomes a bottom in the new relationship (for example in The Pizza Delivery Man and The Golden Palace or Under the Green Light). I want manhwa where both the ML and MC "switch their positions" if I may word it like that.
Thank you!!
Thirst
Playtime with Hakdo. I don't remember if they show it but it's implied that they switch.
seke? https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/thirst_1/ this is the only manhwa that i know that they switch sometimes. art is kinda, well, you decide :ppp
It's called being versatile, or "verse"
Another term is "switch" but that refers to submissive/passive and dominant/active roles, rather than positions regarding penetration.
In fetishizing, outdated terms, you can call it "seke" like you still use "seme" and "uke"
not me being offended by the "fetishizing" lmfao. can we stick to the outdated terms rather than the fetishizing word pls ಥ‿ಥ
What no wtf
The reason it's outdated is because it's fetishizing and problematic
(‘◉⌓◉’) FORGIVE ME FOR BEING HIGH (I PROBABLY SHOULD TOUCH SOME GRASS ATP AND TAKE A NAP TOO)
༎‿༎ TY FOR THE RESPONSE!!! (༎‿༎)
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/neko_x_neko/
They switch throughout the story.
You should read this.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/dark_heaven/
Genuinely asking but how do mass uploaders (for example Jujucat or bloomingdale) manage to download so much manhwa?
I just recently got L*zhin acc and even buying one manhwa (for example Shutline that has 73 chapters) IS SO EXPENSIVE?
Respect for all the uploaders because this can't be profitable at all.
i'm actually also curious about that bc i can barely buy chapters every week of stories i like but then the uploaders who be uploading 5 stories per day like ??
and the time it takes to screenshot or idk if they use an app but how do they get that shit out on time too that's hard work
They prolly have providers or just like my friend who got multiple accs and take free episodes ever week, but its just too much work
ohh holy shit multiple accs bruhhhh i feel like that takes up so much time how do they have a social life like that lmao
yeh im quite amazed LOL like i could never do those. I always forgot my passwords in everything
my friend is so nice too cause she shares her acc and she doesnt really mind others using it.