I think these are two separate manga, but I'm not sure:
1. Fantasy. It's about a weak fox spirit, who is not chosen by anyone. It has low power. It gets to know a guy; however, this guy abandons him for someone more powerful. The weak fox spirit cries in the forest, and a powerful guy finds it. This powerful guy ends up choosing the weak fox spirit during a ceremony. Art style is webtoon, not classic Japanese manga. BL. It's a historical setting.
2. Fantasy. One of the characters has orange fox ears, and he ends up living with a separate species in a village. It's like 100+ chapters. Art style is webtoon, not classic Japanese manga. BL. It's a historical setting.
The third manga I'm looking for is this:
3. It's about two orphans, who are brothers, who are assaulted by bandits. However, a bunch of kids help them. Later the leader of these kids are killed, and one of the orphans must take the lead. They end up taking refuge in a temple?, at least there's a monk. The monk is very shady. It's drawn in a classic Japanese style. There's not a lot of chapters last time I read it, but it might've changed. It's a historical setting.
I love reading manhwa, particularly yaoi, but I’m open to read many things.
I like really cute and sweet BL manhwa such as Yagi The Bookshop Goat, Don’t Get Me Wrong Boss and Ways of Parting.
My favourite tropes when reading Uke are when they’re strong, independent, cute, or relatable in emotions. I dislike when they’re a pushover.
My favourite tropes when reading Seme are when they’re cute, cuddly, green flag, and or redeemable.
The manhwas that have LITERALLY given me trauma from reading is Love History Caused By Willful Negligence and Unscented Trajectory.
I loved the novel. I don't care what people say. If you don't like it, why are you even reading it? I found the novel insanely addicting. It's very well-written, and I also found all the characters well-developed and interesting.
People say it's worse than Non-Zero Zum and No Reason, but I strongly disagree. I'd say the dark parts, are darker; however, in Bad Life, the characters are way more developed and interesting. In Non-Zero Zum and No Reason there's absolutely no logic behind the ML's behavior, or any other character for that matter, and they get no development, and the whole thing is literally just torture porn and rape. At least in Bad Life, the mangaka gave it some logic and developed the characters properly. Jerome and Simon are interesting, unique characters. And yes, you might not be convinced by the logic, but the mangaka did at least give some in comparison to Non-Zero Sum and No Reason.
The MC is also tough; although, I personally disliked this sometimes, because it felt unnatural in some parts. I care more about a character being well-developed than "strong". But I also don't think people are "weak" for being unable to fight against relentless abuse anyway. I think Simon is the most well-developed, consistent and unique character. But I enjoyed Jerome more as a character, and found him interesting, even if he's somewhat irredeemable, based on his reasoning for abusing the MC. But I personally don't care if Jerome's reasoning is redeemable, I care more about the character itself being interesting. Also, the intention of the manga matters, like No Reason was obviously made just to torture the MC, so I don't expect the ML to have any deep reasoning either, even if I'd prefer it.
Furthermore, Bad Life has a more varied setting than Non-Zero Sum and No Reason. We follow the MC over 15-20 years, as he lives his life, so it's not just about torture and abuse, even if it's a big part of it. And the MC, also does get revenge, which is more satisfying than most other works like this.
I'm saying this as a person who enjoyed all those works, but that's because I like dark things, and I don't care that much if it's problematic. And to be fair, the abuse and rape is highly detailed and graphic, so it's obvious it's for people who like works like that. But I don't seek out works I don't enjoy. For example, I'm very picky about fluffy stories, so if I don't enjoy it, I don't seek out tropes I don't like, go around bashing it, ruining the experience for everyone else. If you don't enjoy works like this, no one forced you to read it.
Anyway, if you are fine with really dark works, I'd highly recommend the novel. It's mostly dark constantly in the beginning, and then it mellows out somewhat towards the latter parts. But overall, it's an insanely addicting novel, where all the main characters are well-developed and the plot is engaging.
male leads that regret treating their significant others like shit, ignoring them, rejecting them, etc.
dont your heart just clenches hard and your lungs cease to exist whenever you read a character that regrets letting go their significant other? that realization of wanting to be with them but they're already far away? that horror in their faces when they realize that them moving on means they'll be with someone else instead? their anxiety rising while thinking, "what if i am too late?"