I used the 'top manga' feature where it gives you the top current works, and the top from a random date. I git February of 2011 and forgot how good so many of these older series are! This site seems a lot more active now than in the past so I wonder if we could give a shoutout to series you think have maybe been lost to time!
If you haven't read this yet, I recommend it:
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/smells_like_green_spirit/
This one has some intense non-con elements that haven't aged well so TW, but I still enjoy it. Guilty pleasure?
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/sakura_gari/
I clicked it and got March of 2012! Some great series like Haru wo Daite Ita and Love Mode popped up. Such a difference to the recent top stories listed right below, which are almost exclusively webtoons. There were also some wild ones back then lol like Sex Pistols (which is STILL ongoing!!)
Smells Like Green Spirit is a great shout, it's really stuck with me since I read it.
Some of my favorite oldies are Silver Diamond, Mamono No Monogatari, Doushitemo Furetakunai, Doushiyoumo Nai Keredo, Doukyuusei, and Himegoto Asobi.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/silver_diamond/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/koori_no_mamono_no_monogatari/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/doushitemo_furetakunai/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/doushiyoumo_nai_keredo/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/doukyuusei_nakamura_asumiko/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/himegoto_asobi/
I have absolutely adored this author for a very long time, this is one of my fav stories from them!
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/gosan_no_heart/
Oh, I started reading that a while ago, but I think my expectations were different than what the story actually was so I never finished lol. I should go back to it now with fresh eyes. Jazz music is a big part of the plot, right? Have you seen the anime adaptation and would you say that is better than just reading the manga considering the music?
Thanks for the recs, half of these I'd not heard of before and the others I'd mostly forgotten about! IKR, a bit insane to think of series like Sex Pistols and Junjou Romantica which used to be considered kings of the genre and now have dwindled in popularity despite still being active (at least online that is not sure abt the readership elsewhere).
If you liked Green Spirit I was also reminded of Life Senjou no Bokura while looking through my read list, I think it has very similar vibes.
Why are these comments so crazyyyyy damn. Have you forgotten the series you're reading? I love Cirrus and am rooting for his relationships to improve/resolve but let's not act like he didn't do some fucked up things. Why are you wishing on death on the characters who are trying to make things right once they've heard the whole story?
THANK YOU
EXACTLY. THANK YOU. LIKE BOTH OF THEM FUCKED UP AND THATS WHY THEY NEED TO IMPROVE AND REALIZE THE WAY THEY DID IT BEFORE WASNT HEALTHY
Right !! But they don't want to acknowledge cirrus didnp anything wrong it's insane
People wants Skylar to suck up and be fine with everything and stay in that toxic relationship without communicating the problems lmao people read toxic yaoi all the time with those weak submissive uke and think Skylar gonna act the same
They think toxic yaoi is the default now smh. They see a character like skylar and lose their mind Even in straight romance, I see people start tweaking in the comments if the fl dumps the ml or makes him little sad in some way even when he deserves it or its unavoidable bc of the plot. People for some reason are only sympathetic to seme or mls on this site. Maybe cause they're attracted to him? Idek at this point
Thats like so suckass... But i get what you meant! I've seen a lot of people defending toxic ml in straight/historical manhwa but the moment Fl stand their ground people gonna hate , the reading comprehension left the chat lmaoo but seriously tho even if me personally as reader "attracted" to the ml i would never defend them like tht without solid reason. Things happen for good , why do people coodled ml/seme like thats grown ass man ffs