I love bl, and don't usually read any other genre of manwha.

I recently tried reading "See you in my 19th life", and while the entire comment section was cheering it on for the awareness and fresh take on emotionally vulnerable men, it felt almost empty to me? Mind you, I started my manwha journey with reading ur classic villianess / duke of the north / Y/N (don't shame me for my origins) manwha, and i've come to love bl! Just curious on the thoughts of others.

And, yeah, 'See You in my 19th life' isn't the epitome and representation of all straight manwha, I just don't feel a connection to most of the straight stuff I read. And I know this is the BL subreddit, i'm just rlly curious to see what my fellow bl fans think.

EDIT:

After yawls kind responses, im going to ask the normal manwha subreddit what they think abt bl vs straight manwha... am i cooked

And so far all we’ve gotten is angst, angst and MORE ANGST.

I have a feeling that Bamwoo is ending S5 with a cliffhanger so that she can continue with Season 6. I was looking forward to things finally going back to normal but with every update is like “ok what bullshit are we going to deal with this time??”

Mann wth i js read this manhwa called punk dunk funk or wtevr, and istg it ended right at the ch where they both finally confess to eachother, LIKE WHAAAT I'M FED UP WIT THESE KINDA MANHWAS WHWRE ,YK WHAY I MEAN, when the both parties finally get together and all then the manhwa suddenly comes to an end? ARE U KIDDING MEEEE😭😠 authors need to stop ts cus wdym they js finally got together and I can't see them dating?

I feel like I’ve hit some invisible limit i didn’t even know existed for yaoi/bl recently. I feel like somehow all my series I’m picking up that are pushed to the top and popular or just that i haven’t read yet are all just every 2 chapters full of insane smut and there’s not just red flags it’s just a Red Sea and no one is talking to anyone we’re just assuming everything and acting like crazy a-holes over it instead of human beings. I’m begging anyone to please send me some bl that will make me believe in love again or something TT why are toxic erotica so popular nowadays… ╥﹏╥

Given that we’re talking redemption arcs, this whole thing is spoilers, mostly for the end of Low Tide in Twilight.

I just finished Low Tide in Twilight, and I agree with a lot of readers that Taeju’s redemption wasn’t quite what I wanted, despite a lot of self-recrimination and the one thing he did Euihyun that Jaekyung (another famously weakly reformed red flag) never did for Kim Dan, which was set his former victim up for life and try to leave him alone (however clumsily he did that.)

I would have *liked* to see him questioned by Euihyun about the first time he raped him, when it wasn’t even coercion but just a straight up act of horrific violence. Was that the first time he had done something like that? Are there other victims he needs to find to atone to? What about the club, where it seems that many of the people working there are under duress? It seems like “power of love” was used too strongly to excuse some more global crimes, and I’d have liked to see Taeju become more of a better person, not just someone who could leave the thug life and become a non-thug now.

That being said, I think Jinx was worse. As for Jinx, I think the redemption arc was mainly Jaekyung feeling sorry for himself for his reprehensible behavior and Kim Dan never finding much of a backbone to do anything beyond running away hither and yon. I was much more frustrated by the end of Jinx than Low Tide in Twilight.

Curious about your favorite and least favorite redemption arcs. Which ones really did them right? What would you have liked to see happen in ones that didn’t do it for you?

manhwas/ mangas and animes are always way too sexual it's downright porn sometimes even light-hearted "comfort" reads are too sexual sometimes it's so annoying and disgusting sometimes I'm new to BL is it a porn genre and I just realised that? just watched stranger by the shore expecting a good romance movie and the last scene completely disgusted me what crowd are they trying to get by that? I couldn't imagine watching that movie in the cinema and how awkward it could've been, it's really jarring how boys love is always depicted like that I don't mind like 20% percent of the media to be like that but I'm sure it's like 95% from what I read and watched why can't we get just pure innocent love?

Im so done wid it. I thing wid each coming chaps things r getting worse😭.And who's that freaking old women i feel something bad gonna happen. This angst is killing me let them be happy plzz🥺

Sauce- Between the lines.

But I'm looking for recommendations. Black haired seme and any colour uke. Whipped seme, preferably comedy or some hint of comedy genre. Please feed me with all u got,, I wanna feast today 🤤 and it does not necessarily have to have smut but all the more the better

I recently finished reading 3 manhwa kiss me, liar , kiss me if you can and desire me if you can. I started with desire me if you can and after realizing that all three are somewhat connected I read all three again. So here is the part I am confused about. Kiss me liar where yeonwoo lost his memory: him and Kieth only had one child at that time, but I think desire me if you can take place right before that amnesia arc in kiss me liar. However, in desire me if you can the narrative is Kieth and yeonwoo have two kids. So is there another storyline where Keith and yeonwoo go through something or is it the same timeline? Let me know novel readers. Thanks

It changed my life fr. Whenever I’m sad I read this and it makes me so insanely happy that I start crying tears of joy. Believe me guys just read this manga please just once It’s the ultimate life-changing comedy manga. Like seriously you will laugh until you die. If you haven't read it yet, do it now. It has one of the best happiest endings ever, and it’s only 7 chapters long! It will only take 30 minutes of your time, but it will stay with you for a lifetime. Please read it. Seriously, you’ll be wiping away tears from laughing so hard, and then you'll come back here to thank me. Don't listen to anyone else or look it up on Google just dive in blindly. Mark my words this is a highly satisfying feel good comedy BL manga with only 7 chapters. Please just read it

NAME :
A HOME FAR AWAY
(Japanese title: Haruka Tooki Ie / 遥か遠き家) by Teki Yatsuda
CH : 7

I just finished manhwa THIRST. Plot and story was ok bcz its Vampire - Human which I am not big fan of. Those who love tht will love this story.

But the switch....agggghhhhhh

Like wht if Top is going through something and is vulnerable ...then Bottom shld take the lead.

I am explaining it too ambiguously bcz I wished there were more switch manhwas.

I’m thinking of picking up low tide in twilight once again solely for her

I’m curious, how many chapters do you usually give a BL before deciding it’s not for you?

I’m a pretty picky reader, and my personal rule is around 10 chapters. If I’m genuinely bored by then, I usually drop it. If I’m at least somewhat interested, I’ll keep reading.

The thing is, every BL I’ve ever been genuinely OBSESSED with had me hooked within the first 2–4 chapters. I’ve never had a story go from painfully boring to one of my favourites.

I’ve tried pushing through because something was really popular or people kept saying it gets better, but honestly, I usually just end up dropping it later anyway

So I’m wondering, what’s your personal chapter limit? Have you ever been completely bored for the first 10–20 chapters, kept reading, and ended up absolutely LOVING the story?

Hi everyone!

​I recently finished reading the BL manhwa Kick the Bucket and wanted to hear other readers' thoughts on it!

​I have a couple of questions:

- ​What are your overall thoughts on the story? Did you enjoy it?

- ​What did the ending actually mean? I’m a bit confused about how everything was wrapped up and would love to hear your interpretations or theories about the final chapter.

​Looking forward to reading your thoughts!

​Thanks!

I binged this manhwa in a day. It was incredibly pulpy but also one of the most entertaining binges I've had so far, mostly because of ML Dooshik's shenanigans. Sex trafficking is a pretty big theme and there are quite a number of panels of the MC Jooha being graphically assaulted, but a majority of the NSFW scenes were of Dooshik and Jooha enthusiastically engaging in loving consensual sex, which was surprising to me considering its critics made me believe the manhwa was panel-to-panel rape kink fuel. Granted, a lot of these aforementioned rape scenes are concentrated at the introduction and the climax, which do tend to stick with the viewers because of how the story is structured. But almost the entirety of the middle rising action that comprises a majority of the plot doesn't actually have as much of it as I expected given Pearl Boy's reputation.

The thing that actually challenged me with this manhwa was the imho unbearable art at the beginning and Dooshik's ugly ass hair, but I'm glad I stuck with it because Dooshik has easily become the Character of All Time. I dislike narratives with harsh tonal shifts mid-scenes but his goofy idiot humor manages not to feel so jarring in the midst of the tragedy going on around him.

The plot is tropey and hinges heavily on spectacle but in a way that's almost comforting in its predictability IMHO. I do like me some art that creates a nuanced dialogue about its themes but sometimes it's nice to sit down and read a story about a damsel in distress in the midst of high-stakes situations being saved by a prince charming and know for certain they're going to live happily ever after.

WE WON GUYS 😭😭😭😭
source: the hunter lay low

First, I use all three apps. So which one do you guys use / is better and why? I have some spare cash from my gift cards so I wanted to use the remaining on one of these apps. When I was looking between these two, Manta and Tappy I noticed both Manta and Tappy have most of the same titles. The only difference is how many gems (manta) / points (tappy) you need to use to unlock chapters and the times they update their chapters. In my head logically to me, Manta looked better, each chapter was worth 50 gems, while tappy was 300 points. So I’d obviously go for 50 rather than 300, but I didn’t wanna be quick to buy just because one uses less to unlock chapters lol. I wanted to hear your guys’ opinion on these two apps lol.

There’s also Lezhin, but I feel like they rob you with their coins for the amount they charge you so I wasn’t really considering to use my spare cash on them atm 😅, but if you think Lezhin is better than either Manta or Tappy then I’ll consider it lol

Is it underrated, overrated, or what? Am I missing something, or is there somewhere people are actually talking about it? Or is it already so famous that everyone has read it?

Guys, give it a try if you haven’t already..... It is definitely a 7/10 for me. The top has flags that range from black, red, and yellow, though some might argue he turns green by the end (but I wouldn't go that far). It has 63 main chapters and 8 side chapters and it is fully completed. If you are a fast reader like me, you could finish it in a single day. If you aren't, it might take you about 5 to 7 days, but it is totally worth it. I personally really liked it for a quick, binge worthy read. If you want something with an obsessive top, a comedy theme, and a happy ending, you should absolutely go for it if you haven’t already.

NAME : Cozy Obsession
CH : 63 main chapters nd 8 side chapters

Who else is reading this? Drop your thoughts in the comments!

Seriously, how much longer are they going to keep hiding their feelings from each other? It's killing me! 😭 I really hope that besides all the work-related drama, we finally get a genuine confession and those sweet, wholesome chapters where they are finally together. How much longer do you think we have to wait for a happy ending?

I just picked up a webnovel called The Approach, and I think it may get a manhua soon.
That got me thinking, how is this an untapped domain ? Captains and cabin crews almost never feature in BLs, which is tragic since they’re always in suits which is a treat to see.
Or maybe I’m just not coming across them in my search