Spammy’s Treasure Trove

If you can get over your hang up about retro yaoi hands and its reputation as the anal bleeding yaoi, this is legit one of the most complex and well written BL ever. Angsty, heartfelt, dramatic, it’s everything you could want. It focuses on the interplay of consent, desire, and loyalty—and boy does it eroticize the master/servant-bodyguard trope in the most delicious way. If you like melodrama, angst, and dynamic characters, give it a go.

Criminally underrated BL, probably bc it’s never tagged as such. It’s a re-imagining of the War of the Roses’ Richard III as an intersex man. It follows him from youth to adulthood, and the development of his relationship with Henry VI. It does to the medieval era what Black Butler did to the Victorian—makes it fucking cool and bishie-ifies everyone.

what can I say i like pathetic old men getting railed and being cute. Older loser teacher x his accomplished and kind of insane former student, follows them through the years from when they get together all the way until they’re old men. It’s really heartwarming and a very cute, fun look at the trope, with a retro art style to boot.

I normally don’t like many manhwa, especially new ones, but this is the best manhwa to come from the 2020s and captures the spirit of what I loved in the older BL scene. Effortlessly combines mystery and intrigue with romance, and executes the concept of a modern haunted house flawlessly. Two leads have excellent development.

A meteor’s come to hit earth and there’s 7 days left to live. The main character runs his shitty college ex-boyfriend who had planned to kill himself, but didn’t. The two of them go on a road trip to help a younger kid reach his family before they die. It’s a story about regret and misspent time, and trying to find what’s important to you in humanity’s last days.

Gorgeous, gorgeous historical that takes place in the edo period about a country doctor and the androgynous samurai he saved. This mangaka really knows how to make a kaleidoscopic and atmospheric work

pathetic old men getting railed pt 2. repressed middle aged teacher gets given totally bullshit cognitive behavioral therapy from the school nurse to get over his inferiority complex and mommy issues. School nurse seems deranged and out together but is actually just as much of a pathetic loser as the main character is, if not more so

A really tender, slow and sweet story about a beautiful but austere actor and his stylist. I’m usually not too keen on those kind of plots, but this was done just beautifully and has a really reserved, literary quality to it. It’s a very mature story, not in like the sexual way, but the characters behave like adults who can communicate. One of my favorites.

A flirty bodyguard is placed in charge of watching over the judicial lord of a country in political turmoil. The judicial lord is a scruffy, serious and bookish type who has a lot of trouble being the object of his bodyguard’s hardcore simping. It’s a fun romp that perfectly balances lighthearted fun with more serious political tensions.

One of my all time favorite manhwa! An older, rich sugar daddy service top x taller beefake student sugar baby. It’s not the kind of dynamic you’d expect from this sort of arrangement but it’s really heartfelt, sweet, and tender. The development of their relationship and characterization is fantastic!