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Aella's BL 'It Hurts So Good' Dark Romance List

This is a list of all my favorite BL dark romance, enemies to lovers, hate to love, hurt/comfort stories that have GOOD OR AMAZING emotional payoff!!!!

Heavy Dark Romance = ~~~

Medium Dark Romance = ~~

Gentle Dark Romance = ~
Tags: Yandere BL Hate to Love Toxic Seme Scum Seme Enemies to Lover
All(22) / manga(22)

Toxin

 9.0(153 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): 메카니스트, doro
Genre(s): Yaoi / Adult / Mature / Drama / Fantasy / Historical
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I'm reading this one rn and OH MY GODDDD IT'S SOOOO GOOD. I can tell the emotional pay off is gonna be AMAZING! The relationship between the seme, the uke, and the seme's brother is SO tense and exciting.

18 08,2025

Painter of the Night(Yahwacheop)

 9.5(1644 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Byeonduck
Genre(s): Historical / Smut / Yaoi / Webtoons
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A classic and a really great example of this list. This would be on the lighter end of the dark romance spectrum, but it's still very much there.

18 08,2025

Reap What You Sow

 8.8(197 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Josamanru, Geuphan
Genre(s): Yaoi / Drama / Historical / Mature / Supernatural / Webtoons
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18 08,2025

Piercing Stab

 8.5(373 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): 할로윈 , halloween
Genre(s): Webtoons / Yaoi / Adult / Mature / Smut / Historical
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God, this dumb seme pissed me off. He needs to BEG uke for forgiveness for the rest of his life.

18 08,2025

Double Trap

 9.2(290 voted)
Complete
Author(s): GOODMEN
Genre(s): Adult / Romance / Mature / Yaoi / School Life / Webtoons
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18 08,2025

Legs That Won't Walk

 9.2(732 voted)
Complete
Author(s): 흑살구, Black Apricot
Genre(s): Yaoi / Psychological / Mature / Webtoons / Action / Smut
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Another classic for this trope! Love it.

18 08,2025

Itou-san (KURAKA Sui)

 8.9(201 voted)
Complete
Author(s): KURAKA Sui
Genre(s): Mature / Psychological / Yaoi
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AHHHHH!!! ONE OF MY FUCKING FAVORITES OMG. IT MAKES ME CRY! Emotional payoff is 10/10.

18 08,2025

Love History Caused by Willful Negligence

 8.7(362 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Woojootokkang,Ginjyo
Genre(s): Webtoons / Yaoi / Adult / Mature
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18 08,2025

Viper

 8.9(152 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Anko,Mongya
Genre(s): Webtoons / Yaoi / Adult / Mature / Smut
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It has potential, will write back.

18 08,2025

River of bondage

 8.8(288 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Harmful,Contimaker
Genre(s): Webtoons / Yaoi / Adult / Mature / Smut / Drama / Romance
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It has potential, will write back.

18 08,2025

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