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You already know~ this is pretty damn fascinating!! Yaoi, ongoing, drama, historical, action, royalty. There is rape/child abuse/and uhh heavy topics regarding those two combined. The main character is really hot and the plot is interesting, a great historical action-packed romance!
Completed, drama, shounen-ai, a hint of mystery/supernatural as the book is never quite explained. This seems pretty cute, but the characters hide a lot of manipulative and toxic behaviour. It's still interesting, but don't think anyone is fully innocent lmao. If you like power play and pining, this drama is great for you. Though, the ending was a bit unsatisfying imo
Action, shounen-ai, drama, school/gangs, completed. There's a lot of mind-fuckery, and I was really getting into the gang/territory warfare, but the story just.. ended. It wasn't unsatisfying, the main couple did resolve their issues, but I really do wish the gang fights were expanded upon. But the story is really interesting! I wish it didn't end. The main couple is surprisingly really wholesome, the main uke is a strong one.
Psychological, drama, school/gangs (kinda), yaoi, ongoing.
This is the probably the most problematic story on this list, and heavy warning that it's not for the faint of heart: rape, abuse, manipulation, gaslighting, bullying, corruption, blackmailing, it's all in here, and it's toxic AF. But I can't deny that it's fascinating AF as well. The mind games and power play are so unique and awful and intriguing. Karino is a sadistic asshole but I still can't help but like him. I love this uniquely.
Fantasy, supernatural, dragons, slice of life, comedy, shounen-ai, ongoing.
This is pretty sweet, not as problematic or toxic as the other stories on this list lol. The art is really cute, the plot is quite interesting, the main couple is pretty adorable. All around a really interesting, pretty wholesome story so far, with interesting semi-political drama. I'm curious about the 2nd couple's backstory and how it all ties in together, but the comedy keeps it light-hearted even w serious themes.
Fantasy (game-like setting), drama, romance, shounen-ai, ongoing. The main couple has an age gap of ~12 years (25yrs and 36 years of age or something), but the older one looks pretty old due to the drawing style. Regardless, it's very sweet, their relationship is pretty cute and wholesome, and the plot is interesting.
Drama, comedy, school-life, slice of life, romance, completed, shounen-ai.
The MC is not going to be the MC for most of the story, fair warning (lol). in fact, the MC is the type that avidly avoids being the MC to the extent that it's kind of annoying, but also kinda interesting and you can't blame him. In any case, the story has a lot of flashbacks and 'he said - she said' drama, making for a pretty interesting story telling style where you don't quite know all the pieces.
Drama, comedy, romance, shounen-ai, ongoing. Very cute!!! MC is an idol who writes fanfic of him and his group members, and one of the members catches him one day. I love the tsundere seme, he's trying his best and he's so precious. His character growth was very cute w how he eventually comes to accept his feelings, it's pretty wholesome. The secondary couple has a lot more tension, I wonder how that will play out!
Historical, action, political, drama, shounen-ai, ongoing!! The romance is very subtle bc of Chinese censorship, but it's there. The plot is really really fascinating, so much action/battle, plotting and mind-games, and only the FIRST season is over?!?! I absolutely can't wait for another season bc this has a great geo-political drama plot!
Drama, romance, yaoi. The MC takes advantage of the senpai he's pined after for years, and the tsundere uke doesn't take it lightly. With the 'rape' (uke admits 'if i hated it, i would have pushed you off', but it still was dub-con at best), their relationship changes, and it doesn't treat the rape aspect lightly -- the tsundere uke is pretty tough, and the relationship progress is really, really slow, and there's a lot of interesting drama between them in light of seme's feelings being exposed.
King's Maker