Haven't read neither so my bad is nit what you meant, is a 1vol manga
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/cure_blood/
following for recs! i feel like i have one in mind that fits this tho, gonna see if i can find the name somewhere
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/i_will_be_waiting_for_you_in_1999/
This one is a shonen ai, so definitely no porn but i rmr the first one making me cry. It’s wholesome but definitely a melancholy vibe. Childhood friends, pinning, angst. It was great!
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/reunion/
This one isn’t like sad sad, but the romance and storyline is definitely a heart string puller bc of all it took for them to get their happy ending. Super great, with some emotional moments fs but not all over sad.
i have some shounen ai recs since you don't want any smut (๑•ㅂ•)و✧ (list: https://www.mangago.me/home/mangalist/3445940/)
recs:
the specific heat capacity of love
banana fish
cinema next door
little mushroom
duan mu ye
ogus' law
truth or dare
a shoulder to cry on
no. 6
the polaris
happy together
it was saur good omg tysm!!
tysmmmmm !! ill def read these
ive read these already and they were rly good!! its def thd type of angst adjacent atmosphere i love
does anyone have recs for sad bl? not exactly on the torture porn side like the 10 years i loved u, but more of a bittersweet story like our youth/minority. i just really enjoy bls w melancholy vibes! just no love triangles....