I mean...the author removed the yaoi tag before and has stated they aren't getting together so like.... yeah it's bait
it’s not bait when they’re pretty much explicitly confirmed as queer. the entire story is a metaphor for queerness, accepting yourself, found family, etc. its a blatant representation of an insecure gay man (yamadera, who has accepted himself as a “monster”) in a complicated relationship with a self-hating bisexual man who wishes he could be straight, and not a “monster.” yamadera’s insecurity is the focus of the most recent update, it’s implied they kiss in this chapter, he bit all over minoru’s chest, etc. just because they don’t have sex on screen doesn’t mean it isn’t gay.
Not to mention the extra illustrations, that shit gay as hell
I dont think on screen sex is the only indicator of if a story is gay. Shounen Ai exists and is valid. But those stories still have the characters explicitly in a relationship i.e. they are boyfriends. This one DOESNT. THEY ARE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP.
…it’s not shounen ai because minoru is old. yamadera’s not exactly young, either. there are plenty of BL where they’re not explicitly confirmed as a couple. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
regardless though, the focus IS of their relationship which is queer, but it isn’t the only thing the story is about. it’s seinen, after all.
If they're not confirmed as a couple, its not BL. thats queerbait.
according to the definition of BL/yaoi/even shounen ai, that’s not the case.
do you even know what queerbait is
some dumbass in ig called this yaoibait after reading up to ch 25 holy fuck media literacy is dead.