I can see the reason for it lol it’s not for everyone that’s for sure, from what I can interpret, having a good-looking top/guy pulls you away from the main focus aka Yan Qing in this case. The huge contrast between the pretty and the ugly is also part of the “appeal”, people don’t look at these mob men, it’s just to further amplify the beauty of the other. That’s why you barely see these “ugly bastards”. You can throw in a normal looking, plain male protagonist in the mix but the appeal isn’t the same. This was clearly written for a specific target audience. I’m just gonna assume it’s for the ones who’ve got low self-esteem. After all, if these characters can get together with an ugly guy, then they’d definitely have a chance too.
Either way, I don’t love it but I also don’t hate it. The problem isn’t his face, he’ll Id read an “ugly mob man” story if it was wholesome. The problem is the shit he pulled. I’d still hate him even if he was some kind of good looking, abusive psycho (god there’s so many popular BL in mangago that does this).
Hell, I’d***
I find the whole "ugly bastard" hentai theme repulsive!!
This shit better not become a thing in Yaoi! (╬￣皿￣)凸