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SOMEONE PLS GIVE ME A TOXIC BAD BOY X SWEET BOY YAOI THAT /DOES NOT/ HAVE RAPE. JINX WOULD BE EVERYTHING IF IT WASNT CONSTANT SEXUAL ASSAULT IT MAKES ME SO MAD
question, do you want asshole x sunshine or like as long as he gives bad boy vibes is okay? Ex. Dangerous convenience store, he looks scary but its sweet to MC
Im open to anything of the sort! Usually, I'm more of an enemies-to-lovers fan so I like to read things where the MCs don't immediately get along and sort of build up to a romance but a "mean to everyone except the mc" is smth i could def get into. Not to get too specific but bonus points for angst that's unrelated to the relationship (ex. MC has past trauma, defensive, things like that)
Ok so if you haven't read it yet this one fit exactly what you talk abt. Ngl it has dubcon in some chapters at the beginning but the character development is insane and their dynamic is nice in the sense that MC doesn't get swipe by the ML
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/crossing_the_line_1/
(I'll be back in a bit w some reccs, its taking a while to find good ones w/o SA)
soooo cute
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/dekoboko_sugar_days/
its not yaoi its shounen ai but its so peak trust
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/sangyang_the_wanderer/
this one doesn't have rape but its prequel does (not btwn mcs) so don't read that one, just read this
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/yoru_to_asa_no_uta_ec/
Very old one but the plot is rlly good, includes BDSM and some sensitive images since it's a bit goresome at times. Human x vampire
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/blood_bank/
Also kinda old(? Includes light BDSM. Alien x human, ML is kinda of an ass to MC at first
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/alien_in_my_closet/
Animal characteristics, lion x panter. There's a scene that *could* be considered dubcon in ch4 that's caused by a third party and ML wasn't in his right mind
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/playboy_beast/
Animal characteristics, lion x horse. Sequel of https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/ookami_kun_wa_kowakunai/ (this series has multiple volumes, 3 abt the main couple, 2 abt this one and 1 abt a third couple that's incomplete)
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/thoroughbred_wa_nabikanai/
Kinda counts(? MC gets taken into a yakuza's home bc ML's child thinks he's his mama. ML is rlly cold at first
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/when_the_yakuza_falls_inlove/
Animal characteristics, human x wolf. ML is very indifferent and scary looking. Sequel of https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/yakimochi_wa_kitsuneiro/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/aimai_na_wolf/
Delinquent x straight A student. MC has psychic abilities
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/bending_the_spoon/
Playboy officer x laundromat guy. Includes light BDSM, some parts look forceful but it's all still consensual
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/daehyun_laundry_we_wash_everything/
I got tired lol
ur an angel omg tysmmmm def checking these out <33
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THIS ONE WAS SO GOOD OMG JS FINISHED READING TYSM FOR THE REC IT WAS EVERYTHING I WAS LOOKING FORRR
I totally understand where all these comments are coming from but as someone who really loves angst this was a really refreshing read. In most BL manhwas and mangas the rapist is the love interest and the victim either develops some sort of fked up attachment or Stockholm syndrome relationship with him. And in other stories the “savior” seme ends up being just as toxic.
In Pearl Boy, Jooha is traumatized but he isn’t totally helpless, he learned to fight back and he makes selfless decisions when his loved ones are threatened. There was no romanticizing his suffering, sure it was very explicit and brutal. Definitely disturbing and a hard read at times but that’s personally something I look for when reading BL. His trauma wasn’t brushed over, he was explicitly stated to have PTSD, took meds, hallucinated, had nightmares, and struggled to feel safe even when there was no immediate danger.
Dooshik on the other hand was clearly a lover boy from the start. He played savior without it being overbearing. Sure he had his yandere moments, and I did feel the author was pushing it in some scenes with what I was comfortable with but in the end, unlike the majority of BL’s Dooshik was genuinely a good person to Jooha and he was soft with him when Jooha needed that. He wasn’t perfect either, he had his own struggles and the author did a great job at creating turbulence in their relationship without it being rape/assult/blackmail or anything of the sort.
The memory loss thing at the end worried me a bit… I’m glad we got the side story and Jooha’s memories returned. Honestly that could’ve been (should’ve imo) part of the main story because Jooha losing his memories makes the rest of the story pretty meaningless and it would’ve been a good way to end things on a softer note.
As someone who loves angst, trauma coded characters, and hurt/comfort Pearl Boy was exactly what I was looking for. I did wish that at times the sxx scenes were a bit softer, slower paced, because their relationship totally could have fueled that sort of dynamic but at the end of the day the author still has to appeal to the mainstream yaoi readers, and let’s be honest most of them read for the hardcore smut… so I’ll take what I can get honestly.
A really good read, would read again… probable the most I’ve ever enjoyed a manhwa.