I'm aware I'm a bit cynical, and at the same time, I have very strong opinions and express them often, so I have no filter and mean what I say. If it makes you mad, it's not my problem. If you're blatantly an idiot and ignorant, you're just getting blocked.
DNI if you canât grasp why SA is wrong, donât know what consent is, think dubcon/noncon isnât SA, glorify it, excuse it, victim blame, normalize it, or romanticize it. DNI if you're a minor and on top of that, disagree with all I've stated above. Genuinely, get help immediately if you are any and all of the above. As long as you understand all of the above, I donât care if you read stories with TWs/CWs and love it cause it's "dark" or cause of other reasons.
DNI if you're rude to uploaders! I don't support full AI translations, only when used if needed.
DNI if you slap âautisticâ on every socially awkward character. Social ineptness â autism. Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition youâre born with. Itâs not caused by a bad childhood, trauma, or âbeing bad at socializing.â They donât share your experiences just because you relate to them, so stop projecting. Unless itâs explicitly stated or portrayed (consistent traits like sensory sensitivities, communication patterns, developmental context, etc.), theyâre not autistic. Not every quiet, blunt, or emotionally stunted character is neurodivergent. Sometimes theyâre just written that way. Stop throwing labels around and actually comprehend the character instead of reducing them to a one dimensional âautisticâ label. Not sorry.
Getting me to read something below a 9.0 rating is difficult. Ironically, my average rating ends up being a 6.3.
I will always prefer the green flag over the red and black flag. Or just the overall better ml, but that is just already an assumption for pathetic and terrible writing. Not to dismiss morally grey characters though.
I farm on official sites when I have time.
Good art â Good storyline
⢠All Time Fav BL â˘
° Love for Sale ( Peak )
° The Summer Hikaru Died ( Ik it's queer. I love the symbolism and metaphors that I find. )
° Aporia ( One of the better bdsm series )
° MadK ( Literally read it once, and now, I think about it every once in a while. )
° A First of Summers ( Another "wholesome", grounding age gap )
° A Home Far Away ( This shit is ragebait. )
° Koi ga Ochitara ( Short, sweet and simple age gap )
° Stigma and Ouroboros ( Both on dark topics and themes related to SA and abuse, that I relate to, think of often, and wonder why we donât have more like these two, among a sea filled with SA and abuse that handle them so poorly in narrative writing. )
Actually, there are too many that take up spots in my heart.
⢠MLs/MCs who I love and think they deserve better. This means I dislike the series and/or their toxic, abusive partners. â˘
Seo Yeon-Oh ( Limited Run )
Saein ( Say A Little Prayer )
Dong-gyun ( BJ Alex )
Yesung ( Incomplete Combustion )
My Beloved Joseph Landi ( series is not worth mentioning )
My Beloved Bird & Lobotomized Ian Youngwoo Shin ( same fuckass series )
Uncontroversial Opinion : Killing Stalking is not a BL.
⢠Genres / Tropes I Dislike â˘
childhood friends (always the same boring plots) | friends to lovers (same boring plots) | showbiz (cringe) | school with smut (they're minors bro) | college (boring setting, unless art is pretty and plot is good) | extreme financial gap, especially involving yakuza/mafia (seen and read a million times before), slice of life (boring, no substance, unless mature and executed well, like Love for Sale) | mother like ukes (it's usually their only personality) | any top who can't do basic household chores and cooking without even trying and falls in love with the bottom just cause he does these for him (superficial) | toxicity, sa, abuse, huge power dynamic (vast majority with these themes are not handled well and almost everyone will applaud, thinking it's truly dark and psychological â . If I manage to read them, it's only for the emotional aspects.)
⢠Genres / Tropes I love : No explanations needed cause they're simply unique, rare, or peak when executed well. â˘
omegaverse | age gap (preferably older top and younger bottom) | similar statures / buff bottoms (I really don't mind skinny bottoms though. They deserve love too.) | switches | power bottoms | bdsm | coming of age | wholesomeness | drama | psychological | yearning (puppy and yearning are different. Not a big fan of puppy lovers), pure hearted and selfless lovers | grounding | healing/emotional journey | character driven plot
⢠First BL : I Hear the Sunspot : 7.5/10 â˘
Purchased at a bookstore cause the art caught my eye lol. I don't plan to purchase the latest volume cause I didn't like it that much when I read it on here. First couple of volumes were really good though. I love that it's a wholesome romance and brings attention to deaf and hard of hearing people. The character development just needs more work, and the plot needs more substance. The author also doesn't seem to go deeper and explore more implications of the deaf hearing relationship. It's starting to feel like a generic romance manga.
Their best sex yet cause saein took revenge and dommed him hard that he