I swear to god these artists don't want to draw gay men. They want so badly for it to be straight. The main character looked like a (pretty) man in ch1, and he straight up looks like either a woman or a 12 year old boy. Why does EVERY single BL end up like this?? It's actually disgusting.
Yeah I get it… It’s unfortunately because most of these stories are written and drawn by women, and they’re also created for the female gaze— meaning the top is a conventionally attractive (usually) buff and overpowering man, and the bottom is a petite and feminine figure that isn’t overly jarring for some women to still self insert with while reading. Yet we keep reading, and thus the creators keep creating ┑( ̄Д  ̄)┍
The only satisfaction I could get from this is seeing the despair as their plans are foiled, and the end to his suffering.