After being obsessed with BL and exclusively only reading BL for years, I suddenly woke up one day unable to even read a single chapter?!?! What happened to me? Is something wrong. I dont even start a story if its BL now.
Maybe you jsut don't like those specific BLs. I'm also like that because It's hard to find good recent ones where there's no noncon or toxic shit, or maybe you just read too much and you think BL is boring now lmao.
Don't read any romance stuffs, not even straight romance for a while and try other genres and then go back again if you feel like it
I mean i used to all genres to begin with. And then after some time i was getting of straight mangas and started to exclusively read BL. This continued for a few years straight. Then Mangago resetted and all my lists were gone. Now suddenly its like i don't even want to glance at BL. Its like an aversion for some reason.
I think you should stop reading any mainly romance themed story for a while. Maybe it's your list getting removed took a toll on you. Read no romance stuff like action Shonen or something, or maybe fluff BL/GL/straight romance (no 18+ scenes)
And I agree, most BLs are pretty toxic. Especially guide verse and omegaverse BLs. It just pisses me because it's mostly noncon, as if they made those verse not just for the sm.ut, but for also the r.aping stuff, and I fucking hate it.
So I only read specific type of pairings when it comes to those two BL verse,
like alpha X alpha, esper x esper/ guide seme x esper uke, but generally I just avoid these BL verses no matter what the pairing is, because if the main couple isn't that toxic, the side couples are.
Recs pls
I want to read Romance with no love triangles. A bit of jealousy is fine but not a 2nd lead dragging on till the end
I’m reading a lot of stories that fit your requirements, so I’ll only talk about standout ones. Oh and nearly all of these are green flags. Some maybe be yellowish flags, but that’s it.
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_symbiotic_relationship_between_a_newbie_and_an_oldbie/ (Yaoi, Smut) I wasn’t going to talk about this one first but I feel bad. It’s kind of like “My Guildmate Next Door” but different enough to stand on its own. I really like Mc and ml’s dynamic
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_third_decade_dindin/ (Yaoi, Smut) I find this story really interesting tbh. It doesn’t have many chapters yet, but I’m curious to take a further look into the seme’s psychology.
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/my_guildmate_next_door_shortcut_scans/ (Yaoi, Smut) This one is really cute. It’s sort of a slow burn because it takes 90 ish chapters for one of them to confess. There’s quite a few misunderstandings in this one, but they don’t get too annoying (at least for me) and are mostly funny
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/a_gloomy_delusion/ (Yaoi, Smut) The Mc needs therapy BADLY omg. I’m curious to see where this story goes
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/blood_poker/ (Yaoi, smut) I MIGHT read a lot of Yaoi smut lol. This one is a guide verse story, and I find it pretty interesting. I’m hoping that this is somewhat of a slow burn. I like the characters here
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/wild_beast_warning/ (Just guess what genre it is atp) I also really like this story. It stands out to me because the Mc and Ml start off as friends, which isn’t very common for bl. Normally that step is skipped unless they’re childhood friends.
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/paljae/ (Yaoi) MAY I INTRODUCE YOU TO PEAK! The slow burn is burning so slowly it took 100 chapters for any romance. It’s a pretty complicated story in the beginning because of all the mythology thrown at us, but it gets better over time. The story telling in this is just AGHHHH and I might explode
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_reason_the_villainess_wielded_a_sword_luna_toons/ (Straight) I like this story because the fl is somewhat unique. She isn’t a super kind heroine (she isn’t mean at all, but ykwim), nor is she a calculative mastermind. I wouldn’t say she’s SUPER special, but it’s a breath of fresh air tbh.
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/see_you_my_king/ (Yaoi) PEAK NO NOTES. I really love this story and the plot is AAAA and the characters are AAAAAA and the art is AAAA and everything is ajdjdnnrndndjdjc!
Okay I’m getting tired of yapping. The rest of these stories may still have standouts, but I’m too lazy to yap about them
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_night_is_soft/ (Yaoi, smut) I find the ml to be pretty interesting. I’m eager to see how this develops
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/family_liver_registry/ (Yaoi, smut) I like the fantasy elements
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/i_became_the_youngest_sister_in_law_of_the_male_leads_in_a_tragic_reverse_harem/ (Straight) Despite the long title, this story isn’t one of your basic, trashy Rofans. I like this one
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/how_to_survive_as_a_maid_in_a_horror_game/ (Straight) PEAK NO NOTES I LOVE IT SM!
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/little_mushroom/ (Yaoi?) THE WORLD IS AMAZING AAAAA! Currently in the story, there hasn’t been much progress romance wise tho. Mc is a mushroom.
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/don_t_worry_we_both_agreed_to_this_fraudulent_marriage/ (Straight) It’s very funny and I love Maddie sm and Yuklian is bbg
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/guiding_hazard/ (Yaoi, smut) PEAK NO NOTES
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/happy_together_paradise_scans/ (Yaoi, smut?) Interesting story. I want to learn more about Mc
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/one_room_ta/ (Yaoi, smut) PEAK I LOVE THIS ONE I LOVE THE CHARACTERS UYUN IS MY BABY READ THIS AGH

I am still devastated over losing my lists ngl. Not even half of my original list was recovered.
Its a good thing i added all my top 5 star stories into a list as I was reading them. Now atleast my most favorite stories are in one place. Ya'll need to do that too.
Ya'll should go through my lists and see if you find some of your top stories there.
https://www.mangago.me/home/mangalist/2460219/
https://www.mangago.me/home/mangalist/2841780/