As a long time bl reader— i can no longer bring myself to read bls w/ a hyperfeminine soft skinny supple innocent bottom and the top is a macho man who’s 10x larger than the bottom LMAO i just cant. There r so many stories w peak storylines (so i’ve heard) but i cant bring myself to read bc they have this trope. I find it so cringe and ik a lot of ppl might say i cant call myself a true BL reader if i dont accept all “forms” of yaoi but trust me ive read a lot, and it just got sooo tiring and overplayed and ever since i started reading stories w stronger ukes (personality and physicality wise) i genuinely havent looked back
Add to this the trope of ukes being in debt and you perfectly described 80% of BL manhwas lmao
Also, same. I'll be completely honest, I'm also not really into the whole 180 degrees turn that a lot of BLs have done lately of SUPER buff ukes, some to the point of being ridiculous. Why is it always one extreme or the other? I need more in-between for both ukes and semes, just 2 people with a relatively average/lean build :/
Fr my trope type changed to pretty top x mature handsome bottom after reading checkmate and turning..
https://springofromance.com/story/ttdt/
https://hyacinthbloom.com/series/survive-gwanggong/
https://hyacinthbloom.com/series/the-main-character-is-obsessed-with-a-foreign-substance/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/yes_it_s_me_the_obsessive_side_top/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/surviving_in_the_broken_world_yaoi_happy_bunny/ (novel: https://lilyonthevalley.com/story/surviving-in-a-ruined-world/)
honestly just give me all the buff bottom recs. It feels like ive read them all already
I was gonna recommend rsq but i see kihoon is your pfp.
Off the top of my head theres:
Ang ang
Our sunny days
Love for sale (idk if this counts as buff)
Off track crush
The knight under the red curse
Rabbits ejaculate in 3 seconds
Zero lover (again idk if this counts as buff)
Aesthetics of unpleasantness
Thats all i can think of rn excluding some really popular ones
hi everyone! ive taken a liking to buff ukes, so can yall give some manga recs? especially if the seme is like kinda possessive ^^
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/the_double_life_of_the_demon_king/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/playtime_with_hakdo/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/a_wolf_and_a_bear/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/don_t_pick_up_the_soap/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/sokuochi_yarichin_yankee/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/momichupa_oppabu_osu_time/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/hard_x_heat_x_heart/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/momichupa_oppabu_fever_time/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/doseiai_no_pati_de_mottomo_miryoku_tekina_ochinchin/
http://www.mangago.me/read-manga/pink_no_omocha/

This might be a hot take but personally LITC did not hit for me as much as it did for other people. There was nothing inherently wrong with the story, and I’m sure i felt empty the day I finished it (as I do for many BLs i commit a lot of time to reading) but with other stories i find very impactful, I find myself revisiting the story, talking about it online, reading fics, etc… but the day i finished LITC was honestly the last day i willingly consumed any LITC content. Im not hating on the story, i guess it just wasnt my cup of tea and im curious to see if anyone felt the same way after finishing it.