Imma give u a few of each except spy(ngl idk any of those)
- historical
Bongchon Bride
Murderer Llewellyns Enchanting Dinner Invitation
Beauty and the West Chamber
Dead or alive
- mystery
Sangyang:the Wanderer
Hotel Pharus
Hotel Phyrne
Count Tachibana
- fantasy
Stigmata
Death Delayed for a Short Time Because of the Will
The Treasure of...... 2 reply
Darkness before the dawn was my wake-up call to actually go out and find better bl, yes occasionally do I indulge in a good crappy bl, yes, but reading no rlly raised my standards
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/darkness_before_the_dawn/ 3 reply
For some reason the rest of the question got cut off but here are some other no’s:
3. Unnecessarily large dark top and small tiny pale bottom.. it’s giving race play
4. When the entire plot is just corn 2 reply
If you don't mind a different artstyle from what is popular, you're gonna love every story by Takahashi Hidebu
Istg, they're my favorite bl mangaka ever, and every story of them has an actual plot w characters that have depth and goals
And I actually love the artstyle, it's what got me interested in their stories at first!
If I had to rank them, I...... 1 reply
SHUTLINE BRO I NEED TO PUT YOU ON
no but seriously theres lots of complexities to shutline and there’s actually someone on xhs doing full on chapter by chapter literary analyses of it
shutline’s about organized crime and the cia and cars and stuff its so good i promise bro
okay another one is stigma by marloong and it’s ALSO SO GOOD and gr...... reply
You HAVE to read 'mad place' I don't remember much of it since I read it years back but I think it fits your description,also it got taken down from here so you'll have to look in another site 1 reply