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Why are there no long running bl mangas?
Obviously there are but i mean why aren't there more, it feels like the only romance mangas that get more than three volumes are bullshit for men. I'm reading old ass yaoi and a lot of these are at least 3/5 volumes long.
iirc if it's manga specifically it's got something to do with the publishing industry in japan. It's a competitive market and BL magazines publish only quarterly, monthly/bi-monthly. Most authors have to plan a complete story/series preplanned within a year or half a year, hence the usual format of 4-6/7 chapters. That amount is just enough for a t...... reply