Yaoi has lost its spark

Is it just me or do you guys think too that there's lack of creative storytelling in yaoi nowadays.
It might also be just me because I've been reading since 2018, so I can no longer find anything new, everything is predictable and a copy paste of the most popular slop.
So tell me what do you guys think. Leave recommendations too if there are unique yaois you know of.

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bigballs2000 23 09,2026

u ppl need to stop being afraid of webnovels and actually start reading them webnovels are in a waaayyyy better state 2 reply

23 09,2026

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sash123 23 09,2026

i think it's like that with every genre of story nowadays, people dont use their creativity anymore they just copy paste things that already exist and are popular, ive seen so meny action manhwas with the same boring plot and worldbuilding it sucks some good original bls : ENNEAD Dreaming of the dokkaebi Heaven official's blessing See you my kin...... 3 reply

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ukecutieful 23 09,2026

the market is super oversaturated with specific tropes, even ones who started to appear more recently became boring now, not to mention how often the storytelling is super shallow with morally grey characters who are super pretentious and edgy, if they happen to have an "redemption arc" its always shit from a butt, and I wont even share my opinio...... 1 reply

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T3nshi 23 09,2026

Real, yaoi are soo ass now day, I started rereading shounen to ship random dudes. reply

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sunnyfunnyrunnybunny 23 09,2026

You’re right. Lately it feels like BL is nothing but rape, imprisonment, incest, and omegaverse. Where's the creativity? I'm not trying to yuck anyone's yum, but it's so repetitive. I've seen five rape-and-imprisonment releases this month alone, plus endless brother in law and step-bro incest plots. I'm all for taboo or psychological stories eve...... 4 reply

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rv10 23 09,2026

As someone who has written over one hundred oneshots so far, I am going to sadly hold everyone's hand here and say you guys don't actually want creativity. You guys want predictability with just enough variation that it “feels” creative. Also, there is also no genre that can withstand someone reading hundreds of works and not become “oversat...... 1 reply

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Me_for_ president 23 09,2026

This is why I prefer Shounen Ai or bl they don’t center sex too much because a lot of yaoi is all the same dynamics, storylines and they always give dark romance wattpad vibes like the dialogue sometimes is so terrible it feels like a 16-year-old wrote it. Anyways, here’s my favorites. Paljae Bad Friend Global Examination Beauty And The West ...... 3 reply

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Shh 23 09,2026

that's why I switched over the fanfics rn... people are a lot more creative w fanfics (even original works on ao3) while yaoi authors these days r just in it for the cash (hence all the copy and pastes) 1 reply

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anon1 23 09,2026

somewhat but also likely your own tastes could've changed or become more defined. I definitely have noticed I now shift towards stories I wouldn't have given a second glance 2 years ago, and well 10 years ago or so there were different issues with the stories let's be fair. Saying that, in the past I also feel it wasn't as trend catching be it so...... reply

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Respectingwomen258 23 09,2026

I agree as almost all of the yaoi’s that I’ve read and seen come out, just have rape. And most fans excuse to criticism that yaoi’s like that get are, “it’s psychological”, “the character wasn’t a green flag to begin with”, or “if you can’t handle dark topics, then don’t read it”, and then all the dark topics and psycholog...... reply

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