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A lot of BL is similar, I don’t think it’s a copy.
now that you’ve pointed it out, it does makes sense I’ve also read the Dash novel and they have similar character traits
Yeah, I get that a lot of BL shares similar tropes like rich x poor, student x teacher, boss x employee, athlete x manager, all that. But this isn’t just “similar,” it’s literally the same storyline beat by beat. Like sure, tropes are common, but with all that exact sport ads worker uke x athlete seme dynamic, athelete seme one sided love for decades, the burger/cigarette thing, the lookalike third person met overseas in a bar, the exact [insert a number of month]-fuck buddies—all of that isn’t just coincidence. That’s way too specific of copy pasting.
I wouldn’t even be mad if it was just inspired or had a few overlapping points, since its normal for BLs. But from chapter 1 to the latest update, Melting Point feels like it just slapped hockey over Dash’s swimming and recycled everything else. That’s not “similar tropes,” that’s basically rewriting the same story.
Everyone pls read Dash first then come back to me and correct me if I’m wrong.
The Melting Point author should honestly be glad that Dash BL novel isn’t just about the romance and sports—it also goes heavy on the ABO/mpreg setting and even dives into the corruption in the sports field. Like, the uke in Dash literally exposes dirty rich old higher-ups, corruption, money laundering, ghost projects in sports and even doping scandals. I really hope Melting Point doesn’t try to copy that too, god.
The only thing Melting Point actually did differently is making the uke a divorced man with an ex-wife. And honestly, that’s the one detail that got me hooked on it at first. But the more I read and re-read this manhwa, the more I see it—it’s just Dash all over again.
Honestly all sports BL tend to be very similar. If you saw quick transmigrations novels, a lot are so similar it’s hard to distinguish between them. I can assure you that Dash isn’t original.
Generally authors don’t care about originality except for a few great writers. They all used recycled concepts, I seen like 10 ABO sports novels where MC stands up for himself and becomes an omega advocate.
People get mad when anyone says this is so similar to dash idk why and then starts to talk about reincarnation stories similarities. Like yeah reincarnation stories too has similarities but not to this extent (￣∇￣")
Lol yeah I get that sports BL and even transmigration novels often share common tropes like fl was arranged marriage with some duke of the north and villainess pulling out some revenge to some who killed them in their previous life and making them fall in love with them etc etc, that’s normal. But what I’m pointing out here isn’t just about tropes. Dash isn’t “just another sports BL,” it actually built a very specific storyline that’s way MORE DETAILED than the usual “athlete x manager/worker” and ABO plot.
Dash tackled a lot more than romance, yes it had the ABO/mpreg aspect, but the whole corruption in the sports industry, rich old higher-ups exploiting athletes, and even doping scandals. The uke literally risked himself exposing those issues, which made Dash stand out compared to the cookie-cutter sports BL stories. That’s not something you can just lump together with every other “similar” work. So when I say Melting Point feels like Dash, I’m not talking about general tropes. I’m talking about the exact pacing, scenes, dynamics, even oddly specific plot points like this burger/cigarette. That’s not just “sports BL being similar” and that’s one story being mirrored almost scene-for-scene.
Dash might not be 100% “original” in the sense of inventing tropes, but it def distinguished itself with how it expanded the narrative. And that’s why it’s frustrating to see Melting Point blow up while looking like a copy of Dash’s hard work.
REAL Exactly. Like yeah I get it, tropes repeat all the time like reincarnation, transmigration, sports BL, rich ceo x poor romance whatever. BUT the thing is, similarity ≠ carbon copy. Reincarnation stories share the same setup, but authors usually spin it in their own way, different arcs, different world-building, different pacing, different relationships. With Melting Point though, it’s not just the trope, it’s the pacing, the plot beats, even oddly specific details from Dash that line up one by one. That’s why it feels too much.
I wouldn’t mind if it was just “oh both are athlete x worker BL,” cos that’s broad. But when it copies these specific points that they copied, it stops being just “common BL similarities” and starts feeling like a rewrite.
That’s why people who read Dash can’t ignore it. It’s not hating for the sake of hating, it’s literally pointing out how obvious it is…
There’s a difference between using the same tropes and literally following another work’s storyline beat by beat. We shouldn’t normalize straight-up copying someone’s work and then getting clout off of it.
Lol I just really hope the Melting Point author comes up with something more original instead of recycling Dash’s entire flow. Similar tropes are fine, but this one is just too obvious and vv specific of copy pasting.
Bestie, a lot of other stories introduce intricate elements and their own spin. I have seen a lot of ABO stories that go way deeper into societal issues, inequality, even such elements as a red light district. Moreover, a lot of sports anime go into doping scandals. With confidence I can say Sadh isn’t original or special. Moreover, this story is similar enough to even other manhwas in this genre when it comes to pacing and most plot points, that I can say it does not copy Dash. I also don’t mean to be rude but Dash isn’t that popular.
Dash’s entire flow isn’t special, it’s a cookie cutter formula. That’s why you see it everywhere.
Also you’re not right about novels just copying tropes, not true at all. Even arcs are very similar. If you read enough novels, you notice this. Even the pacing and plot points are rarely original. I can assure you that Dash isn’t original, I think you need to read more popular novels from the genre and check when they were released. Even they aren’t original.
Oh to this extent and more. Some novels are almost identical copies with slightly different characters. In this case, Dash isn’t original. You notice the similarities, but in truth this story shares similarities with most from this genre, even manhwas itself in this genre are very similar. People who don’t read novels don’t know this, but most of the author absolutely don’t care, especially if they use tropes like omegaverse, sports, corruption, inequality.
Melting Point is literally just Dash but without the ABO verse thing, and instead of swimming, they made it hockey.
I actually love Melting Point, don’t get me wrong, but I also finished all 180 chapters of the Dash BL novel last year, so I know what I’m talking about. I already suspected it back when in first few chapters of Melting Point where they introduced the whole “sport advertisement worker uke x athlete seme,” setup because that’s exactly the whole premise of Dash. BUT I brushed it off thinking maybe this would still go in a different direction than Dash. But no. After these recent chapters, it’s way too obvious. From first chapters until now, the story flow, pacing, timing—it’s ALL Dash.
What pissed me off more is they even copied the burger and cigarette thing. In Dash, the seme is an olympian swimmer, picky with food, only really likes burgers. The uke smokes, and the seme doesn’t like it. Melting Point used the exact same setup. And the lookalike third person? Dash had that too—the seme meets a celebrity overseas in a bar during his training in Australia, and that celeb looks exactly like the uke. Later on, that celeb even gets involved in the story for jealousy drama. In Melting Point, it’s basically the same thing but with a model instead of a celeb, still met overseas in a bar, still looks like the uke.
At first I thought I was just overthinking, like maybe it’s coincidence. But no, this is just straight-up copying. I like both Melting Point and Dash, I really do, but author… don’t you think this is too much? You copied almost everything just to ride the hype. Dash was super popular around 2020–2021, even if it’s underrated now. And the timing is crazy, because only this year Dash finally got a manhwa adaptation and yet Melting Point is getting all the clout with what’s basically a recycled version of Dash’s entire storyline.