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I feel your comment totally described what I was thinking
Damn I was trying to like.
do you have any recommendations which fits this description? (I can mainly think of shonen ais)
You're very right. Most of good stories are in shonen ai which is a shame because a lot of us enjoy good story and great sex. This is why we need that middle ground!
The premise is really interesting with the ML having trauma, dealing with homophobia, and eventually falling in love with the person who might have caused his troubles.
However this feels another lost opportunity. First of the storytelling is off, I feel like the artist is just going and going without really paying attention to how she could express the story frame by frame. It's just like getting from point a to b. Storytelling is everything. It's what sets a good story apart.
Then the approach, this might be subjective, but I prefer if it was attacked in a more serious, mature tone.
The themes are heavy but then she or he's approaching it in a way lighthearted way. I would have preferred if it was the opposite. It doesn't have to be gloomy and tragic like some story but it could be a balance. Like we get the humor but then we really feel the seriousness and the pain of the characters. And how they can grow from that.
On a side note, I think that's what's missing in BL stories. It's either too tragic or too lighthearted. Nothing wrong with those but there is a need to fill the middle.
Sorry for the long post haha