i've been trying to read some things outside of my comfort zone, but i feel like I've been stalling. please recommend your favorite shounen ai/yaoi, doesn't matter if it's complete or not, popular or underrated, anything you personally think is top tier works!
OH it's been a while since i recommended this gem:
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/doukyuusei_nakamura_asumiko/
doukyuusei (and all the other stories tied with it) is one of my earliest introductions to bl that has plot, good art, and various media adaptations (this has a movie)
and for classics, painter of the night will always hit the spot.
Here's some that I definitely enjoyed, hope you too can enjoy 'em:
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/no_moral/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/death_delayed_for_a_short_time_because_of_the_will/
I can gush about all three of these manga. Character/relationship focused:
. Beautiful art! It's short but wonderfully done!
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kagakubu_no_megane/
. These two I read recently from the same author. Different vibes but both with excellent stories.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/perfect_fit/
. (This next one I haven't completed, but I read the sequel first by accident and it was so good---really sweet. This should be the same.)
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/here_and_there_and_us/
These are all my personal faves!!
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/don_t_press_the_button/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/possessed_by_a_cotton_ball/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/eternal_covenant/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/to_deny_the_route/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/hey_prince/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/regas/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/love_supremacy_zone/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/necromancer_survival/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kiss_the_abyss/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/to_be_or_not_to_be/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/leo/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/merry_marbling/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kisses_x_kiss_x_kisses/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_best_smell/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/i_will_be_waiting_for_you_in_1999/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/guang_xiang/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/minority_1/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/spinach_bouquet/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/boy_to_boy/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/for_your_love/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/too_close/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/rejoice_in_your_enemies/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/three_men_one_chinchilla/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/serious_joke/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/heart_stain/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/doppleganger/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/plum_candy_love/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/countdown_to_love/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/involuntary_romance/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/monochrome_diary/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/bad_contact/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/one_small_step/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/this_question_is_super_difficult/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/far_away_from_cold/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/a_season_of_dusk/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/from_north_to_south/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/two_way_trial_youth/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/tu_quoque/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/peach_and_her_papas/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/dream_away/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/it_s_not_that_i_want_to_wear_women_s_clothing/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_story_about_you_x_me/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/please_help_me_upon_my_arrival/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/touch_your_world/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/vampire_beru_and_ghost_aki/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/indulged_in_your_light/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/my_boss_is_a_goddess/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/god_s_id_card/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/demon_apartment/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/starry_night/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_fairy_bath_thief/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/cultivator_x_contract_spirit/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/saiyaku_wa_boku_o_suki_sugiru/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/sankaku_mado_no_sotogawa_wa_yoru/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/harenochi_shikibu/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/iki_dekinai_no_wa_kimi_no_sei/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/hiyoko_to_yoru_to_yuenchi/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kawa_ni_sazanami/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/tonari_no_ren_kun_wa_chotto_kowai/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/minato_shoji_koinrandori/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/mitsuya_sensei_no_keikakuteki_na_edzuke/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/shiawase_gohan_maki_to_hanazawa/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/country_diary/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/haru_to_natsu_to_nacchan_to_aki_to_fuyu_to_boku/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/koibito_ga_ubu_sugite_komaru/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/inoue_kun_hajimemasen_ka/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/one_week_family/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/yuutousei_wa_unmei_no_akai_ito_ni_sakaraitai/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/delivery_hug_therapy/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kimini_furu_kotonoha_ha/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/internet_love/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_boy_and_the_wolf/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/senshun_kansoku/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/fudanshi_kazoku/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/lionhearts/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/hime_muko/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/sugar_glazed_darling/
i wish they went harder with the dom/sub dynamics. sihyun is supposed to be submissive and a masochist, but there's barely anything going on of that sort except for the choking in one scene. even joohwan i don't think can be considered dominant.
They’re each others firsts, give them time lol
I agree with this, but I also consider what Cookies said to be correct. I kinda find it funny that they tryna be a dynamic for one another but they have zero experience whatsoever and no clue as to where theyre going with this but neither of them are getting out of the car. Like gurl talk to each other
i can understand that, but I've taken a look at the novel a while ago and as far as i can remember there's no progression in terms of kinkiness, they just stay kind of vanilla throughout the story, which isn't ideal if it's being advertised as a dom/sub thing