
any genre but omegaverse, defo no twinks

It's super slow burn but so satisfying
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/olgami/

no romance

Manga:
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/phantom_tales_of_the_night/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/funouhan/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/shikabane_kaigo/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/when_night_falls/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/brutal_satsujin_kansatsukan_no_kokuhaku/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/from_the_red_fog/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/jack_o_lantern/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/jigoku_kurayami_hana_mo_naki/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/venus_in_the_blind_spot/
Manhwa/Webtoon:
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/hide_and_seek_on_the_sofa/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/melvina_s_therapy/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/perfect_victim/

https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_crow/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/prey_1/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/mysterious_village/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/the_shaman_s_blade/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/paradise_on_earth/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/ghost_teller/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/one_day_suddenly_seoul_is/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/pigpen/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/shotgun_boy/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/an_uncomfortable_truth/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/monster_child/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/distant_sky/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/suicide_notes_laid_on_the_table/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/lovesickness_junji_ito_story_collection/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/venus_in_the_blind_spot/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/drcl_midnight_children/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/apocalypse_no_toride/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/shokuryou_jinrui/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/dai_dark/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/parasyte_reversi/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/hundred_ghost_stories_of_my_own_death/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/ajin/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/shin_ai_naru_boku_e_satsui_wo_komete/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/mononogatari/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/funouhan/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/kemono_jihen/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/parasite/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/mononobe_koshoten_kaikitan/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/shinrei_tantei_yakumo/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/imawa_no_kuni_no_alice/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/liar_satsuki_can_see_death/ OK this one is a gl but it’s still worth to give a shot

does anyone have recs with this trope? can be any media

Whiplash (movie), Black Swan (movie. Perfect Blue inspired it, but I can't remember if there's the obsessed artist trope in it. You can totally watch Perfect Blue as well if you haven't), Blue Period (manga), Ballroom e Youkoso (anime or manga. The protagonist is not exactly what you're looking for, if I remember correctly, but there might be other characters who are).
These are not with artists, but the obsession is there: The Queen's Gambit (TV-show), Challengers (movie), I Tonya (movie), Ping Pong The Animation (anime or manga), The Climber (manga), Hikaru no Go (anime or manga, it doesn't go all out with the trope, but there are some characters who are almost there).

welcome back, citizens of the Ugly Games! it’s round two, & things r getting even nastier. jake humiliated guwon last round, but now a new victim enters: caesar (roses & champagne)! LIKE for caesar, whose neck is thick enough to store all his bad decisions. DISLIKE for jake, who is the ugly knockoff version of eminem.
remember: ur voting for who’s UGLIER. may the ugliest seme reign supreme! let the nightmare begin!

welcome, citizens of the Ugly Games! i’m ur charmingly ruthless host, iluv, & tonight we gather for the annual Ugliest Seme Showdown! the rules r bloodthirsty but simple: i’ll throw two hideous contenders into the arena, & u will vote for the one whose face haunts your nightmares harder. our first battle is a brutal one: LIKE for Guwon from Hounds of Sisyphus, DISLIKE for Jake from Shutline. Remember, dear voters, this is a battle of pure looks. may the ugliest seme suffer (I MEAN WIN) & may the odds be ever in their (unfortunate) favor…
-lu feng from little mushroom is the finest bl character
-andrew & luke from nerd project r the hottest bl couple
-guwon from hounds of sisyphus is an ugly chopped ho
I see no lies detected
Hm
was with u until the last one
That thing is ugly af
now ik u arent saying that when ur man from sangyang exists...
DON’T YOU DARE! Lau is so fine if you can’t see that you guys must be blind. Don’t you dare compare him to that thing( ̄へ ̄)
YOU STARTED IT
lau looks like he hasnt showered in a year
And guwon looks like an ugly ass ogre
suddenly i have an ogre fetish
stop arguing yall BOTH guwon and lau are chopped asf and yet i still am attracted to them proof that sexuality isnt a choice
i think it was canonically 5 years