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HanajimaSei February 27, 2026 1:01 am

Please may I have manga/manhwa recommendations? I'm looking for BL that are well written, serious, with drama but happy ending. Messed up stuff is welcome, I very much dig psychological and instrospective stories. I'm fine with Stockolm and similar as long as it's painted as what it is instead of fluffy romance. I like flawed characters if the author can get me to understand them (reasons are not excuses, but certainly make characters more interesting to me). I like characters even if they are bad persons as long as they're good to their partners and the story doesn't try to convince you of them not being bad people while showing them doing terrible things at the same time. To sum it up, I like complexity, pshychology, character driven stories with character development. Extra points if there's an interesting plot.

So... Yeah, I'm a bit picky. Recommendations anyone? Pretty please? I'm in one of those moods in which you find faults easily in stories and can't find good things to read (will thank you for any recommendation, tho, I'm just picky for myself, wouldn't judge any sugestiones as I often read all kinds of stories, current mood is giving me trouble is all)

Please? Please and thank you in advance?

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    assblaster5100 February 27, 2026 4:32 am

    "The Black Mirror" - I overrecommend this one a lot but it checks every box you're asking for. It's SO good, if you do read it pls update me on your thoughts!
    https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/black_mirror/

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    kittykat February 27, 2026 4:46 am

    looked thru your stuff, i didn't see https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/sankaku_mado_no_sotogawa_wa_yoru/ not really considered a BL, but it's there hiding in the closet. similar to your taste.

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    HanajimaSei February 27, 2026 7:57 pm
    "The Black Mirror" - I overrecommend this one a lot but it checks every box you're asking for. It's SO good, if you do read it pls update me on your thoughts! https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/black_mirror/ assblaster5100

    I've read that one! I really liked it too, coming from another work of the same author (Country of Maestri) which I also loved. I very much enjoyed the psychological mixed with horror around which the story evolves. Characters who seem normal at first and slowly show the cracks get me sucked into the storytelling. They are definitely not good persons, but oh well, no one seems to be a good person around the either, so lol It reminded me of Moritat, have you read that one? Anything else similar that come to mind? Part of the reason I'm looking is because I've read a lot of the genre so I'm difificult lol

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    HanajimaSei February 27, 2026 8:01 pm
    looked thru your stuff, i didn't see https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/sankaku_mado_no_sotogawa_wa_yoru/ not really considered a BL, but it's there hiding in the closet. similar to your taste. kittykat

    Hi! Oh, yeah, I did read that one, watched the anime as well. It probably got erased from my list when the site had that hiccup, my lists got pretty much destroyed and I'm still building them back and praying the site solves the problem and give them back... And you're right, it's very much up my alley. I only hoped we'd get a little more after the ending, they are together in my mind but I need it explicitly said in canon, the author was mean depriving us of that. You hit the right boxes about my taste, any other suggestion comes to mind? (=・ω・=)

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    assblaster5100 February 27, 2026 11:19 pm
    I've read that one! I really liked it too, coming from another work of the same author (Country of Maestri) which I also loved. I very much enjoyed the psychological mixed with horror around which the story evo... HanajimaSei

    I haven’t read those, I’ll add it to my list!!
    Some more recs:
    - The Haunted Mansion
    - An Unsetting Scent (it’s wolf in sheep’s clothing x sheep in wolf’s clothing, alpha x alpha psychological)
    - Raising a Sacrifice (It doesn’t seem psychological at first but it grows to be that - I really, really really liked the premise)

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    HanajimaSei February 28, 2026 12:47 am
    I haven’t read those, I’ll add it to my list!! Some more recs:- The Haunted Mansion- An Unsetting Scent (it’s wolf in sheep’s clothing x sheep in wolf’s clothing, alpha x alpha psychological)- Raising... assblaster5100

    Oohh, the first one I read, but didn't know the other two, thank you! I rarely read omegaverse, but I've occasionally found some examples enjoyable so I'll give it a chance. Last one is also called "How to raise a victim"? Seems to have an interesting premise, with second-run plot and betrayal, if you say it's also got psychological it may be a real win! If you like second life stories may I interest you in "Turning" (by Nono and Guyu). It's a second chance omegaverse (omegaverse is really ligh, tho, more of a long term plot device) with amazing worldbuilding. It's reaaaally long, and slowburn so I turned to the novel and said novel became one of my favorites. Since it's very long the webtoon has yet to reach big plot points and you may end up looking up the novel like I did, because a lot gets lost in the adaptation. Not a dark one, though the novel gets into seriously complicated emotions and such down the line (big green flag power couple).

    About previous recs do know that Country of maestri is an amazing story, but has no BL (well, maybe if you squint... But) Morita does, with lots of twists and twisted characters, similar to Black Mirror.

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    assblaster5100 February 28, 2026 1:23 am
    Oohh, the first one I read, but didn't know the other two, thank you! I rarely read omegaverse, but I've occasionally found some examples enjoyable so I'll give it a chance. Last one is also called "How to rais... HanajimaSei

    Yep, it's also called "How to Raise a Victim." I've read Turning!!! I liked it a lot actually. I haven't read the novel, but I probably should. (I need to catch up on my novels actually I left Got Dropped in a Ghost Story, Still Gotta Work to marinate for MONTHS).
    I'll definitely read Morita :-)

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    assblaster5100 February 28, 2026 1:24 am

    *Moritat

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Can't remember the name
HanajimaSei February 11, 2025 12:47 am

Hello!! I can't seem to remember the name of a BL I read some time ago.

MC has scary eyes so people think he's scary when he's actually a real cinnamon roll. Only person who seems to not be afraid and acts friendly y is ML, a pink haired boy he meets when coming late into school. But soon ML turns out to be a bully, against him too. MC doesn't believe he is the monster he acts like. When they're arguing a dude who has it out for ML attacks him from behinf and he loses his memory, becoming a really nice person in a 180 degrees change and MC doesn't know if this is how he really is or ML somehow got a whole new personality. They fall in love and many things happen revealing ML's past but it's a happy ending.

Someone remember the name? ┗( T﹏T )┛

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Mental illness
HanajimaSei September 16, 2015 10:47 pm

A yaoi in which one of them has some king of mental illness? Something like PTD (Post Traumatic Disorder), depression, dependence, anxiety, or... Whatever, actually. With drama, but not tragedy. I mean, one in which in the end the illness is somehow overcome. A happy ending. Thank you in advance :)

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Kisses
HanajimaSei August 20, 2015 11:02 pm

I was trying to remember the name of a yaoi in which one of them had kissing as the biggest stimulation. I mean, sexual advances were good, but what really brough him off was kissing... Can't remember anymore u.u

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    j August 21, 2015 6:24 am

    Datte Maou-sama wa Kare ga Kirai?

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    HanajimaSei August 21, 2015 12:15 pm
    Datte Maou-sama wa Kare ga Kirai? @j

    It's not the one I was looking for, but it seems pretty interesting!! Thank you! ヾ(☆▽☆)

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Alcohol
HanajimaSei August 16, 2015 9:25 pm

A good yaoi with drunken sex? If it's a little long even better. Also looking for good prostitute (uke or seme) stories, with some drama (again, something long would be great).

Thank you in advance (=・ω・=)

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Memory loss
HanajimaSei August 2, 2015 10:20 pm

Any yaoi with memory loss? I already read Koujitsuei no tobira (loved it), Doubt... Some more I can't remember now. No one-shots, it would be best if it was a little long (not necessary though). No tragedy, but drama is nice. A good art would be a great bonus (I know that's quite subjetive).

Thank you in advance for your help :)

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    Anonymous August 2, 2015 10:49 pm

    The later end of punch up is nice

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    tinang August 2, 2015 11:28 pm
    The later end of punch up is nice @Anonymous

    Yep. And it's angsty too. A good read.

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Dirty talking
HanajimaSei July 27, 2015 12:08 am

A good yaoi with dirty talk? Specialy during sex. Thank you in advance :3

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Recommendations
HanajimaSei July 9, 2015 9:29 pm

A yaoi in which one of them is afraid of intimacy because a trauma? Like someone attacked him, or when he was young he has a bad experience... If it has drama even better. I've read Koi suru boukun and Ten count, it doesn't need to be that style as long as it suits the condition though. Nice art would be a plus.

Thank you very much in advance!! (=・ω・=)

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Does it exist?
HanajimaSei July 1, 2015 10:03 am

A long time ago, I think ('cause I now doubt if it was real, or maybe it was a fic) I read a yaoi in which one of them stablished as a law being naked to enter the house (I mean the other had to undress once he was inside the house). I was wondering if it was real, does it ring a bell? Anyone?

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Yaoi mangas with switch pairing?
HanajimaSei June 17, 2015 7:15 pm

Yaoi mangas with switch pairing?

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