Is anyone getting... tired of BL?
Like, I'll open a title, and be like, ok yeah I can tell what's going to happen for the next two hundred chapters and then I'll just shut it and move on.
Even the "good" ones that everyone swear by. It's the same thing over and over again, and there's no attempt to like even be slightly different. Or, if there is... it's such a cheap attempt that it basically doesn't count. And like people come to me talking about how good said BL is, but when I read it, I can actively list every single one that I have read that is similar in some way shape or form.
The last original BL that I actually liked was Ooe and that's not even a manga, but a visual novel.
And the last time a fictional malexmale couple genuinely interest me was Phainon and Mydei from a game... that isn't about gay people.
Like how is HSR is making me kick my legs, but the yaoi I read for yaoi purposes doesn't?
I'm not asking for suggestions. I have stuff to read, it's just I'm realizing that none of it is actual manga, but either ao3 or visual novels.
I still do enjoy it, but I am getting tired of certain aspects of the genre. I’ve admittedly been a fan of BL for a loooong time, and despite having many favorite stories, in a lot of ways the space hasn’t changed much over the years. Or rather I should say it feels like it hasn’t progressed? As far as gay/queer story-telling goes? A lot of......
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11 07,2025