Straight Manhwa Readers Don't Get Enough Hate

This is about people that consume ONLY straight manhwa/ga btw. So don't jump me. Even I read straight works bruh. Shoujo is my fav genre.

This is just me venting okay. Fell free to ignore it.

Since we’ve already dragged strictly BL readers before, let’s now turn the spotlight on strictly straight manhwa/manga readers, because honestly, they don’t get nearly enough judgment.

Tiktok, Insta, and Twitter really bring out the worst side of every fandom. Like, explain to me why whenever I see an edit of a queer manhwa/manga, there’s always someone in the comments saying things like, “Oh, please tell me this isn’t GL/BL,” or “Not another one of those.” Seriously? Even when two women are feeling each other up, or two guys literally have their tongues down each other's throats, people still act shocked and beg for it to be straight. They are obsessed with the concept of queer media...

What’s even funnier is that these same people then turn around and leave comments under straight edits like, “Thank God this is straight” or “Finally, not another BL/GL.” As if queer media is somehow everywhere. Newsflash: the default in manga and manhwa is straight. There are tons more straight stories than queer ones. You’re just feeding your own algorithm with those comments and then blaming queer media readers for doing the exact same thing. The call is coming from inside the house.

And don’t get me started on the religious ones. They’ll say, “This goes against my beliefs,” or, “I can’t read this, it’s a sin,” while simultaneously consuming straight smut like it’s nothing. Since when was porn religious? And besides, you’re not uneducated or illiterate. You know commenting only brings you more of that Algorithm is a thing. If you don’t like it, just scroll past. It’s not that hard.

Even worse, most of them barely read any queer works at all, yet feel the need to give their “educated” takes and dismiss actual readers of queer media. Let’s be real: most of them just want to hate. And unfortunately, a lot of them are openly homophobic, casually misogynistic, or even closeted, but it shows, especially in the hentai corners of the internet. (Even here on mgg. If you dig through the straight smut corner, you'll definitely find a few lurking around)

The double standards are wild too. I once saw someone defend Matthias (a manipulative, cheating, rapist character) but call another manga “disgusting” simply because the girl was the top and the guy was the bottom. When called out, their defense was literally, “Of course a sodomy defender would say that.” Like, you can stomach manipulative, toxic men, but not a simple role reversal?

Then there’s the way many of them pile on side female characters (Rashta, Claudine, Cosette, the og Raeliana and more) often without any real attempt to understand them. Yet these same people accuse BL/GL readers of consuming “misogynistic media.” Sorry, but misogyny exists in every genre. Straight stories just happen to be a breeding ground for even more of it because of how common they are. You’re not standing on some moral high ground here.

And let’s not forget how quick they are to accuse queer fans of “gayifying” characters, while doing the exact same thing themselves. Just look at that somewhat recent Twitter drama, where people (especially the dude-bros) kept insisting Hikaru was straight because of a look he gave Satou. Their whole argument boiled down to, “He looked at her with red eyes, so it must be straight.” Like… no. He wanted to kill her. That’s not romance. Your bigotry even influenced your media literacy?

At this point, it’s not just hypocrisy, it’s willful ignorance, and it’s exhausting. I wish there was a word to use for these people, just like we call strictly BL readers fujos...