The ☆ means I especially loved it, it's a trope I enjoy, or it hit home in a way I didn't expect. Listed in no particular order, randomly selected from the manhwas I've been reading recently that I remember. Most of these are 19+.

KR Manhwa

  • like, everything by Fujoking. Fujoking truly is a fujoking...
  • BJ Alex : ☆☆ university setting. scummy top seonbae, pathetically-in-love bottom hoobae. tables turn. i cried so much reading this.
  • From Points of Three : ☆ similar to BJ Alex, but less wholesome and less school-setting
  • Red Candy : ☆ a classic trope. secret agent falls in love with honeytrap target, defects, happily-ever-after. loved the art!
  • Duke's Private Tutor : this one was decent.. the title is exactly what the story is.
  • Payback : rookie actor joins showbiz to get revenge on a now-popular actor who previously ruined his life. CEO-type seme offers to help.
  • Positively Yours : ☆☆ a straight/het story!! rare, but I really loved this one. uke gets pregnant with seme's baby after a ONS, seme wants to take responsibility. they fall in love along the way.
  • One Take : this one is on the list purely for the visuals, the story was decent. another actor x actor story.
  • Exotic Love : ☆ usually it's the scummy top who grovels, this time it's a scummy bottom!! the story could have been better developed, but it's still a good read for a rainy day; the bottom's emotions were so conflicted and painful, it was a perfect twist on a great trope.
  • I'm Yours, Blood and Soul : A love story between a vampire and a high-ranking demon, both who accidentally targeted each other instead of a human! Something about the unexpected sweetness of this story struck my heart.
  • The Good Teacher : the story was cute! fake-sex-classes with plot. This is on the list because the bottom looks like the top from BJ Alex and I lost my mind reading it. truly, The Duality of Man.. another manhwa with similar visuals is Oh! My Assistant, but I didn't enjoy that one as much
  • The King of Home Cooking : two college students somehow fall in love on a cooking competition variety show. it's a bit unrealistic, but i did enjoy the storyline and i think the second lead is really fucking hot.
  • This Ending : the art style isn't exactly my thing, but I couldn't stop reading. it's only 17 chapters, but it hit hard. falling in love again with the person whom you've developed an indifference to, reliving the memories. a post-breakup get-back-together.
  • Guardian With Benefits : argh, this was so cute, I loved it!!! the spirit that lives in the koi ornament his mother bought for his apartment is actually real!!! and he falls in love with it!!
  • The Spooky Love Tale of Gongchan Seol : horror author begins to see the ghosts from his webnovel when he bumps into his downstairs neighbour! the emotional buildup wasn't fantastic here, but i liked the concept and the horror element art. it was a cute relationship too!
  • Unromantic : ☆ (by Jung Seokchan) this one was cool, I super loved the idea of dominant omega x submissive alpha. it's not a particularly new take on the ABO trope, but I like how they mixed it with the CEO 霸总 trope, and the visuals were the type that I particularly favour. I also liked that both the top and bottom could be insecure in both toppy and bottomy ways - the concerns that they have aren't restricted to top/bottom and i felt that it was very true to the BL genre in that sense.

JP Manga (tbh I've read so much of it that I probably won't add to this list... if I come across them again I'll add em..)

  • Toritan (Bye-Bye, Birdie) : uke can talk to birds, seme can possess their bodies. a cute short story.
  • Awairo Emaki (Faded Picture Scroll) : exorcist and a little stray boy who fell for him. the art was cute!
  • Kashima Chiaki's work. Her art is cute, the stories are generally short and light-hearted with the right amount of drama! Her works are a comforting read on a sad day, but they can also be something exciting for a sunny mood.
  • U-sensei's work, collected under the title Mukatsuku Douryou to Sex Friend ni Narimashita. The stories are: Mukatsuku Douryou to Sex Friend ni Narimashita, Sensei ni Nerawareteimasu and Nonke-kun to Gesu.
  • Unmei no Tsugai ga Omae de Nante (I Can't Believe You're my Fated Partner!) : enemies to lovers. uke looks for his fated partner through a fate-search service, only for his partner to be?! the co-worker he hates, who holds a grudge against him?! they're a spicy, idiotic couple who look good together.
  • Himono, Tokodoki, Shanairen'ai : office worker romance, perfect-on-the-outside manager x puppy seme subordinate! middle aged man who's also a total loser is the bottom ♡
  • Muri Kon (A Marriage That Won't Work): I just think the art is gorgeous and the top is fucking delicious. The plot itself is not bad too.
  • Short BL Recs Thread. Mostly Japanese, all under 15 chapters.
  • 24 Jikan Ochi nai Kiss (24-hour Kiss) : THE DYNAMIC... THE DYNAMIC.... MY ANNOYING SUPERIOR IS UNEXPECTEDLY CUTE WHEN HE'S MOANING AND CRYING UNDER ME?!?!?!?!??!
  • Boy Meets Maria: a sweet, gentle love story about childhood trauma, being brave, and growing up
  • What's Wrong With Using What's Available?!: best friends to fuckbuddies to mutual pining to lovers. lots of sexy sexy smut scenes too ^q^
oct 27 2021 ∞
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