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It's a very short smutty gangster-noir BL. At least in this story, the seme doesn't (pretend to) turn from red-flag into green-flag. The chemistry of the couple is insane - I have to admit, it's a sign of lazy writing when the uke suddenly demands sex - but it's smut, what did you expect? The seme is head over heels for the uke, and made his boyfriend's biggest dream come true by the end of the last chapter. So the seme is romantic AF.
A touch of seinen/noir artwise. The artist's style (check out their Xtter) is heavily influenced by noir and seinen themes (tough guys, gangsters, blood, dark colors, dark themes, tragedy, violence, etc).
On NovelUpdates, the source material (novel) is continuously compared to Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint -- like in every single comment. --> I've never ever read stuff like that, so concepts like 'constellation' and 'contractor' are new to me.
I put it here bc I freaking love it! It's a very smutty 18+ BL.
Robber in BL World
no official or unofficial translation
https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/6akkk0x/robber-in-bl-world
Taiwanese BL.
Elegant noir yakuza/businessman style? Call it how you want. :) -- Evidence: https://tangemichi.com/intelligence/gallery/
Also my rant: 10 f*cking volumes and it's not licensed?!
Infall: https://www.mangaupdates.com/author/fvcna2q/inpol
check their Xtter account out
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Maybe it'll be removed from this list, but based on the artist's Xtter account, they are really into manly men + noir/seinen/shounen style.
One of the best omegaverse BLs I've ever read.
Looking at the mangaka's Pixiv and Xtter accounts: heavily infulenced by seinen and shounen + they are also a JoJo and Golden Kamuy dj mangaka.
It's the manwhaka's first BL, so far they have published seinen and shounen stories.
Also after checking out their Xtter account: they are a big fan of retro Japanese seinen/shounen anime/manga (e.g., Berserk, Ghost in the Shell, Dragon Ball, Akira, Elfen Lied, Slam Dunk). They also like Western superhero comics and M/M fanart (e.g., SuperBat).
Maybe not the most exciting story, but overall, the dynamic of the MCs is enjoyable and they find comfort in the other one, that's why they fall in love with each other (okay, the seme super quickly does it lol). Also, I really love this comment about this BL: "yaoi hits different when the uke is an overworked 30 year old touch starved middle aged closeted gay man" -->I can relate to the uke (I think he's older than 30) and his state of being burnt-out/tired/disillusioned/touch-starved.
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