It is undoubtedly shounen ai. What makes you think it is not?
What makes you think it is? I just don't think it's a slow burn just because the mangaka has done BL before. If someone has read raws that have some romantic development in them then I can rest easy, but unless the mangaka themself has called it BL, I don't want to believe it is anymore
When it is not "in the face", you can deffo see that there is chemistry between them. Looking at history of mangas of this author, and I mean that she writes slow-burns mostly - and by the feel of this particular manga, you can tell, she wanted to show us a deep story more than a "they fuck the end".
It is deffo not a bait and even if nothing is or will be said explicitly, i think, we, as readers, can tell that they mean a lot of eachother. We can feel the emotions even when they aren't kissing, chill bro, enjoy a good manga <3
Nobody's fucking talking about sex, this comment isn't about Yaoi. I also don't think subtext is bait! But it's not romance! And I like slow burn, which is why I like this mangaka's most popular works. But there's actual romance in those.
Like, nice strawman you built, but all your arguments are things you imagined me believing lmao.
And like, there's chemistry between Hinata and Kageyama from Haikyuu!! but that doesn't make it Shounen Ai either.
I looked it up on mangaupdates, and there actually is no shounen ai tag. People probably tagged it just because of the other works. In addition, the story ends in a few more chapters, probably with the graduation of the 3rd years so no romance either, just slice of life drama.
I hate that this is tagged Shounen Ai. I don't think it is.
It's a great story, but I always go into it with false expectations, and feel mildly disappointed while reading, even though I enjoy the plot