Outdated is the wrong word to use, it does not apply to stories since each author makes different stories and for different target audiences.
This story is simply made for younger readers who read stories or have the tastes of typical schoolgirl shoujo stories which might feel old school or cliche to older readers but not to newcomers or newbies, that's all there is to it.
that is true. but tbf old BL used to be filled with a lot of shoujo tropes
Very true! I think that's because the BL genre started out knowing the target audience was female so they figured starting with making a shoujo plot but with 2 males would work, which it did and still does. XD
Nowadays the genre became more sphisticated, you could say, it's it's own thing with it's own cliches rather than shoujo-plots but with guys instead. The writing also adapted to become more realistic most of the time and portrays men more like men and not like shoujo heroines. Which is why I cannot handle reading some of the old school BLs nowadays, it's SO cringey seeing a 25 year old guy act like a 14 year old telenovela-dramatiks schoolgirl from a school romance cliche story. Old standards were wild, I gotta say. (￣∇￣")
same! I tried reading a BL with a lot of shoujo cliches in one go and I couldn't get past chapter 10 hahaha I used to be okay reading them though. I guess it's just part of growing older
Been there, done that. XD There were times when I seriously questioned myself for liking something in the past after having read it as an adult.
Just shows how our tastes and sense for decent story telling changes with experience I guess. (▰˘◡˘▰)
The whole story feels really outdated like something I would read 10 years ago