It does translate to that but shounen ai has ephebophilic origins bc of uneraged boys and grown men. So during the 2000's they wanted to swerve away from that and used the term BL instead. Nowadays mlm (male l male) manga are tagged as BL, and if it has sex scenes they're explicit BL.
Also! The reason why this isn't called shounen ai is bc this story is a manhwa (korean graphic novel) it wouldn't make sense for us to call it shounen ai (a japanese genre) when it's korean. ヾ(❀╹◡╹)ノ~ i hope this helps!
thank you for the clarification! i’m sorry i’m still trying to learn since i’m new to this SilentJK
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I'll do more research on this because from the sources that I've found, mlm graphic novels are called BL and if they have sex scenes they're called explicit BL. (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*.✧
just wanted to share that this manhwa made me really happy even though it had some sad parts but i’m happy with the ending