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I'm still a huge fan of manga rather than webtoon, but some stories really caught my attention and I enjoyed them until the end - here they are!

BL manga/manhwa you need to read at least once. Containing scenes intended for a mature audience but are not lacking in plot content. A perfect balance between the two

📚 Not listed on MAL 📚

✗ Dear Door
✗ Red Candy
✗ Miscreants and Mayhem
✗ Smyrna and Capri
✗ Walk on Water
✗ Shame Application
✗ Blood Link
✗ Hold Me Tight
✗ Love So Pure
✗ Again
✗ The Origin of Species
✗ Heat and Run

This BL recommendations are intended for a mature audience. They depict toxic relationships, abuse, kidnapping and situations that may be uncomfortable for readers.

⚠️🚩Proceed with caution🚩⚠️


📚 Not listed on MAL 📚

✗ Black Mirror
✗ A Dead Crow's Stare
✗ Wolves Behind Bars
✗ Ghost Door
✗ Checkmate
✗ Stockholm Syndrome
✗ Interview with a Murderer
✗ In These Words
✗ The Beast Must Die
✗ Love Jinx
✗ Sadistic Beauty: Side Story B
✗ Dark Fall
✗ No Reason

semes ranging from easily jealous to obsessive/possessive to full blown yanderes :3

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part 1 of this stack: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/42345

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more that's not listed on MAL:
• Miscreants and Mayhem [개차반] - manhwa
• Mania [열광] - manhwa
• Sadistic Beauty BL Sidestory [새디스틱 뷰티 외전 B] - manhwa
• Nineteen Over [라벤더 피는 정원] - manhwa
• A Fate Rewritten [걸손전] - manhwa
• Big Apple [빅 애플] - manhwa
• Dumb Husky and His White Cat Shizun [二哈和他的白猫师尊] - manhua
• Love Jinx [러브 징크스] - manhwa
• Frenemies: Thicker Than Blood [악우] - manhwa
• Profundis [프로푼디스] - manhwa
• Mayday Mayday Mayday [메이데이 메이데이 메이데이] - manhwa
• Love History Caused by Wilful Negligence [미필적 고의에 의한 연애사] - manhwa
• Love Plan [연심계획] - manhwa
• Passion [패션] - manhwa
• Hold Me Tight [뜨겁게 안아줘] - manhwa
• Taming the Tiger [눈에 범이 서리다] - manhwa
• Metropolitan Nepenthes [메트로폴리탄 네펜데스] - manhwa
• The World Without You [네가 없는 세계] - manhwa
• One Way Romance [일방통행 로맨스] - manhwa
• A Black Rose Blooms [태양의 꽃] - manhwa
• The Third Ending [세 번째 결말] - manhwa
• No Reason [노 리즌] - manhwa
• Spilled Blood [엎질러진] - manhwa
• Hold Over You [이물의 집에] - manhwa
• Esther's Garden [에스더의 정원] - manhwa
• May Belongs to Me - manhwa
• Why Are You So Kind To Everyone Except Me? [모두에게 친절한 너는 왜] - manhwa
• Hold Over You [이물의 집에] - manhwa
• Vivarium [비바리움] - manhwa
• Lucky in Love [내 생애 최고의 행운] - manhwa

some that aren't on mal/couldn't fit in the list:
-little mushroom
-sugar trap
-don't mess with the pooch
-plum candy love
-nerd project
-monday's savior
-our walk home
-secret relationships
-to the stars and back
-love jinx
-walk on water
-rainbow city
-you and i can't do this
-stalker's game
-the third ending
-he, him & us
-no way, vampires don't exist
-breathing the same air
-netkama punch
-give me some attention
-my bias appeared
-an email from my dead lover
-the black mirror
-codename anastasia
-turning
-countdown to love
-i became the lousy side top
-my darling signed in
-candy man
-blood and love
-love meter 100%
-concealing sacred simplicity
-guidling light
-my home as a filming location
-how to refuse the route
-i have to be a great villain
-love history caused by willful negligence
-gig of the day
-dear benjamin
-king's maker
-fake slackers
-sunday's consolation
-zero day attack
-a studio apartment will suffice
-december
-the pizza delivery man and the golden palace
-guiding hazard
-he's the top healers on the server, but he can't heal
-the rogue prince is secretly an omega
-the fallen duke & the knight who hated him
-where the dragon's rain falls
-sweetie, sweetie, sweetie
-necromancer survival
-stuck in my sister's dating sim
-tiger flower
-i want to be your first love
-window beyond the window
-darling for dessert
-dear, teddy bear
-it's just a dream... right
-into the blue water
-high pulse
-luck in love
-bad plan
-xxx buddy
-dog fur romance

bestest bois of the best - mostly catered towards the semes ❤️
this stack also doubles as my fav BLs that i would recommend <:

note: won't include "romance" or "smut" in the tags because 99% of the list has them

part 1 of this stack: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/43714

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more that's not listed on MAL:

Unromantic [언로맨틱] - manhwa 8/10
❤️ Oh Hyeonoh (seme) x Chu Gain (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: green flag! adorable pupper boi :3
• if you're looking for a black cat/grumpy x golden retriever/sunshine pair, THIS IS IT, THEY ARE THEM
• tags: omegaverse, younger freelance writer/university student!seme x rich!uke, power bottom


Dead man Switch [데드맨 스위치] - manhwa; 8/10
❤️ Ki Youngwon (seme) x Jung Hohyun (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: questionable green flag
• i say questionable because youngwon has never actually done anything wrong. his obsession towards hohyun isn't unfounded; he was literally driven to insanity due to the situation he found himself in where he has no choice but to be obsessed with hohyun (will not spoil)
• his world revolves around keeping hohyun safe and alive, which made him become inreasingly attached to him, eventually developing feelings for him
• then we have hohyun who is just a selfless cutie patootie but also able to stand up for himself when it comes to it!
• really interesting plot!!
• tags: supernatural, zombies, horror, drama, borderline yandere seme


Dragon Making Love [운우지정] - manhwa; 8/10
❤️ Woonwoo (seme) x Choi Jung (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: green? at first and then GREEN!!! later on
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• tags: fantasy


Over The Moon [데드맨 스위치] - manhwa; 7/10
❤️ Kwon Yian (seme) x Gong Hayoon (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: questionable green flag (idk he has some questionable thoughts in the beginning but he's good after that)
• okay ngl the writing for this screams elementary k-drama fangirl writing fanfics in her room after school- you'll know what i mean when you read it
• but because of that, it makes for a really easy read. i finished it so fast
• also i'm writing this after completing it months ago and safe to say i barely remember anything other than the fact that i did enjoy reading it lol
• tags: actor!seme x film crew!uke


Why Are You So Kind To Everyone Except Me? [모두에게 친절한 너는 왜] - manhwa; 8/10
❤️ Kang Chaeheon (seme) x Seo Jeongyoon (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: a mild red flag- he's sweet but he gets jealous VERY easily (and towards the end of season 1, you get to see his stalker-ish behaviour which jeongyoon also points out as obsessive)
• if you hate plots that revolve around miscommunication/lack of communication and misunderstandings/constant jumping to conclusions on their own, maybe give this one a pass
• chaeheon hella freaky with his dirty talk tho :3
• tags: drama, possessive seme, school life, unrequited love


Minmotion Syndrome [민모션] - manhwa; 7.5/10
❤️ Seo Taeyoon (seme) x Park Jaein (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: he's green! the red flag is the uke, but he gets better (:
• their relationship starts off the wrong way but develops into one where both taeyoon and jaein become highly protective of each other
• they are so lovey dovey and sweet in their side stories (the side stories might as well have been called season 2)
• taeyoon deserves the world
• tags: omegaverse, drama, mafia, possessive uke, non/dubcon, power bottom, non-con


You and I can't do this [너랑 나는 이래서 안 돼] - manhwa; 8/10
❤️ Kang Hyunwoo (seme) x Go Youngwon (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: green - dude is has a huge ego but he's actually a really good guy
• i love anything by moscareto!
• enemies to fuck buddies to lovers
• the way hyunwoo rolled his eyes at youngwon being a hopeless romantic and wanting a sweet, loving, fairytale relationship... and then ended up as the biggest lovesick fool for youngwon towards the end :>
• tags: coworkers, office, enemies to lovers, comedy


My Bias Appeared?! [최애가 나타났다] - manhwa; 7.8/10
❤️ Choi Siyeol (seme) x Na Aejoon (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: kinda toxic in the beginning but he redeems himself
• aejoon fell first but siyeol fell harder
• i like it when a seme with a big ego fucks up, regrets big time, and cries to the uke for forgiveness >:)
• another cliche k-drama style story with the typical misunderstandings, classic "imma use you to get revenge on someone else but oh no i fell for you instead"
• very easy and enjoyable read though!
• tags: showbiz, idol!seme x highschool teacher!uke, drama


Profundis [프로푼디스] - manhwa; 8/10
❤️ Woo Shinje (seme) x Baek Yugeon (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: red but he gets better
• as a guide to a team of hunters, yugeon does (unwillingly) have multiple partners but he only ends up with shinje - i don't consider this a spoiler because he's the one on the cover anyway lol
• the art vastly improves as the series goes on!
• tags: guideverse, fantasy, supernatural, action, angst, psychological, non-con, possessive seme


Full Time Freelancer [일간알바] - manhwa; 7/10
❤️ Yeon Taeseo (seme) x Joo Yeomin (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: seems red for the time being, hopeful that he'll redeem himself (ongoing series)
• putting this in the list only because i love yeomin and he is the purest and most innocent cinnamon roll who should be protected at all costs!!!
• it's still an ongoing series but currently taeseo just seems like an asshole who is using yeomin for pleasure
• and yeomin is kinda dumb ngl but endearingly so, and i just want the best for him ;-; he's like a little toy poodle i wanna stuff in my pocket and keep safe and warm
• tags: chaebol heir!seme x poor college student!uke


Hold Me Tight [뜨겁게 안아줘] - manhwa; 8/10
❤️ Giovanni (seme) x Felix (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: a huge jerk in the beginning but becomes the sweetest and most loving partner later on <3
• this series is really long but it didn't feel like a drag to me, i thoroughly enjoyed binge reading it
• i loved watching their relationship develop and seeing how protective they become of each other
• art improves as the series goes on~
• tags: company president!seme x bodyguard!uke, drama, enemies to lovers, dubcon, possessive seme


Handsome Sales Department is the Ideal Master - manga; 7.5/10
❤️ Mitani Haru (seme) x Yanase Hajime (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: a green flagged dom, hell yeah
• it's a oneshot but with sequels - there's 4 parts in total
• recommending this one purely for the smut and because it's all kinky stuff that's consensual
• a couple that matches each other's freak
• tags: BDSM/S&M, coworkers, oneshot


Hold Over You [이물의 집에] - manhwa; 7.5/10
❤️ Shin Yooyoung (seme) x Choi Kwon (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: red, but my favourite kind of red
• as at the moment i'm adding this to the list, it's still ongoing and rather new so i have no idea what's going on but i'm hooked
• just from the cover alone, you can already tell that yooyoung is gonna be one hell of a crazy obsessed seme- and he is
• tags: yandere seme, dubcon, supernatural


SLEEP OR SEX (S.O.S) - manhwa; 7.8/10
❤️ Tae-Oh (seme) x Choi Woohyuk (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: a regular green
• OH MANNNNN TAE-OH... i'm unabashedly looking at him with heart eyes, he's so gorgeous
• i really wish this was longer than 10 chapters. i thought it would just be a quick smutty read but there was actually substance to the ML rather than making him just a sex driven demon
• tags: short story, fantasy, incubus x human


A Room Without Windows [창 없는 방] - manhwa; 8/10
❤️ Cha Jihoon (seme) x Song Gitae (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: green!
• this one is part of a series of short stories
• with the cover art and title, you'd think that the ML for this one would be a yandere/possessive type
• but jihoon really is just a giant babyyyyyy
• the plot twist in this one is great and i'm actually perfectly content with the length of it because it didn't feel rushed; it told its story perfectly within the amount of chapters it had
• tags: short story, horror, psychological, tw!noncon (not by seme)


Lucky in Love [내 생애 최고의 행운] - manhwa; 7.8/10
❤️ Lee Yeonwoo (seme) x Ko Hwibum (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: hmm... a little red but he has his reasons
• a story about hwibum, who has had insanely bad luck his entire life, meeting yeonwoo, who becomes his good luck charm
• i say yeonwoo is a lil bit of a red flag because he can be manipulative and he does some sus things to hwibum in the beginning but the guy suffers from a lot of childhood trauma (not that it excuses the behaviour but at least there's a reason and he's not just being a horrible person)
• the absolute green flag here is hwibum who takes such good care of yeonwoo ):
• also, hwibum starts out straight but he ends out absolutely head over heels for yeonwoo (they both love each other so much i'll cry)
• tags: school life, possessive seme, dubcon (only in the beginning)


Leaves Dancing on a Melody [한음에 부는 잎새] - manhwa; 8/10
❤️ Jeong Haneum (seme) x Seol Ipsae (uke)
• red or green flag seme?: Green :>
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• tags: omegaverse, school life

All titles published in English (print) by Seven Seas Entertainment.
https://sevenseasentertainment.com/tag/boys-love/

Part.1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49983
Part.2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/49985

A new list (in the works) to track all BL that have plot themes and story settings that have an equal or greater value to the romantic BL plotline.

What does this mean? It means the romantic plot does not outshine or overpower the rest of the story, while not becoming a sub-plot. We like romance, but does it HAVE to be the entire story?

Sex is not always present, I'll try to note when it is.

This list will be hard for me to fill. Personal challenge?
I'll update this frequently as I do with my other lists. Should you have feedback, reach out to me!

Started Jan 18, 2025,
Lizymarie


Tags: (BL, shounen-ai, yaoi, plot, story, danmei)

List of Manhwas that are very famous in Manhwa community and circles

Not listed on MAL:
1. Betrayal of Dignity
2. Predatory Marriage
3. Code name: Anastasia (BL)