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This stack is a collection of BL manga with a darker setting. It includes psychological themes, dark pasts, underground settings, prison locations, dark fantasy/magic, and other things. The focus is less on the most disturbing stories but more on the overall setting, though some stories here are more messed up than others. Content warning: Some of these manga contain triggering elements like r*pe, abuse, torture, violence, blood, etc.

Tags: Dark Boys Love, Dark Yaoi, Dark Shounen Ai

Series with a prison setting/theme, either institutional jails or informal, DIY prisons.

thanks to tzippurah and alpacaqn for suggestions

BL I’ve completed and enjoyed reading. All of these manga are stuff I have reread multiple times. There are some manga on here with dubious consent so if that triggers you make sure to keep an eye out so that when you go to read it you aren’t blindsided. I hope you find something new to read! These are not even half of the BL manga that I’ve read so I will probably end up making more parts of this. (Working of Explanations!)

Manga & Manhua & Manhwa + novels in the bl drama or psychological category that are AMAZING reads. I would highly recommend all of these.

For me, it's always interesting to see portrayal of Western countries in Asian media. Here's a list of manga in different genres and demographics that are set in or feature Western countries as important part of the plot. I was focusing on modern-ish times(70s onwards), so historical manga will be omitted.

Note: arranged in the order of release. Some of the titles are NSFW.

Work in progress!

collection of BL with heavily loaded content and dark themes

what to expect from this list ::

≫ trigger warnings
≫ distressing, disturbing and difficult content
≫ dark storylines
≫ heavy overtones

collection of BL featuring men with heroic jobs

what to expect from this list ::

≫ bodyguards, soldiers, bouncers, protectors
≫ men with protective personalities
≫ boys who will give their life for their loved one
≫ unconditional love

BL that feature characters who are delinquents and yankees

what to expect from this list ::

≫ bad boys, yankees and social drop-outs
≫ gang leaders and gang members
≫ biker boys and tough guys
≫ morally corrupt men and criminals
≫ boys who appear to be delinquents and may not have the personality that fits the archetype

All manga published by polish publisher Studio JG

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Studio JG, powstałe w 2006 roku, na początku swojego istnienia znane było z wydawania magazynu o mandze i anime „Otaku”. Po czasie ich działaność rozszerzyła się o polskie komiksy inspirowane stylem mangowym oraz doujinshi komedie oparte na wcześniej powstałych już tworach (np. Akatsukiss inspirowane Naruto, Dead Not inspirowane Death Note).
W 2009 postanowili wydać mangę „Hetalia”, co rozpoczęło ich drogę w zostaniu jednym z największych wydawnictw mangowych w Polsce.

Lista jest ułożona od najstarszej pozycji do najnowszej.
Part 1 obejmuje lata 2009 do 2016: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40713
Part 2 lata 2017 do 2019
Part 3 lata 2019 do 2022 https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40738
Part 4 lata 2022 do 2023 https://myanimelist.net/stacks/40746
Part 5: soon!

Uwzględniłam tutaj także Light Novel oraz pozycje z wydawnictwa Osiem Macek.
Jeżeli interesuje cię lista Light Novel wydanych w Polsce zapraszam tutaj: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/38468
Jeżeli interesują cię mangi wydane tylko przez Osiem Macek zapraszam tutaj: WIP

Mangi, które nie są już w oficjalnej dystrybucji nadal można kupić z drugiej ręki.

These publishers don't have a big enough catalog to make a stack for each, so I'm combining them here.

All titles published in English (print) by Square Enix.
https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/series

All titles published in English (print) by Aloha Comics.
https://alohacomics.company.site/

All titles published in English (print) by Inklore.
https://inklorebooks.com/

All titles published in English (print) by One Peace Books.
https://www.onepeacebooks.com/books_jt.html

All titles published in English (print) by Animate International.
https://linktr.ee/animateintl

All titles published in English (print) by Futekiya/Manga Planet.
https://mangaplanet.com/blog/manga-planet-futekiya-print-editions/

All titles published in English (print) by Juné Manga.
(Many of Juné are old and OOP since they rarely publish them, I will try and include the active ones)
https://junemanga.com/collections/june-1?view=&constraint=print

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)