New BL/shounen ai webtoon tier list
Hello!
it’s been a while, I’m still working on the monthly favorites for june and july but I wont have it done anytime soon because I’m preparing for a convention this week. Instead, you are going to get the new BL tier list with some new titles
I have mentioned in my last monthly favorites that I wanted to do a new one because it has been a long time since then and I have read more.
You will see some new stuff and some rankings change from the old ones, I included titles that I have read/ remembered from reading and discarded the ones I no longer have any connection to.
alright, here it is:
Spicy tier - the top tier in my eyes...
most of these stories I’ve read more than once and have left a lasting impression on me, these are ones that if anyone asks me for recommendations, they would be the ones that come to mind.
this could change in the future depending if the next tier makes their way up a rank.
Crash into you
Its just a dream right?
kings maker
pearl boy
hold me tight
the pizza delivery man and the gold palace
path to you
Love history caused by willful negligence
The foul
The third ending
Good so far, let’s see where it goes- ongoing/ current reads
it wouldn’t be fair to put them in the spicy tier when I’m not fully committed, these still need more time, but I'm enjoying where the plot is heading so far, there are some that I can potentially see in the spicy tier later when they finish
something like liveta and define the relationship, and one that isn’t on here cause I couldn’t find pictures for it...called Half of me, this one is really good so far and I can definitely put it on the spicy tier if it continues going in the right direction.
Beware of the full moon in march
Define the relationship
killer crush
Liveta
Passion
Midnight men
The ghost’s nocturne
(no pic ) half of me
Not bad but not great either- meh overall
most I have finished but found it under whelming, lack of character development, plot moving very slowly, not really anything spectacular.
not to say that these aren’t good in their own way but there has to be a line that separates the good stories from the ones that are okay right? some I have in my favorites are in this tier because I’m trying to be really critical when I think about the story overall now that its done...
i’ll list the series and tell you why I feel that way in case you are wondering
Painter from the window - I don’t remember much about this, the end didn’t really make sense to me and I don’t think I finished the entire story, I might have lost some interest in between
insecret - I liked the side story better than the mains story, if it was based on that this would have been higher
Dangerous convenient store- basic story overall not a lot of interesting plot other than near the end, the pacing is okay in terms of relationship development
Lucky paradise - pacing is slow and not a lot of development from chunwoo, which I don’t really get why he does the things he does, he really needed character development a lot sooner for me to be interested
Secret relationships - 90% flashbacks 10 % story lol. i’m sure all bimsa fans will agree that the story took a while to move forward cause all we got was one flash back after another and no expansion on the characters in the current timeline.
Dear door - I just got bored in the middle
My suha - season1, 2 were great in terms of plot, the last season moved really slowly and made a lot of people lose interest, there’s also a ton of misunderstanding, but that’s nothing new in BL
Hide and seek- I would put this higher if it wasn’t for the conflict being miniscule, it really does not pair well with the whole mystery behind the story. I also have not read this again after the second time so it was not very memorable.
omega complex - good characters and development, no dumb love triangles..lol. which is the best part cause I hate those, the main guy yoonwoo was like I only like 1 person if you aren’t him don’t talk to me...lmao I appreciate it. overall it’s a short story but that’s all it is.
MDZS - this may surprise you cause this is what got me to read BL and took over my life, but in terms of manhwa the pacing is slow and I liked the drama better than the actual webtoon
Seeing double - twins and love triangle....uh nope...I just wish there was more explanation is to how ohn ended up liking seowoo...I’m happy cause that’s my ship, but I felt there was a disconnect there when he realized his feelings...I’m like wtf ...how?
oki doki... the I don’t give a sh*t tier
some famous titles that other people are in love with and I have no interest in reading at all...
Anti PT
Heaven’s official blessing
Banana sandal season 2 (I have read season 1)
Lost in the cloud
Honey trouble
and also can corelate with the next tier,
already knows the story through osmosis...
I literally can read some twitter tweets and already know the story based on how much people put out there in terms of spoilers. Which is why I don’t have to read it lol.
Blind play
Jinx
checkmate
mad place
wet sand
limited run
though I do appreciate it if I want to avoid certain types of stories...like the ones in the last tier
never touch again- I dodged a bullet with some of these...
Again like the tier above I already know the story through osmosis, the only one I finished reading was BJ alex and that was a dark time in my life that I want to just erase.
BJ alex
full volume
even if you don’t love me
Love or hate
yours to claim
married man/missing love
some of these just have no plot just smut scenes, some of which does have a plot but not good enough for me to enjoy because of subject matter (incest) and most are abuse from all angles...so I try to avoid those, which is why I basically dropped all of it.
real talk though, I have one thing to ask...why have Ugly old men in your stories?..yeah they are creepy but who would look at that and be like yeah I want that dude to touch me...like who is ugly ass 70 year old rotting dick appealing to? like what audience?
omg this is the one trope in BL I cannot stand...I also cannot escape from it cause its in lots of stories, if some one knows please explain it to me ...LOL.
okay well there it is for new tier list rankings, I’ll be back after the convention and finished the monthly favorites I was planning on doing. hope you enjoyed reading and I have the old tier list in the link below:
https://shinahbee.tumblr.com/post/666535722973560832/the-bl-manhwamangamanhua-tier-list-hello-so-you
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