Togainu no Chi

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Most BL manga are very short and focus on the relationship of the main characters and one or a few problems that arise. This stack covers stories that are longer and where the focus is not so much on the typical relationship problems but also include non-relationship related plot. In some of these manga it's more BL subtext while the main focus is on something else.

Tags: Boys Love long, BL long, Yaoi long, Shounen Ai long

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

Spoilers: overall they're better than anime, but the bar is so low...

Most of them even keep their BL elements!

Note: arranged in order of visual novel releases.

Not found on MAL:
Slow Damage(2020) - adaptation of chapter 1 of vn and is a good introduction of the newcomers.
Slow Damage Clean Dishes(2021) - adapatation of intro for SD's spin-off mobile game. Can also be used as an introduction, even if you didn't play the main game(but you should).

a mix of the genres so some game titles may be only horror and some may be only mystery but many go hand-in-hand, tried to do 1 per game to keep it simple

ones near the beginning are more on the horror and death game side while ones on the end are more on the mystery side

I made this list because I'm tired of people generalizing shoujo and saying it's all romance, so here are some shoujo manga from varius genres (horror, psychological, action, drama, etc.) that are violent and dark! Check the tws for some of these.