Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai vs. Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko - Vol. 2 Ch. 27 - VS fudanshi

[duongvuduc96]

quite pity, at least if choose him, then maybe MC can be top

 

[GridLite]

this guy is a social genius.

 

[Mr_Stizblee]

That was masterfully executed. I thought it was checkmate!

I really do hope that our straight protagonist actually manages to defy this world and gets a girlfriend by the end of the series. I'm pretty sure him figuring out the rules of the world is ironically working against him. Real mob characters have no real distinguishing traits so him being super genre savvy elevates him into an actual character instead of just a generic straight guy.

 

[erintem]

The manga is interesting because it has some lore behind it, even if confusing, hell If we try to stretch it a bit, the MC is clearly oblivious that he is still actively walking the path of a BL character while trying to be a Mob, more precisely the "side-character" trope, even if he refuses to.
-All his acquaintances are Gay, including his Brother ("Whole Family being Gay" trope).
-He has had many people interested in him ("popular side-character" trope).
-He has triggered the "in "X" years" flag ("We made a promise" trope).
-He actively avoids guys despite not being homophobic (""homophobic but no" friend/classmate" trope).
-The fact he is a mob character. (I have seen a couple of BL mangas that don't reveal the name of the Mob characters till the end and even make a extra of them getting together for comedy sake because the readers take a small liking to them)

Our MC is literally that one character in BL mangas that doesn't get his story unless either the readers love him, all main couples get their story done, or the author wants him to have his own story.
Which fits perfectly in the universe lore, as the MC keeps avoiding his fate by creating more and more Main Couples, the Readers love the MC and just want to know his fate either way he goes (some routing for his successes, others routing for his demise, while others are set on him changing his mind on his own and ending whit the guy he set his first and only flag whit (Im on that side)), and the Author is literally the force that is pushing the MC into all the Flag situations, basically the BL god that controls that universe, its actually genius if this was the intention of the author, of it being like a battle between a BL writer and a Character of his world that refuses to abide by his wishes of giving him a story.

Sorry for the wall of text

I love the idea of a metafictional world where his is the only story not told, and he cameos or side characters in each of a manga circle’s 60 or so works; and fans go absolutely insane every time he appears; with dedicated appearance counters and speculation about his circumstances. The whole shared universe is oriented to revolve around him, and there are several fake out chapters and volume covers to make it seem like a story will finally be his, before pivoting to the real love interest.

 

[Connoisseur_Ryan]

I.... I wouldn't mind going for this route but we must push forward!

 

[aiyikes]

I would've gone for this one tbh

 

[EchoGirl]

lol this would be a great meta ad if the author did make 'at each others throats' a real thing

You know what would be perfect for him? A girl that 'mirrors' him. That thinks that the world is full of girl love. She can think of him as a 'supportive brother' trope for example and our lead doesn't have to break his own rules.

it'd be amusing if they became besties even if they don't date, tho while there have been yuri couples shown it's not as overwhelming considering everyone's still not like publicly gay/open about it til after they get a partner versus "i'm gay and looking"

tho makes me wonder if there's some 'secret underground' where other ppl are 'aware' of what's happening. if not like, a 'brothel' of types where it's like "it's too much of a pain to deal with real relationships so i'll just pay for this service"