Yaoi Hands

Mermen two weeks in a row. But this time, they're DTF.

Hooked and Cooked

- Creator(s): Hwireul & Namdong

- Chapters: 1-11 + Epilogue + Side Stories 1-5

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/hooked_cooked

The owner of a seafood restaurant falls in love at first sight...with a merman! Hae-beom, often mistaken for a thug due to his tough appearance, unexpectedly receives help from a mysterious customer named Sang-ah. To his astonishment, Sang-ah turns out to be a merman who requires...

Duration: 00:19:58

Merdudes? Mermen? Merboys... in love

Castle Swimmer

- Creator(s): Wendy Lian Martin

- Chapters: 1-41 + Extra Episode 1-4

- Where to read it: Webtoon

https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/castle-swimmer/list?title_no=1499

What happens when your entire life is ruled by a prophecy – your future foretold by people you’ve never met, who died long before you were born. Such is the story of two young sea creatures. One believed to be a guiding light for his people, a Beacon who will lead them to a...

Duration: 00:46:21

Time for some bara!

The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga Volume 1

- Creator(s): Gengoroh Tagame

- Chapters: Volume 1

- Where to read it: Fantagraphics & Book Stores

https://www.tagame.org/enews/sample-page/english-books/the-passion-of-gengoroh-tagame-vol-1-eng-2022-reissue-edition/

The often violent, visceral, and always provocative style of Japanese manga legend Gengoroh Tagame, one of the originators of Japanese bear culture, comes to life like never before in The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame, a new edition of the artist's first English-language collection. Known as "The...

Duration: 00:46:26

Somehow this romance gets even messier

Lovesick Dog

- Creator(s): Songhyel

- Chapters - Season 2 (25-60) + Side Stories (1-8)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/lovesick

“About 14,000 years ago, certain wolves caught a disease called “lovesickness.” And when they met people, they became their companion dogs.” If one word could encapsulate Noh Ye-gyum, it would be “lovesick.” Despite him loving people with all his heart, Ye-gyum finds himself trapped in an endless cycle of being used, betrayed, and ultimately abandoned. This time pr...

Duration: 00:41:46

Give this Twink a gun

My Jumbo Babe

- Creator(s): OHEUN & Cho Sangduck

- Chapters: 1-45 (Full Series)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/jumbobabe

"That chubby dude will never know what he’s in for." Hyesung happened to eavesdrop on a conversation amongst his boyfriend's classmates. But does that mean Hyesung's fashion design major boyfriend, Jungwon, will eventually move on to skinnier pastures? He can't let that happen! Hyesung is determined to lose weight and keep his lover. If on...

Duration: 00:33:41

Can you fix him? No you can't!

Jinx

- Creator(s): Mingwa

- Chapters: Season 1 (1-53)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/jinx_en

Physical therapist Kim Dan has been down on his luck for as long as he can remember. Between an ailing grandmother, menacing loansharks, and an old boss making it almost impossible for him to find work, Dan is truly running out of options. Naturally, it feels like a dream come true when he’s fi...

Duration: 00:33:46

A dumb twink meets a hot, rich werewolf man

Moonlit Secrets

- Creator(s): Keun Zo Maen

- Chapters: 1-45

- Where to read it: MrBlue (Korean)

https://www.mrblue.com/needlogin?returnUrl=%2Fcomic%2Fwt_000068702

Six months out of prison, and Bae Eun-gyeol has found himself fired from no less than 24 jobs. Determined to make a living somehow, he resorts to hitman work, only to wake up after a mission gone wrong at the mercy of a mysterious beast. Yet, in an unexpected turn...

Duration: 00:26:24

Sometimes the omegaverse escort service delivers a husband.

Private Call

- Creator(s): Numa

- Chapters: 1-33 + Epilogue/Creator's Note (Season 1 & 2)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/privatecall

In a world where alphas and omegas are the stuff of urban legends, Doha is a rare dominant omega who usually deals with his heat cycle through casual one-night stands. One day, he uses a matching service and gets paired up with an alpha named Jihwan. Things get unexpectedly intense. Overwhelmed by pheromones...

Duration: 00:32:38

Chaos Twink vs The World!

Matthew's Pick

- Title: The Pawn's Revenge

- Creator(s): Evy

- Chapters - Season 3 (Chapters 58-94)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/pawn

As a male prostitute in the slums, Je-oh is at the bottom of the social hierarchy. A pawn among pawns. Sure, he's tried to break away, but each attempt has only left him with more wounds. Until one day, he gets rescued...by a serial killer who kidnaps him along...

Duration: 00:36:10

Never has there been a more dangerous Twink and a less in control seme.

Matthew's Pick

- Title: The Pawn's Revenge

- Creator(s): Evy

- Chapters - Season 1 - 2 (Chapters 1-57)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/pawn

As a male prostitute in the slums, Je-oh is at the bottom of the social hierarchy. A pawn among pawns. Sure, he's tried to break away, but each attempt has only left him with more wounds. Until...

Duration: 00:27:15

This week, hot daddies find love in Finland.

Life Outside the Circle

- Creator(s): H-P Lehkonen

- Chapters: 1-44 (Full Series)

- Where to read it: Webtoon

https://www.webtoons.com/en/drama/life-outside-the-circle/list?title_no=1260

The heartwarming tale of two men who find love in the Finnish countryside.

Where to Find us:

Matthew

- Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social

- https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social

- Website: DigitalDaydream.gay

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Duration: 00:15:16

We're back for season 2 of Low Tide in Twilight. What's next for this omegaverse situationship with between a loanshark, mobster and a twink omega trying to survive his own trauma and keep his younger brother alive?

Low Tide in Twilight

- Creator(s): euja

- Chapters: Season 2 (Chapter 30-62)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/lowtide_twilight

Kim Euihyun has decided he doesn’t want to live. He feels nothing anymore. He has no future to look forward to. Now, he’s lo...

Duration: 00:31:06

The childhood best friend trope that left us wanting for a secondary couple. Seriously though, why aren't their Dad's dating?

00:00:00 - Intro

01:10:00 - Gentle Forest

Gentle Forest

- Creator(s): Marwan Biscuit, CONZ, Krinkle

- Chapters - Chapter 1-46

- Where to read it: Tapas

https://tapas.io/series/gentle-forest-mature/info

Aiden is a quarterback and Seowon is a chronically-ill forest boy. Could it be any more obvious? Seowon can’t quite bring himself to believe that a popular football player has been cr...

Duration: 00:20:46

This week, we've got more Leibling! Expect mess.

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:35 - Leibling

Liebling!

- Creator(s): Kim Nuruk

- Chapters - 31 - 60

- Where to read it: Gotta find it for yourself

One day, Taehoon was bound by a powerful curse... If he wants to break free, he'll have to sleep with the old knight!

Where to Find us:

Matthew

- Bluesky - @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social

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Duration: 00:23:50

This week, we're discussing a BL about false starts that left us at odds.

Third Ending

- Creator(s): Chovom

- Chapters - 67 Chapters + Hiatus Illustration + Hiatus Special + 5 Side Stories + 4 Side Stories Chapters (Complete)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/third_ending

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/third_ending_extended

Suh Yoonseul has had life easy—everyone likes him, he’s good at his job, basically everything has always worked out as smooth as butter. Howe...

Duration: 00:30:26

You can only talk about BL for so long before you the modern classic comes up. It's Killing Stalking time!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:10 - Killing Stalking

Killing Stalking

- Creator(s): Koogi

- Chapters - Full series (Chapters 1-67 Digital, or Volumes 1-8 Physical)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/killingstalking

Yoon Bum, a scrawny quiet boy, has a crush on one of the most popular and handsome guys in school, Sangwoo. One day, with...

Duration: 01:00:25

It's Tagame time! And this time it's a lot more horny and introspective.

Matthew's Pick

- Title: Pride

- Creator(s): Tagame Gengorou

- Chapters - Volume 1 - 3

- Where to read it: Gotta find it for yourself

https://www.tagame.org/

The story of a manly, arrogant, and cruel college student and his gradual descent from a top to a submissive slave at the hands of his college professor. The action is graphic, extreme, violent, and depending on one's taste, disturbing.

Where...

Duration: 00:32:01

This week in Yaoi Hands, we're talking about problematic mob love affairs. Can love bloom in crime alley? Girl, I don't know...

Matthew's Pick

- Title: Roses and Champagne

- Creator(s): ZIG, Ttung Gae

- Chapters - Season 2 and Side stories (Chapter 25-52 + Side story 1 - 37)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/roses_and_champagne

Leewon, who works as a poor lawyer in Russia, visits City Councilor Zdanov, who is in conflict over Nikolai's commission, and there he...

Duration: 00:46:41

We discuss the messy conclusion of Bloody Lies and we see love bloom on the baseball diamond with Homerun Hearts.

Matthew's Pick

- Title: Bloody Lies

- Creator(s): Whiterain and ZO.KILLMER

- Chapters - Season 2 (Chapters 31-50)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/bloodylies

In a world where vampires and humans coexist, orphaned Eugene seeks recognition from his enigmatic vampire progenitor, Logan. Struggling with his lack of human emotions, Eugene stumbles upon an intimate scene involving Dominic...

Duration: 00:36:35

Mads, creative director and writer for Drăculești, joined us to discuss Fine Feathered Fiends’ new visual novel romance staring the prince of darkness himself. They shared how Dramatical Murder, Slay the Princess, and Interview with a Vampire influenced the romantic horror game. We also discussed recent challenges for game developers with crackdowns on mature games as well as the issues with generative AI polluting public domain resources.

Fine Feathered Fiends

https://finefeatheredfiends.itch.io/draculesti

Drăculești’s Kickstarter

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1712125696/draculesti

Where to Find...

Duration: 00:25:22

This week on Yaoi Hands, we've got another hit from Songhyel, and anyone who's read their work knows that means romantic trauma. As well as a KPop romcom with jokes, heart and the one BL trope that is more powerful than a childhood best friend.

Matthew's Pick

- Title: Lovesick Dog

- Creator(s): Songhyel

- Chapters - Season 1 (1-24)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/lovesick

“About 14,000 years ago, certain wolves caught a disease called “lovesickness.” And when they m...

Duration: 00:49:49

This week on Yaoi Hands, we've got a lore heavy romance between angels and demons and a twink who tries to rewrite the ending of an omegaverse tragedy he wakes up inside.

Matthew's Pick

- Title: Heaven & Hell Roman Company

- Creator(s): Mum

- Chapters - Season 1 (1-27) + Side Story (1-5)

- Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/romancompany

With rapid developments to the human civilization, the need for God and his angels have decreased at...

Duration: 00:33:36

This week on Yaoi Hands, a time traveling isekai daddy and a twisted confinement thriller.

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Matthew's Pick

- Title: Leibling

- Creator(s): Kim Nuruk

- Chapters - 1 - 30

- Where to read it: You'll have to figure that out yourself

One day, Taehoon was bound by a powerful curse... If he wants to break free, he'll have to sleep with the old knight!

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Kate's Pick

- Title: Legroom

- Creator(s): Dacto

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Duration: 00:43:31

This week on yaoi hands, kinky ropes and twinky tropes! Matthew picks a story of a yakuza falling in love with rope artist. And Kate chooses a tropical romance between a twink and his crime daddy. Can love bloom in the criminal underworld?

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Matthew's Pick

Title: May I Tie Up the Yakuza

Creator(s): Suji

Chapters - 1 Volume

Where to read it: Futekiya

https://read.futekiya.com/comic/60d52cb53d1e0

The...

Duration: 00:24:28

It's bossy bottom week. We've got a strong willed, lawyer ukes falling into the snare of a hot mob boss. And we have an omega-verse uke, who discovers he's a bottom when he gets railed by his hot alpha friend.

Matthew's Pick

Title: Roses and Champagne

Creator(s): ZIG, Ttung Gae

Chapters - 1 - 24 (Season 1)

Where to read it: Lezhin

https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/roses_and_champagne

Kate's Pick

Title: Dog and Bird

Creator(s): Junggak & Peppermint Candy

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Duration: 00:31:07

This week is more critical than ever! As in we have more critiques than ever... And most of them, were not positive. Wild City gave us twinks upon twinks, but one of them was a werewolf. Guiding Hazard subverted guide-verse tropes, but could have used some guidance sticking the landing.

Matthew's Pick

Title: Wild City

Creator(s): Koon

Chapters - 1 - 30

Where to read it: Toomics

https://toomics.com/en/webtoon/episode/toon/4910

Kate's Pick

Title: Guiding Hazard

Writers: MasterGin & Sunsun<...

Duration: 00:25:37

We've got Dads, Daddies and Leather Daddies this week. Matthew picks Partners, a late 80's yaoi following the rough and kinky lives of leather men in New York City!! And Kate changes the pace with Our Sunny Days, an adorable manwha about a clueless single father finding love in the Korean countryside.

Matthew's Pick

Title: Partners

Creator(s): Yura Tamaki

Chapters - 1 -5

Where to read it: You’ll need to find it for yourself

Kate's Pick

Title: Our Sunny Days

Creator(s): Je...

Duration: 00:39:00

This week it's Bara and Bondage! But it's not just big men slappin meat. These are some wholesome, heart warming stories.

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Matthew's Pick

Title: Sakana to Mizu (Fish and Water)Creator(s): Gengoroh TagameChapters - Volume 1Where to read it: https://tagame.org/Available for preorder now! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/778491/fish-and-water-by-gengoroh-tagame/

Kate's Pick

Title: BDSM 101Creator(s): Team sadonbaekbanChapters - 1 - 21 (Season 1) + Christmas Side StoryWhere to read it: https://www.lezhinus.com/en...

Duration: 00:27:15

It's Vampire Week! First up, Matthew pick is giving Conclave crossed with college football. And Kate chooses some bloodsuckers who are also mutants, and they have spirit tales, and some aliens, and there are giant sinkholes. It's a lot.

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Matthew's Pick

Title: Bloody LiesCreator(s): Whiterain & ZO.KILLMERChapters - 1 - 30 (Season 1)Where to read it: https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/bloodylies

Kate's Pick

Title: In The DeepCreator(s): PACHEChapters - 1 - 39(Season 1)Where to...

Duration: 00:24:57

We're back Fujo-Faithful for episode 2. We're getting versatile this week with some Bara and Manwha. First up, Matthew picks a saucy affair between beefy married daddies that turns romantic. And Kate chooses a JJK inspired spicy action series with a Seme that believes in commitment and an Uke who knows that Ho is life.

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Matthew's Pick

Title: Naoto Papa to Tomoyuki PapaCreator(s): CHABASHIRA TatekichiChapters - 1 - 5Where to read it: https://sakura-r18.irodoricomics.com/Naoto-and-Tomoyuki-Dads-With-Benefits-1-and-2?search...

Duration: 00:34:58

Welcome FujoFam to our first episode. It's an all OmegaVerse and Manwha episode this week. First up, a snake god with multiple personalities and well trained house boy in need of therapy. Then, a messy situation-ship between a Alpha Uke and Beta Seme.

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Matthew's Pick

Title: Swallow You WholeCreator(s): Written by Albert and Art by Yang Eun JiChapters - 1 to 29Where to read it: https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/swallow_whole

Kate's Pick

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Duration: 00:27:37