My other favorites from that era are Pieta by Nanae Haruno and Oniisama E by Riyoko Ikeda. Those are both high school settings, which isn’t my favorite, but the art and stories are worth it.
Try Mo Xiang Tong Xiu 'Heaven's Official Blessing' - Chinese author. It stands out in terms of plot and even romance, and I'm saying it as a real gay guy who usually finds yaoi to be unbearably unhealthy fantasy where men don't act like men.
Applause is such a deep cut, good job LOL
My other favorites from that era are Pieta by Nanae Haruno and Oniisama E by Riyoko Ikeda. Those are both high school settings, which isn’t my favorite, but the art and stories are worth it.
Try Mo Xiang Tong Xiu 'Heaven's Official Blessing' - Chinese author. It stands out in terms of plot and even romance, and I'm saying it as a real gay guy who usually finds yaoi to be unbearably unhealthy fantasy where men don't act like men.