Best Korean BL: historical

Between the Laurel Branches

월계수 가지 사이로

original novel: 윤해월; webtoon story: 엔젤기니; webtoon art: 완무; Quartet Studio / Yesworks

In ancient Rome, a consul's gentle son falls for the stone-faced lictor his father hires to make a soldier of him.

Cheonun

천운

채팔이

Sent from the northern Ice Palace to cool a demon lord's burning qi, Ho-yeon never meets him and ends up stuck with a lazy swordsman.

Eternal Covenant

영원한 계약

story & art: Haejin (also credited Haegi)

A knight raised by a cardinal hides a power he thinks is a curse, until a stranger with the same gift calls it magic.

Fool's World

바보 천지

story and art: 하리보

A young man running from debt collectors goes over a cliff and wakes up in the house of a scarred giant rumored to eat people.

King's Maker: Triple Crown

킹스메이커 ~Triple Crown~

story: Haga; art: Kang Jiyoung

Wolfgang has the crown he fought for, but Soohyuk, the man he loves, still treats their bond like spoils of war.

Magic Soup

마법수프

story: Tropicalarmpit; art: Kimpeacock

Romiard heads to an ice castle to carry out his dying mother's last wish and ends up cooking for a cruel, beautiful magician.

Murderous Lewellyn's Candlelit Dinner

살인마 르웰린 씨의 낭만적인 정찬

story (adaptation): 0L; art: MUK_BU; original novel: Sumnagi

Broke writer Shavonne ignores the murders on Ira Street until a candlelit dinner at his charming new neighbor Lewellyn's place turns grisly.

Painter of the Night

야화첩

Byeonduck

Baek Na-kyum has sworn off painting erotic art, but nobleman Seungho Yoon forces him into his household to paint it again, for his eyes only.

Perle

펄

art: Arthur; original novel: Cherrymanju

A former kept boy of a duchess returns rich and titled, plotting revolt, and the crown prince seems to know who he used to be.

Shoegazing

슈게이징

story and art: 아서 (Arthur)

After the war, a former soldier stands on a hotel balcony ledge until a war photographer's camera catches him first.

The Ghost's Nocturne

귀야곡

story: ANANAS; art: C.R Jade

Jae-shin, the hedonistic son of the underworld's king, is cursed to spend his days as a puppy until he wins a human's heart.

Traces of Flood

범람의 흔적

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