Speaking of mecha and homo, I've checked out Black Blood since it was recently released via English publications and I won't have to deal with the stupid scanlation drama that came out of it. This one is a robot-fucking BL, which I think is a first , at least, in relation to English-translated non-doujin BL. Plus, this manga is by Hayate kuku, whom I have a favourable view of with regards to old-school BL mangakas.

The story is very unique for BL, even manga in general really. It takes place 1000 years in the future on a different planet that is not suitable for humans, yet humans are sent out there to research the "origin of species". It also has some interesting robot philosophies, and a non-specific war sprinkled in there. Now while all of this sounds really cool, the part that gets the most attention by far is the robot-human relationship between our two main leads in picrel. Unfortunately, the research about the "origin of species" feels inconclusive by the end of it personally. Regardless, the romance and sex was nice, and it definitely delivered on something I don't think I've seen before. So the mangaka focusing on this oddity was to be expected.

It's one of those stories that I wish wasn't a one volume (albeit an atypically long volume) story. There's so many interesting ideas that I'm still captivated by, yet I feel like it didn't utilise it enough. Hopefully, there would be a story-focused sequel to it, since I enjoyed it immensely even with the downsides. So I highly recommend it.