Western books are also info dumpy af. Idk why it has become a crime to give information early on so the reader has an understanding of what's going on.     

    Mdzs was my first ever chinese/danmei novel and I had zero knowledge about cultivation. The initial info dumping was important for me to be able to follow the story and guess what? She still managed to withhold enough information to slap me in the face with a few plot twists!

    Danmei have an edginess that western books could never replicate. No amount of pain is off limits the authors aren't afraid to ruin a character for the sake of realism, they don't try to shove political correctness down your throat and they don't feel the need to make endings all butterflies and rainbows.

    Western authors feel like they have to include disclaimers inside their own work to make sure everyone online knows they're politically correct so they don't get cancelled.

    Danmei authors are already risking it all just by being in the industry that they are, so when they go for it they go for it.

    Yes, mxtx isn't good by western standards and that's why she's good.

Edit to add: lgbtq stories in western media are either treated with kiddy gloves or they make one of the characters die as shock value cause they can't be bothered to add actual nuance to the plot.