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do you have any all boys school BL manga reccs?
oh man. let me think... i don't really care if a school is coed or not most of the time in bl LOL
do you have a portfolio for the stuff you do perhaps?
i really should make one, huh? but i do have examples:
Fun ask! Have you ever read BL with seme-like uke & uke-like seme? See, I just finished a BL that at first, I'm sure A is the seme and B is the uke, then last chapter (where there's smut) and BOOM! I was surprised that A is the uke and B is the seme, like WHAT? REALLY?! (This is my first time read BL with seme who looked, talked, & acted like uke and vice versa...)
yes... this is the trope i look for a lot in bl but it's SO hard to find and it's even HARDER to find good ones 😭 kimi no sumire is one example of a good one tho the smut is very minimal lol
Hello, as someone who is new in BL (just started in july 2023) your BL recs & reviews, really help me. Thanks a lot!
Can I ask something? My friend who is shoujosei lover told me that shoujo-BL is just as great as regular BLs and have longer stories. But when I read them, somehow I don't feel like reading BL (sorry, I know it's weird thing to say). What do you think? If a manga have canon m/m couples or romance between males, does it mean they're also BL? Some that I read are : Kieta Hatsukoi, Requiem of Rose King, Cruel God Reign, God Child, and Golden Days.
- nah i get it. shoujo has a different vibe to modern bl to me at least. like, it feels way more idealized and honestly i prefer the more "grounded" feel bl has
- hmmmm if we want to talk about it in a marketing (?) perspective then it Depends. if something is marketed as a bl, run in a bl magazine, or is under a bl label, then that's what i define as actual "bl." kieta hatsukoi is a strange one but i feel like that would be considered bl, although i haven't looked too deeply into it. chillchill lists titles that aren't marketed as bl but has gay subtext and there would be an indicator somewhere that it's not bl
the slow damage "retranslation" isn't a "retranslation", they just edited the jast loc and barely in places (there are entire sections where just a couple words were changed)
that's why "retranslation" is in scare quotes LOL
I vaguely remember having read some japanese web bl novels where some characters are actually explicitly stated as trans but 1. I can't remember what they're called and 2. they're poorly written and I probably dropped them
well... uhm... 💀
“love me for who i am” is classified as BL on mangadex, though the protagonist is nonbinary! regardless of if it “counts” as BL i think it would still fit the vibe (i know the artstyle starts…like that, i promise it gets better)
technically no, it's not a bl. it's not marketed as a bl nor is it under a bl label, but the mangaka is making bl recently haha. i actually adore the art style too 😭 this mangaka does both bl and yuri which is based
for under the trans umbrella, "boy meets maria" has a nonbinary (iirc) ml! and not sure if "shimanami tasogare" counts as a bl, but there are lgbtq+ supporting characters
i didn't include boy meets maria bc from what i remember, it wasn't explicitly stated but close enough! and shimanami tasogare isn't a bl, but it sure made me cry a river!
wdym there isn't any bl with a trans protagonist..... 😭 do you think there will be more in the future? i just want a bl with a ftm character 💔 (yes, i alr know afterschool mate, villain and the ghost tower)
i heard haru ga kita has a ftm side character, at least. but as a protag? ahaha... i don't think there'd be any marketed as a bl anytime soon. i'm sure there's plenty in western stories but not in east asian media. if anyone knows of one do lmk!! but i haven't found any, personally
Oh my, you're also fan of Young Good Boyfriend? It's one of my all time fav BL, too! It have all my fav trope : Teacher-student, younger top and age gap (because of this, some people see me as weird but now I just don't care what people said).
So Polaris have all 3 tropes above?
I've seen your BL recs of teacher student, can I ask for your fav BL of age gap or younger top? Sorry if I ask too much...
yessssss i love ygb... it's literally everything i could ask for in a sequel. i actually wrote a lot about it in my bl recs notion that i still need to update
and yeah, polaris has all three! also has a blond top/black-haired bottom. it's also my fav bl with an age gap! polaris starts out cliche, but i'd say it ended up being executed pretty well. do give it a read!! i can gush a whooooole lot about it...haha
Are you fan of "old man yaoi"? (Sorry if you're not).
Have you read BL where the mc or ml have to come out to their family?
yeah! and for the second bit, i just answered a question about that!
Don't you think it's funny cause actual canon gay characters in BL manga will say "I love you" but only the shounen bromance can spew out some of the most romantic shit akin to a 19th century poet writing a letter expressing his surpressed love for his lover 😭.....
i'm gonna say this is due to how shounen can develop relationships for longer while bl is often restricted to a single volume
Hello, if you don't mind, can I ask, is there any BL that either the mc or ml is trans or aro or ace? Or is there BL that the mc or ml have coming out moment to their family or friends? Sorry for this random question.
a trans mc or ml? nah. doesn't exist in non-western stories haha... haven't read much aro/ace stuff, but i've seen good bunch of the latter! ranging from lighthearted to more serious!
- black or white
- gelande magic 101-gou
- heaven and demon
- you should be the one to come kiss me
- all about my two dads
- at 25:00 in akasaka
- seaside stranger
- love stories
- susumu x minoru
- perfect propose
- therapy game
- aiou futari
- fake fact lips
- toshishita joushi wa homeraretai
- a lover's contract
- ore to renai shite mimasen ka
there's way more out there but here's a handful of them!
Nagi-kun to Hayasaki-kun mentioned 👀 though I also CANNOT remember a single actual plot point from it and only the spicy scenes LMAO
exactly why i said it for that question LOL like... there really isn't much going on for it other than the smut
f you don't mind me asking , what are your top 7 (or top 10) favorite media (can be books/ manga/ anime/movies/tv series/games/etc) and your top 10 favorite (fictional) characters from any media? Why do you love them all? Thanks
i can't really rank these so they'll just be in an assorted order. also narrowing it down to a select five...you can find more listed on my anilist!
fav media
fav characters
- tomoya mashiro
- ena shinonome
- riamu yumemi
- kaoru sakuraba
- park moondae
Hello! It's part 2 of the BL Challenge... 7.) Your fav BL mangaka? 8.) BL you finished that is just bizarre? 9.) BL that you think is masterpiece (until now)? 10.) BL that you love only (mostly) because of the sexy scenes? 11.) BL that is your guilty pleasure? 12.) Your fav non-canon BL ships from anime/manga?
Thanks if you want to answer these 🍀⭐
- chiaki kashima
- still ongoing but scammed and rammed... bro this gave me so much secondhand embarrassment
- not sure what you mean with the "until now" bit but polaris at dawn will always be a masterpiece for me
- nagi-kun to hayasaki-kun
- hmm. warbler, sing of spring
- tomowata.
Reading some of your tweets like, how you can't enjoy het romance, that's so REAL! I feel the same. As someone who grew up with my family in country where the right way to live is anti-LGBTQ+ , I loved het romance since young, until I fed up with it and found BL & GL media. Now, I can't enjoy m/f romance focused stories at all!
Do you think because of the way I grew up, sometimes there is still a bit guilty feeling in me while enjoying BL and GL (even when I still love BL & GL media and found freedom in them)?
ahaha glad to know i'm not the only one! it's just so over-saturated for me. and don't feel guilty at all!! fuck them!!
not even into enstars anymore but the announcements clogging up my tl made me realize sth I hate abt their lingo is how they only have the word ユニット and not グループ. as a jidol fan this feels so wrong bc usually, グループ specifically refers to full groups while ユニット refers to sub units/temporary groups, and to see a self proclaimed idol franchise disregard this is so annoying and makes me, an outsider looking in, get even more confused looking at the announcements than I would've been if they made the distinction
tbh it's not just enstars but a lot of 2.5d idol media in general 😭 not sure why it's like that
Have you know someone who find it harder to enjoy BL manhwa compared to BL manga (like me)? I know most people said manga format is more difficult than manhwa format but somehow, I enjoy BL manga way more than BL manhwa. And I've been considered "weird" because of it?
nah bro i'm also the same LOL. but it's less about the format and more about the storytelling. i'm kinda sick of the storylines you see in manhwa a lot... it's like, the mid is so much longer than manga and the mid is often POPULAR. also the proportions are uhm...
Hi again! This is a BL Challenge for you (if you want to accept them) : 1.) Is there a BL that you finished even when : a. You love the story but not really fond of the art? b. You love the art but not really fond with the story? 2.) Is there a BL that you really want to see the anime or live action adaptation? 3.) Is there a BL that you dislike at the beginning but when you finish them, it became one of your favorite? 4.) What is you favorite BL from the 1990s and 2000s? 5.) Is there a BL that made you cry? 6.) Your favorite BL cover?
Thanks if you want to answer, feel free if you want to ignore this random questions....
- a: cherry magic. i just got used to the art. b: i'm not your hero or anything
- polaris at dawn. yes this is copium
- can't say i really have one but checkmate started out ROUGH
- i haven't read any from the 1990s that i liked but for the 2000s, candy color paradox
- young good boyfriend made me cry TWICE
- oh boy i'll just name one: kikazaru hina wa mada koi wo shiranai
and don't worry about sending these! it's all ok and i like them!
Fav teacher/student series(besides Hitorijime)?
DUDEEEEE ASKING ME THIS IS LIKE PUTTING ME ON THE SPOTLIGHT but uhm. ok
2/3 of these will make you cry!! warning!!
If Trump gets elected, will you convert into dom/sub enjoyer?
what the fuck
Have u read 3 Ban Sen no Campanella it's got such a unique art style and it's very good
i have! it is really good!
i was looking through your comments on bato as someone who also hates the absolute horrid quality of so many bl scans and god... if you're gonna illegally tl someone's work you should at at least give it some respect 😭 also the way there were downvotes on you sending a link to the official release?? it's crazy how much these ppl seemingly don't gaf abt the medium they consume daily
RIGHT it really pisses me off. also it feels kinda hypocritical like i'm pretty sure these people would treat western artists with respect but not mangaka and other asian artists. idk man!!! it sucks!! i really do wish people put more respect into these things bc it's the most we can do aside from buying the work, but ugh! whatever! each and every single one of you are absolute dumbasses that won't survive the winter. zero reading comprehension skills and has no idea what good faith is
if i, as someone still living with my (assumingly but likely) homophobic parents, were to buy a physical BL book…. what would u recommend is safe
you can use a proxy! i personally use neokyo, but a friend used japan rabbit for discreet shipping to their conservative country! at that point your only worry would be if your parents would open your package or not HGKDFJSGDSG which has happened to me aha... good luck!!!