old men once again passing through your timeli—dashboard.

Sunshine, Crazy Frog, Why and GAY 🫵

(You're awesome Love seeing you on the dash 4ever)

THANK YOU TAHNK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU

as for Why i already answered. autism and hyperphantasia

as for crazy frog... im on that high quality t4t silly4silly old man yaoi pack brother... come hither we can smoke it. together /silly

Have you ever fallen into the "I'm not as good as (insert artist)" self-destructive mindset? Do you have any good tips for overcoming it?

I think that's related to Imposter Syndrome? That may be a good way to get started searching for other people's coping mechanisms. I'm not really great at giving tips cuz my mind is fucked up and doctor doom esque LOL.

As for myself, I had that mindset when i was around high school and college age. I got out of it by getting more life experience. Looking for gigs for money on craigslist really helped my brain internalize that my art is good enough for people to exchange money. Getting hired to do storyboards and comics helped too. I think most importantly, I had to make my own art that satisfied me, whether it was comics or yaoi fanfiction or sculptures of weenies.

You'll learn from doing more things, that being "better", "good", or whatever at art doesn't really mean anything. Even in the professional paid world, its less about subjective quality and more about "can you get it done?". Not to mention in a pretentious artsy sense, being "good" just means you can express your own personal vision - no one else can do what you do, or have the same concepts as you. I'm not a technically gifted artist, especially because I don't find joy in doing studies or academic stuff. But I can express my stories and characters as I want to for my own needs.

I guess the conclusion is, learn to make art that pleases only yourself, no matter how niche, and that's the way I found to not compare myself to others. Cuz no one else is gonna draw old man corpse humping hospitalized caretaking yaoi the fucked up way I do 🤔

Dig a Grave to Dig Out a Ghost - Chapter 3

Original Title: 挖坟挖出鬼

Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Supernatural, Yaoi

This translation is based on multiple MTLs and my own limited knowledge of Chinese characters. If I have made any egregious mistakes, please let me know.

Chapter 1 Chapter 2

Chapter 3 - Mortuary

There were always one or two friends in your life who you're never afraid will scold you or hang up on you in the early morning hours, even if the reason is because you had a nightmare about potatoes in your home growing lots of hair. Yin Zhou was this person to Lin Yan. He had two long strands of messy hair on his head, always wore unwashed shirts, and the eyes under his glasses could never focus because of how long he had spent gaming.

They grew up in the same neighbourhood, attended the same elementary school, middle school and high school, and they were each that "brilliant other child" in the eyes of both their parents. Since childhood, Lin Yan, regardless of how hard he worked, achieved the high grades that Yin Zhou could have achieved if he didn't skip class every day. No matter how good his grades were, his parents would praise Lin Yan for his diligent and hard work. After the college entrance exam, the two drank a glass of wine as a farewell and celebrated them parting ways. Unexpectedly, Yin Zhou missed half a page of questions while writing the math papers, but he still went to the same university as Lin Yan, so almost two. So the friendship continued with the constant cycle of loving and hating each other.

Later, they were divided by their majors. Yin Zhou studied electronics and Lin Yan studied history. From then on, there was little crossover with the two majors. Without the pressure of competition, the two of them became much closer, playing games, flirting with girls, talking about politics; there was no end to their activities.

The 'regular place' referred to the bar.

When Lin Yan walked in, he saw Yin Zhou shooting his shot with a girl at the bar unsuccessfully. Lin Yan called his name several times before he turned around. Yin Zhou opened a bottle of beer and his eyes widened: " Yo, you weren't responding to any of my calls or texts. Were you on a date?"

Lin Yan drank half the bottle in single breath, and said calmly, "I've got lost and was going around in circles."

"Got lost?!" Yin Zhou stared at him for a long time. Seeing that Lin Yan wasn't joking, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Are you feeling alright? If you're feeling sick, let this brother take you to the hospital."

Lin Yan was in a weird mood because of all the strange events that had happened. Now, his voice wasn't very strong either. He simply put down the beer bottle, put his hands on the table, raised his voice and shouted into Yin Zhou's ears: "I! Saw! A! Ghost!!"

His voice was so loud that most of the people at the bar heard him. They turned to look at him like he was crazy.

Yin Zhou hid his face behind his hand and muttered about how embarrassing it was. After thinking about it, he raised his head and said with a dazed expression: "Was it a female ghost? Was it pretty?"

Lin Yan was at a loss for words and the muscles on his face twitched.

Then Lin Yan explained all the night's occurrences to Yin Zhou in extreme detail, but he started regretting it halfway through. Yin Zhou obviously was eating it up, and a pair of unfocused eyes were shining with an excitement that couldn't be matched in ten thousand years. He rubbed his hands together and stammered when he heard the section of the figure under the street light: "This is too unscientific, or maybe it's too scientific. I'll apply to use one of the labs tomorrow, maybe I can figure this out!"

Lin Yan wanted to smash the beer bottle on his head.

"You seem busy, I'll head out first."

Yin Zhou caught him before he walked away and scratched his head: "Alright, alright. I'm just kidding. Have a drink first and we can go back to my place afterwards."

"Let's be optimistic. If that thing is a guy, then you've got to get rid of him immediately. If it's a woman, then she should definitely get down on her knees to see what is under your jeans."

Lin Yan was actually very grateful to him when he drove Yin Zhou all the way to his house. He thought that unreliable people would have unreliable benefits. No matter how weird things were, he would really listen to them, but he immediately regretted it once they reached his apartment. The reason was simple: Yin Zhou's room was dirty and no living person would ever be found in this room.

The sight that Lin Yan was faced with when he stepped in the door made him scream inside. It's better to go home and be scared to death by ghosts. God only knows how he lives like this. It was a 10-square metre rental with rubbish and clothes littering the floor. There were mountains of instant noodle boxes on the table. Some of them were being used as ashtrays and there were cigarette butts floating in the murky soup. He had no idea how long they were left there, but they were exuded a rancid smell.

The laptop was thrown on the bed, and there was a line of characters moving across the screen. Yin Zhou rushed to take a look, and groaned: "It's been going on repeatedly. The program has to be changed." After he was done talking, he didn't pay any more attention to Lin Yan. He leaned against the headboard, flipping through his notebook and clicked to stop debugging, tapping on his keyboard with his long fingers.

"There is food in the cupboard. If you get hungry, grab something to eat."

Lin Yan opened the cabinet and inspected Yin Zhou’s selection. Various brands of instant noodles, rice vermicelli, pickled mustard greens, a large number of ham sausages that were about to expire. . . If this guy croaks one day, the number of preservatives in him would help him survive for at least thirty more years. If ancient people had eaten things like this, it could've saved conservation historians so much time.

"Do you have any clean clothes? Mine are soaked from the rain. Could you lend me some dry clothes first."

"There's some on the ground. Grab those."

After feeling Lin Yan's murderous glare, Yin Zhou reluctantly got up and slowly opened the wicker basket at the foot of his bed: "Yes, yes, my mother comes to wash my clothes once a week, and the clean ones are here."

After speaking, he threw him a graphic t-shirt.

"You earn so much from your projects yet you live in such a shabby place. You don't even own a washing machine, and that quality of life is catching up with you. Aren't you afraid that your arrogant old man won't give you money to marry a wife in the future? Lin Yan took off his shirt, stretched the t-shirt over his head and put it on. With the shirt over his head, he asked in a muffled voice: "Help me find a pair of pants."

Yin Zhou threw his hands up and said with disdain: "You're being so picky. A person uses so much stuff when they are alive but when they're dead, they only need a coffin. Why are you being so particular about this?" After finishing speaking, Yu Guang looked at Lin Yan with a smirk. : "Xiao Linzi's figure is good, the fitness card is not for nothing."

He glanced at Lin Yan with his peripheral vision and gave a sly smirk: "Little Brother Lin is in good shape, your gym membership wasn't bought in vain."

"Don't you dare call me Little Brother Lin, I'll show you want a real man is!" Lin Yan picked up the electric kettle that was thrown by the bed, wiped off the ashes, and smacked his lips.

Lin Yan picked up the electric kettle that was thrown near the bed, wiped off a handful of cigarette ashes, and smacked his lips.

"Disgusting."

Yin Zhou ignored him and spoke to himself as he flipped through his suitcase. "I remember I had a pair of new jeans, where are they going. . . Huh? What's this? Did my mother leave her clothes in here?"

This was. . .

The body was made of red satin, black lining, with loose sleeves that hung down, and there was heavy embroidery around the wrists. Yin Zhou shook it out curiously. Just as he was about to hold it up to compare it to his body, Lin Yan cried out: "Put that down, don't touch it!"

Looking at Lin Yan's pale face, Yin Zhou also noticed that something was wrong, so he threw the red clothes on the bed.

"These are mortuary clothes. It's for the dead." Lin Yan said weakly.

Yin Zhou's face also changed.

"This thing doesn't belong here."

Yin Zhou looked around his room, as if to relieve the nervous atmosphere, he laughed twice: "Is it wrong? How about I call my mother and ask if she left it."

Yin Zhou looked around his room. Trying to break the tense atmosphere, he laughed twice: "Was this a mistake? How about I call my mother and ask if she put it in here?"

Lin Yan looked at the clothes and said dejectedly: "No need, I believe you."

He was getting angry, thinking that this thing was trying to provoke him no matter what, and now it was involving his friend. He was clearly trying to get a reaction out of him.

For a while, both of them were speechless. The room was silent except for the ticking of the clock on the wall.

Under the light of the bright light, the red clothes were laid straight out on the bed like paper. Despite its bright colour, it was gloomy and had a terrifying appearance. The ancient style and the luxurious fabrics exuded such a cold atmosphere that it was like the sun had never touched it.

Ten minutes later.

Lin Yan picked up the car key on the table. He sighed and said to Yin Zhou: "I'm going back home. This thing is coming after me, staying here will only hurt you."

Yin Zhou spat out: "Don't give me that bullshit. It would be stupid to go back by yourself, just stay here."

What Lin Yan wanted to say was interrupted by Yin Zhou: "We're close enough that you're wearing my pants. Won't I be the one that will have to explain what happened to your parents if there's an accident? Don't mess with me. We'll talk about this in the morning."

After talking, yin Zhou searched under the bed for a while. He found another notebook and handed it to Lin Yan: "Do you think a ghost would be able to scare us to death? Hurry up, let's get some kills on Dota!"

Lin Yan was silent for a while, opened his notebook, and said with a smile: "You asked for it, I won't go easy on you!"

The light flickered and dimmed, and the room became more and more gloomy. Lin Yan knew instinctively that something was staring at him somewhere in the room. Maybe it had a pale face, wrapped in a red mortuary, and said sorrowfully: Your death is approaching.

This must be the weirdest night in his 22 years of life, Lin Yan thought. Once the sky begins to get bright, things will be over by dawn.

The red mortuary was like a long, stiff corpse lying on the bed, the sleeves folded across the front as if to remind him that this was only the beginning.

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Right so I summoned some patience to watch at least a part of the second hobbit movie and

WHy are the dwarves such jerks. Srsly, in the book weren’t angels, but they weren’t dickholes. They try to build them out to be some sort of epic heroes and they’re legit the most whinny and thankless pack of manbabies ever except oooooh they can fight, so I guess that makes it OK. At risk of sounding like the feminist I am, if they were women we’d have a lot of people talking about how useless and whinny they are. But noooo. They’re guys, and the most notorios of them are conventionally attractive, so we’re just gonna call it ‘Quirky’ and ‘Endearing’. At least in the book when they were being dicks, Bilbo or Gandalf would call them out for it and it’d be like ‘Crap he’s right, OK, let’s tone it down a little’ but here whenever Bilbo actually does speak up they have the gull to seem offended. If glares were knives he would have been dead ten times over in that one scene where he tells them he knows Bard’s name because he ASKED. Like...dammit Thorin! I know even your book self was very snobbish and egocentric, but at least the book knew how to paint it as ridiculous as it is! Here I’m supposed to actually buy your superiority even though most of the time you’re on screen I wanna kick you in the nads. The result is that where bad things happen to these characters and you’re supposed to feel bad for them, I’m like ‘Meh, bitch had it coming’. There are exceptions, of course, but in this case it just serves to make the fact that the other guys are jerks even more obvious.

 And Bard, omg, Bard. The guy from the original book who seemingly was the only one who had common sense? And was described as ‘Severe’ in the midst of people who refused to see the possible downsides to their support of Thorin’s campaign and therefore dubbed by them as a ‘Partypooper’? Here he is yet ANOTHER brooding beardy heroic guy. And granted, Tolkien does describe him sort of like that sort of guy, but in a film that is filled with so many Prince Zuko brand of brooding characters, all of them more or less on the same flavor of ANGST...it feels like a human Thorin. It could have been interesting had the parallel been handled well,or addressed at all. But no.

Then there’s the elf OC. I tried not to mind her as much because one of the versions I’ve heard for her existing is ‘Jackson realized this was kind of a sausage fest so he had to put a female character there’. But. Nah, man, it was pure ‘We need romance’ bullshit, and it really does bother me. Oh no, wait, she also serves the purpose of showing how much of a dick Legolas’s dad is. ‘cause locking people up for approaching a party when they’re lost and starving in the woods isn’t clear enough on that matter. Again, Tolkien makes a point on telling you the elf king might be kind of a jerk but is not a bad guy. He makes brash and unkind choices, as anyone does, but that doesn’t make him evil or anything. NOPE. Here we get a faaaabulous asshole that kinda makes you wonder how Legolas is open-minded enough to be in a relationship-which-i-can-never-figure-whether-it’s-romantic-or-not with a dwarf and be ride-or-die from the very start with Aragorn. Was his mom the middle earth variety of hippie or something? Anyway, the girl’s participation (I can’t for the life of me remember her goddamn name I’m sorry) is pretty much just a token girl warrior with a dash of forbidden love tropes for shock value. And you know anytime something is pushed into a story for mere shock value, chaaaaances are the story ain’t that good to begin with.

Speaking of romance, I can see why tumblr went crazy with the ‘Thorin and Bilbo are boyfriends’, seeing how people here love unbalanced power dynamics so much. Thorin not ONCE stops being the over-glorified piece of dickwaddle he is, not once does he step down from his high horse to Bilbo’s level. Hell, I see a more ground level relationship with Balin, but none of you are jumping on that wagon because Balin is old and old people are gross I guess, what you want is kawaiikawaii boilove YAOI or whatever the fuck you kids are calling your gross fetish version of gay people now. Thorin is just so superior to everyone that I just can’t see him being boyfriends with anyone. And tbh if it did happen I’d be like ‘Dump his ass, baby, you deserve better’. HE IS JUST SO INSUFFERABLY HIGH AND MIGHTY UGH! and what little redeeming qualities he has are quickly and easily over-shadowed by his default moodiness and arrogance! Honest to God if I you met a guy like this in real life you wouldn’t be able to put up with him for more than a day! It’s the exact kinda guy we all stayed away from on high school because he took offense in the strangest things and acted like he was better than everyone else while at the same time moaning about how he’s an outcast and no one understands him. IT’S AWFUL.

Look, someday I’m gonna buy like two liters of pulque, get drunk, and actually watch the entirety of the latter two films from beginning to end just so I can know if they’re not as bad as they seem (Though BeneDICK CUNTberbatch kinda makes me want to never ever do it) but today wasn’t that day. I was five minutes in and I was already clawing at my face. Goddammit.

Hi there! I have a genuine q. Why do you most kuro fans believe Seb and Ciel are in an intimate relationship (that's not shown explicitly to readers)? I get all the fanservice (fangirl over it tbh), but the kid -freaks- when others touch him. It's even happened with Sebastian. Yana sensei hints the cult assaulted him so all the 'don't touch me!' moments stem from that. With Ciel's visible trauma, I'm kinda scratching my head why so many people legitimately think Ciel wants to do his butler?

Hello, Anon ~

Wow, that’s a very interesting question! However, I’m afraid Icannot speak for the whole fandom, so I can only give you my personal opinion.

Definitely, one of the things that encourage theshipping is the fanservice. Yaoi fans are naturally attracted to series withtwo male leads, and shippers of any kind will always start shipping charactersthat spend a lot of time together, have a close relationship and make a lot ofphysical contact, as those are the things that lead to a strong bond (romanticor otherwise) in real life. So if you add some nearly sexual situations,suggestive comments and a certain amount of possessiveness, what you got is(something resembling) a relationship. It’s only natural that the fans ship it. Yet, I can seeyou’re hintingsomething deeper than a platonic relationship and, while I’m not one ofthose who believe that they fuck behind closed doors, there are severalin-canon reasons why such a thing wouldn’t be so unlikely.

1.- Sebastian’s character

Sebastianis portrayed in the manga as a very seductive human as well as a sinful demon.He’s what one would call a ‘lady-killer’, though it’s been made obvious throughthe manga that is not only ‘ladies’ that he’s interested in. We know he’s anexperienced seducer, but does he have any preferences?

Yana addressed this topic in a post she called “Sebastian’s favoritetype” (  http://akumadeenglish.tumblr.com/post/127400149717/sebastians-favourite-type ) and we were told that, when it comes to sex,Sebastian does not care about gender or age - a curious answerthat I believe is a subtle way of addressing the controversial topic aboutSebastian and Ciel age difference - and when having a long-term human partnerhe seeks an outstanding beauty as well as a high class soul, and the authormentions Ciel having those qualities. So we can deduce something from this;Sebastian likes Ciel. Maybe not romantically, as we know demons can’t love thesame way humans do, but there’s definitely some attraction beyond mere curiosity.Sebastian chose Ciel and he did so very carefully. This is not fanservice, butrather, a part of the character’s development, a confirmed canon fact.  

Apart from that, we’ve seen Sebastian caring for Ciel many times in a muchdeeper fashion than the mere “omg, I’ll lose my breakfast!” I can’t list all themoments in which this is shown because there are many, but another bloggeralready did something similar. (See it here - http://rabid-bunny.tumblr.com/post/144133678003/i-was-wondering-do-you-think-sebastian-and-ciel)

So, we have attraction + care. Maybe that isn’t enough tosay that he loves Ciel, but for a demon, I’d say it’s close enough, so the ‘Seba’ part ofSebciel is definitely not unrealistic. Now we only have to prove that Ciel isjust as willing as Sebastian is.

2.- Ciel’s character

Manga is a somewhat strict comic type. It followscertain guidelines and tropes that, while not mandatory, are to a certainextent what makes manga to be identified as manga. Those guidelines ofteninclude certain character archetypes. Think, for example, of a shonenprotagonist or a shojo heroine. And I’m sure that, when you think of other shonenprotagonists, Ciel seems kind of out of place. Well, that’s because Cielis a shota.

Shota is a manga genre that showcases underaged boysin sexual situations. And while it may seem controversial to the eyes of awestern reader, shota is a genre Yana is familiar with.

(Image - To the left, a shota boy as portrayed in one of Yana’s previous works, Glamorous Lip. To the right, Ciel in a famous manga scene.)

That alone is enough to justify the possible sexualinterpretations of many of the scenes she has drawn, as they are not innocentlydone. The author knows very well what she’s writing about and she purposely teases the reader.But, as you say, Ciel is a character that has never shown any sexualinclination through the series, be it due to a traumatic past experience orsimply to his young age.  

Ciel’s sexuality is a very interesting topic itself and I’d gladlydedicate a whole post to it alone, but I’ll summarize or this will be too long; Ciel isdefinitely knowledgeable about sex, whether he likes it or not. He isn’t innocent, asmany readers claim him to be. (“I’m already a ‘lady’” – vol. 02 ch. 07 – Ciel, when asked if he was tooyoung for “that pleasurable thing”.)

He’s also old enough in his universe, regardlessof realism on that matter, as other characters are already exposed to sexualityat his age or even younger (Siegleinde, Alois, Joan…) Yet he’s definitely notstraight.

Hehas expressed his disinterest in girls, women and marriage several times (“I don’thave time to associate with little girls”, vol. 01, ch. 02) and, while it maybe arguable that he has also refused his many male suitors (aka, asexuality),he didn’t hesitate when he had to use his ‘charm’ to seduce a man (ViscountDruitt, Edgard Redmond). He’s also been portrayed in many overly sexualizedscenes regarding men and, in fact, he also doesn’t get much female attention unlessthe eventual “aww, so cute…”, and the exception of Lizzy, his cousin, and Nina,the lesbian character, which suggests that the author is hinting the characteras homosexual. 

Butthis alone doesn’t solve the problem of his fear. Ciel was probably abused,most likely by men, and he fears intrusive adults and intimate touches. Yet hedoesn’t seem to fear Sebastian’s touch, however. Yes, there was a moment inwhich he did, confused as he was in his illness, mixing reality with hallucinations.It wasn’t Sebastian who he feared, but rather the man his eyes were seeing.

(Image - Hallucination vs reality; vol.19 ch. 90)

All the other times, he seems quite comfortable withit, including intimate touch. In fact, they initiate physical touch with eachother all the time. But, as for whether that’s enough to overcome Ciel’s phobia, that’s open for interpretation.

3.- The very own nature of demons and the contract

Thestory of Kuroshitsuji is a tale of lust. Sebastian lusts for Ciel. He desireshim. He’s possessive and doesn’t let anyone else threaten what’s his. (“The simple fact that someone other than I touches the Young Master disgusts me enough” - Sebastian in the 6th episode of the second anime season) He enjoys making him lookbeautiful (see “Sebastian’s favorite type” again). He takes delight fromripping off his clothes (refer to the CD Drama of pure, unadulteratedfanservice - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9vTgzWL41U  ) And more than anything he seeks to defilethe boy in every possible way. The more the boys sins, the richer his soulbecomes. And it is also a matter of pride. Sebastian is a sinful creature. Andhe’s never refused. Or he wasn’t — That’s is, until he met Ciel. Becauseno matter what he does, he never gets his Master’s approval. He keeps getting rejected.But he is perfection, so why is this? 

Sometimes it looks like Ciel truly despises Sebastian.He belittles him, disrespects him and turns down any sign of affection. Onemight even think that they don’t even get along. But it’s not like it. Those around them can clearly see thatCiel trusts, needs and loves (romantically or not) Sebastian (vol 09, ch. 41)Still, the young earl is prideful and doesn’t show it. And Yana herself wrote yet anotherbeautiful post talking about this ( http://akumadeenglish.tumblr.com/post/110896308729/difference-between-alois-and-ciel-as-seen-by-yana ). It may not seem so interesting for those who don’t take theanime as canon, as it is a comparison between Ciel and Alois, but it definitelysheds some light to Sebastian and Ciel canon relationship, and it is indeed oneof Addiction vs Rejection.

“However manysweet candies ‘he’ gives me, Imust not be addicted to ‘him’.For 'he’ is not ahuman, but a beast.”

It shows Alois as the ‘weak’ part. The onewho surrenders, who falls into temptation. “Say that you love me” it’s one of hisquotes from the anime. It is very intense, in my opinion. Yet, that issomething we will never hear Ciel say to his demon, is it? That’s because Cielis portrayed as the one who doesn’t give in. He refuses temptation. He refusesSebastian. He will not let him be in control. But he does so only because hedoesn’t want thedemon to take advantage, not because he doesn’t enjoy it.

So, while I don’t believe that Ciel and Sebastian had ever had, sex, I’ll cite aquote that I like a lot, and it says “the Devil’s voice is sweet to hear”. So, those who believe that they did, are simplyassuming that Ciel gave in, that he surrendered to temptation. It is not aridiculous assumption, as such a thing is, in fact, a strong plot device ofKuroshitsuji. I can see how temptation could easily overpower fear. After all,Sebastian (or any other demon) is the incarnation of his Master’s desires. Hewould know what to say, where to touch… He would go asslowly as he needs, and whisper all the things Ciel yearns to hear. He wouldcomfort him, just like he always do when Ciel dreams about the things thathappened to him.

Somepeople believe that Sebastian and Ciel’s relationship would be one of abuse(well, what kind of relationship do you expect to have with a demon??), yetultimately it’s all to Ciel’s choice. Sebastian is just a dog on a leash.

So as to finally answer your question, I don’t believe thatCiel wants to do his butler, but rather, his butler wants to do him and it’s left to thereaders’ interpretation whether or not he will be able to do so.

who else loves them

My Top 10 BLs of 2022

I also chose 22 runners up for 22, but the top 10 includes reviews etc.. These are IN ORDER, which means I made it really hard on myself. Ready? 

1. Semantic Error (Korea Viki) 

The only 2022 BL that earned a 10/10. Korean hits peak KBL and lucked into killer chemistry. It’s a deadly combination. Sexy older boy discovers pouty younger boy has outed him as a slacker, starts out bullying him, accidentally falls madly in love instead. Korea hits it entirely out of the Parks by doing a university BL with everything we expect from BL just done exactly right. Korea's signature quality executed perfectly with added bonus good story, great pacing, stunning visuals, and fantastic chemistry. You cannot ask for more from a BL, let alone a KBL. Full squee here. 

All three of these next three actually hold the #2 spot in my heart depending on how I feel that day. 

2. Old Fashion Cupcake (Japan Viki)

This show had me from the moment they broke the egg yolk with the chopsticks in the opening credits. It’s about a younger man with a long cherished crush on his boss (ten years older and going through a mid life crisis) who decides to save and seduce said boss with pancakes. It’s wholesome, comforting, sexy, and a very necessary narrative about still having hope, interests, and openness to affection at any age. It’s a stunningly filmed late-in-life coming of age/queerness story packaged in a subtle critique of expectations around masculinity, love, and loneliness... and it’s beautiful. Full review. 

3. Minato's Laundromat (Japan Gaga) 

AKA Minato Coin Laundry AKA Wash My Heart! AKA Minato Shouji Koin Randorii AKA Minato Shouji Coin Laundry

A classic age gap romance where a high school student pursues the man of his dreams (who runs a laundromat). This BL is so steeped in yaoi tropes and archetypes, not to mention a typical romance arc, that it will overload some, but those of who love this genre for its DNA will adore it. It made me very happy because it did everything I want a BL to do - there’s not much more I could ask of a BL than this. It’s the closest Japan has come to perfect live action yaoi since Seven Days (and I never make that comparison lightly). Squee watch-along here. 

4. Takara & Amagi (Japan Gaga & Viki) 

AKA Takara-kun and Amagi-kun AKA Takara-kun to Amagi-kun

I gnawed on my knuckles and squealed a lot with this show. Reserved cool kid who must learn to communicate to keep the tiny disaster nugget he’s madly in love with. It is beyond charming: soft and gentle, packed with cuteness and high school angst, thirst, & yearning. Did anything actually happen? No. Was it emotionally tense and paced well enough for me not to notice? Absolutely. Was there plot? Not really. Did I enjoy the hell out of it, anyway? Oh yes. Full review.

5. Cherry Blossoms After Winter (Korea Viki)

Korea took on early Japanese sweet yaoi but gave it their signature softness and precise production with a STUNNING color palette (beautiful pastels, sun-saturated over-exposure), manga framing style, some traditional BL character archetypes, that tiny edge of bullying roughness and out-of-control seme, plus FINALLY a palatable take on the stepbrothers trope and it was, in a word, classic. Sophisticated and understated CBAW is not slow, it’s just subtle. It's dream-like and atmospheric, as if the whole thing took place under cold water on a warm spring day. Is there plot or peril? Not really. Do we care? Also, not really. Look, I can’t help it, I’m old school and so is this show. I grew up reading sweet yaoi, and this was THAT YAOI just on my screen. There’s no objectivity with me and this show. It’s a beautiful pastiche and I loved it for how it made me feel and what it reminded me of. It’s not flawless, but it is a wonderful experience. Full review. 

6. Bad Buddy (Thailand YouTube)

This was GMMTV’s flagship BL and it started 2022 on a BANG (okay no actual banging but you know what I mean), starring heavy hitters Ohm & Nanon in a pitch perfect university Romeo & Romeo masterpiece that will give you domesticity meets pain whiplash throughout and jet lag at the end. Some of the friendship and family dynamics are overworked, but it has great production values, killer acting, and some conscious effort to correct for half a decade of Thai BL’s anti-queer mistakes. Full review. 

7. Blueming (Korea iQIYI)

It’s a tiny bit dark and a tiny bit bittersweet, almost too honest to a university experience and first love for BL, but if you want your mind ever-so-slightly messed with and your intimacy hellishly sweet, this BL will do it for you in a coldly distant manner, while bitch slapping you with self worth issues. I wasn’t into it at first, but the leads are solid and by ep 5 it got really good, becoming a narrative about self discovery meets understanding and accepting others people’s flaws without hurting them. Ultimately we witnessed two characters maturing because of each other and their mutual affection, without that affection becoming the conflict point. Instead, tension was built around other aspects of identity, popularity, and self-worth. While production values were a touch lower than usual for Korea, Blueming included decent kisses and other forms of intimacy and a satisfying ending plus there’s judicious and very elegant use of tropes, this is a great BL. Full review. 

8. My Ride (Thailand Gaga)

Thai BL grew up with this pulp (the first ever to make my end of year top 10). It’s a truly lovely and special little show featuring the extremely rare pairing of sunshine/sunshine (AKA a cinnamon roll couple) plus mature explorations of relationships using one of the softest, sweetest and most innocent friends to lovers vehicles. Kindly, overworked doctor meets broken-hearted motorcycle taxi driver in an “other side of the tracks” slow burn romance. The support cast is excellent, making for great friendship groups and family dynamics. With honest queer rep that adds to, but doesn’t impede, the story, and genuine conversation about the nature of class, wealth, and classism, not to mention communication, honesty, and respect for boundaries, you can’t go wrong with this show. In other news, I am a sucker for a single dimple. Full review. 

9. Not Me (Thailand YouTube)

GMMTV gave us a dark disestablishment narrative (in a time of civil unrest) with established queer award-winning director Anucha and starring the biggest guns of BL, OffGun and THIS WAS AN AMAZING THING to get to experience at the time - nerve racking but remarkable. But was it ACTUALLY BL? It certainly has a lot of BL elements, but in the end romance was not what this show was about, or even what it was genuinely trying to be as a performance piece. Still a remarkable moment in Thai cinema, certainly worth your time. Don’t worry, it all ends happily. Full review. 

10. My Tooth Your Love (Taiwan Gaga)

From the producers of We Best Love, earnest dentist hottie with sad eyes who worries too much is smitten by an adorable sunshine neurotic bar owner with serious anxiety issues. They fall madly in love while courting each other with food, plushies, and naps. Then, shocker, talk about their feelings and try to actually sort out their problems so they can have an adult relationship. Bonus crumbs = 18 year old poor little rich kid in mad crush with a much older man. I really enjoyed this show, it had a fun premise, killer dialogue, there was a solid lead pair with charming chemistry, soft flirtation, and delightful smiling kisses and stinkingly cute domesticity. All that said, I wasn’t wild about some of the darker themes it explored, even though it did a good job with them. And while the crumbs and sides were v adorable they were underused. In the land of May/December, baby boy kabedon is my kryptonite! Why so little of them? Kabedon is My Krytonite = also the name of my indie band’s first single.) 

Absolute BL 2, like ABL1 is technically unrated since I consider them mockudramas not true BL. But both are greatly beloved by me and deserve a mention.

22 Runners Up for 2022

DNA Says Love You (Taiwan) 

Cutie Pie (Thailand) 

About Youth (Taiwan) 

Choco Milk Shake (Korea)

The Eclipse (Thai) 

Tinted With You (Korea)

Roommates of Poongduck 304 (Korea) 

Plus and Minus (Taiwan) 

Oh! Boarding House (Korea)

What Zabb Man! (Thai) 

Vice Versa (Thai) 

Love Stage!! (Thai)  

Love Class (Korea) 

Ocean Likes Me (Korea) 

Cherry Magic the movie (Japan) 

Behind Cut (Korea) 

Star in My Mind (Thai)  

Mr Cinderella (Vietnam)

Mr. Unlucky Can Only Kiss (Japan) 

Happy Ending Romance (Korea) 

My Only 12% (Thai)

Dear Doctor, I'm Coming for Your Soul (Thai) 

Just a note my average rating for all BLs each year (6/10) - over the years I have been watching the mean has not changed. So for me, at least, Asia continues to produce about the same amounts of beloved, average, and crap. In other words: more BL this year (by a lot) has meant that there is more BL I love (and give high ratings too), but it also means there is more BL I dislike (and give low scores to). 

Streaming Platforms

The platform that hosted the most of my top rated 32 shows was, actually, YouTube with 10. Viki was a close second with 9, equal if you add in ABL2. It was Choco Milk Shake that made the difference (a KBL on YT? cray cray). 

Gaga scooped (or shared with Viki) many of my top 10 favorite BLs though, so whoever selects and curates over there shares my taste. 

Still, official recommendation as of 2022 is that if you only choose one streaming service to pay for? Viki is the best subscription platform for new BL. However, if you can get it there with ads, and really are strapped for cash? Go for Gaga. 

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World Fool News (Part II) - Episode 2 I actually lolled at this one, with the baby boss. It still doesn't strike me as particularly inspired, or anything above average on virtually any dimension, but it's decidedly not below average in any dimension either. So stays at 5/10. Alice to Zouroku - Episode 2 I've heard that voice before. That's the same seiyuu as Kuzu's Akane. That's oooneeeee stock cloud-cuckoolander-character if I've ever seen one. The pigs were funny, other than that, nothing really happened this ep, right? Going down to 6/10. Sakurada Reset - Episode 2 Still not sold on this. They're still trying way too hard. What did I give last time? 5/10? Sounds about right. Nobunaga no Shinobi: Ise Kanegasaki-hen - Episode 2 OP3 is still not as good as OP1, but I like it better than OP2. Hahaha. Mitsuhide with the "Who knows when he'll betray you?" Good ep, plot advanced, gags delivered. 6/10. Kabukibu! - Episode 2 This definitely got a grant by the Ministry of Education. It's a little like Sesame Street for 13 year olds ... and, well, about Kabuki. But that whole spiel about what makes a weak man and the background exposition into the history of Kabuki. One dimensional characters acting as the devices of getting across some history/culture and ethics lessons (well, Aesops, at least). I lolled when he couldn't keep the half-seiza going tho. But I actually like the educational aspect of it. In that regard, it's very similar to Fune wo Amu, even though, obviously, not on the same quality level, because high school, pretty boys and yaoi-baiting. I think I'll bump it to a 6/10, but I can't see it going higher than that. Sakura Quest - Episode 2 Didn't he say every pack held 10 manju? That's way more than 10, and there are probably three or four smaller boxes in each box, so it's like 4*5*4*1000=80,000 pastries. Hahaha. I honestly love the fortune telling scenes in this show. Ohh ... hikikomori with a special interest in the supernatural. And another character. Supreme chopsticks skillz. You can totally make an online store in two days. Just use a store software without online payment. Dear god. That's the most Japanese country-side webdesign possible ... so ... good job there, anime?「美人？」 Oh c'mon. Look at all those characters. Who're you kidding. Uhh, warrior queen outfit. Dear god, the production value of that thing. :D Character introduction episode, clearly. But very stock. Mhh, I think I'm gonna score down to 5/10 for the time being. Tsuki ga Kirei - Episode 2 Aaaaah, I've been waiting for this. Good quote there, Dazai. People can't influence each other, eh. I'll have you know, that, just because of this anime, I've read two of your books. They're good. Third one's next. Lol, everybody's shocked that a track club member is a fast runner. Blushie blushie ^^. Aww, it's okay, you're a writer. You don't have to be fast. What a good nurse's assistant :D. Squishy, squishy. Oh noooo!!! The squishy!!! Oh dear. The pretty boy is going for the sensei? Damn :D. Oh noes. Cut it out, girls, stuff like that happens. Remember the time this Australian ice skater won Olympic gold because literally everybody but him crashed (he was too far behind) in both the semi-finals and finals? Stuff like that happens. Kotarou to the rescue! Cue cuteness :). I kinda want a motto now. "LINE - bringing the world together" or "LINE - closing distances" or something like that (Aaaaaah, now I'm thinking of the Leafs again, because MLSE's slogan is "bringing the world to its feet" ... why do I know shit like that). Gaaah. Kotarou got a beta-reader. No nerves at all when it's about his writing, eh? Betas and editors always weird me out like hell. Nice storytelling work there, closing the arc by going back to the quote from the beginning and rejecting it. Very cute and slow so far and I like the style in general. This could've been very beautiful with better animation, but now it's gotta be entirely story driven. Ah, just as well. Stays at 7/10, for the time being. Those shipping minisodes at the end :D. And apparently the LINE messages in the ED also change each episode, but they've not really got much to do with the episode? Further research is needed.

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GRIMES, IA, May 17, 2017 — Anime producer Nozomi Entertainment is pleased to announce the release of Junjo Romantica (Season 2) Blu-ray Collection. Junjo Romantica (Season 2) Blu-ray Collection will be available August 1, 2017.

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Directed by Chiaki Kon (Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi – The World’s Greatest First Love, When They Cry – Higurashi, Golden Time)

Anime Production by Studio DEEN(Umineko – When They Cry, Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Fruits Basket)

Available on Blu-ray in North America for the first time ever

Based on Shungiku Nakamura’s bestselling yaoi manga!   Three intertwining love stories threaten to unravel as each couple struggles to find its own path. Romantica: College student Misaki and his unlikely lover, the eccentric novelist Usami, are slowly growing closer. But their relationship could be in trouble when Usami’s older brother appears, and the two begin to vie for Misaki’s attention! Egoist:  Nowaki loves Hiroki with all his heart, but sometimes, he’s afraid Hiroki doesn’t feel the same way. When Nowaki asks Hiroki for permission to address him by his real name, as others do, Hiroki flatly refuses. To Nowaki, this is just another reminder of the invisible gap that separates them… a gap that he must close, if they’re ever going to truly be a couple. Terrorist: Miyagi is growing anxious. Shinobu used to be relentless in his devotion, but recently, the relationship has gone quiet. As a 35-year-old university professor, is Miyagi really content with living at the mercy of a younger man whose actions are still such a mystery?

Watch the Trailer   Contains episodes 1-12 of Junjo Romantica Season 2.

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About Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation Universal Century 0087. The Titans, a bellicose faction among the Earth Federation Forces, grows powerful and tyrannical, even using poison gas to suppress a civil unrest. Dissident soldiers from the same military stand against them, forming a resistance group called the A.E.U.G.. Kamille Bidan, a civilian student, gets entangled in this conflict when he accidentally steals the Gundam Mk-II and joins the A.E.U.G., running away from his home space colony. Then he begins to fight along with Char Aznable, a former Zeon ace pilot who has infiltrated the Earth Sphere for reasons of his own.

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GALAXY ANGEL Z Nozomi Entertainment announced its license for Galaxy Angel Z, the science fiction comedy anime directed by Morio Asaka (Sword Art Online, Gunslinger Girl, Chobits) and featuring animation fromMadhouse (Black Lagoon, Death Note, Magic User’s Club). Galaxy Angel Z consists of 18 episodes and will be available on Blu-ray in North America for the first time ever.

About Galaxy Angel Z The five Galaxy Angels are back with a mission for more gut-busting laughs! For their newest assignment, the girls must investigate a haunted mansion – but as it turns out, it’s a hideout for thieves. Later, Ranpha receives free tickets to a wrestling match, but ends up facing Great Muscle, the strongest man in the universe, in the ring! Then, Milfeulle and Mint pick up a tribal leader who happens to have a costume of a fabled creature for the tribal festival. Mint can’t help herself… She puts on the costume, and ends up the village celebrity!

Galaxy Angel Z will be released in 2018 on Blu-ray with English and Japanese audio with English subtitles.

NOZOMI ENTERTAINMENT BLU-RAY RELEASES

NINJA NONSENSE Nozomi Entertainment is pleased to announce the upcoming Blu-ray release of Ninja Nonsense. Ninja Nonsense is a comedy from ufotable the animation studio behind Coyote Ragtime Show and the Tales of Symphonia OVA, and is based on the manga Ninin ga Shinobuden by Ryoichi Koga.

About Ninja Nonsense This is the story of super-handsome Onsokumaru, beautiful girls, and their animated adventures of love, lust and tears!!

Shinobu, a voluptuous young ninja-in-training, is a student of the great ninja master Onsokumaru – a lecherous, loud, shapeshifting yellow ball. Onsokumaru sends Shinobu out on a mission of vital importance: to stealthily acquire the panties of local high school girls! In the midst of failing miserably, she manages to befriend hot-tempered schoolgirl Kaede, and the two quickly find themselves embarking on countless outrageous adventures with Onsokumaru and his ninja clan.

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I gladly take the blame! :D I am sorry about fic quality, though. I thought it was better. But fic quality in any fandom is usually not that good, unless you're lucky to end up in a small fandom with a total of 100 stories or so, but with five out of ten writers being great and prolific. And yeah, high school AUs. Every single fandom over and over again. Annoyingly enough, the characters being over 30 or older never stops those people, either. The same goes for characters angsting whether bottoming means that they're the girl in the relationship. I don't even know where this idea comes from, except for bad yaoi manga and why with all the tumblr social justice assholes being everywhere complaining about everything so many people still write this bullshit when it's at least terrible sexist. And Riverdale is a CW show, so it's bound to have more bad fic tan other shows. And, empty shopping streets at night look interesting. You totally should, if/when you feel like it. I think there is something strange about empty shopping streets. I think they make for interesting pictures.

LOL TAKE ALL OF IT. HERE. HAVE ALL THE BLAME lol

Its comes with the territory of being in fandoms where you’re literally the “old cat lady”. Even though you are the same age as the members the teenagers stan. lol Its so weird. But anyway, yeah, small fandoms suck. Daredevil fandom? Fanfics be lacking but there’s a lot of gems. Fanbase is obviously older, which would explain why.

Granted, with Ryden, a lot of the fanfics are at least five years old. So majority of the fanfics represent the ages of the guys at the time. But it still doesn’t make up for the absolute shittiness. Like, I don’t know how many stories I’ve stumbled over where Ryden are basically having a sleepover, playing with each other’s hair and giggling. 

Augh. I think i vomited in my mouth just now.

And while The Heart Rate of a Mouse is a really good story (its considered to be THE representative ryden fanfic -- you don’t even have to know panic or brendon or ryan to read it, it's so original it's like they’re simply coincidentally named the same), I read all the other works by the author and they’re really not that good and play into a lot of “yaoi/slash” troupes. THROAM seems to be her “last” Ryden fanfic and written well after her earlier stuff, so it's a clear reflection of her growth and maturity. The story lacks yaoi/slash troupes and seems generally organic.

IKR? THE WHOLE BOTTOMING THING. Like I don’t know why that’s a fucking thing in fanfics? I guess it's cause they get all their info from fucking cheap porn off of PornHub or something. Human relationships are organic, like, there is no “gender role”. Why that is a troupe, I will never understand.

Oh man, I walked with a friend from Shinjuku to Shibuya at night where everything was empty and ... holy shit. Its beautiful. It's about 30 - 40 minutes on foot, but man, Tokyo is prettier at night than during the day. I might do it next weekend :)

Come Hell or High Water; pre-series BnHAXOne Piece-fusion 

Rated M for language/content

Endeavor/Hisui (shonen-ai/yaoi); don’t like, don’t read

Enji stalked into the teacher’s lounge, chest heaving as he struggled to keep himself under control. He didn’t know how speaking to a bunch of brats at U.A. was supposed to “improve his image,” but at this point, he’d already hit the implied quota the media allowed for his shit. And he’d be damned if he lost his temper because he had to speak to a school-full of brats.

To his annoyance, there was a redheaded brat lying on one of the two couches in the room, positioned so his legs curled over an armrest. The brat spared him a disinterested glance, preferring to focus on the transparent, blue-tinged spheres floating overhead.

“What use will a Bubble Quirk do against a Villain?” Enji scoffed, his voice rough and harsh. He itched for a fight. The urge ebbed as he loomed over the brat, and sharply rose again when it had no visible effect.

Rather than getting angry – which Enji refused to admit would have, and still did, happen whenever his abilities were questioned – the brat gracefully swung his legs off the armrest to sit upright and level an unimpressed look at Enji. It had, he grudgingly noted, a relatively effective withering quality to it, made all the more impressive by the brat’s mismatched – one teal, the other silver – eyes. “Any Quirk can be used offensively; sometimes, it just takes a little imagination. For example, these guys.” He flicked his fingers to send the tennis ball-sized bubbles near Enji’s head. They popped simultaneously when he snapped his fingers, releasing an explosion of sound that had Enji’s brain rattling in his skull.

It took Enji longer than he was willing to admit for him to regain his hearing, and enough equilibrium to stand straight again. The infuriating brat gave a cheeky smile and let the shimmering blue orb surrounding him disperse.

“I’d say they’re a step up from bubbles. Wouldn’t you?” the brat asked slyly with a cocky tilt of his head.

Before Enji could respond, much less react to the volatile mix of emotions he felt (the most prominent being anger and intrigue), or consider why the brat was familiar, the door slammed open.

“Hisui! You said you weren’t going to detonate those!” The blond man who hurried over to the brat was an up-and-coming Hero – Present Mic, if Enji remembered right. He had some kind of sound-based Quirk, which would explain the ear-shattering noise that had exploded from the brat’s bubbles. Now, for the bubbles themselves…

“Yeah, but how else was I going to get rid of them? I’ve told you before, I can’t shrink them down into nothingness; it’s not a Creation Quirk,” the brat huffed in annoyance. “They had to go somewhere. At least this way, they were put to good use.” He smirked at Enji.

“No, not ok,” Present Mic said grimly as he cuffed the brat upside the head, and then tugged him off the couch into a formal bow. “I apologize for this student’s behavior, Endeavor! I’ll make sure he’s punished appropriately!”

“How do you plan to do that?” the brat snarked, his voice somewhat muffled as he struggled in Present Mic’s hold. “Hizashi, get off me!” He freed himself by shoving the blond away.

“That’s ‘Yamada-sensei’ to you, brat!” Present Mic scolded, regaining his balance. “Respect your elders and betters!”

“You’re just student teaching! You’re not even a real teacher yet!”

“I’m as good as one –”

“And I will, when I see one of my ‘betters’ around!” The brat cut Present Mic off, glaring defiantly at the newbie Hero.

Enji’s face felt tight. It took a moment to realize he was smiling, though it was probably the one coined, “the Villain-Eater” by the media; Present Mic looked horrified. “What’s your name, brat?” Enji directed to the redhead.

“Shinkou Hisui.” The brat, Shinkou, tilted his chin up to glare at Enji. “I’m a third year in the General Education Department, old man.”

More so than the “old man” comment – because he was only thirty-five, goddammit – Shinkou’s department pissed him off. “What are you doing in General Education? A Quirk like yours should be in Heroics!”

“Old man, you don’t even know what my Quirk is,” Shinkou said with a disbelieving shake of his head.

That was true, but he was almost certain of what it was by this point. The bubbles weren’t actually bubbles, because they could contain the ability of another person’s Quirk and also shield against attacks. Which meant –

Shinkou tilted his head to the side as he focused a curious, contemplative look on Enji. It sent a cascade of messy, dark-red spikes across his face. In that moment, Enji realized why Shinkou felt familiar. The cheeky smile, the red hair, the complete disrespect for authority, all but stamped “Akagami Shanks” on the brat’s forehead.

“Akagami,” Enji growled. His hand reflexively shot out to curl around a handful of Shinkou’s uniform. Emotions flickered across the brat’s face – uncertainty and a hint of fear – enough to disrupt his expression. Shinkou’s face… He had to be related to Akagami. The brat’s face was softer, a little rounder than Akagami’s, but he had that man’s nose (which Enji may or may not have broken, accidentally of course, during their one and only co-op) and mouth. That glimpse of uncertainty, of fear on Shinkou’s face, was enough to make satisfaction curl in Enji’s stomach. However, it ebbed against the aggression that steadily rose the longer he looked into Shinkou’s now-stubbornly fearless eyes.

“Endeavor, let him go. Now.” Present Mic’s voice was hard and sharp with authority, a tone so uncharacteristic for a newbie Hero that it roused Enji from his intense stare-off with Shinkou. Enji looked into the brat’s mismatched eyes – something he hadn’t gotten from Akagami – for a few heartbeats longer. He forced Shinkou onto the tips of his shoes by hefting the blazer in his fist a little bit higher. Then he released the brat. Present Mic swiftly pushed Shinkou behind him and said, “I’m going to ask you to leave.”

“You’re Akagami’s. Aren’t you, brat,” Enji said to Shinkou, looking over Present Mic’s shoulder. It wasn’t hard. The newbie was tall by civilian standards, but Enji had a handful of inches on him.

“He’s my dad.” Shinkou easily smirked, confident now that Enji didn’t have a hold on him.

“Endeavor. Leave now, or I’ll have you written up for physically assaulting a student on school property,” Present Mic snapped.

That was enough of a threat to stir Enji into motion. Without acknowledging the younger Hero further, he purposefully met Shinkou’s gaze as he left the lounge.

Shinkou’s Quirk was a defensive type. Of the shield-types he knew, the one that made the most sense was force fields. The general consensus of what constituted as a force field, since Force Field Quirks were just as rare as Warp Quirks, was that it had to be spherical in shape, transparent to translucent in opacity, and on the basis of its name, kept matter outside of its designated spherical area out, and matter that was inside of it, in. From what Enji had seen of Shinkou’s Quirk, it fulfilled all of the general criteria of a force field.

Additionally, following the trend of Quirk inheritance, it would make sense for Shinkou’s to be psychic-based. Enji couldn’t remember the details of Akagami’s Quirk – or the annoying idiot had been smart enough not to reveal them – but he did recall Akagami used some kind of psychic ability to take down multiple opponents at once. If Akagami could be believed, his Quirk knocked out anybody (or more likely, anyone he chose) who had a will weaker than him; whatever that meant.

Enji rarely worked with psychic-based Quirk-holders because he lacked the patience to understand the basis of their abilities. He trusted only the facts he could observe, and from his one experience with Akagami’s Quirk, this is what he understood; whatever it was, Akagami could use his ability to make his targets feel like gravity had increased tenfold, to the point of knocking them unconscious. The one time he’d experienced it, Enji had only been a bystander; it had felt like the sky was trying to crush him into the ground. But while the blackness of unconsciousness had tinged the edges of his vision, he’d remained standing when everyone else had fallen.

How Shinkou wound up with a defensive Quirk when Akagami’s was some kind of telepathic Quirk didn’t matter; what mattered was that he had one.  

A Force Field Quirk, one of the most rare and powerful defense-type Quirks – the ultimate defense. Enji smiled again, as wide and hungry as the one from earlier, while he stalked down the hallway. He sent a handful of brats diving into a classroom when he rounded a corner.

If he, the Fire Hero Endeavor, one of the most powerful offensive Quirk-holders teamed up with the Quirk-holder of the ultimate defense… He would be unstoppable. He might be training Shouto to surpass All Might as an individual Hero, but that didn’t mean he had to stop trying to beat that windbag himself – even if it meant teaming up with someone.

Now, he just had to make the brat see things his way.

the strength of their love (they're doing a heart sign)

oh to be in each other's arms...

quick pitch (well, maybe not *quick*) 

Semantic Error (Korea 2022) 

Main Tropes: opposites attract, enemies to lovers, bully romance, sunshine/tsundere, teasing & pranks

Ya’ll ready for this? 

Maybe you are, but I’m not sure I am. 

I don’t think I’m going to go quite so crazy as I did with My Beautiful Man but I make no promises.  

Okay look, I said when I reviewed Light on Me, that Korea was giving us an honest to goodness high school set BL with some classic old school yaoi tropes almost as if they were doing a bit of a, “now that we’ve hit our stride, let’s perfect the vanilla sheet cake BL style.” It was great, of course, but very refined and elegant which some found off putting. 

I feel like they did it again with Semantic Error. Only maybe even a little better? Okay maybe not better but DIFFERENT. 

Everything that Korea always does right, they did right with this show. 

Spot on and pretty pretty casting of mature actors who can handle the content. 

High quality production values with beautiful filming and flawless sound quality. 

Great wardrobe, lighting, staging, editing, and everything else pre and post production being well chosen and executed. 

Great friendship group and support characters. 

Strategic use (but not overuse) of tropes. 

This was an absolutely pitch perfect university set BL, just very very Korean about it. It had all the hallmarks of old school traditional yaoi, linear filming and framing techniques combined with classic archetypes including a strong seme/uke dynamic. But it was so pleasingly pristine and tailored about its approach. 

I particularly loved that it used old school yaoi storyboarding, probubly because bits are (quite rightly) cribbed directly from the manhwa. But just look at this shot, plus added color blocking? LOOK AT IT!!! GAH! 

If Light On Me was a fluffy delicious vanilla sheet cake, Semantic Error is the perfectly baked moist and decadent red velvet cupcake. 

A little richer, a little more depth, that creamy cheesy frosting. Maybe not the most innovative, maybe not as complex as we might like, but so well executed it was like classical french cooking... you can’t argue with perfection you can only gobble it down and then be sad you ate so fast. 

Semantic Error is a webtoon (also anime) adaptation, in which Korea entered Thailand’s terf for the first time with college set battle of the geeks. The anime has no plot so I was a little worried. Silly me. I should just trust WATCHA (Light On Me) at this point. 

Yes WATCHA, you have ALL the techniques. Yes, you have all the skills. And you know what, sometimes that’s all we really need in a BL. 

We are so grateful. 

What elevates Semantic Error is that Korea did things right with this one that they usually fuck up. 

They got the pacing spot on for the shorter length. It never felt rushed. 

They managed a tight *complete* story with nothing confusing about intent, purpose, or character motivation.

And we got actual amazingly good chemistry and kisses. 

They left us with a smile and a chuckle and a pair of the cutest boys ever to grace the screen. 

This is probubly going to be my favorite BL of 2022. And yes, for all the reasons stated above but also THE CHARACTERS. 

Jaeyoung + Sangwoo FOREVER 

The plot:

Talented graphic artist Jaeyoung (emotional agro older seme) discovers Sangwoo has outed him as a slacker which means he’s not graduating this year. He sets out to find out who Sangwoo is and get revenge, accidentally develops a big o’crush. Sangwoo is a morally grounded strict routine based reserved programmer (logical uke) who’s world is entirely shaken by the chaos that is Jaeyoung. I love “the only one who can bully him is me” trope especially when said bully melts into all over whipped for his boy. 

Emotional seme versus logical uke is a favorite of mine, plus it goes way back to some Gilgamesh shit of ego versus id. I also love “the only one who can bully him is me” trope. Also I adore it when an agro seme (bratty fucker) develops a big o’ crush, commences pining, and goes all over whipped for his boy. 

Jaeyoung pined like a master. Like Park Seo Ham took lessons from Sam Lin. And Sangwoo crumbles into complete submission like he’s been waiting for Jaeyoung his whole life. It’s an absolute pleasure to watch these two on screen together. 

And it wasn’t just him, For those of us who waited patiently for Sangwoo to soften, boy did he ever. What a marshmallow moment! Poor baby went into deep crush and had NO IDEA what to do about it. 

Moot pining, yes! 

There were even moments that made me hoot with laughter (the lettuce incident). 

This is it. 

Semantic Error has put the sugar rose on top of Korea’s intent to dominate BL. After the flop ending of Kissable Lips and the lingering trauma of Peach of Time, we all thought we were back on shaky ground with KBL, but nope Korea’s taking the gold. 

So yeah, maybe this is a little tame and calm of a review from me. But their ducks were all in a row on this one, and I kinda expected them to stick the landing. (Ooo, mixed metaphors. Now I’m imagining s duck doing gymnastics.) How do I really feel?

Shaken & stirred, thank you very much. 

You want me to freak out? Yeah. Okay. Fine. 

THIS FUCKING BL IS AMAZING!

IT’S GREAT. IT’S ALREADY A CLASSIC AND WILL BECOME A HALLMARK OF THE GENRE. 

I HAVE TO REDO ALL MY TOP TEN LISTS. 

Flipping heck. 

Welcome to the very limited table of 10 gold stars from this mad obsessive fan. 

Semantic Error gets a 10/10 from me. 

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

I love this show so hard. And it is going into hard rotation. Completely rewatchable from start to finish. We have been blessed. Thank you Korea. 

*deep breath*

In brief: 

Korea hits it entirely out of the Parks (pun on the actors’ last names intended) by doing a university set BL with everything we might expect done exactly right, their signature quality executed perfectly, and added bonus good story, great pacing, and fantastic chemistry. You cannot ask for more from a BL, let alone a KBL. 

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(Because I got asked, my 7 top 10/10s are now: Seven Days, Color Rush, Light On Me, To My Star, Semantic Error, We Best Love, Until We Meet Again... (Both Absolute BLs got a 10/10 too but I consider that a parody not an actual BL.)