My Starry Sky is a BL (non-R19) korean webcomic manhwa that is complete and available in both korean and english on Lezhin. There are two "seasons", each about 30 chapters (for a total of about 60 chapters).

This is not my favorite BL comic, but it had such good points to it that I feel like talking about it, for whatever reason.

Summary: Two ( Read more... )

I've been consuming veritable tons of BL (boy's love)/yaoi manga (japanese), manhwa (korean), and manhua (chinese) over the past couple of weeks, and have learned quite a bit about the industry in the process.

There are various websites you can go to to get access to english translated comics from asia, but it's a mixed bag to be honest.

First of ( Read more... )

This manga is licensed in R1 under the name "Love Pistols". You can purchase hard copies at amazon and the usual spots, and it is also digitally available (up to volume 9) on comixology.

Because the anime for Sex Pistols does a terrible job of explaining the mythology and what's happening in the show, here's a writeup explaining things. Also please ( Read more... )

25. Kirepapa

Rating: F

Watch it on youtube (doesn't seem to be licensed in R1)

- This is the ridiculous story of ridiculous yaoi situations. Dad who is a total girl stand-in falls in love with son's friend (high schooler). Son eventually falls in love with same friend's dad who, in the past, had sexually assaulted main guy (during high school). ( Read more... )

15. Super Lovers

Rating: C+

Watch it for free: https://www.crunchyroll.com/super-lovers

- This show is a straight-up romance that follows the trials and tribulations of a single main couple. The show leans too heavily on misunderstandings and a lack of communication between ( Read more... )

5. Sekaiichi Hatsukoi / World's Greatest First Love

Rating: B+

Buy it on amazon for cheap (funimation has only part of it on streaming right now)

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1. Yuri!!! On Ice

Rating: A+

Watch for free here: https://www.crunchyroll.com/yuri-on-ice

- YOI is the best example I've seen of character development of a gay romance with two fully consenting adults who have actual well-defined characters, without rape or shitty age ( Read more... )

Haha, I haven't posted in a while, nor looked at this place in a while. Few people still post here, it seems. My last post was in 2017, it's a private post so it never even saw the light of day (it's about Legend of Korra). I unlocked it because why bother having written it if it's just going to sit there for only me to see ( Read more... )

Making this post public after 3 years of having it locked down for editing. I do feel that some of the discussion presented isn't 100% completely thought-out and that the sections don't flow together as well as I would like. Plus, I think there are more points worth discussing than I have here. But I also feel it is time to finally put this to bed ( Read more... )

THIS IS NOT A PLOT SUMMARY.

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This an in-depth commentary/review of season 1 of Legend of Korra, with a focus on the last two episodes (i.e., the season finale). I will pre-warn that I cannot help but compare it at times to the original series, Avatar the last Airbender. Spoilers for all of Avatar: The Last Airbender and all of season 1 of ( Read more... )