MerMay is quite a popular art challenge in May, almost as trendy as Inktober. While there is an official prompt list, many artists make their own and you’re free to join without a list as well. The premise is to draw (or make art of, which is not limited to drawing) merfolk or water creatures…
TsukuTabe, the short name for Tsukuritai Onna to Tabetai Onna (作りたい女と食べたい女) or also known as She loves to cook, and she loves to eat in English. It’s a Japanese TV adaptation of the Manga of the same name by Yuzaki Sakaomi (ゆざきさかおみ). Nomoto, a hobby cook, one day accidentally cooks way more than she can…
“My fake boyfriend” is a fun movie for both heteros & gays, with a good message that wasn’t forced in, but also shows the dangers of social media and technology. Made by Buzzfeed Studios, featuring Keiynan Lonsdale, Dylan Sprouse and Sarah Hyland. It released in 2022. The movie follows Andrew, who’s working as a stuntman…
See, Hear, Love or also known as Can’t See, Can’t Hear, But Love (보지 못하고 듣지 못하고 사랑해) is a Korean Webcomic by Go Yeong-Hun (영훈고). It revolves around Min, a comic artist, who turns blind, and soon gets into a relationship with Sori, who is deaf. My opinion on the story As an artist…
Eve & Eve (イヴとイヴ) is a 1-volume GL Manga by Nagashiro Rouge (ルージュ長代). It features 6 (7 with the little epilogue) short stories.Because of that, I’ll be reviewing them separately. I want to leave behind a miraculous love As the two last humans on earth, Nika and Sayu worry about what will happen when one…
Bros. is a 1-volume Manga by Tobi Washio (ワシオトビ). Story Two bros (brothers), who aren’t related by blood, but grew up together and always acted like brothers, find out they’re both into men. One is gay, the other is bi. Yuusuke, the older bro, is in a toxic relationship, and really just wants to be…
A BL Drama for the Queers and such a fresh breath! Sets the bar high for the industry. Remember my review of KinnPorsche and where I said that that series introduced some good changes for the BL fandom? Jokes on that. Bad Buddy came out half a year earlier than KP and managed to triple…
Good changes for the BL genre, but still lots of things to work on. KinnPorsche is a 14-episode TV Thai Drama from 2022, based on the novel of the same name. It centers around Porsche, a young college student, who unknowingly helps the son (Kinn) of a mafia boss in a life-threatening situation and then…
Also known as Shiki-senpai is too handsome! or in Japanese Ikemensugi desu Shiki-senpai! (イケメンすぎです紫葵先パイ!) is a two-volume Manga by Yuama. Quite unexpected! I guess I read a little too many Mangas with unbalanced pace, so I’m actually surprised the author had it balanced it here. It started fast, was fast in the middle and ended…
What a train ride. To quote a line from the book: “It was supposed to be a five-minute train trip, but there he is, over two and a half hours later and five hundred kilometers to the north. And somehow he feels like he’s got nowhere. Sucked into a journey he had no intention of…
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