An Accident of Stars is one of the most ambitious political commentaries that I have read, set in a distinctive portal fantasy. The book revolves around Saffron Coulter, an Australian teenager who stumbles into a new world where magic is real and technology is rudimentary. Guided by another ‘worldwalker’, Gwen, she becomes ensnared in the…
That was so… heartwarming. Soft and tender, sweet and magical. I was moved to tears here and there, though mostly smiled through it, and deeply felt with all of the characters. It has stirred me so profoundly, especially the ending left me with an unexplainable longing, that I’m a bit too awestruck to form any…
It had a rough start, but a great middle part, and then, unfortunately, a rough ending. Plot After seeing her best friend, Yuzu, being confessed to by another classmate, Minami realizes she wouldn’t be quite okay with Yuzu dating someone else, even though she wants her to be happy. As Minami hopes to go from…
Plot: Snakeman saves sparrowman from boars, but sparrowman calls snakeman evil and they part ways. Upon meeting again, they accidentally lose their clothes, sparrowman sees snakeman’s genitalia and is so mesmerized by it that he cannot help himself but grope him. Snakeman has never been touched in that way, but it felt kinda good, so…
This slow burn, second chance, sapphic romance was an odd choice for me. Based on Pride and Prejudice, a book I am on record disparaging, I was prepared to dislike this book. Strongly. My initial hopes were that I may tolerate this novel and I feel honour-bound to stress this point. I did not expect…
February, the month of love! There’s Valentine’s day in the west, Dragobete (mix of Valentine’s day and spring festival) in Romania, chocolate exchange in Japan, mass weddings in Philippines, friendship day in Estland & Finland & Mexico, anonymous gift giving between friends in Colombia & Guatemala, card exchange between friends and lovers in Denmark &…
Also known as Mike-chan to Kuro-sense (ミケちゃんとクロせんせ) in Japanese, is a 1-volume manga by Taiki Sakurai, which also includes 2 short stories that have been published in an anthology before. Mike & Kuro – Main story When two bottoms, who have been dating for a while, didn’t know the other is a bottom, and only…
As every year, the thai production company Gmmtv releases a live video of a party where all projects from the next year (in this case, 2025) are announced. First, the trailer is shown, then the main cast and main crew (usually just the director, maybe the writer) goes on stage to give some more info….
‘Club Friday’ is an anthology series that is based on real life events, taken from a radio programme. Each story is around 4 episodes long and a stand-alone. ‘Hot Love Issue’ is the 16th season, depicting messy interpersonal situations. ‘Love Bully’ is episode 23-26. Available for free on Youtube. ‘Love Bully’ Plot: Night had…
‘The Two Of Us’ is a side story to the main series ‘Deep Night‘, which centers around three BL couples and a night club. There was one GL side couple, Freya and Meiji, who now got their own mini series. It plays parallel to ‘Deep Night‘ – explains how they got together and has a…
