“I think the human heart is similar to these guitar strings. When the pain is too much to bear, it’d feel like a certain string laid across your chest is about to snap. Sometimes, it’d really snap, and you’d think it can never be fixed again. But if there’s someone who can replace the string for him like this, it may also fix the broken string in his heart.”
~Ritsuka Uenoyama, Given
My heart is satisfied. I know there are some people out there who aren’t, who watched the Korean BL Light On Me and felt led on by the slow burn triangle this show delivered. I’m not one of those, and I will tell you why.
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, experience great sorrow on Earth.”
~Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime & Punishment
Korean BLs have become defined by their production quality, storytelling, and emotional depth, but they took an even more significant step up and out with the currently airing Light On Me.
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We are here with the next edition of our popular weekend feature. Sundays demand cozy afternoons wherein you can enjoy an entertaining movie fiesta.
To tell a raw, emotional, and full story in only three episodes is a fantastic feat.
“Thinking back, it was this encounter that set my world racing forward at full speed.”
The Stranger by the Shore (Umibe no Etranger) has arrived on Funimation, and my heart could not be happier. This Kanna Kii and Studio Hibari animated film premiered in Japan in 2020, leaving me wrapped in a cocoon of emotions.
“Even though there are times when we find ourselves in the darkness, eventually we will meet people who will shine their light on us.”
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Based on the game “Saebit Boys High School Council,” Light on Me is a new Korean BL web drama that stars Lee Sae On, Kang Yoo Seok, Choe Chan Yi, Ko Woo Jin, and Yang Seo Hyun.
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