Confession: I played through all the Yakuza video games during the 2020 lockdown and now consider myself an expert on Japan’s criminal underworld.
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“Sasaki to Miyano” First Impressions (Ep.1 & 2)
Based on the manga of the same name and written by Shō Harusono, this cute anime has just started airing and it is everything a normal BL is not. Only two episodes have aired as of now but I can say that the story is full of fluff. It’s just fluff all the way. If you ever want to recover from watching something emotionally heavy, this is it for you.
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“Color Rush Season Two” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
Storywiz returns with the second season of their Korean BL Color Rush, and if the finale is any indication, they don’t plan to stop there.
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“Bad Buddy” Series Review (Ep.5 to 12)
One of the most interesting things about watching Bad Buddy the Series or BBS has been seeing how its fandom grew from ‘oh this series looks interesting’ to ‘they did what?!’, finally culminating in ‘omg greatest series ever’ over the course of its twelve episodes. As to what I thought, well, that’s what this review is for.
“Mr. Cinderella” Series Review (Ep.1 to 8)
This series utterly confounded me. I did not understand it – initially. The story was choppy, incoherent at times, and made little sense to my western-oriented mind. Frankly, I did not understand the fairy-tale related title and what it had to do with the series. Humbly, I want to explain my bewilderment of this series from two vastly different perspectives.
“Behind Cut” Series Review (Ep.3 to 8)
The South Korean BL Behind Cut starring Eom Se Ung and 2Z’s Bum Jun has ended, closing on a heartfelt note full of possibilities.
“Tinted With Love” Series Review (Ep.3 to 8)
It’s interesting when a drama introduces a cast that works so well together, the removal of one feels soul-jarring. Such is the case with the recently aired Korean BL Tinted With You.
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“The Player” First Impressions (Ep.1 to 4)
I am attracted to everyone in this series.
That’s it. That’s my first impression, right there.
“Padayon” Series Review (Ep.1 to 6)
Padayon is a Filipino word in the Visayan dialect, meaning onward or to continue. And this series is aptly named.
“Epic of Divinity” Series Review (Ep. 4 to 12)
Bilibili’s classic adaptation of Fei Tian Ye Xiang’s (非天夜翔) web novel “Dinghai Fusheng Lu”, Epic of Divinity Light finally ended on a bizarre note.
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