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Paradise Again

Ongoing | 렉신 , lekssin,바벌 , babeol | 2019 released
2021-06-11 12:56 marked

Oshi ni ha Zettai Hodasaernai

Complete | Kaworu watanabe | 2019 released
2021-06-13 10:54 marked
Tags: yaoi Showbiz

At 25:00, in Akasaka

Ongoing | hiroko natsuno | 2000 released
2021-07-11 06:32 marked
Tags: yaoi showbiz

Thirst

Ongoing | Asami | 2000 released

Ch 56.5 as of 15/03/23 - short chapters, hot smut - Ethan Blackwell is a half-vampire and a famous actor. - His mother was human and his father was a vampire. - His parents were killed by vampire hunters when he was a boy. - Sebastian was the family servant who ran away with Ethan and protected him. - The love and admiration from Ethan’s fans provides his food source. It helps maintain his human appearance. - Tristan Monroe is a hot new actor and an undercover vampire hunter. Somehow his energy is enough to sustain Ethan (?) - Tristan seduces then kills Minato, a vampire and the auctioneer at a celebrity charity auction. Tristan and Ethan met at the auction for the first time. Charles Sinclair bought a date with Ethan from the auction. Charles is an actor and a vampire. Ethan and Charles were lovers. Charles is Tristan’s next target. - Ethan agrees to collaborate with Tristan on a movie. - Ethan flirts with Tristan during a photo shoot, then on set. - Ethan and Tristan have sex for the first time (Ch 21-24) - They masturbate together during a break on set. (Ch 27-28) - Tristan turns up to an impromptu date with Charles as a hunter. Charles wanted to use Tristan to get Ethan back. Charles mentions the scent of a half-breed before Tristan kills Charles. - Tristan is invited to Ethan’s private residence. They have sex but Ethan briefly reveals his vampire appearance before making Tristan pass out. (Ch 35-37) - While Tristan is asleep, Ethan creates a blood bond by making Tristan drink his blood. It’s an unbreakable contract that binds a human to a vampire. - After filming for the day, Tristan and Ethan have more sex (Ch 39). Tristan somehow resists the vampire’s will to succumb to desire and throws up during sex. He realises Ethan is the half-vampire he was ordered to kill. - 18yrs ago, a vampire called Wren killed Lowen Monroe, the leader of an illegal blood distribution ring. These are run by trash humans who exploit and abuse vampires that don’t want to hurt humans. Wren broke into Lowen’s place to steal the stash of blood and met Tristan, Lowen’s 8yo son. Wren ran away with Tristan and they were together for the next 10yrs. - Matias Monroe is Lowen’s brother. - On Tristan’s 18th bday, Matias and his hunters found Wren and Tristan. He revealed Wren was a vampire who killed Lowen. Tristan was in love with Wren but he turned away when Wren was killed. Matias trained Tristan to be his best vampire hunter. Tristan was brainwashed into thinking all vampires were monsters. - Ethan finds out Charles is dead. Tristan was the last person seen with Charles. Sebastian ran a background check on Tristan and there is no info from before he debuted as an actor 2yrs ago. There have also been other suspicious vampire deaths from events involving Tristan and Ethan. - Matias notices Tristan’s blood bond. He orders Tristan to kill Ethan to sever the bond. Matias gives a suppressant to Tristan to help dull his senses and his desires. Tristan’s awkwardness around Ethan on the film set convinces Ethan that their love affair was fake. Ethan pretends to improvise during a scene to tell Tristan that he knows everything and to stay away from him. - Ethan and Sebastian run away. Tristan finds them hiding at Charles’ place. Ethan and Tristan confront each other. Tristan convinces Ethan that their meeting was destined and his feelings for Ethan are real. They have (switch / seke) sex and confess their love for each other. (Ch 52-53) - Tristan goes on the run for 2yrs to protect Ethan. - Ethan is targeted by a vampire who was forced by the hunters. Tristan suddenly arrives and kills the vampire. - Reunion seke / switch sex (Ch 56) - Wren is alive??? …

Itoshi no Makura-chan

Complete | NARUSE Kazusa | 2019 released
2021-10-01 09:04 marked
Tags: yaoi showbiz

Rate 2.5 - communication issues and hated the ex.

Exotic Love

Complete | Geumgi, Lee Gyong, TR | 2019 released
2022-11-15 06:03 marked

Ch 09 as of 24/06/22 - lost interest. DROPPED. - All characters are unlikeable. Showbiz is portrayed as really fucked up. Especially hate Jung Jaehan.

This Song Only For You

Ongoing | 兔ろうと 夕鷺かのう 山下ナナオ | 2019 released
2021-12-12 04:59 marked

Ch 25 as of 11/12/21

Over The Moon

Complete | Lee Youjz | 2000 released
2022-12-08 06:15 marked

Ch 20 as of 07/12/22 - lost interest. DROPPED. ** mistreatment and abuse of uke is hard to read ** art is kinda weird and story is cliched - 26yo uke who is a recent film studies graduate. - By day he works to record behind-the-scenes footage during a big film production. He’s always overlooked and excluded by the film crew as he’s not officially a member. - At night, uke works at a gay host bar to pay off his student loan. - He struggles with the constant sexual harassment and pressure to sleep with his clients. - 34yo seme is a famous and talented actor. - He starts to pay special attention to uke. - They confess their feelings, Ch 17 - 1st sex, Ch 18 (?)

Again

Complete | Lime tree , Seojin, Gongtae | 2000 released
2022-07-03 11:27 marked

Ch 55 as of 26/04/23 - also on Tappytoon - ML is Han Nokyoung 27yo - His mother was a shaman and divine healer who died when ML was a young boy. She could absorb the negative energy of other people. His maternal grandma, also a famous shaman, blamed ML for his mother’s misfortunes and death. His mother gave up the blessings of her next life for ML. - Park Sangho, ML’s manager at Hanool Entertainment. - In ML’s past life, Sangho eventually quit due to ML’s bad attitude and behaviour. - Jang Hyunjae, CEO of Hanool Entertainment. - Ha Seongtaek, Director of Strategy, Hanool Entertainment. - Seongtaek is Hyunjae’s cousin. - In ML’s past life, ML only did what Hyunjae told him to do. ML made himself suit Hyunjae’s preferences. - ML’s father ran away with his stepmother and step sibling, leaving a large debt to ML who was still a high school student. - Hyunjae scouted ML and the contract bonus helped ML to pay off the debt. Hyunjae took advantage of ML’s growing obsession with him to manipulate ML as his puppet and tool. - Kang Junil 35yo, CEO of LK Entertainment (the top entertainment company in the country). - Hyunjae ordered ML to seduce Junil. - In ML’s past life, ML had sex with Junil who was drunk. Someone secretly took a video of them and tried to blackmail Junil with it. That’s the sex video that was leaked. Junil was the only one who was nice to ML after the acid attack. - Kang Jungseok, Junil’s grandpa. - Honorary Chairman and founder of LK Group. - He visited ML’s grandma for her shaman skills in the past. - He owes a massive debt to her … - ML starts to exercise and improve his diet. - ML will now check and pick projects himself. - ML wants to change his image. He was famous for his looks (and temper). Now he wants to be taken seriously as an actor. - ML wants to become successful through his own efforts and not through a sponsor (ie sex partner). - In ML’s past life, The Runaway was a multi-award winning crime drama that rated the highest. ML wants the critical supporting role of Cha Doyeong, a detective character who helps the protagonist. - Choi Hyunyoung is the screenwriter of The Runaway. - ML was the inspiration for the role of Cha Doyeong. - Kim Seokhyung is CEO of Jeongwoo Productions. - He’s also the director of The Runaway. - After signing the contract for The Runaway, ML says he won’t be renewing his contract with Hyunjae. Later ML asks Sangho to find a new company for both of them to go to. - ML sees Junil at the gym and gets annoyed at Junil’s bad attitude towards him. ML wants to go out for drinks with Junil who only agrees after he hears ML mumble that Junil is so frigid, completely different to how he’s in bed. - Junil takes ML to a private room at an exclusive upmarket club. ML tells Junil about The Runaway and not renewing his contract with Hyunjae. ML admits he’s using drinks with Junil as an excuse to try and control his residual feelings for Hyunjae. - Junil says Hyunjae is a master manipulator who’ll do anything for his own benefit. Hyunjae knows the weaknesses of all the celebrities under his company and those in power. He’s very thorough at collecting evidence. Junil warns ML to still be wary of Hyunjae as he’s not the type to just stand by and do nothing. - ML is surprised when Junil apologises for speaking harshly to ML despite knowing Hyunjae put ML up to it. - When ML says he saw Hyunjae abandon him without remorse in the future, Junil believes ML. Junil thinks it’s possible that ML might have inherited shaman powers as Junil benefited from his grandpa’s consultations with ML’s grandma. - Hyunjae makes a surprise visit to ML’s home and tries to take ML out for dinner. Hyunjae offers to sleep with ML if it means ML will renew his contract. ML tells Hyunjae to stop as he won’t change his mind. ML knows this means everything between them is over. Hyunjae assigns someone to spy and report on ML. - ML finds out Sangho was in debt but just paid it off. - Sangho tried to start his own agency but it went bankrupt. - Lee Kyunghan is an unknown but talented actor who has theatre experience. ML visits Kyunghan and offers him a role in The Runaway after already suggesting it to Ms Choi. - In ML’s past life, Sangho introduced Kyunghan to ML who felt betrayed. ML investigated Kyunghan’s background and leaked to the media that Kyunghan was the victim of school bullying. The story became twisted and Kyunghan was wrongly portrayed as the bully. The scandal was too much for Kyunghan and he killed himself. - One morning ML’s trash father and stepmother make a surprise visit to see ML. In the past they only asked for ML’s forgiveness after he became a celebrity and he gave them money. - ML wants nothing to do with them now and makes them leave. - ML and Junil have lunch together. ML hasn’t heard from any other agencies yet. Junil says it’s most likely due to Hyunjae’s interference. Junil leaves with a woman (his cousin). - Seongtaek sold ML to attend a sex party hosted by Kim Dongwoo, a spoilt rich brat. Junil is there to get his cousin and he saves ML. - An investor pulls out of The Runaway, putting the production in jeopardy. ML suspects Hyunjae is most likely behind this. - ML asks Junil to invest in the drama series. - ML is exhausted from overworking and passes out in Junil’s office. He’s taken to hospital and tries to discharge himself early. Junil gets ML to agree to stay in hospital for an extra day in exchange for Junil looking into investing in The Runaway. - Hyunjae visits ML in hospital. He claims he’s not behind the interference with The Runaway and the sex party incident. - ML tells Hyunjae to stop coming to see him in the future. - Seongtaek wants to punish ML for being rude to Hyunjae and plans something nasty … does he want to make an example of ML by completely ruining him (?) - ML has an intense wet dream about Junil. - An emotional Ms Choi contacts ML to say LK Entertainment offered to invest in The Runaway. She thanks ML for his help. - ML calls Junil to thank him. The Runaway is the first step of ML’s new life and he feels deep gratitude to Junil. - Ju Minseong is a new young actor replacing ML at Hanool Entertainment. He makes his debut with a leading role. - ML is suddenly told by Hanool that ML signed a contract to do a web series that conflicts with The Runaway shooting schedule. Sangho thinks Seongtaek forged ML’s signature. Seongtaek was bribed 4yrs ago to do the same thing to screw over an actress. - ML meets up with Seongtaek to confirm he’s behind this. - ML prepares for a lawsuit against Seongtaek and Hanool. Sangho contacted a reporter to cover this story. - ML’s trash father jumps in front of ML’s car and tries to extort money from ML, but all he gets is enough for a taxi fare. - Hansu is ML’s former road manager who has a friend that runs a private detective agency. ML hires a private detective to keep an eye on his trash father. - Hyunjae meets up with ML to ask to settle the matter quietly and bury it. In return Hyunjae will do whatever ML wants. - Hyunjae will quietly sort out the web series that ML never signed up for. Hyunjae also signs a document that promises he won’t do anything to The Runaway. Lastly, ML gets Hyunjae to terminate his contract with Hanool immediately. - Kang Hanil is Hyunjae’s secret gay lover. - Hanil is a doctor and Junil’s older brother. - Their grandfather is in hospital. - Hanil has a video from the sex party … - ML encourages Sangho to start his own company, with ML as a major investor and an actor signed under it. - ML tells Junil that he’s free from Hyunjae at last. - Kyunghan gets drunk at dinner after the first script reading for The Runaway. ML takes Kyunghan home and meets Kyunghan’s sister. ML recognises her as the one behind the acid attack in ML’s past life. - Malicious articles are published about ML, including evidence that he was at the sex party. The online hate comments remind ML of what happened in his past life and he’s traumatised again. Junil visits ML’s home and hugs ML, saying it’ll be ok. - Junil’s staff find evidence that Hanool paid for the nasty articles and comments about ML. Junil gets his PR team to help ML and security to protect ML. Later ML calls to thank Junil who says he did it because ML is precious to him. - Sangho starts his own agency called A-star and signs ML. - Hansu, a manager friend of Sangho, and Jihae, ML’s stylist, leave Hanool and join A-star. Kyunghan didn’t have an agency and signs with A-star too. Junil advises ML to use his lawyer to sue the internet trolls. - ML’s father and stepmother turn up to ask for money again. Kyunghan filmed them being violent and shared the video on social media. The backlash against them is swift. Sangho also has a private detective friend who found evidence of more scandals, ie ML’s stepmother and her secret lovers. - Hanool hold a press conference for their new show at the same time as the press conference for ML’s show. - Junil surprises ML on set for the first day of shooting. - They promise to go on a date soon. - In ML’s past life, he starred in Project B which became the greatest spy movie in Korean cinema history. - ML plans to audition for the movie. - Police are investigating Ha Seongtaek for various charges, including forgery and spreading false info. Seongtaek kidnaps ML and plans to film ML being raped by a group of thugs. - Hanil delayed Junil from meeting up with ML by making Junil take care of their sick grandfather. - Junil arrives and saves ML just in time. - Back at Junil’s place, they have sex for the first time. (Ch 43) - They’re now officially dating. - Junil assigns bodyguards to watch over ML. - ML sees an article with a picture of Hanil and his wife. Later he sees Hyunjae in his car, making out with Hanil. - ML realises the leaked sex tape from his past life was meant to ruin Junil due to the succession battle with Hanil. - ML confronts Hyunjae about Hanil being a major sponsor of Hanool Entertainment and the reason why Hyunjae wanted ML to seduce Junil. ML says he loves Junil but Hyunjae says ML will be Junil’s downfall. Hyunjae threatens to release photos taken of ML and Junil if ML doesn’t break up with Junil. - ML wants to protect Junil so he doesn’t tell Junil what happened with Hyunjae. ML suggests they take some time apart until the tabloid rumours die down. Junil gets angry and breaks up with ML. Later ML (in drag) goes to Junil’s place and confronts Junil. They have make up sex (Ch 51). - ML tells Junil about the sex video from his past life. - Junil and ML are now officially a couple. - The pilot episode of The Runaway is a ratings success. - Rumours start to spread about Kyunghan and school bullying. - Jungseok wants to transfer most of his shares to Junil. - Hanil tries to stop him by warning of a potential scandal between Junil and ML. Junil admits to a romantic relationship with ML and he intends to support ML for the rest of his life. Junil knows about the debt he owes to ML’s mother who was a shaman. She absorbed the negative energy that made Junil deathly ill and saved his life. (Did she die as a result?)

Turn Off the Camera!

Ongoing | Kang Unnie , MissPM | 2000 released
2022-07-17 11:14 marked