Kumo No Mukou, Yakusoku No Basho
[Baka-Updates] In an alternate history of the aftermath of World War II, Japan has been cleaved in half, with the south—Honshu and the other islands—allied with the United States and the northern island Hokkaido annexed by the enigmatic Union. It was on Hokkaido that a mysterious tower had been built, a strand of metal reaching up out of the atmosphere, visible from the northern tip of Honshu. In 1996, three teenagers, Hiroki, Takuya and Sayuri, make a pact—they will build an experimental aircraft, almost invisible to surveillance, cross over to Hokkaido and unlock the secrets of the tower. Their dream was never realized, because Sayuri was sent to Tokyo for treatment after she fell into a coma. It is now three years later. The rosy illusions of youth have fallen away, but not the unbreakable strength of the trio’s promise. The truth of the tower will be uncovered, and with it, the link between it and Sayuri’s mysterious, carefully tended condition. Anime movie: gogoanimetv.to / anime / the-place-promised-in-our-early-days-y8p0
Zankoku Na Kami Ga Shihai Suru
A Cruel God Rules in Heaven - MASTERPIECE, an Award-winning work by Hagio Moto, one of the pioneers of BL. In fact, this deep and mature story is a valuable icon of psychological BL for me. Tragic story of Jeremy, a young boy whose life will be completely destroyed after his mother's remarriage: he'll fall into a downhill spiral, without escape. Content: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Rape, Drug Abuse / Addiction, Dark Ambience, Mind Break, Sadistic Pedophile, Trauma, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Murder, Prostitution - Maybe not everyone can take such a heavy story, it could be disturbing for someone, but I think it depicts, in an exemplary way, harsh aspects such as rape, child abuse, sexual abuse, which are serious issues that traumatize the victim and the wounds may never heal... In Jeremy's case, he was stripped of his human dignity, broken into pieces (both physically and mentally), driven to desperation! But I prefer a story like this, which portrays such aspects, cruel as they are, rather than manga where rape is treated lightly, veiled by romance as if nothing happened... Anyways, returning the the plot, Sandra was almost cruel as Greg, because she actually knew everything, but didn't do anything to help her son!! About the step-brother Ian, I actually liked him and I found interesting the development of his relationship with Jeremy. By discovering about the one who killed his father, he also finds out about the abuse Jeremy had to suffer...so he is torn on what to do: wheter to pursue the path of revenge or atone for his father's sins. Soon this dilemma becomes even more complicated when the lust for Jeremy begins to confuse him and the new question is: is this lust or love? Such a tormented story, but at the end of this thorny path, the one who truly helped Jeremy is Ian, so I want to see something good in this relationship between step-brothers!
Dear Gene
Related Series: 1 Dear Gene 2 Rumspringa no Joukei
Rumspringa no Joukei
Related Series: 1 Dear Gene 2 Rumspringa no Joukei
Plastic Romantic
Ch. 1-4 Plastic Romantic - Man, I wanted to see more of Ume and Chihiro!! But anyway I really liked this, as I love stories with 80s setting! So it was a nice reading for me! Ch. 5 Lonely Road Roller
Dame Bl
୧୨ Dame BL Anthology (some stories are shounen ai): • Ch. 1 Be Here to Love Me by Kumota Haruko - Coworkers // Salarymen // Senpai x Kouhai (Older Seme) // Straight Seme // Leg|Foot Fetish // Blog // Smoking // Megane Uke // Cute - "Was this all...a trap?" haha sly uke! I liked it! - 3 stars. • Ch. 2 Kou no Kawa by Morozumi Sumitomo - Historical // Ancient Times // Village // Village Chief x "Cursed" Man he found by the river and saved // Outcast // Carving // Natural Disaster - I really liked this! Interesting and kinda bittersweet (from what we see at the end, it means at some point the sculptor returned to him at the village after his travels and they lived together, but then they died from a natural disaster. Kinda sad) - 4 stars. • Ch. 3 Khaa Thoong by Est Em - Boxing // Kickboxing - Quite unique and interesting this one! No doubt, it's by Est Em after all! • Ch. 4 Natsu no Saigo ni Yosete by Umematsu Machie - Oyaji Romance // Megane Uke // Hospital Patient // Old Couple Reminiscing their past together // Memories // Death of Loved One // Tragedy - Sad. • Ch. 5 Locas! by Okadaya Tetuzoh - Internet // Love Develops Online // Novelist|Poet // Gay Nightclub // Bartender // Secret|Mistaken Identity // Uke with Ear Piercings - 3 stars. • Ch. 6 And Robo by Chiba Ryouko - After two lovers had a fight, one of them rented a robot made to look like his lover, but in the end he's just a substitute that needs to be returned after a few days and what is more his data will be erased and a new image will be given to him. Before that, he manages to have the two lovers make up with each other. Kinda sad the robot's purpose|fate! - 2 stars. • Ch. 7 Shinumade BL Shindemo BL by Takeuchi Sachiko - [[not scanlated]] • Ch. 8 Tonari wa Nani wo Suru Hito zo by Uno Jinia - Unorthodox Male Love Interest // A Man and his Fan // Megane Seme - I didn't liked this one! • Ch. 9 Soldier / Through the Darkness by Zin - Historical // 20th Century // About a Nazi sadist and a prisoner of the camp // Tragedy // Military - Sad. • Ch. 10 Muhou no Shounen by Mochimeko - Yakuza // Kidnapping of a group's boss' illegitimate child // Kidnapper Seme x Hostage Uke // Age Gap (Older Seme) // Straight Seme // Strong Uke - I liked this! The strong uke turned the table right away and settled everything on his own! - 3 stars. • Ch. 11 Ima Doushiteru by Rotta Ikumi - Fetish for soft|chubby things // Otaku // Internet // Love at First Sight // Chubby Seme // Megane Seme // Height Difference (Shorter Seme) // Artist - 2 stars. • Ch. 12 It Must Be by Momoyama Naoko - About two professional cyclists - I really liked the idea and how the story went, but in the end I wanted more! Like, I wanted to see something concrete happening between the characters...
Soldier (zin)
Included in Dame BL (ch.9) - It's better to read it there, also because two pages are missing here.
Yume No Kodomo
High-school Student (17) x Older Sister's friend|Novelist (24) One of my old favourites. I think it's one of the best BL from the 90s. Probably many works took inspiration from this later on, especially in regard to age-gap theme, so it's a story to read! To be honest, I don't like psycho ex-lovers still hanging around in an obsessive, stalkery way, trying to take back the person even with force, rape etc., so the whole drama with Ren's ex-lover Hirose was not exactly my type of thing. But overall the story was really good and engaging! Also, I'm weak when it comes to age gap / youth x adult, cohabitating due to certain circumstances and such, so I really enjoyed the interaction and the development of the relationship between Ren and Jouji! In the end, I was so glad to see them looking happy together! > Note: The title "Yume no Kodomo" is actually the title of one of the novels written by Ren. And that novel is Youji's favourite, but at the beginning he doesn't know that his favourite (female) author is actually Ren, whom he hates at first...Ahhh such fate!! > Vol. 2 ch. 4 - First Kiss. > Vol. 3 ch. 3 - They kiss again. > Vol. 4 ch. 6 - Drunk Ren gets more intimate with Youji till giving him a blowjob. > Vol. 5 ch. 2 - Getting intimate again without being drunk. > Vol. 5 ch. 5 - They do it for the first time together. > Vol. 6 ch. 4 - Youji topping for the first time. # Straight Uke x Bisexual Seme (Uke in previous relationship) // Seke // Reversible Couple // Love Confession // Slow Romance // Unexpected Feelings // Unrequited Love Becomes Requited Side Story: Tsuioku no Shounen (not scanlated) - mangaupdates.com / series.html?id=11528
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