Category: Japan

BLISS RATING: ★+ “Temperament opposites can complete us in a partnership.” – Susan Cain This is another one of those absurd series that if you take at “face value”, it is cute, adorable, sweet, and fluffy. Someone, cleverer than I, used the term ‘buttery’ and that is very apt. But you can use whatever descriptive…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★ “Those who matter, don’t mind, and those who mind, don’t matter.” – Bernard Baruch Truly, this is a difficult series to dislike. While it has a cliché driven and trope filled premise, it accomplished what it sets out to detail with such warmth to it, that it is hard to not feel…

BLISS RATING: ★★★ “Our relationship began with a seat change. Eventually, our seats will change again. Like people and seasons. Everything changes over time. And yet…” – Quote from After Moving Seats, The Boy Behind Me Has A Crush On Me This is again another in a litany of titles of series that are almost…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★ “Look at me. I’ll give you my entire life. I love you. I’m not letting anyone else have you.” – Quote from Duty First, Kiss Later Tear. Tear. Tear. That is me wiping away the sobs from what I thought was going to be a stellar BL. However, by its end, it…

BLISS RATING: ★★★+ “You are my serendipity. I wasn’t looking for you. I wasn’t expecting you. But I am very lucky I met you.” – Unknown Honestly, it is hard to dislike this story and its characters. It is a gentle narrative that initially suggests one premise. Conversely, it is equally uncomfortable to fully embrace…

BLISS RATING: ★★★ “Love has no age, no limit; and no death.” – John Galsworthy Weird. And just a shade demented. Unfortunately, this series is the most inappropriately named series – ever. While ‘buttocks’ is certainly a theme, it is so much more than that. I do wish it would have leaned into what made…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★★ “I love you more than you think.”  – Quote from Fake Fact Lips I just loved this saga and the journey between two of the most endearing protagonists I have seen for a long time in a BL. Both men are intensely camera friendly and uninhibited in feeling comfortable in all areas…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “I wonder if the future is just an endless series of losses.”  – Quote from Life In Smokey Blue This is an astonishing difficult series to categorize. While it falls technically under the general umbrella of the definition of “BL”, it certainly is not fashioned by characters who are traditionally composed of…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “When someone important appears in your life, you start thinking it’s your fault if you lose them.”  – Quote from Love Punch! If you are familiar with the classic movie, “WEST SIDE STORY”, or even its updated remake, then the current result, I like to describe, is the gay Japanese version of…