Category: Japan

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…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “We were once blurred and uncertain, but now we have certain outlines. Our different colors are slowly blending together.  To never lose sight of what’s real and to stop wondering.”  – Quote from Contrast Frankly, I was surprised as to how deep this joint coming of age and coming out story was.…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★ “Please stay by my side.”  – Quote from Cosmetic Playlover Season 2 If you are expecting Hosannas to be singing from the heavens and trumpets to be blaring over a thunderous love story, you will be utterly disappointed. Likes its predecessor, this series remains serene yet is one of the warmest and…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “My irreplaceable person, forever. The person I want to be with.”  – Quote from Countdown To Yes I found myself thoroughly absorbed in this love story that is told unreservedly and unconditionally only from the perspective of the two individuals involved. It is displayed in soft, gentle tones, almost like a whisper.…

BLISS RATING: ★★★★+ “Don’t let sadness trap you.”  – Quote from The Boy Next World My Destiny I loved this adaptation of virtually the same premise of the Thai story completed last year, which I disliked with enmity. The current version has so much more richness, depth, and dimension to it than the presentation from…

BLISS RATING: ★★★ “The mirror down the path will show the person one wants to become.”  –  Quote from Love Begins In the World Of What If With the Japanese so steep in traditions, rich in culture, and bursting with beautiful folklore, it is no wonder that they would have a tale surrounding a mystical…