Damn I feel like I would like this more if it wasn’t a carbon copy of every Chinese BL m...

Naomiyaki June 4, 2020 8:10 am

Damn I feel like I would like this more if it wasn’t a carbon copy of every Chinese BL modern light novel in manga form. Kind of disappointed that they went with the cliche of all cliches with the “beautiful boy starts his acting/idol career, is super talented and loved by teachers because no one else in the industry has manners, and ends up wooing the big boss.” Optional choices include “Being reincarnated into a different body after old self was already a successful actor/idol,” “black bellied MC and/or ML,” and “A child, most likely of the ML, that serves as a plot device and is such a textbook angel that it’s annoying.”

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    Samkeesh June 4, 2020 1:13 pm

    So true

    Yuki June 5, 2020 12:43 pm

    But in japanese or korean BL series it is the same. With time nearly all have a similar plot. In Japan it is either high school, Uni, Yakuza or work setting, with a lot of drama, because of the ex, jealousy, the opinion of others, tsundere characters etc. and on top a lot of rape like sex scenes. In korean webtoons it is nearlry the same + they often use the rich guy/ poor guy plot and a lot of the webtoons have so many and long sex scenes that it could be nealy counted as porn. Cliche develope fast, I mean at the start Omegaverse was new and the stories were original, but now 90% of these series follow the same plot. I think we have to accept the fact that the most series are turning out to be cliche, until someone will come up with something new.

    Naomiyaki June 5, 2020 3:41 pm
    But in japanese or korean BL series it is the same. With time nearly all have a similar plot. In Japan it is either high school, Uni, Yakuza or work setting, with a lot of drama, because of the ex, jealousy, th... Yuki

    I see your point. However, most Korean and Japanese manga, even with the same running themes, usually have some differences like tone or aspects of the story line. This manga could literally be the manga adaptation to around 5 separate light novels, all that follow that exact same story line and actor/idol plot line. I don’t read omega verse either for this very reason aside from a rare few. Well I’m guilty of reading all those light novels so I guess I shouldn’t be so irritated. ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭

    Yuki June 5, 2020 7:52 pm
    I see your point. However, most Korean and Japanese manga, even with the same running themes, usually have some differences like tone or aspects of the story line. This manga could literally be the manga adapta... Naomiyaki

    I get what you mean, but for me right now the only genre that can still surprise me are chinese BL novels with historical setting like MDZS, 2HA or TGCF. They managed to shock me and make me cry all the time. The novels are so evil, but I love them.