When BL mangas mention something along the lines of "Oh no, you're not gay," I don't necessarily think the intention is to deny someone's sexuality. In a place where homosexuality isn't validated socially nor legally, I think admitting that one is "gay" comes with the unspoken acceptance of the biases, stigmas, and consequences of being attracted to the same sex. You're not really "gay" unless you come out of the closet, kind of thing. Does that make sense? So when characters say that someone is "straight," that person is straight-passing whereas a fully "gay" character has accepted their minority status. Different cultures have different connotations when it comes to language and the ideal representation behind words.
Can someone please clarify the conflict here? I understand that Wonyoung got reinstated, but I'm not sure about the rumors.
same im confuseddd
Basically, he thought he got his job back bc he told Mr Jung about Taejoon's whereabouts and there were rumours about him getting in through connections due to that. When in reality, he got his job back bc he was proven as innocent and it just happened to be at the same time as when they found out about Taejoon. And the Mr Jung guy just lied to both of them and took credit for finding Taejoon and making a contract with him. I think lol
Omg that slime ball
Why did the Heresy Inquisitor come again? I forgot why this whole arc happened. What is a Heresy Inquisitor anyways?
Someone that harshly investigates people that do not follow the major religion. He was looking for an otherworlder from the tournament.
I'm glad they can have sex but at the same time I feel kind of bad for homeboy Caius since he can only push half of his dick in Kouichi. You would think with all of the diverse magic existing, there would be one to implement a black hole in Kouichi's ass or sum so Caius can finally shove his whole third arm in. Idk that seems like a plausible scenario
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Too many comments speculating about this top/bottom issue that are plain ignorant. Reading yaoi surely doesn't make any of us experts on gay relationships in real life. This is a fictional story with fictional characters; some of y'all are getting too heated for no reason at all.
Preach!!!
True! Can we just all enjoy reading and stop arguing? We all have our preferences.
Everyday we stray further from God's light as we indulge our fujo hearts to the fullest. Amen.
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I don't usually mind sexual assault tropes (which is a horrible thing to say) in yaoi because they're prevalent, but the gang-rape scenes in this particular manga make me nauseous. They serve no purpose to the plot, and they happen so frequently that it's morphed into some sort of fucked-up of gag line. If you're going to be bold enough to include a rape trope, at least have it be... Idonno... impactful? I don't even know how to explain it but damn. Does anyone else feel this?
Is the doctor a woman? Totally thought I was reading a yaoi. My fujo heart is disappointed on the low
Can you stfu :D ? At least appreciate the art. (I'm not trying to be rude but please don't be too obssesed with boy x boy that makes you don't wanna read the manga. Ty 4 reading<3
You're "not trying to be rude" but you tell someone to "stfu"? Well, that certainly doesn't make sense. It was a neutral observation but you decided to comment in that manner.
K like it doesnt have to be a BL to be a good story and kinda fetishizing real couples. If u dont wanna read a story just because its not BL, thats ur problem.
I didn't imply that I wasn't going to read the story because it wasn't BL. Furthermore, just because I have a preference for BL doesn't mean I fetishize real life gay couples. There's no correlation between fantasy and reality -that is your own assumption. I'm not attracted to humans irl anyways. You all are pulling at threads with my initial comment.
Does anyone know the name of that shirt-to-thigh garter? Ever since I saw Director Daddy Kang Taehyun wearing sock garters, I've absolutely fallen in love with man garters. Would love to research more styles.
on & off? SAME DAMMIT(⊙…⊙ )
I'm pretty sure the purpose of this book is to incorporate BL with short scary stories, or 怪談 in Japanese. These narratives are loosely connected together, but each chapter is supposed to be its own stand-alone story. That's why if you try to make sense of the plot as a whole, it'll be confusing to understand. Just a different mode of story-telling compared to the usual.