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Jan 24, 2025
HOW has this piece not gotten a review? Well not to worry, I'm here to fix that with my fantastic biased opinion!

This is a shorter story, so no need for a large review.

Story & Characters: 8 || So Farming for Love is a great BL story, but it's selling factor is actually the comedy and the narrator's third-party story input. I had to stop and giggle often, here. Half the time I felt like there was Ben Stein telling us the low-down on these characters while they were actively messing up their lives. Just thinking about it again had me cracking a smile...
Set in ...
Jan 22, 2025
Dead or Alive (Manga) add
I'm surprised this doesn't have a review, yet! I'm so happy to be the first, so let's dive right in.

Short review, spoiler free!

Story & Characters: 8 || A rough western shoot-em-up style story turns into an unexpected romance. The plot is strong and has a good dose of comedic value to keep it from getting too serious. A bounty hunter just needs one last haul to hit his thousandth turn-in, and a 10 million reward. But the target he chose isn't as simple as catch and return, as the target seems to be innocent.
This story felt as if it was the perfect length ...
Jan 14, 2025
Story & Characters: 8 || Healthy relationship, acceptance, realistic take on cross dressing, and other wonderfully positive attributes to this story. While the story may not feel unique, it has a wonderful way of tackling a subject that can be seen as very grey or negative (cross dressing) without fetishizing it. Kudos to the author, and thank you!

Art & Presentation: 7 || No big takeaway here, but I do like the attention to keep the male lead masculine even while he's dressed in his feminine get-up, without exaggerating to overplay the "I'm a female tee-hee" vibe.

Overall: 8 || This is an easy recommend. ...
Jan 14, 2025
Preliminary (8/? chp)
*Non-spoiler review*

Currently manga isn't finished, but as of the first volume it feels like a great read and I have it marked to check in once it gets more installments.

Story & Characters: 8 || The trope: Big lovey-dovey dog dude Noriyuki doesn't realize he has a crush for the smaller guy. Smaller guy thinks Noriyuki is trying to be intimidating or perhaps bullying him, but realizes there's no actual threat. I liked seeing the characters quickly get over this trope of intimidating larger character instead of dwelling on it like I see often. I'm glad it's addressed because it's normal to find larger people ...
Aug 14, 2024
Aporia (Manga) add
Finally I find a fantastic piece that dives into the intricacies of BDSM and S&M in a proper way. WITHOUT the smut! Aporia has a tried-and-true romance base of a story but it's biggest difference to all other manwhas is it's ability to properly present what the BDSM world is in it's proper and safest form. The S isn't a rapist. The M isn't letting themselves fall into ruin.

As another commenter mentioned, it was a possible worry going in that this was going to be yet another red flag read, but it is instead filled with a lot of green flags and leaning moments. I ...
Dec 24, 2023
Preliminary (18/? chp)
*Non-Spoiler Review*
Review at chapter 18 release:
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Story & Characters: 10 || The author did a fantastic job crating very unique feeling characters and all of them distinguishable from the next. This allows ease of reading, so a huge bonus point from me. We also see a lot of endearing characteristics to go alongside the comedy in the story, so you quickly get pulled into the story and characters. The two main characters have an interesting dynamic and it's incredibly wholesome. There is a lot of silliness with the comedy, but the author never resorts to cheap tactics of non-consensual interactions. (Seriously, thank you!)
I can ...
Nov 20, 2023
Spoiler
TL;DR: Enjoyable story building, disappointing wrap-up and ending.

SLIGHT spoiler review on this (currently) un-reviewed piece. I will be discussing why I do not recommend but that has to do with the later part of the series. So with that, the breakdown:

Story & Characters: 4 - This story started out with characters than I enjoyed seeing as they learned of their problems, learned about each other, and learned how to tackle it all together. Being able to see people heal is a wonderful thing. I would like to explain why I would give this story and it's parts a 4 when I just said it was ...
May 5, 2023
Preliminary (12/24 eps)
Behold a concept of Shakespearean theater mixed with Japanese anime. This was a random pick that I was worried I may not enjoy but I was incredibly delighted to find that Baraou no Souretsu delivers a theater-like environment for it's dramatic storytelling with the hallmarks of anime that we enjoy, and somehow they work in tandem.

An Overview - This felt like it was designed from the original dramatic period pieces I grew up with with all the lords and ladies and drama enough to satisfy the most devout royalty romantics. (I maybe showing my age, with this one.) I believe the majority of the ...
May 2, 2023
Spoiler
Well I don't often feel compelled to write reviews that aren't positive, but this one takes the cake.

This is yaoi, and as us fans know, the yaoi scene is filled with foal play, abuse, rape, and worse. However this time I feel like the poor writing as if straight out of a fangirl's wet dream takes the cake. Let's do a little dive into why.


Story & Characters - 4 - I should have known this wouldn't be much of a good story when it starts off with a guy groping another man's crotch out in public while looking at the man's father and ...
Apr 21, 2023
Suicide Line (Manga) add
Mixed Feelings
*Non-spoiler review*

Suicide Line is neither bad, nor good. "Fine" is a great way to put it.

Story & Characters - The premise of the story is interesting enough, since it's the concept of working in the police force with the ability to "sense" the dead. It's a good setup. The characters don't feel quite fleshed out, to be honest, and it seems they are instead just romanticized idols with no character progression. It's not bad, but it's not good.

Art & Design - This one is a solid "meh" for me. I think some folks would like the art direction because it's Josei, but I ...


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