#Love Stage

[romancemedia]

Anime Girls + Makeovers

[advocatekwlaunt]

one thing about Japanese bls is that they will be ✨thiccc✨ with plot.

virgin @ 30?😯 guess what? you're a witch now. you can read minds! read minds and figure out what's wrong with you.*👍🏽

crushing on the resident cool guy?🤔 well guess what? that blond tsundere mf is JUST AS OBSESSED WITH YOU AS YOU ARE WITH HIM (maybe more!!!)...have fun misunderstanding each other every single episode 🩷

unluckiest guy in the world?🫠🫵🏽 well guess what? the luckiest guy in the world IS IN LOVE WITH YOU and he's willing to just be a little unluckier if it means he gets to be with you.🥹aw.

wanna top the DILF boss?😎convince him it's in the interests of anti-ageing that he let you top him. 💪🏽make him have an anxiety attack while you're at it.🫂

like to eat naked?😶‍🌫️ Great. the guy that had a crush on you in high school WILL COOK FOR YOU, and you can eat naked. 🫡In fact, he wants you to. He really does.

your crush has a crush?😢guess what? that crush thinks YOU have a crush on him and he actually becomes YOUR crush and then he has a CRUSH ON YOU.👻 we're crushing. u get a crush! u get a crush! EVERYONE IS GETTING A CRUSHHHHH.🫨 'cept the primary crush. she gets nothing...

JUST JOKING SHE GETS A CRUSH TOOOOOOOOO!!!🤠 everyone's a winner.

kissed a girl in for commercial when you were younger and never stopped loving her?🤭 WELL GUESS WHAT?? THAT GIRL...was a boy.🫤 he's still a boy.🫤 WHY DO YOU STILL WANT TO KISS HIM are you gae bro?🏳️‍🌈⁉️

*for legal purposes this is a joke.

[dailybigbro]

Todays Big Bro is Shougo Sena from Love Stage! He loves his little brother!

[fresherfriut]

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

[impromptu-sketches]

✎ MANGA INDUSTRY/MANGA FAN ✎

Part 1

Oh! My Assistant

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi / The World's Greatest First Love: The Case of Ritsu Onodera

Fate Makes No Mistakes

Sasaki and Miyano

Love Stage!!

[d4rk-x-w0lf-17]

everyone else: omg uzi has cool gradient colored eyes now that she's the new main host

me: why do her eyes remind me of him

[wrongmeat]

He was so before his time. He should have been the main character. He’s so babygirl coded and yet is a fully competent individual who isn’t boiled down to being an uwu bottom. He is everything to me. He has captivated me.

[befuddledcinnamonroll]

15 Day BL Challenge

Day 8: The Trope You Hate Except When It's "This Series"

With all love and respect to those who love this trope, I utterly hate the fall kiss. It's so cringe, it's so contrived, it's so against the laws of physics. These very coordinated healthy young men just happen to suddenly become all klutzy, lose the ability to use their arms, and yet somehow never once smash noses. Sure, Jan.

I don't mind falls on their own, it's just the kiss part I cannot stand.

I get that there's history behind why it's so popular, I'm not trying to do any cultural shaming here. I'm just saying that for me, the idea of thwapping myself face first into another person is an absolutely horrifying concept.

Which is why I found the use of it in Love Stage so refreshing.

To be clear, it's still a totally cringe awkward moment.

But see this man in a hospital bed? See the cut on his lip? THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FALL FACE FIRST INTO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING!!! It's not cute! There is blood and teeth! It's horrible! It's amazing!

I was so happy we were getting away from fall kisses last year, but sadly they seem to be making a comeback. *sigh*

@negrowhat's full challenge here

[respectthepetty]

I went to go grab a screenshot from Love Stage!! because I SWEAR in 7 Days Before Valentine that Rain's best friend, Meen, who sings

is the singing instructor in Love Stage!!

And now I'm four episodes deep into an unplanned rewatch and Fort's here!

Kaownah better be back on The Sign soon because if I only had him for one episode when he can play unhinged so well, I'm gonna be salty.

But let me continue this rewatch!

[romancemedia]

LGBT/Yaoi Anime Series

Fair Warning: These animes may contain sexual content.

[yaoicores]

[cocotome]

Oh! The cast gathered to record a voice drama for Back Stage, the spin-off from popular yaoi manga Love Stage!! This special drama will be included with volume 3 of Back Stage when it goes on sale 9/29/23! Apparently, Daigo hasn't recorded his portion yet lol. How is Hirarin aging backwards?!

[randomlonelymusician]

Giving "problematic" BL a chance - Love Stage!!

I've been watching (or rewatching) some BL anime that have been deemed problematic to see really how bad they are... or if there's anything good in them!

Warning for the unfortunately usual BL tropes! And some spoilers!

Synopsis

To those not familiar with the anime, Love Stage!! follows Izumi, a guy who was a stand-in for a female actress in a commercial while younger, and Ryouma, his counterpart in said commercial. The thing is, Ryouma believes Izumi is a girl and holds feelings for him for ten years after the shoot. And during a ten year anniversary for the commercial, Izumi and Ryouma are reunited... only for Ryouma to learn Izumi is a guy. Chaos ensues, and the problematic romance begins.

The Good

Overall, I actually enjoyed the series. It's very hard to take seriously and somewhat cringeworthy at times, but it's ridiculous enough to keep me coming back. I genuinely enjoyed watching Izumi and Ryouma bounce off each other in all their ridiculousness. While their romance didn't feel especially natural to me (especially due to some events I will mention later), they definitely had chemistry in other ways. I also found Izumi to be a likeable lead who had a story besides just the romance. He's an otaku and has a dream of being a mangaka, despite his parents wanting him to get into show business like them. He's also pretty clearly bisexual, which is always nice to see. There's also a real discussion about s*x that wasn't too weird or awkward, which was really nice to see in a genre this ridiculous. Also, they're adults? Low bar, I know, but this is BL from 2014.

The Bad

Like an unfortunate amount of BLs, there are multiple cases of SA and harassment. There's an earlier scene where Ryouma tries to force himself on Izumi, playing into the "I just can't help myself" trope. There's another scene in the latter half of the series that involves Izumi and a group of men. Both scenes are incredibly uncomfortable to watch, especially with how casually they're played off. To give credit where credit's due, Izumi is traumatized by both occurrences, but they fact that they're both played off as no big deal by everyone around him and he later gets into a relationship with his abuser is just not okay. On a far, far lesser note, it does play into the "tall masculine" and "meek feminine" tropes. And there are definitely some intimate scenes that do feel more like fanservice than natural relationship buildup.

Final Thoughts

Besides those seriously horrible aspects... I did have fun watching it. While the episodes with the assaults were very uncomfortable, most of the other episodes were just funny or enjoyable. I do really understand why people would avoid this. Also, side note, like a lot of BL, I really did not like the art style, but at least it's not a big offender of the Yaoi Chin™. And while I can't really comment on the overall f*tishy-ness of the whole thing, it just felt... really mild? I thought it would be a lot worse with the amount of hate it gets. Honestly, there's a lot of series that are worse offenders of these tropes that get a lot more love.

TLDR: Love Stage is problematic and has some really gross moments, but besides that is genuinely entertaining and quite funny. Overall, it's a lot more mild than it's often made out to be.

Do I recommend? Not really. Unless you really want some trashy shoujo to cringe and laugh at. Is it good representation? No, but it's no where near the worst I've seen.

You can find it on Crunchyroll or Hidive, btw.

[xie-lians-cooking]

Send me any character and if I know them I will give you a head cannon!

[shyshofats]

The Power Of Time

Izumi Sena, just a tiny bit larger <3 A piece that is not really my usual style, tho I am so incredibly proud of this one and I really hope you all enjoy it as much as I do! <3

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