#Sukisho

[cyanparade]

引き換えに何もかも失うとしても 抱き締めたいもう一度

This is the first painting I did after many years of burnt out and depression. It is my favourite BL game/anime/drama. I still have no interest in other medias due to anhedonia, I feel so left out. But I am glad to be able to paint something, even if no one likes it

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

[suzuran777]

BL game magazine Binetsu Ouji (微熱王子) issue 1 - 12. Vol 1-9 pictures from the Retromags website

[dessertwarrior1]

recent art,,,,, i think i glew down?

i used some fanart of sunao as a ref ^_^ kinda nailed it if u saw the ref

[onlyfriend]

[karm1ne]

day n night!

[kizeoi]

Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai!! (2005)

[yaoielection]

[ridley-was-a-cat]

What I Watched This Week – 6/2 – 6/15

Sukisho! – June being Pride Month, I drew up a plan to only watch BL and yuri anime this month, where each week I’d watch one BL/yuri that’s new to me, rewatch one I’ve seen before, and watch or rewatch a movie or OVA if time allows. I’ve seen the majority of BL anime that’s out there, so finding one I hadn’t seen was a bit of a challenge, until I saw this 2005 visual novel adaptation streaming on Tubi.

To say it’s a wild ride is a bit of an understatement. Not only are our two leads roommates at an all-boys school, one of them has amnesia after falling out of a fourth floor window. On top of that, the two boys also have split personalities, where their second personalities are in love with each other and their primary personalities are always fighting. In between running wacky errands and getting into ridiculous situations with their school club, they also investigate their mysterious past, get abducted, fight a mad scientist, and plot an elaborate revenge. As a little bonus, the main boy’s edgelord second personality is voiced by Koyasu, which is just genius. The visuals are extremely dated, with pointy chins and brightly colored hair in impractical styles, but the voice cast is surprisingly great, the characters have good chemistry, and the nonsense is a lot of fun if you don’t think about it too hard. It’s a nice little romp I had a great time watching. 7/10

Sweet Blue Flowers – I watched this series early in my anime-watching monomania, and it was interesting to revisit it years later after seeing other yuri series and reading other manga by Takako Shimura. Now that I’ve been around a bit, I see how it’s descended from class S yuri classics that came before it, and how it puts its own spin on the genre. Set at a pair of girls’ schools, the story follows two childhood friends who are reunited for the first time since elementary school when one moves back into town at the start of high school. Each meets a group of friends at their respective school that becomes entangled with the other girl’s school, and relationships form and break apart as the two reestablish their friendship. Nobody can get out of their own way, everyone’s constantly getting their feelings hurt, but it’s all written so that it feels grounded and relatable rather than melodramatic and frustrating. It’s also a rather pretty anime, with a subdued color palette, charming character designs, and lots of dappled sunlight on the characters and the backgrounds. I really appreciated the complicated, messy relationships in this, and ended up giving a higher score this time around. 8/10

Doukyuusei – Being under an hour, this is a somewhat frequent rewatch for me, as it’s a nice quick shot of romance that’s easy to squeeze into an evening when I need a dose of young love to cheer me up. On paper, the plot sounds a little rote: two boys attending an all-boys school couldn’t look or be more different – one’s the flashy guitarist of a local band, the other is studious and reserved – but grow close after practicing a song together for a school event, and fall in love. A combination of distinctive, expressive art and strong writing takes this from being a pleasant but forgettable genre story to being a memorable snapshot of the messy, confusing, and exciting experience of falling in love for the first time. The animation is pretty economical, especially for a movie, but the watercolor-like art does an excellent job of getting the hazy feeling of high school and teenage life, where you’re not really a child, but not quite an adult, and you’re expected to make decisions about the rest of your life despite nothing really feeling solid to you yet. 8/10

Maria Watches Over Us S1 – I’ve been meaning to watch this class S yuri classic for a long time now, and Pride month seems like the perfect time to get to it. The story is centered on a nondescript girl who has just started her first year of high school at the prestigious Lillian Girls’ Academy. She finds herself tangled up with one of the most popular girls at the school who ends up taking her under her wing as her “soeur”, a tradition where older girls choose a younger girl as a sisterly mentee. I thought I was getting into something like Dear Brother, and would be up to my eyeballs in catty maneuvering and backstabbing drama, but it’s actually pretty laid back. There’s a bit of drama, but it’s fairly subdued and rooted in the girls’ earnest efforts to understand one another. Coupled with that good, old-fashioned 2000s sepia-tone filter on the visuals, this was a cozy little series. I plan to watch the rest of the series, but I’m not sure if I want to marathon it all or spread it out for when I want an episode or three of chill schoolgirl drama. 7/10

Sasaki and Miyano – Rounding off my Pride month menu of stories of love at single-sex high schools is another favorite series I rewatch often. In this one, our main character is an avid reader of BL manga and novels who finds himself in a bit of a pinch when an upperclassman takes an interest in him, leaving him full of questions about the line between fiction and reality and what he wants for himself. As a romance fan, this series gives me pretty much everything I want. There’s lots of blushing, tons of yearning, plenty of overthinking feelings, a nice group of friends who can see right through them, and some exquisite physical affection scenes. All the sparkles and flowers floating around the characters during romantic moments capture the shoujo manga vibe perfectly, delivering the warm fuzzies. I still think some of the stuff with Hanzawa felt like wasted space, the flashbacks in the first episode were a little confusing, and the animation never really rises above workmanlike, but it’s nearly everything I could want in a BL anime. Just cute as hell, with an excellent kiss scene. 9/10

[fuckthispost-andhappybirthday]

August 05: Happy Birthday Shin'ichirō Minato (Sukisho)!!!!

[vysegilder]

揺れる幻に君が映る

[ryoki-ph]

i see this fucking video in my sleep

[dessertwarrior1]

[onlyfriend]

[karm1ne]

Sukisho stuff came in this week and I've never been happier!!! I hope i can get the other bslog art books cuz the illustrations are so nice 🥹

[ceuyamm]

screenshot character art: sebychu | dA (deactivated)