#he's dotey

[ozisarabbit]

That kid's a real professional kept singing through the shock

[absolutebl]

700 BLs! The top 10%!

Blue Boys just finished its run, which puts it in as #700 on my spreadsheet. You know what that means!!! Time for one of my epic long lists. Here they are:

My top 70 BLs!

The 9 BLs I've Rated 10/10

Color Rush

I Cannot Reach You

Light On Me

Our Dating Sim

Semantic Error

Seven Days

To My Star

Until We Meet Again

We Best Love (2 parts)

38 BLs I've Rated 9/10

A First Love Story

A Tale of Thousand Stars

Bad Buddy

Be Loved In House: I Do

Blueming

Cherry Blossoms After Winter

Cherry Magic (Thai remake)

Cherry Magic AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

He's Coming to Me

HIStory 2: Crossing the Line

I Feel You Linger in the Air

Jun and Jun

Kiseki: Dear to Me

La Pluie

Laws of Attraction

Long Time No See

Love For Love's Sake

Love is Science?

Love Tractor

Lovely Writer

Minato's Laundromat

My Beautiful Man

My Personal Weatherman

My Ride

My School President

Nobleman Ryu's Wedding

Not Me

Old Fashion Cupcake

Our Dining Table

Oxygen

Step By Step

Takara & Amagi

The Eighth Sense

The New Employee

The Sign

Unintentional Love Story

Unknown

Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart

(we at 47, if you're keeping track)

23 BLs I've Rated 8/10

(I have WAY more than 23 8/10s so I just chose the ones I think are under appreciated and deserve more attention)

A Breeze of Love

About Youth

After Sundown

Behind Cut

Blue Boys

Bon Appetit

Choco Milk Shake

Dark Blue Kiss

Destiny Seeker

DNA Says Love You

Given

HIStory 2: Right or Wrong

Just Friends?

Life: Love on the Line

Love Mate

Love Stage!! (Thai adaptation of Japanese original)

Make a Wish

My Day

My Tooth Your Love

Oh! Boarding House

Restart After Come Back Home

See You After Quarantine?

What Zabb Man!

This list updated July 2024. Anything that completed its run after that date will not be on this list. It'll have to wait until we hit 800.

If you don't see your favorite on this list it got an 8/10 but is on the popular end of the spectrum, or I didn't like it as much as you think I should. To each their own, after all. And there are a lot of BLs to choose from!

[colourme-feral]

Translation notes for Miseinen: Mijukuna Oretachi wa Bukiyo ni Shinkochu / Our Youth ep 3

I just realised that I didn't make a note about the title itself, Miseinen: Mijukuna Oretachi wa Bukiyo ni Shinkochu, which very loosely and literally would be 'Not of age: The clumsy progress of the immature us' Note: While not of age would mean minors, but I preferred 'not of age'

By the time I realised it, I had already entered the sea where you were waiting Note: A different translation uses "when I had come to my senses", which I think fits the underlying meaning that when it comes to Haruki, Jin finds himself acting before he can think things through.

Aren't kissing and liking someone different?

But this guy is different (i.e. he's not a virgin)

Are you an unexpected late bloomer?

Ah, he's left Dotei kun (which translates to Mr. Virgin)

Haruki: Can I bring DVDs and go to your house again? Jin: That's fine, but I'm gonna be studying. H: Yay! Next time, I'll bring lots that you might like. H: Once in a while, don't study; let's watch movies together. J: Next time. H: I'll bring them again!

I absolutely need it (the deodorant spray), so I'll go right now. Wait for me

If there was someone, they'd just be a hindrance Exaaaactly We're fine with how things are Note: All men do is lie lol

Note: Unlike everyone else, she refers to him by his first name, Haruki, rather than his surname, which suggests a fairly close relationship.

What? Oh, it's just that here we are, pursuing our studies every day and there he is living so carefreely.

Something must be wrong with you if you choose to do something like enter stormy/rough seas Note: Interestingly, the verb for to be stormy/rough can also mean to be ruined, which is something that Jin has been warned to be careful about

For some reason, I can't leave you, who can't swim and is being swept away without any resistance, alone

By the time I had realised it, my hand had already reached out to you.

[ricos-safespace]

Hiii! Could you make headcanons for Shinobu the regressor and Madara as his mentor? I think it would be very cute and safe!

Hai!! Coming right up ✦

I feel like Shinobunny would regress to maybe 3-5? definitely a younger kiddo

guh. mama. mama the cg ever. FLOPS OVER AND DIEs

mama is oh so gentle with shinobunny,,, he helps him care for his froggies and helps him with ninja trsining......

"oh! where'd shinobu gooo?" shinobu in the corner, unaware that mama can see him: 🤭🤭🤭🤭

mama takes shinobu seriously. i feel like shinobu WANTS to be doted on, but to an extent. otherwise he gets upset or overstimulated and needs some time alone

shinobu... shinobaby.... coughs

shinobu likes watching cartoons methinks. mama gawks at the show with him, adding in a "WHAAAT!!" or a "OH MY GOD!" in comedic spots. also pretends not to understand parts of shows so that shinobun can explain it andnstuff

SHINOBUNNY GETS THE ZOOMIES BUT INSTEAD OF RUNNING LIKE MITSUBUNNY WOULD, HE DOES HIS LITTLE NINJA WALK THINGY

mama can cook sorry. shinobu likes dino nuggets a lot but also likes the food mama cooks. mama has him help cook when hes on the bigger end of his range

shinobunmy likes being sung to when its time for mimis.... mama loves singing his kiddos to sleep 🥹

mama is definitely more a cg than anything else, i feel like hed find being a cg just as relaxing IF NOT MORE than shinobunny finds regressing relaxing

Even though Shinobunny doesnt like being smothered, mama still has the need to dote 😞😞 he tones it down ofc but he would like to be more dotey

sorry if these are short! words are kinda hard,,

[bl-bam-beyond]

A LOOK BACK at Kurosawa & Adachi REMEMBERING THE MAGIC of CHERRY MAGIC!

CHERRY MAGIC! THIRTY YEARS OF VIRGINITY CAN MAKE YOU A WIZARD (30-SAI MADE DOTEI DA TO MAHOTSUKAI NI NARERU RASHII)

As a co-worker tells a 29 year old virginal Adachi that if he doesn't lose his virginity by 30 he would become a wizard.

Adachi (AKASO EIJI) is a regular salaryman and on his 30th Birthday he suddenly acquires an ability to read other's people's minds by touching them. Shocked and unnerved by this new ability he struggles to cope.

That is until one day he touches handsome fellow co-worker, the popular and successful Kurosawa (MACHIDA KIETA) only to find out, Kurosawa harbors secret romantic feelings for him.

Premiered: October 9, 2020. Ended: December 25, 2020

Original Network: TV TOKYO

@pose4photoml @just-another-boyslove-blog

[gabrielokun]

Hi. You watch a lot of dramas/series. Do you have any favorites? If you do, what's your top 20 favorite Asian BL dramas/series?

Hi, anon)) thank you for asking. Sorry, it took a while) but I have to prepare a visual representation to compensate for the lack of writing skills))) english is hard T_T

anyway, here are some of my favorite things

Love by Chance (2018)

The show that started it all (づ ᴗ _ᴗ)づ♡ Yep, my first Bl therefore I just must include it. Is is a good show? - not really. BUT! AePete are my babies, I love them. Nobody does it like them ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡

2. My Only 12% (2022)

Childhood friends to lovers done right! My favorite show of the last year. It is a slooooow burn but it's so worth it! Very lively and real boys. great family and friend dynamics, kind of meh last story outside of CakeEwi but still…If you want some great friendship slowly blooming into romance this is the show

3. Kieta Hatsukoi (2021)

Super cute show. All characters are amazing, story well written, minimum hurt all the comfort. Good girl-not an enemy (im really easy too please ( •̯́ ₃ •̯̀) xd)

4. 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii (2020)aka Cherry magic

JapBL are totally for me when they do fluff, (cause their angst is on a such level I need a lifetime to process it xd)

but this one is so fluffy (ฅ́ ˘ฅ̀)♡ They make me happy and I grateful for it

5. My Ride (2022)

Speaking of fluff °ʚ(´꒳`)ɞ° Other couples are kind of boring But! Mork's uncles, MorkTawan's adopted son (still a bit salty we didnt see him again, Tawan should've had more parenting time, he is clearly a great dad ଘ(੭◌ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚) natural growth of their friendship into love *_*. This one is good!

6.Color Rush (2020)

I love soulmates. Its short, simple story but with very interesting and original idea.

7. Hello Stranger (2020)

Such a simple story but the way it was done is amazing! Falling in love through web camera (੭ ˊ^ˋ)੭ ♡ Characters have such an incredible chemistry even tho they have minimum personal contact(kudos to actors they done well)))

I Will Knock You (2022)

Okay, yes age gap not for everyone. But again it was done very respectful. ૮₍ ´ ꒳ `₎ა I love love love Noey's ˖°.✧aesthetic✧˖°., his room is my fave ngl, i want everything he has))))I love this delusional king He was so sure Thi is into him from the second they met and i live for it.

9. Until We Meet Again (2019)

I love soulmates 2. I just love this show. Its gonna traumatize you and then comforts you with cutest fluffiest boys that going through it

10. Vice Versa (2022)

I didn't like it at first

Puen annoyed me too much ૮꒰˶> ༝ <˶ ꒱ა but then I binge rewatch it in one weekend and I just fall for it. Its so good))) I love soulmates 3 and it's super pretty. I love colors

11. About Youth (2022)

Show where I love main and second couple the same ପ(๑•ᴗ•๑)ଓ ♡ thats rare))) Again very simple story but told beautifly

12. HIStory2 Right or Wrong (2018)

Let's talk HIStory. They kind of getting worse imho. 4 and 5 were just fine. thats sucks ʚ₍ᐢ ›̥̥̥ ༝ ‹̥̥̥ ᐢ₎ɞ i still love them tho

HIStory2 Right or Wrong (2018) 13. HIStory3 Trapped (2019) and 14. HIStory2 Crossing the Line (2018)

are superior for me. but just watch any of them they all are worth your time

15. Our Dating Sim (2023)

Second chance romance done very very right!

16. Oxygen (2020)

Good fluffy fluff. P'Phu and his bunny are so precious. Main are cute and sweet and adorable. Ignore weird girl and doctor everything else is just so lovely

17. Light on Me (2021)

Love triangle done right. Good light fluffy show that did hurt so good (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)

18. To My Star Season 2: Our Untold Stories (2022)

I love how they told this story

19. Not Me (2021)

its hard to explain how good this show is, its more serious than usual bls, great acting, amazing story, strong message told through not just cinematography but art and dance too. its truly great show

20. Triage (2022)

Time loops are fun

+ some honorable mentions

Ingredients (2020)

not a show))) just an add but damn. It such a feel good little comfort add Jeff and Gameplay have an amazing chemistry, simple slice of life stories but so good , mutual pining done so well

anything by strongberry, literally just go at their YT chanel and enjoy ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ ੈ♡‧₊˚

emmmm that a long post sorry

[chthonickore]

Sophie is so dotey 😭😭 "he lost all his fur because I hug him so much" dying

[conflagrate]

30sai made Dotei da 12 [END]

And what were those thoughts😭MY BALLS MY BALLS?? Ooh his hole is so tightt????😭

Awww he lost his powers!

So domestic of them....

Long-distance love sure is hard!

Y'all😭😭😭

😭😭😭😭😭😭

THIS FUJOSHI HAD THE HAPPIEST ENDING

...........that's a sudden timeskip loooool

Went into this with zero expectations but had sooo much fun! Ending was a bit rushed and I wish we got more time with Tsuge & Minato but oh well, can't have everything. Now, let me go find some cherries to eat...

My AniList Rating: 8 My Average Episode Rating: 7.83 Best thing about the show: I love Kurosawa's dirty thoughts teehee Worst thing about the show: Not enough Tsuge + Minato! My favourite character: Kurosawa is perfection lol Would I Rewatch?: I'll read some smutty doujins (and go watch the dorama) instead...

[repostedpoliticalarts]

Had an ancestor on the Mayflower, Edward Dotey. He was, point of fact, a MASSIVE prick. But yeah, it was always taught to me as part of how “the world will hate you because you follow Christ, just like it hated the pilgrims.” I even remember being taught that Cromwell was a great and good man.

[talkingbl]

BLs I've Watched So Far

In Progress

Love Mechanics

Love Sick

Summer Night (JewelTan cut)

Completed

2gether

3 Will Be Free

4Minutes (Sultrier Version)

A Shoulder to Cry On

A Tale of Thousand Stars

Bad Buddy

Blueming

Century of Love

Cherry Blossoms after Winter

Color Rush

Dark Blue Kiss

Don't Say No

Fish Upon the Sky

He's Coming to Me

HIStory2: Crossing the Line

HIStory3: Make Our Days Count

HIStory3: Trapped

HIStory4: Close to You

I Feel You Linger in the Air: Uncut Version

I Told Sunset about You

Jack o' Frost

KinnPorsche

Kiss Me Again: Pete-Kao

Like Love

Love in the Air: Special Episode

Love in Translation

Make It Right

Make It Right 2

Manner of Death

Moonlight Chicken

My Gear and Your Gown

My School President

My Stand-In: Uncut

My Tooth Your Love

Not Me

Only Friends

Our Dating Sim

Secret Crush on You

Semantic Error

Senior Secret Love: Puppy Honey [PickRome cut]

Senior Secret Love: Puppy Honey 2 [PickRome cut]

Siew Sum Noi

SOTUS

SOTUS S

Star and Sky: Star in My Mind

Still 2gether

Sweet Boy

Taikan Yoho

TharnType

TharnType Season 2: 7 Years of Love

The Blue Hour

The Eclipse

The Eighth Sense

The Love of Siam

The Warp Effect

Theory of Love

Theory of Love: Special Episode "Stand By Me"

To My Star (Movie)

Together with Me

Together with Me: The Next Chapter

Tonhon Chonlatee

Unforgotten Night

Until We Meet Again

Utsukushii Kare

Why R U?

Your Name Engraved Herein

Dropped

1000 Years Old

30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

7 Project

Bed Friend

Between Us

Bump Up Business

Cutie Pie

Dangerous Romance

Dead Friend Forever - DFF

HIStory5: Love in the Future

Last Twilight

Love Alarm

Love in the Air

Lovely Writer

My Love Mix-Up!

My Only 12%

Never Let Me Go

Our Skyy

Our Skyy 2

The Miracle of Teddy Bear

The Sign

The Tuxedo

Utsukushii Kare Season 2

War of Y

Y-Destiny

[yes-justice-seeking]

No More Hindsight, but Foresight

It took decades for the West to wake up to the CCP's All-Out Spy War and yet many powerful people/authorities still rely on their chasing-after strategy to deal with the CCP's threats, buying the CCP's info-war propaganda, CCP agents' lying and covering-up strategy and yet keeping skeptical about earlier warnings until it's too late.

"https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/28/china-has-been-waging-a-decades-long-all-out-spy-war/"

I posted tweets, blogs and videos about my discovery ever since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Hamas attack on Israel, etc., but my voice remains being suppressed, shadow-banned despite the factual evidence I presented. One year after my warning about China's under-table military assistance to Russia（the video below from 1:52, published on April 9, 2023:

https://rumble.com/v2h4hyk-exclusive-report-its-worse-than-you-think-the-ccps-weaponizing-the-west….html）, it was confirmed by a CCP's mouthpiece.

Today, Chief researcher of Kunlun Institute, @kunluntalk, posted a tweet saying that the US government "may have known from the beginning that China was the most important one helping Putin staying in the war" and that "China's military assistance to Russia was through spare parts assistance, Russia assembled them to deadly weapons."

"https://twitter.com/Kunluntalk/status/1783162847423565826"

The post also revealed that Putin fell into an unprecedented power crisis after he started the invasion war. China then sent Li Zhanshu to visit Russia to demonstrate China's strong backup to Putin. When Xi Jinping and Putin met in Moscow, Putin's authority was consolidated and the Russian opposition's doubts were repelled.

In addition, the post confessed that China used RMB to bypass the sanction against Russia, helped Russia to overcome its economic difficulties.

At the end, the author sarcased, in the most CCP propagandist way, the sanction imposed by the US and Europe: "China has used Chinese methods to make the sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe on Russia's Putin meaningless and a joke."

To this post, a CCP warrior replied:

"https://twitter.com/TreeNewBee2019/status/1783204563505590449"

Kunlun Institute, @kunluninstitute, introduced itself as "independent research institution" looking for "China and the US cooperate to manage the world", is indeed a soft CCP-mouthpiece, if I am not mistaken.

Kunlun/昆仑 is a word often linked to the CCP's far-left ideology, for example, among many far-left websites of the CCP, there is one called "Kunlunce/昆仑策"(https://www.kunlunce.com/)

"http://www.hongqi.tv/"

Meanwhile, there is an institute called "Beijing Kunlun Innovation Planning and Design Institute/北京昆仑创新规划设计研究院", providing development strategy to governments and private companies. It proclaimed that it is "familiar with and masters national innovation policies" (of China).

"https://www.kunluninnovation.com/wzsy"

Today, I want to sound another alarm about the CCP's target on ChatGPT, AI.

According to Huang Youyi/黄友义, a well-known Chinese translator, the CCP has already started to feed AI bots/Apps, like ChatGPT, English information about China that reflects the CCP's point of view because they knew that AI technology is based on big data. So instead of manipulating ChatGPT, the CCP goes after its source: big data, flooding the big data zone with pro-CCP information in foreign language. The example he gave is the word "CCP/中共". He said that currently, most English information about the word "CCP" is not in the CCP's favor, so they are now massively translating and feeding AI bots/Apps English information about the CCP that is in the CCP's favor.

"https://twitter.com/dotey/status/1731219576958898511"

Someone even said Quora, "a social question-and-answer website and online knowledge market", has already been infiltrated by the CCP.

"https://twitter.com/jessew07/status/1731543633768464564"

I applaud and salute to the US's swift reaction to TikTok's threat, and to Japanese Prime Minister Kishida's clear understanding about the global threat that the Freedom and the Democracy are currently facing. Meanwhile, some western authorities are still watching, turning blind eyes to warnings and the CCP's brazen Transnational Repression.

Please, no more hindsight, but foresight, THANK YOU.

[glorioblog]

First Look: Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!

Alternative title(s): 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii, CherryMahoManga Adaptation by SatelightStreaming on Crunchyroll Premise In Japan, it is said that being a virgin at thirty will give you magic powers. Much to Kiyoshi Adachi’s shock, this oft-repeated canard turns out to be true when he discovers that thirty years of involuntary celibacy have granted him the ability to…

[absolutebl]

Hey ABL. Just sent my doctorate for examination and for the first time since 2019 I have WAY too much time on hands. Can you suggest some binge watches? Got into bl last Feb so stuff before that would be great. Warmly, M

CONGRATZ!!!

10 Older BLs Worthy of a Binge Watch!

(in no particular order, prior to 2022)

1 Seven Days: Monday-Thursday & Seven Days: Friday-Sunday

Japan 2015 (grey)

Never doubt my ability to recommend this show. One of the best live action yaois ever made, with perfectly structured angst, fantastic characters and acting, and no problematic tropes (rare in Japanese BL). The leads have excellent chemistry although it’s low heat there’s still some really cute mutual kisses.

2 To My Star

Korea 2021 (Viki)

In the mood for something more grown up? TMS is a touch quirky to get into, but utterly charming once it hits its stride. This is the ultimate grumpy/sunshine pairing plus the most appealing light-filled kitchen of our dreams.

I don't like season 2 but others do. It is very clever.

3 We Best Love: No. 1 For You & Fighting Mr. 2nd

Taiwan 2021 (WeTV)

How about a uni + office BL? Brilliant acting saved this show from a messy (pretty classically manga) narrative with a lot of angst. You have to buy in to a yaoi aesthetic with this one, accept that things move fast and occasionally confuse, but that everything will be okay. It’s the ultimate pining seme meets the ultimate tsundere uke. WBL successfully manages to combine the best elements of Korean, Thai, and Japanese BL as it exists right now. Couple that to the insane chemistry from the leads, and we have one of the greatest BLs of all time, cooking higher heat to a recipe I doubt anyone else will ever be able to replicate since only Taiwan is this flexible.

4 He's Coming to Me

Thailand 2019 (YouTube)

With only 8 8 eps and from GMMTV this is short, high quality and bingable for Thailand. Boy and ghost boy fall in love, must solve ghost’s murder. Peak pining but also pretty tame, features my favorite sweet but important coming out sequence in all BL. The third in my precious triumvirate of unbeatable Thai BLs, that are only nominally BL because the story, acting, and production values are so good.

(Together with Until We Meet Again & A Tale of Thousand Stars - those 2 are longer so I don't consider them as bingable, but if you want something to get really stuck into? Go to town.).

5 Color Rush

Korea 2021 (Viki)

A unique paranormal twist elevates this classic high school drama into a pitch-perfect allegory for the queer coming out experience and one of the best BLs of all time (I will fight you on this). Here's my battle essay.

Original trigger.

(Don't bother with season 2.)

6 HIStory 2: Crossing the Line

Taiwan 2018 (Viki)

Lin Pei Yu directs this sports romance (volleyball) with a good boy/bad boy pairing, and my hands-down favorite of the HIStory franchise. There is no clear seme/uke. Ostensibly it's high school set but Taiwan doesn't care about age appropriate actors. It's a very soft sweet romance with some ridiculously easily overcome conflict. There's great kisses but it's medium heat. The side dishes are the stepbrother trope but they’re very tame, and there’s no other triggers. It's not just my favorite of the franchise, it’s one of my favorite BLs with a perfect happy ending.

(The second H2 is also pretty good.)

7 Cherry Magic

30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii AKA Cheri Maho

Japan 2020 (indie subs)

The sweetest fluffiest magical realism BL, packaged as a pinning office romance, very low heat (practically chaste) but the cutest. It’s truly great.

8 Light On Me

Korea 2021 (Viki)

Korea does an elegant pastiche of traditional live action yaoi but all tropes are cleverly deployed to bolster one of the most riveting love triangles ever put on screen… and I don’t like love triangles. LoM strategically tailors classic BL tropes to 2 different semes resulting in pristine pacing, plot, and character development, explicitly serving narrative (not just to tick boxes). LoM is a master class in trope drops. (If you write fanfic or romance you should study this show.) Full review.

9 Be Loved In House: I Do

Taiwan 2021 Viki

A cute classy office set BL with a few plot raised eyebrows, but no other concerns. ALL THE TROPES plus a general sweet softness that’s pretty rare from Taiwan, who usually prefer to go hard, but all their signature domesticity.

10 Lovely Writer

Thailand 2021 (YouTube)

Thailand criticizes itself and the BL industry while simultaneously giving us classic seme/uke with great chemistry in a one-two punch of “we love it, but are we supposed to? and must we think this hard, yet enjoy it SO MUCH?” This show won’t appeal or make sense to those who don’t already have at least some Thai BL watching experience. What Lovely Writer does, at heart, is reexamine Thai BL has done to queerness, but in a very gentle way that has more to do with Thai BL growing up than any actual queer authenticity. It’s not parody or pastiche, but it is self reflective and trying to correct for some chronic mistakes. Whether it is ultimately successful in this matter is going to depend on the watcher’s relationship to BL and queer identity. But that’s what makes this show beautiful, interesting, and thought provoking. And I, for one, applaud the effort even if I didn’t personally connect to the characters.

If you wanted 2022 included here's my top 10 from 2022:

[spicyvampire]

Kurosawa the simp paparazzi strikes again 

CHERRY MAGIC! THE MOVIE (2022)

[ruanbaijie]

one (1) disaster gay

[bl-bam-beyond]

A LOOK BACK at ADACHI & KUROSAWA

Part 1

30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii (2020, JAPAN)

Adachi Kiyoshi (AKASO EIJI) is basically harassed by co-worker Urabe Kengo (TANAKA SUZUNOSUKE) about his impending birthday with his status as a virgin.

Teasing that if he turns 30 without losing his virginity it will make him a wizard. So Urabe suggest a single female co-worker for Adachi.

@pose4photoml @lutawolf