#we have had a slowdown in new BL content I feel?

[farsight-the-char]

Book

The focus of the Skaventide launch box is the disastrous rataclysm known as the Vermindoom and its realm-shaking aftermath. You can find out more about the conflict between the Stormcast Eternals of the Ruination Chamber and the frenzied ratmen in a new novel: Skaventide by Gary Kloster. This thriller ushers in the Hour of Ruin, and hinges on a race between rat and Reclusian alike for a lost Stormcast Eternal who holds the key to forbidden knowledge.

[lurkingshan]

Japanese QL Corner

We're entering a bit of a slowdown after a glut of Japanese ql earlier this year, but there is still a great show airing and other delights to be found to fill our time while we wait for the next wave to start. This first show is on Gaga and I highly recommend watching!

At 25:00 in Akasaka

A quiet, contemplative installment this week as Hayama put on his Glasses of Despair and went back to his hometown to do some soul-searching while Shirasaki tried to drink away his self-imposed grief. This one felt a little draggy to me, as I don't think we learned anything new about Hayama that wasn't revealed to us last week--I didn't need him to explicitly verbalize all the things acting did for him after we had already been shown so elegantly with the flashback episode. And we're still stuck in essentially the same place we've been for a couple weeks now, with Shirasaki preemptively rejecting Hayama and both of them struggling to keep their heads in the game to finish filming the show and get through their love scene. Still, it wasn't a bad episode--I enjoyed seeing the cast bonding and starting to get in their feelings about the show ending. We only have two episodes to go, and it looks like next week we get to see them film that love scene, wrap the show, and (I hope?) finally communicate properly.

Bonus: Can I Buy Your Love From a Vending Machine?

A hat tip to @respectthepetty for putting the recent fansub by @nicks-den on my radar so I could watch this lovely film! This is a very sweet and fun little bl movie about an office worker who has a massive crush on the vending machine loader who services his office and their attempts to connect with each other. The film is low budget and does not have much of a plot beyond that, but the character writing is great and it’s a really sweet story that will leave you content. This one gives us Known Gays nervously trying to clock each other, a supportive female work bestie, classic Japanese drama miscommunication issues, and everyone being very kind and respectful to each other throughout. I highly recommend it!

Tagging @bengiyo for a manga update.