As the name suggests, BL manga revolves around a romantic relationship between two guys. That means they often have a larger-than-usual cast of male characters. But BL manga doesn’t end there. In fact, the relationship part is just one aspect of the genre! It can also incorporate other ...
Directed by Hiroko Utsumi, ‘Banana Fish’ is based on the manga series by Akimi Yoshida. It centers on Ash Lynx, who was picked up as a kid from the streets and brought up by mafia godfather Dino Golzin. Currently the leader of his own gang, Ash looks into the curious case of the ...
Girl with cerebral palsy becomes online star UK Foreign Office staff told to stop feeding Palmerston the cat amid concerns about his mousing skills World's longest zip-line opens in UAE Amazing! Mountain lodge entirely covered by snow Beatles fan turns man cave into cavern club Man travels acro...
If you’re familiar with boy’s love, girl’s love, yaoi, yuri, shonen-ai, or shojo-ai just go ahead and skip this paragraph. For those of you who aren’t, know that boy’s love (a.k.a. BL), yaoi, and shonen-ai all refer to manga featuring male-male romance and/or sex. ...
, whileMa Boyfalls into the category of easy-breezy dramas, I wouldn’t automatically call it a throwaway. There’s a heart here, and Hyun-woo’s character is actually really compelling; I love the way he has this identity conflictbeyondthe obvious setup of him pretending to be a girl....
By the early 1970s, girl’s manga inevitably featured at least one luminous-eyed, tousle-haired young man with which the heroine could fall in love. Around that time, the new generation of female shoujo authors began to dispense with the heroine and have the boys fall in love with each ...
Marmalade Boy is a manga series written by Wataru Yoshizumi. All Miki Koishikawa wanted was an ordinary family and that's exactly what she had until her parents decided to move in with another couple and turned Miki's world upside down. Now she lives in
Umaru is clad in a hamster hoodie, plays video games and reads manga, and throws tantrums to get her way. In her other chibi mode which I consider to be much cuter, Umaru is not wearing her hamster hoodie and actually resembles her pretty girl self. In either mode, Umaru only has one...
A manga from East Asia is suitable for a great adaptation by Korea which is also from East Asia, but Oldboy has a great visual and outstanding story of being trapped and being free to investigate. The scene when Dae-su fights over 10 men in a small corridor is one whole shot is memor...
. This funny and sweet romance manga about high school kids crushing on each other is proud of just how silly and charming it is. Here you have two boys — Aoki and Ida — and a girl, Hashimoto. Aoki likes Hashimoto but he learns quickly that she has her eye on Ida instead. Through...