If you read light novels I definitely recommend My happy marriage! I was slightly disappointed with the manga because nothing happens and so much happens just in 2 volumes of the light novel! So cute though regardless 🥰
just found your channel and i already love it here, your voice is so soothing and relaxing i managed to read a whole volume, can't wait for the next video
Yes for full time salary!! ❤ and to answer your question when you showed us My Love Mix Up!, in western circles, BL is an umbrella term for “Boys Love” and any story featuring two men in a relationship (containing smut). Shounen Ai is BL without any smut and is focused on more the romance and is generally more wholesome/fluffy
BL is in fact not a term coming from Western circles. BL is a term, that is almost exclusively used for any male x male manga/anime/games/series etc, in Japan. And both Yaoi and shounen-ai are very outdated terms used almost exclusively just be Westerners. And for the Westerners who still do use them, shounen-ai=male x male, no smut (doesn't have to be wholesome or fluffy), Yaoi=male x male, containing smut. In Japan if someone uses the term yaoi these days, it's for doujinshi/fan work only.
Ahhh love how honest you are with your reactions to series haha! I'm interested in bitemaker only for the trashiness 🤣 I tried kowloon generic romance online to try before i buy but I don't know why i wasn't feeling the guy character but the female character was drawn sooo well 😭
love the recs and honestly i love blue period, but it's more something you have to have a specific mood to read because a lot of the time it hits too close to home but that can be nice to read from time to time, also for tbhk I would recommend the manga first, but the volumes are hard to get in some places so the anime is also a good choice tbh
im lucky that prices haven’t gone up with inflation considering i’m collecting series with higher prices but tbhk is sooo good!! sadly 17 isn’t out yet as far as i know
Congrats on the new job! 👏 One of the local book retailers surprised me with a pretty good Black Friday special this year, so I had to make the most of it!🤭 Now I can barely wait for the manga to be delivered and to share on Discard 🌺
So happy for you getting your full time job!!! I’m currently in the process as well since graduating college and I can 100% relate on how you felt about the situation but I’m hopeful I will get that Yes from a company ❤ btw love your videos i feel as though I’m watching a friend 😊 btw Hugeee Blue Period fan here
When you started talking about Bite Maker and vol 6…I couldn’t help but read it online too 😬😂 some things I did not expect 👀 And I had high hopes for Game too bc I like kinda steamy office romance but idk I couldn’t get into it. But based on your reaction, I hope you enjoy it for yourself tho! 😆
@@Himeka_00 i couldn't help but read scans for Bite Maker vol 6 hahah. it's wild and something i've categorized as "On Hold" on my list but still somehow keep reading it anyways LOL
Basically, Shōnen ai is about “deep relationships” between men while Yaoi is more of sex between men but romantic elements can be involved. In short: shonen ai = gay love yaoi = gay fubu 🤣
@@Himeka_00 I also read Kowloon, I think you will like it! It's a shame that it is so expensive in the uk!! Learn italian and i'll ship you che cheapper volumes xD
Even though BL is genre I never seek out in general, I just finished reading older BL, or yaoi to be precise, “blue morning “ ( yuutsu no asa) absolutely liked it, highly recommend it.
@@Himeka_00 i am not in the mood for light novel now because I want to look at beautiful manga artwork😭 guess I will wait a little bit more. Thanks for sharing.
Shounen is boys and ai is love so it’s literally just boys love, on the western side people used to split things though with shounen ai being safe for work and Yaoi being nsfw. Now people just say BL to cover everything and the distinction wasn’t a thing on the Japanese side. Just a weird terminology thing that never translated properly. Seven seas is really going at it at the moment, I hope they ramp up the shoujo because shoujo beat is doing us so dirty. Quality wise as well one of my copies of my love mix up the spine is so off it’s partially on the front of the book 🙃 seven seas I haven’t had any quality issues so far
@@Himeka_00 it sucks because my old stuff from them doesn’t have any problems and now we are in the future from then so how is it worse, surely the tech is better 😭
Personally I love Vampire knight, still to this day😂 despite all the turbulence I went through this manga when it was being released and all the chaos, I loved it more than hated it. On the other hand, I stopped reading vk memories right after I read vol 5, am i wrong in getting yuri vibe( please someone tell me 😢) and this new kaname isn’t to my taste somehow.
@@Himeka_00 I can write an essay all the things got wrong in VK but still love it somehow😅 the original series made it so hard to choose between kaname and zero, I sympathize with yuki.
Congrats on the new job! I actually like Game of Suits more in comparison to the other steamship line. I was so addicted to blood on the tracks but sort of got turn off around vol 7 or 8 and I have not pick it up since. I was ok with the jap movie for no longer your heroine but reading the manga just makes my blood boil and I see all the flaws each character has.
i usually don't comment but i just wanted to say your videos always makes me feel so calm and cozy, definitely my comfort creator 🥰🥰
Thank you lovely appreciate it loads ✨
If you read light novels I definitely recommend My happy marriage! I was slightly disappointed with the manga because nothing happens and so much happens just in 2 volumes of the light novel! So cute though regardless 🥰
Yeah i heard that the LN version is way better and covers a lot more than the manga x
Congrats on your new job! I’m so excited for this new chapter in your life. I love that idea of binging a series video idea!
Thank youuuuu me too 😭❤️🫶
Yes bingeing it all at once sounds fun!
just found your channel and i already love it here, your voice is so soothing and relaxing i managed to read a whole volume, can't wait for the next video
Awww thank you so much!!! Hope you continue to enjoy the channel the community is lovely here ❤️
I recently started reading dorohedoro since I finally got all the volumes and it’s quickly become one of my favorite series!
Woohoooo! buzzing to finish filling in the gaps!
Just picked up The Apothecary Diares vol 1. Excited to starting this. 😃
Woohooo! hope you like it :)
Yes for full time salary!! ❤ and to answer your question when you showed us My Love Mix Up!, in western circles, BL is an umbrella term for “Boys Love” and any story featuring two men in a relationship (containing smut). Shounen Ai is BL without any smut and is focused on more the romance and is generally more wholesome/fluffy
BL is in fact not a term coming from Western circles. BL is a term, that is almost exclusively used for any male x male manga/anime/games/series etc, in Japan. And both Yaoi and shounen-ai are very outdated terms used almost exclusively just be Westerners. And for the Westerners who still do use them, shounen-ai=male x male, no smut (doesn't have to be wholesome or fluffy), Yaoi=male x male, containing smut. In Japan if someone uses the term yaoi these days, it's for doujinshi/fan work only.
Thank youuuu appreciate it! ✨
Ayy thank you for the clarification x
Ahhh love how honest you are with your reactions to series haha! I'm interested in bitemaker only for the trashiness 🤣 I tried kowloon generic romance online to try before i buy but I don't know why i wasn't feeling the guy character but the female character was drawn sooo well 😭
also the romance gets REALLY good in my happy marriage! can't wait till you get to read more when it releases
Yeah probs cause the guy was too ugly to look at 🤣🤣 I’ll update my thoughts once I read my volume ahahah
I really can’t wait to read more happy marriage especially hearing how good the LN is 🫶😍😍
love the recs and honestly i love blue period, but it's more something you have to have a specific mood to read because a lot of the time it hits too close to home but that can be nice to read from time to time, also for tbhk I would recommend the manga first, but the volumes are hard to get in some places so the anime is also a good choice tbh
Agreed it always speaks to me ahahah
Oooh nice I managed to fill in the gaps so hopefully I start reading TBHK soon 🤞🤞
Congrats on the job 🎉.. the market is hard, have some friends looking too. Waiting for volume 7 for Apothecary Diaries.
Thank you so much! Been a difficult transition ngl 😅
boy's love in japanese is shonen ai 😌
and great video as always I love your energy ✌️
Thank you love 🫶
Ooh! I'm so excited to see what you got! 🎉
Ayyy thank you ❤️
im lucky that prices haven’t gone up with inflation considering i’m collecting series with higher prices but tbhk is sooo good!! sadly 17 isn’t out yet as far as i know
Dayum that’s some good luck right there!
Congrats on the new job! 👏
One of the local book retailers surprised me with a pretty good Black Friday special this year, so I had to make the most of it!🤭
Now I can barely wait for the manga to be delivered and to share on Discard 🌺
Thank you lovely!! Yes can’t wait to see what you got ✨ Black Friday came in clutch 😎
love the weekly uploads! good luck at the new job :)
Thank you so much! loving the job loads x
Rewatching passed my bedtime js bc i'm feeling anxious abt my spice report and my report card.. your videos just help me to calm down a bit. ❤
You got this 💪💪
Congrats on the new job 🎉
Kowloon is next level amazing! I hope you managed to read it ❤❤
Thank youuuu! yes hoping to read it this weekend x
So happy for you getting your full time job!!! I’m currently in the process as well since graduating college and I can 100% relate on how you felt about the situation but I’m hopeful I will get that Yes from a company ❤ btw love your videos i feel as though I’m watching a friend 😊 btw Hugeee Blue Period fan here
Good luck you got this 💪 sending my good wishes your way!
Loved the vid thanks for the recommendations! 🎉
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Congratulations on your new job 🎉
Thanks so much lovely x
When you started talking about Bite Maker and vol 6…I couldn’t help but read it online too 😬😂 some things I did not expect 👀
And I had high hopes for Game too bc I like kinda steamy office romance but idk I couldn’t get into it. But based on your reaction, I hope you enjoy it for yourself tho! 😆
iniit! can't wait for volume 6 release 😆😆😏
& yeah i heard a few people mentioned the same like they don't like the game play type of relationship x
@@Himeka_00 i couldn't help but read scans for Bite Maker vol 6 hahah. it's wild and something i've categorized as "On Hold" on my list but still somehow keep reading it anyways LOL
I agree with your friend I'm a manga lover myself of the prices of my mangoes have gone up it makes me sad as well
Yeah everything is so expensive now 🥲🥲
Great haul💫
thanks! ✨
Basically, Shōnen ai is about “deep relationships” between men while Yaoi is more of sex between men but romantic elements can be involved.
In short:
shonen ai = gay love
yaoi = gay fubu
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oooo i see i see
How come prices have gone up in the UK for manga?
inflation and probs because they see a higher demand so they increased the price
I love Golden Kamui, I disco discovered it thanks to youtube review. In Italia we are up to the 28th and I can't way to read the end (31th)
Wow only a few more volumes to go 💪
@@Himeka_00 I also read Kowloon, I think you will like it! It's a shame that it is so expensive in the uk!! Learn italian and i'll ship you che cheapper volumes xD
This is a great video : D
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Even though BL is genre I never seek out in general, I just finished reading older BL, or yaoi to be precise, “blue morning “ ( yuutsu no asa) absolutely liked it, highly recommend it.
Oooo sounds good!
I am still debating on which one should I go for: my happy marriage light novel or manga. it’s always the light novel is better one, as I heard. 😢
I heard the LN covers more I think volume 1 of the manga only covered less than half of the 1st volume of the LN Xx
@@Himeka_00 i am not in the mood for light novel now because I want to look at beautiful manga artwork😭 guess I will wait a little bit more. Thanks for sharing.
Vampire Knight came put at my bookstore that i go to! But, it's not vol 1 💀
Sad times!
Kowloon isn’t a one shot? I thought I read somewhere that it was a one shot x😂
Nah it’s a series Lool! 🤣 more to read ahaha
The other concubines would hate me and gang up on me 😂 Enjoyed the haul!!
Legit!!! Poor tiffs 🤣🤣
Shounen is boys and ai is love so it’s literally just boys love, on the western side people used to split things though with shounen ai being safe for work and Yaoi being nsfw. Now people just say BL to cover everything and the distinction wasn’t a thing on the Japanese side. Just a weird terminology thing that never translated properly. Seven seas is really going at it at the moment, I hope they ramp up the shoujo because shoujo beat is doing us so dirty. Quality wise as well one of my copies of my love mix up the spine is so off it’s partially on the front of the book 🙃 seven seas I haven’t had any quality issues so far
Oooh thanks for the detailed info! Appreciate it x & omg yes the viz quality control is just shambles 🥲
@@Himeka_00 it sucks because my old stuff from them doesn’t have any problems and now we are in the future from then so how is it worse, surely the tech is better 😭
Personally I love Vampire knight, still to this day😂 despite all the turbulence I went through this manga when it was being released and all the chaos, I loved it more than hated it. On the other hand, I stopped reading vk memories right after I read vol 5, am i wrong in getting yuri vibe( please someone tell me 😢) and this new kaname isn’t to my taste somehow.
Ahahha love that you still love the series til this day! ohhh the new kaname tbh i had the hots for him also Zero when i was younger lol
@@Himeka_00 I can write an essay all the things got wrong in VK but still love it somehow😅 the original series made it so hard to choose between kaname and zero, I sympathize with yuki.
Congrats on the new job! I actually like Game of Suits more in comparison to the other steamship line. I was so addicted to blood on the tracks but sort of got turn off around vol 7 or 8 and I have not pick it up since. I was ok with the jap movie for no longer your heroine but reading the manga just makes my blood boil and I see all the flaws each character has.
Thank youuu! loving the job so far 💗
omg no longer heroine i can rip all my hair out ahaha
@@Himeka_00 That's great! LOL, yeah, I dropped it.