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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-06-01 03:54 pm

[ SECRET POST #2707 ]


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Re: Most popular BL manga

(Anonymous) 2014-06-01 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
BL stories in general, or manga in particular? First ones that come to mind..

Gravitation
Okane ga Nai
Loveless
Viewfinder
Ai no Kusabi (I don't think this one is a manga, but anime/light novels)
Mirage of Blaze (also not a manga, as far as I know, but anime/light novels. though I don't think of this as BL genre, and I'm not sure if it is actually classified as such)

Re: Most popular BL manga

(Anonymous) 2014-06-01 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, and I noticed you said "See if it works for you" - which is totally different from "most popular". :P But that depends 100% on what you are interested in? Do you like very stereotypical yaoi, with defined ukes and semes? Sexy rape tropes? Lots of talking about feelings? Cute styles, or mature styles? I mean, much as people criticize it, BL is a term that encompasses a LOT of variety in Japan.

I personally liked the Viewfinder manga by Ayano Yamane a lot. Beautiful art, the characters all look like adults. Very sexy, though it has rape and that is portrayed as sexy. I don't mind "sexy rape" in my porn though, but that's definitely not for everyone. Viewfinder also developed a lot more plot when it became famous after its first manga. But yeah. Lots of porn.

Also, another very famous yaoi manga: Junjou Romantica. Forgot to mention that one. Has rape/sexual assault that isn't actually treated like rape in the first episode, but I think that's it.

Another famous one: Under Grand Hotel. There is rape, but it is actually treated like rape, and doesn't occur (as far as I remember) between the two main characters.

...I don't think I've ever typed "rape" so many times in one comment, oops

Re: Most popular BL manga

(Anonymous) 2014-06-01 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
^I liked Junjou Romantica, but not the main love story. I think there were three. The other two were infinitely more interesting than the main love story.

Re: Most popular BL manga

(Anonymous) 2014-06-01 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
But Swordfish does rape the other main character iirc.

Re: Most popular BL manga

(Anonymous) 2014-06-01 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been such a long time, I can't actually remember. I just remember the Japanese guy gets raped by some other prisoners, and that his relationship with Swordfish seemed a lot more "equal", to the point of them being friends. And there was no uke/seme stereotypes, even though the Japanese guy always was bottom, iirc. Maybe I'm completely misremembering. Anyway, Under Grand Hotel has rape.

Re: Most popular BL manga

(Anonymous) 2014-06-01 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
The Japanese guy gets raped or almost raped and then Swordfish saves and rapes him iirc. At the very least, their first sexual encounter was nonconsensual. Of that, I'm certain.