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I read the novel. The manhua got cancelled.
Favorite BL of all time, any medium.
A world of wonder, a world of the wealthy, a world of super powerful AI — a world of darkness, poverty, pandemics, human experimentation and kidnapping of children. A world in which Lu Bixing, kind-hearted university headmaster, and Lin Jingcheng, former commander in the army, now bar owner and mafia boss, are trying their best to survive.
20th Century China. Chen Qiming is a Peking Opera actor. When soldiers come to watch his (accidental) play, he catches the eye of the warlord Yan Ci, youngest son of the man who ruined Qiming's life in the past. Love at first sight for Yan Ci, hate at first sight for Qiming, they must face endless challenges to find what they're looking for in each other.
violence, murder, attempted r*pe
Alex is a troubled teen, passionate about his friends and art, harsh on everything else. When he gets suspended from school, his mother decides to surprise him by bringing him back to the summer camp he used to go to as a child. He hesitates, as that place holds painful memories his mother doesn't know about, memories about a special boy named Leo and his beautiful, bright smile.
homophobia, internalized homophobia, ableism, death
Asahi and Mitsuki have a deal. If they'll still be a couple by the end of their world trip, they'll get married. It sounds easy enough in theory, but Asahi's fears and insecurities, Mitsuki's tendency to be clueless and easygoing, as well as the countries' different and sometimes difficult to adapt to cultures will test their love again and again.
I read the novel.
When his adoptive parents can't be bothered with Jiang Cheng anymore, they send him to his good-for-nothing biological father, in a small industrial town. The first person he meets is Gu Miao, a little girl who got lost near the station. Jiang Cheng helps her get a guardian to pick her up and that's how he meets Gu Fei, her "delinquent" older brother.
violence, child abuse, mentions of domestic violence, bullying, ableism, death
Two couples.
1. After a long relationship and a dull breakup, Minsuk decides to adopt a Siberian Husky named Bexan to save him from being put down. But when night comes and he finds a naked man where he left his dog, Minsuk needs his entire strength not to call the police.
2. Ein and Diesel have a mysterious and complicated past that keeps them together, in the present wondering if what they feel for each other is indeed love.
abuse, death
1920s. Joseon (current Korea) is under Japanese rule. When Kuroda Yukio, the youngest son of a Japanese, rich family, is found murdered, seemingly at the hands of Kim Mugyeong, a Joseon classmate, people are enraged and demand justice. As Jeong Inu, a Joseon police officer, takes care of the investigation, he discovers a web of politically-driven individuals and finds himself stuck between loyalty to his master and loyalty to his people.
death, blood, suicide, SA
In a world infested by war and a deadly virus, Sak is part of the Academy, a safe place what trains people with powers called Cores, mainly used for battle. Each person with a Core also has a Caller, a human whose presence would enhance the Core's ability and stabilize the owner. After the virus enters the Academy, Sak is sent to search for his Caller. When he finds him, he doesn't expect a hostile former child soldier who doesn't trust anyone.
violenceattempted SA
Yujin, a model student, wants to befriend Seunghyun, the loner of the class, but he keeps getting ignored. One day he stumbles across Seunghyun's twin brother, Yihyun, and befriends him instead. Seunghyun misinterprets this as Yujin being interested romantically in Yihyun and his huge brother complex wouldn't allow it, proposing Yujin to date him instead. Out of pettiness, Yujin accepts.
internalized homophobia
Two talented, passionate men (Shu Yun who's a male ballet dancer and Tong Yang who's a Beijing opera performer) meet as rivals and inspire each other. It's such a wonderful story about passion, love and loss, it truly proves that there's nothing better than having the right people by your side.
Edit: I need to re-read this.
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