CERTIFIED FRESH BL's

10/10

Beautifully beautifully drawn with a rich story that changes with the characters. Amazing use of the visual medium to show the beauty of music, romance, and obsession. There really isn't a BL quite like this in recent memory, but I recommend reading Oshimi Shuzo works if you enjoyed the visual metaphors and Blue Giant & Kids on the Slope for intense men playing instruments. Please license this in English so I can buy the volumes.

10/10

Technically not "BL" but I am an Oshimi Shuzo stan, he's the ultimate psychological goat and I love scary sex that ruins people.

9/10

I'm so glad to have lived in the timeline where Tezuka made a masterpiece yaoi.

9/10

As someone who doesn't gravitate to omegaverse, this is a fresh & fascinating take on it. I love the depiction of terrible relationship dynamics and the consequences. A smart reflection of the way internalized misogyny manifests. It's also frying me that ABO has reproduced heteronormative society to the degree where there's now Straight Yaoi (Alpha & Omega) and Gay Yaoi (Omega & Omega)

9/10

You think it starts a certain way and then it grips you by the seat of your pants and all you can do is hold on for the ride.

9/10

At the time, there weren't as many BL that incorporated realistic aspects of gay cruising and sex culture, so this really stood out to me. I enjoyed the communication between the leads and the dynamic leads to genuinely funny moments, and they seem like real people. Read if you're looking for something comedic and wholesome.