![]() The romance seems rushed and *really* contrived. My main problems with the boys’ love manga I’ve read have been as follows:ġ. ![]() But I’m hoping that, as with fanfiction, it might be easy for me to find what I’m looking for, once I know how. After all, even Jason Thompson let me down here. I’m hoping Lissa’s blog will help me discover some series I enjoy, but I’m not as optimistic as I’d like. Delving into the genre, though, I’ve been disappointed again and again, to the point where I’ve pretty much given up on it. ![]() So when I started really getting into manga, I thought boys’ love was going to be a no-brainer for me. I have a fairly long history in slash fanfiction, and while a lot of it is really not to my taste (I prefer thoughtful, characterization-rich stories that reveal something new about the characters, as opposed to gratuitous smut-fests or sugary wish-fulfillment romances, and I’ll admit that the last two of these make up at least 75% of all relationship-focused fanfiction), it is easy to find the stuff I do like, now that I know how. As I was toodling around in Lissa Pattillo’s post-birthday/station-identification post this morning, I found myself mulling (once I’d finished groaning about my own old age) over my many issues with boys’ love manga. ![]()
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