I’d say close enough, personally.
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I think @eefara just wants an army of readers to read the No 6 series with 
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Where do I sign up? 
But fr, if it’s not BL enough for this one, I can nominate it in the next voting of the light novels book club instead (after Hamefura).
Probably spacing it a bit from F&B would be good too.
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I’m also of the opinion it’s BL enough, by the way.
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Hush, you. 
It’s got a ちるちる entry, for what it’s worth. And I’m not just giving my okay because I want more people to read No. 6 (though I do), I do think the relationship between the two male leads is pretty BL.
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Can anything truly be BL enough? 
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Heyyyy! You’re back!
I don’t know if you were still around at the time, but I read the whole series your avatar is from and had a (generally) good time.
Well, the space on the page is limited, so there’s certainly a maximum amount of BL.
I guess we’ll need to invent the BL equivalent of HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) to keep increasing sweetness past the saturation point.
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I’m acutely aware on how I was the one complaining that we didn’t get enough L of our last BL win, so nominating something even more slowwwww burn feels a bit hypocritical.
But it’s Shion and Nezumi.
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@bibliothecary sighting!!!
I hope you’re doing well..(and wanna come read some more BL with us )
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Title: NO. 6 〔ナンバーシックス〕 | L31
Book type: Novel
Available formats: physical / ebook / audiobook (will be released on Audible on Feb 20)
Summary - Japanese
第1巻の内容紹介: 2013年の未来都市《ＮＯ．６》。人類の理想を実現した街で、２歳の時から最高ランクのエリートとして育てられた紫苑は、12歳の誕生日の夜、「ネズミ」と名乗る少年に出会ってから運命が急転回。どうしてあの夜、ぼくは窓を開けてしまったんだろう？ 飢えることも、嘆くことも、戦いも知らずに済んだのに……。「わたしはＮＯ．６という物語の中で、生きる希望とやらを掴んでいけるのだろうか」――あさのあつこ
Summary - English
Volume 1 Description: The future city “NO.6” in the year 2013. In this city where the ideals of humanity have been realised, Shion has been raised as an elite of the highest rank since he was 2 years old. On the night of his 12th birthday, his destiny takes a sudden turn when he meets a boy who calls himself “Nezumi”. Why did I open the window that night? I could have never known hunger, lamentation, or battle…
Content Warnings
“Gunshot wounds, bugs, oppressive government.” (c) Google, because my memory cannot be trusted.
Reason(s) for nominating: Mostly nostalgia - I liked the anime in my teens, even though it apparently covered 9 volumes with 11 episodes. The release of the sequel novel series also helps.
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Well I think whether or not it wins that’s gonna bump it up even further on my list
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!!! OMG !!! Happy news!
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Omigosh, it’s bibliothecary! ^o^ Hope you’ve been doing well!
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so perhaps manga get closer to HFCS BL. I’m willing to sacrifice my health to be an HFCS BL tester. 
I don’t remember any/many complaints from you, so many they were just in your head? (And/or my memory is a leaky boat.) Anyway, you have to nominate the classy stuff so the BL club can keep its sparkling reputation. 
Whaaaaaat. 
Wow, thanks for the heads up!! Oh man, I hope the narrator is good, this series deserves only the best…
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Hi everyone! 
I haven’t been doing anything language-y for like a year and I’ve been missing it! 
So yeah I’m hoping to be around more, and what better place to start than the BL side of Natively? 
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Not to like, immediately inundate you with clubs or anything, but はめふら’s club will be starting Monday if you’d like to dip your toes in there!
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So happy to have you back @bibliothecary!! I too took a little hiatus last year, let’s get back at it 
Although BL isn’t exactly my style, so probably not this club 
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I think you just haven’t tried hard enough. Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
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I blame the spotty internet connection.
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It’s voting time!
This poll will close on 2026-02-08T16:00:00Z. Please see the list of nominations here (Natively list). I have removed voting limits for this poll, so unlimited votes for all! 
(Also, this is the 1000th post in the thread. Good job everyone, let’s aim for 2000~!)
What will our next read be?
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