I actually hadn’t heard of it prior to seeing folks on natively updating their watching status with it, haha.
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It was released in 2024 but I only came to watch it last year and I absolutely loved it.
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I just finished this a few weeks ago and it was cute (and had an older lead in it, which is always nice for a change):
I also liked this one a lot, but I also binge watched a bunch of dramas in December so I’m not so great at keeping what exactly happened in which one apart. I rated it 5 stars though, so I quite liked it:
This was another one that I watched and gave 4 stars to. It’s 2023, so just barely “in the last year or two” 
I think this was the one with the really hot leads:
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I have no memory of that title, but the plot sounds insanely familiar. I think I watched some of the drama with a friend (who’s really into BL) back in 2009 or 2010, but never read the manga.
Yeah, that one was probably how I first heard of BL, but I never watched it or read it either interestingly (it is in my TBR, though).
The first direct experience I had with BL was watching 純情ロマンチカ with a friend back in the days (I don’t want to know how they did it, but we were watching basically alongside release with subs; I don’t think it was legal, but not much choice at the time 
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Thanks for the recs, guys! 
I just finished binging 40までにしたい10のこと S1 | L26 and excited to start a new series (though how to decide? so much lovely BL content to consume!!!)
It was one of the earliest shoujo titles from VIZ in the early 00s, before they started publishing the Shojo Beat magazine (which I miss terribly, I love physical manga magazines…). I saw the Korean drama adaption which was so, so bad (haven’t watched the Japanese live action, though).
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Yay! I really liked that one a lot!
Also a miss. I’ve tried multiple times and haven’t gotten past the 3rd episode.
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That’s probably where I tapped out as well. I didn’t try to get back to it though.
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Just realized how close we are to the end of No. 6’s club, so here’s your call: nominate! Nominate! Nominate! The poll for our next book will be open 2026-04-04T04:00:00Z!
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Either Gravitation or ヴァイスクロイツ | L30?? were my first experience with BL funny enough (idrc if the latter is canonically BL or just extremely loud subtext)
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I think subtext with a rabid fanfic community
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anything can be BL if the fanfic community is rabid enough. 
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Reminder that voting will begin this weekend and to get in your noms.
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Title: パブリックスクール: -檻の中の王- | L29
Book type: light novel
Available formats: physical / ebook
Summary - Japanese
第1巻の内容紹介: 名門貴族の子弟が集う、全寮制パブリックスクール――その頂点に君臨する、全校憧れの監督生（プリフェクト）で寮代表（ヘッドボーイ）のエドワード。母を亡くし、父方の実家に引き取られた礼（れい）が密かに恋する自慢の義兄だ。気ままで尊大だけれど、幼い頃は可愛がってくれたエドは、礼の入学と同時に冷たく豹変!! 「一切誰とも関わるな」と友人を作ることも許さずに!? 厳格な伝統と階級に縛られた、身分違いの切ない片恋!!
Content Warnings
Not quite sure, but based on the only review for this book it does seem like there could be some bad relationship dynamics and angst.
Reason(s) for nominating: I’ve had this on my kindle for a while, but haven’t read it yet and would enjoy the opportunity to read it with a club! It also has a few volumes which is somewhat rare for BL light novels, so it seems like it could be a nice full story to get immersed into if the first one is good.
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I was awakened to BL with the manga series “Yellow” by Makoto Tateno ( Yellow, Volume 01 by Makoto Tateno | Goodreads ) when I was a teen 
Do we have such an awakened thread? Would be fun to gather everyone’s first BLs 
(and reading or using the word “awakened” I nowadays first associates the anime and intro from Solo Leveling 
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I don’t think so! I think there’s a lot of chat about people’s early experiences up somewhere in the thread, but they’re definitely buried by this point, haha.
Reminder: voting will open 2026-04-04T04:00:00Z, so last call for nominations! Reminder that our current nomination list can be found here.
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It’s voting time!
This poll will close on 2026-04-12T16:00:00Z. Please see the list of nominations here (Natively list). There are no voting limits for this poll, so unlimited votes for all! 
What will our next read be?
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Reminder to get your votes in! 吸血鬼 has a pretty healthy lead so far, looks like.
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Alrighty; 吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち is our winner! I was the nominator for that, so I’ll set up the thread in the coming week. Thanks, all!
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Our new home thread has been posted here!
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