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Being spoiler free here to my best efforts, but as a gentle warning, a lot of readers might find this story; or rather the character(s) somewhat problematic. Both the leads have complex personalities but as the story progresses, it's unravelled what drives their weird behaviours.

The story also sheds light on societal outlook towards people with speech disorders (in this case, a stutter) and how it sometimes adversely affects their social relationships, in our main lead's case, leads to Bullying. Till now I have no complaints over how this sensitive topic was handled by the author. In fact personally speaking, it's been quite educational. Thus the ... story struck me as something different that HAD to be given a chance.

Certain things will become clear once you're past 12 chapters (that's where we are, at the time of writing this), so hang on till then is all I can suggest since it's an ongoing story. So, IF, and ONLY IF you can handle some level of weirdness, this is for you. Otherwise it's not. This is not a fluff romance read, at least for the first three volumes that are available.

Timeless & ahead of it's time. It's been more than 30 years since this came out (1992), and no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't force myself to like the 2012 version over this timeless piece of work. You know the shows that don't let the animation alter your thoughts on the plot, characters, acting, and an overall vibe. Ai no Kusabi is exactly that.

Finding solace the non-conventional way, with two men from extreme opposite ends of the society and the journey to feel accepted and sacrifices made to make that happen. It encounters multiple societal issues that we are STILL facing ... today, racism, colorism, slavery, financial and authority level based on your birth and the fight to be freed from it all.

If you're into BL, this is highly recommended. I keep coming back to watch this every now and then, that's the magnitude of impact it still has on me (hopefully on y'all too)

This is peak non sexual vanilla romance where boundaries are respected and consent is a must. We're almost down to the last episode but I can't wait anymore to put out a review. BL generally has a tainted reputation when it comes to the type of content being put out by majority of the anime or manga we get to choose from. It's shows like these that restore my faith in BL having the potential to be judged as a mainstream one (minus the animation budget) like any other romance story (because romance is romance, irrespective of any gender or sexual biases and stereotypes)
Cherry Magic ... did a good job portraying real life scenarios when it comes to dating after hitting your 30s with a regular desk job AND a teenie tiny bit of Mahou element (It's that not-so-important part of the story if you focus more on the characters, especially in later part of the story) So if you're here for the Mahou element, this is not it. However the romance, this won't disappoint you I swear
Story - 8/10
Characters - 9/10
Animation - 7/10 [A lot of choppy cuts due to the weekly pressure or perhaps budget issues, scope for improvement]
Interactions - 10/10

I stumbled upon this randomly and got lucky because....hear me out, this is such a masterpiece considering this genre's evident flaws with recurring portrayal of non consentual themes. This is ROMANCE. You will forget this is BL for a moment and fall in love with the two MCs

For 2007, the makers really got into this. Amazing story by Nitta Youka, and ED track from Morikawa Toshiyuki just hit the mark.

I just hope this gets more attention and more people discover this hidden gem of a period BL thriller.
PS: This will leave an emotional imprint on you for a long time so stay strong!

Considering BL as a Genre which is MAJORLY just full of Cliche, Cringey and non-consensual harassments, this show was a bliss. An amazing show that deals maturely and delicately with the gay characteristics of seemingly Masculine men, and how that leads to a lot of miscommunications and fabricated feelings at display.

I also liked the way how the characters' emotions were as raw as they can get. The Music aspect of this show is a cherry on top with some amazing tracks, especially Shougo Yano, Mafuyu's VA, did an amazing job. The pain in that voice could be felt, more so in his 'Fuyu no ... Hanashi' performance. Overall a great show and definitely my top 3 in this Genre.

PS: The Genre information exists for a reason. When you see a BL tag, please know that it's there for obvious reasons and you proceed to watch only if you're into BL. Please do not mess up the reviews just because YOU are homophobic or simply not into BL.

When anyone first start watching One Piece, all they have in mind is just how lengthy it is and the below average animation it had, since it started airing in 1999, but once you overcome these two dilemmas, there is a literal ocean of emotions that you're gonna be blessed with every time you put on an episode because that's how great of a show it is.

The animation quality gets better with changing time & technology, as the show progresses with a very solid storyline and motivations of each character. Comedy is a cherry on top of the action packed sequences. The emotional scenes just ... make you brawl your eyes out, doesn't matter how grown up and uptight you may be.

The first 100-200 episodes are somewhat boring to watch for some viewers but don't drop it for the rest couple hundred epic ones. One thing that mesmerizes me about the series is that it just keeps getting better and better. The pacing is the only recurring issue with the show but there is a fix, watch it with 1.25x/1.5x speed or watch one pace but just watch it godammit.

To be honest, There's a lot more to this show than just the story and characters but to conclude here I just wanna say give it a shot and it will be the best decision you make as a weeb.