#2023 yaoi off

[jomeimei421]

congrats jdj on beating the pairing that invented slash fiction in the 2023 yaoi-off on tumblr dot com 🎉

#orv #joongdok #joongdok sweep #omniscient reader #omniscient reader's viewpoint #kdj #yjh #spirk #my art orv #2023 yaoi off

[vyph2001]

[Chap 350 PARODY] Congratulation to our silly boys for winning top 1 yaoiful couple 🎉

For those who miss, in ch350, Joongdok is the 3rd candidates in the nomination list for "Best Chemistry Award"

#2023 yaoi off #orv #joongdok sweep #joongdok #kim dokja #yoo joonghyuk #orv uriel #shin yoosung #lee gilyoung #kimcom #omniscient reader's viewpoint

[melonfell]

joongdok sweep <3

#2023 yaoi off #joongdok #yjh #kdj #orv #omniscient reader fanart #kim dokja #yoo joonghyuk #fanart #orv fanart

[llezvam]

The war was well-fought boys 😤💕

#orv #joongdok #2023 yaoi off #mavzellart #kim dokja #yu junghyeok #kdj #yjh

[doctorosi]

51 49 isnt close to a tie, its a fucking threat

just know that whenever you see those numbers its the kim dokja kinnies flexing their power

#2023 yaoi off

[melonnade]

ORV SWEEP LET’S GO

#2023 yaoi off #joongdok #orv #shitpost

[you-are-not-here]

Just learned that Gyjo lost to a fucking homestuck ship in the 2023 yaoi polls I’m going to cry now

#Utah rambles #2023 Yaoi Off #Can’t believe they are trying to remake the 2022 yaoi polls without knowing what made it great in the first place

[snakeguy999]

Day 18. "Favourite character"

#art #fanart #off game #ask to tag #nudity #hes trans forrever has been in my mind #in canon too if you open your eyes #dedan #off dedan #dedan x enoch #enoch x dedan #enoch #off enoch #offtober #offtober 2023 #guaa i love draiwng real men....soo handosme.... #old man yaoi

[demonlike-judge-of-fire]

WE FUCKING WON. AND WE DID IT IN A GREAT 51/49 RATIO. I AM SO FUCKING PROUD THIS IS GONNA MAKR SUCH A GOOD ANECDOTE

#leon likes talking #dokhyuk #2023-yaoi-off

[1moreoffkeyanthem]

ITS STYLE WEEK!!!!!!!

So here’s Style Week 2023 with PCE!

Day 1 got some domestic fluff, girldad!style, kennyisms, Christmas Eve, and a lil hurt/comfort bc it’s me

#style week 2023 #south park #style #style kid! #them #yes I did start off the week by injuring Stan absolutely no one is surprised #fic link #ao3 #ao3 link #my shit #fanfiction #fic challenge #style week #old man yaoi #kind of #StyleWeek2023

[crepuscularqueens]

why did i even watch the 1960 fall of the house of usher if no one else is obsessed with winthrop's tear stained face and billowing white shirts

#not to mention his tits......... who said that #also why did i watch the 2023 series if no one is going to talk about the old man yaoi that exists in my mind. ANYWAY. #maybe in the 5 days off from work i'll have next week i will be able to do something about this :(

[andrewknightley]

most people doing the brackets polls competition are super annoying except. The ones doing it admiting they are gonna rig the polls if their faves dont win. those are the true mpv

#this is about 2023 yaoi off and also the latino polls that redid a fucking vote when bodoque was losing against poe #talks and stuff

[inkstaindusk]

Idc about the yaoi 2023 off going on rn but where's the poll that's all anime boys from before 2018 and I specifically mean anime boys not merthur or kl*nce or whatever other non-anime boy ships existed before then

#lying about not caring about the yaoi 2023 off if ak//iangel or d0khyuk win i'm throwing someone out a window #im personally on team kawoshin but i'll accept any of the other options just not those two #no offense to shippers i just don't think they have enough history to deserve it #i did not watch shion shoot someone while nezumi screamed at him to stop only for them to not be in a bl poll #chit chattery

[guideaus]

i feel like wolfwood having that weird "drug" makes him age faster thing in trimax is just weird all around lmao. the 90s anime didnt have that at all, and i think every person who stumbles upon that part in the manga stops and goes "uh... wait a second, is he like a teenager?" and its still confusing even when it shows he'd already been taken for a while, was trained, then they experimented on him, and more time passed, he finally betrayed chapel, then met vash (also comparing the ages of his fellow siblings who were from the orphanage). but it just felt so out of nowhere, like the drug that makes him superhuman suddenly and its so weird. it also feels odd bc the entire manga he has a very knowing, world-weary, experienced vibe about him, and it'd be weird if suddenly its revealed he isnt really like that. i dont know what it added to the story for it to suddenly be a thing, and stampede totally couldve gotten rid of it

#personal #stampede on the other hand absolutely makes it 'child drinks drug and POOF. adult now' so its like UHH #could have not done it at all haha..? #tristamp ww is dumb anyway tbh. the ship is so based off their original chemistry than tristamp's #and the new ww/vash feel very weak so the fandom makes it worse so its basically racist yaoi in 2023 #also this isnt a dig at anyone who is suspicious of it. i think that is totally a thing ppl should do and criticism is always good #anyways i disagree w that arc lol so in my mind im nick fury saying ive elected to ignore it

[e-102]

it’s so crazy that joongdok won the 2023 yaoi off, im so proud of them even though they didn’t deserve it. kim dokja has lost every single poll i have ever EVER seen him in. he deserved one win.

actually here let’s give him another win guys

#kiwi talks about life #polls #orv

[absolutebl]

Top 10 Great BLs That Are REALLY hard to find (but worth tracking down)

But you may want to go hunting anyway!

Seven Days

Seven Days: Monday-Thursday

Seven Days: Friday-Sunday

Japan 2015

Never doubt my ability to recommend this show. One of the best live action yaois ever made, with perfectly structured angst, fantastic characters and acting, and no problematic tropes (rare in Japanese BL). The leads have excellent chemistry although it’s low heat there’s still some really cute mutual kisses.

Cherry Magic AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

Japan 2020

The sweetest fluffiest magical realism BL, packaged as a pinning office romance, very low heat (practically chaste) but the cutest. It’s truly great.

Cherry Magic Thailand

Thai 2024

A soft charming warm hug of a show about crushes and mind reading and self worth, with no-fuss execution from a consummate team and an OG lead pair proving why they remain eternal and deserve to grow up. Look, here’s the thing, Cherry Magic is a great Thai BL in its own right not comparing it to any other iteration. But even when I do compare (and I've seen all the Cherries and read the manga) it still stands. I personally like it slightly better than the Japanese live action, but I think that’s because I just really like Thai BL and I LOVE TayNew. Also all the kissing was both present and better than any other iteration. As it should be from Thailand.

I Feel You Linger in the Air

Thai 2023

IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, from filming techniques to narrative framework (much like Until We Meet Again). Steeped in history and family drama it edges into lakorn (but no as much as To Sir With Love and with way less scenery chewing). This is an elegant and classy BL... from Thailand which normally doesn't even try for classy. The main couple (both as a pair and individuals) were excellent, particularly Bright (Yai) whose eye-work acting style is a personal favorite of mine. Pity about the ending. Oh it wasn’t that sad but it wasn’t good either. This show could easily have earned a 10/10 from me except that it fumbled the… erm… balls in the final quarter. Argh. Whatever.

All about the ecstasy and the agony here.

Restart After Come Back Home AKA Risutato wa tadaima no ato de

Japan 2020

Atmospheric study in rural Japan meets complex family dynamics built on a romance framework of city boy meets country boy, grumpy/sunshine. It’s beautiful and icy sweet. Slow moving in places but ultimately worth the patience, low heat, low angst, and stunning.

Given

Japan 2021

Boy joins band, falls in love with other boy. The singing is terrible, fast forward through that but with the possible exception of the hair styles, this BL could have been made in 2015 and no one would be surprised. As such, it wasn’t ground breaking, but it didn’t disappoint either.

Make a Wish

Thai 2023

A doctor who can see the dead strikes a bargain with a wish-granting irreverent tree angel - naturally they fall in love (from Sammon: Manner of Death & Triage). Stars Fluke Natouch opposite not Ohm, but who cares because Fluke has chemistry with everybody. Once again the Thai afterlife is incredibly bureaucratic but I enjoyed the premise and the unfolding of the story (it’s not predictable but still satisfying and with nice little twist). I like that the doctor is just gay AF - fag hag bestie and all the swagger. The cast is excellent but the comedic stylings are a bit overblown and tonally off. It had sad parts and did make me cry but is ultimately happy with a great sex scene, good smiley kisses, and all the agency.

2 Moons The Ambassador AKA 2 Moons 3

Thai 2022

A Thai pulp that felt like it came out 5 yrs ago with many of the flaws inherent to that time and studio system, including manufactured angst and convoluted plot, but an ultimately sweet main couple that (as a pairing) feels a bit more modern and satisfying to watch than they started out. This will probably go down in history as one of the few BLs where I genuinely didn’t care about any of the side couples. All that said I find this show oddly appealing and rewatchable and I have no excuses for that.

I Want to See Only You AKA Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai

Japan 2022

This is a beautiful, well acted piece of cinema, about two boys who are opposite personalities and grew up together. Gifted and serious Sakura pines after outgoing eccentric manic pixie dream boy, Yuma. It is very pretty and this is the kind of atmospheric elegantly performed BL that only really comes from Japan (complete with dead fish kisses - what you though Korea invented them? oh no).

Triage

Thai 2022

BL does Groundhog Day featuring a doctor stuck in a time loop who must save a poor little rich boy from death by seducing the stuffing out of him, then PLOT TWIST, poor little rich boy must do the same for doctor! Unfortunately... stuffing keeps leaking. I thought the plot was engaging if a little redundant and occasionally exhausting. The pairs were all well done, low heat but with decent chemistry and the support characters were likeable (or unlikeable, as required). If anything, the romance arc detracted and distracted from the main plot, but that doesn't stop this from being a genuinely good show.

HONORABLE MENTION

Great Men Academy

Thai 2019

Bodyswap involving unicorns making a teenage girl into a boy makes this questionable as a BL (because, ya know, gender). But the fact remains that James is killer in the lead, and I (who do not like bodyswap) loved this damn show. Look, there is actual plot, hotties at boarding school, "bully the one you love" trope, some weird VR shit, very bad CGI, and yes, the boys end up together... whether they boys or not, so to speak.

Some of these shows may appear on a smaller streaming service, like WeTV, or they may be on a legal platform in your territory. I hope it goes without saying you should check there first.

(source)

This list updated Spring 2024, not responsible for cool stuff that went missing (or was added to a platform) after that date.

It's it last in a series the rest of which are:

#Seven Days #Seven Days: Monday-Thursday #Seven Days: Friday-Sunday #japanese bl #bl recommended list #best bl list #great bl you may no know about #adapted from a manga #live action yaoi #Cherry Magic #30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii #Cherry Magic th #cherry magic thailand #I Feel You Linger in the Air #thia bl #Restart After Come Back Home #Risutato wa tadaima no ato de #given live action #given the series #make a wish #2 Moons The Ambassador #2 Moons 3 #I Want to See Only You #Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai #triage #Great Men Academy