Renata MJ

Why does a fantasy world always have to mirror real life, why can't it be just someon's fantasy that loves men? The majority of these projects (manga) are writen by women for women... and this is just a genre (the first thing that it made me think about when I read about it, is that someone just took warewoolf mithology and changed them to fit a BL universe). In some cases it is 18+ and it becomes erotica, but still it's a fantasy.
If guys watch AV watching just girls (that means they like that genre), I figured the 18+ are for girls that like to watch men.
BL's (yaoi) first appeard in Japan as fan fictions depicting 18+ actions of diffrent characters (from other works), later it became a proper genre with original work and diverse plots and themes with stories for differernt ages.

Lol I saw the same drama and had to research as well :))) To me it seems to be just a fantasy genre. I researched the universe on the internet and came to the conclusion that the omegaverse in diffrent. In some of them girls don't exist, in some the characters have superpowers and in others the characters exibit strong animalistic instincts.
The guys are some kind of diffrent human species that are devided in categories (alpha, beta and omega, which reminded me of warewolfs or Teen Wolf).
Now I also read that a type can get pregnant. I also found that they have quite varied ploths or themes, some have sports, some have crime tags and so on.
But some aare 15+ and other are 18+ and closer to erotica which can play on dark themes that are not for everyone. I don't watch them because I like romance but I also don't take them seriously because I am aware it's fantasy and some like them.

From my point of view, this is like a different universe with different rules.
I discovered the idea of omegaverse after watching a Thai drama, it was something new that I did not know about so I started researching.
After reading about the universe, I realized in some there are only guys, in some they have superpowers, and in others, they are more extreme and seem to be more animalistic (or like werewolves that lose control of their senses, or somehow become erotic) and my conclusion was that this genre has close traits with erotica, and some play on ra*e fantasy, but I can't take it seriously be because it's a genre for Adults that exists.
I only saw one project from the omegaverse the Thai one...
I read about the BL industry as well, how it came up in Japan, and how it's viewed in Asia compared to the West. I found that there are many genres in the BL industry, that have specific traits, some of them are 15 + and some genres are 18+ and are meant to be erotica, straight girls do consume erotica as books, graphic novels, and manga way more than in Video content, compared to guys that watch AV more than read about them.
I figured that Omegaverse is just part of the 18+ more times and that they play on different fantasy/ roleplay themes, it's not for everyone, people should just read the tags, to avoid things they don't like.

I think you misunderstood the genre... I found out about the omegavers around now when I watched a Thai BL. There is nothing to get mad about, it's a simple fantasy genre that takes place in a Universe with diffrent rule, in some of the stories females don't even exist.
No one is thinking that a man can get pregnant in reality, people know this is fantasy.
I saw movies in which a famale character gave birth to an egg, that does not happen in real life.
The reason people said "0 logic" is because this is not meant to represent our reality and people should not take it seriously (it's nothing to get angry about).

In the past I mainly watched Japanese shows but a few years ago everythime I wanted to watch one I had a harder time to find them, or they did not have eng sub or they never uploaded all episodes... so I slowly stoped searching for Japanese shows...
This one I can't even find on avistaz...

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I noticed that as well :) I also thought 2024 has a dark theme, I see BL "horror" shows.

I noticed that as well :) I also thought 2024 has a dark theme, I see BL "horror" shows.

My Engineer had 4 versions... so who knows. It is something very well known in the Thai BL industry, that it takes time to put something together.

Yaoi also known as boys' love with the abbreviation BL, is a genre of fictional media originating in Japan that features homoerotic relationships between male characters.
It is typically created by women for women and is thus distinct from bara (gay manga), a genre of homoerotic media marketed to gay men, though yaoi does also attract a male audience and can be produced by male creators.
Yaoi spans a wide range of media, including manga, anime, drama CDs, novels, video games, television series, films, and fan works. While "yaoi" is commonly used in the west as an umbrella term for Japanese-influenced media with male-male relationships, "boys' love" and "BL" are the generic terms for this kind of media in Japan and much of Asia.

The genre originated in the 1970s as a subgenre of shōjo manga, or comics for girls. Several terms were used for the new genre, including shōnen-ai (lit. "boy love"), tanbi (lit. "aesthetic"), and June. The term yaoi emerged in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the context of dōjinshi (self-published works) culture as a portmanteau of yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi ("no climax, no point, no meaning"), where it was used in a self-deprecating manner to refer to amateur fan works that focused on sex to the exclusion of plot and character development (meaning work that falls in erotica category), and that often parodied mainstream manga and anime by depicting male characters from popular series in sexual scenarios. "Boys' love" was later adopted by Japanese publications in the 1990s as an umbrella term for male-male romance media marketed to women.

Concepts and themes associated with yaoi include androgynous men known as bishōnen; diminished female characters; narratives that emphasize homosociality and de-emphasize socio-cultural homophobia; and depictions of rape. A defining characteristic of yaoi is the practice of pairing characters in relationships according to the roles of seme, the sexual top or active pursuer, and uke, the sexual bottom or passive pursued. Yaoi has a robust global presence, having spread since the 1990s through international licensing and distribution, as well as through unlicensed circulation of works by yaoi fans online. Yaoi works, culture, and fandom have been studied and discussed by scholars and journalists worldwide.

So basicly BL's are usually shows that are targeted for girls, are not meant to be very realistic but more romanticized or erotic. There were many term in Japan used for works showing relationships between boys targeted for women, and each had specific traits that would set them apart but they always ended up intertwining so they ended up using only a few main terms.
Yaoi has become an umbrella term in the West for Japanese -influenced projects with male-male relationships targeted for women, and it is the term preferentially used by American manga publishers for works of this kind, but Japan uses the term yaoi to denote dōjinshi and works that focus on sex scenes (erotica). In both usages, yaoi and boys' love excludes gay manga (bara), a genre which also depicts gay male sexual relationships, but is made for and mostly by gay men.
In the West, the term shōnen-ai is sometimes used to describe titles that focus on romance over explicit sexual content, while yaoi is used to describe titles that primarily feature sexually explicit themes and subject material. Yaoi can also be used by Western fans as a label for anime or manga-based slash fiction. 
The Japanese use of yaoi to denote only works with explicit scenes sometimes clashes with the Western use of the word to describe the genre as a whole, creating confusion between Japanese and Western audiences.

This is what I understood about the movie or situation.
You know that there are stories out there (good and bad) about people meeting eachother and having an incredible bond, passionate, it's like they can see through everythnig and it's like they have known eachother forever... That is how the characters are presented.
At first we think one is a bullie and the other is a victime, but if we take a look at what we are shown we see that the "victime" was alredy curious about the "bad guy", and when they made eye contact for the first time there was an unspoken exchange going on. The way the scene was filmed it told the viewer it was not a simple look/ acknowledgement.
Then when the bully steped up the "game" the victime seemed intrigued. It felt like in a way the bad guy was testing out his theory, and the victim accepted the proposition fast, he did not look scared he looked excited. The 2 guys already had an unusual interest in each other.
Down the line, we are also shown and told that the bully was possessive of the guy, he did not like him to connect with others, while we are shown/told that the "victim" likes games, and is called a "perv", he is also possessive in a way for the "bad guy".
The 2 felt an attraction towards each other from the start but were never direct, they played games, and they did not care about others.
For the dark scenes, I don't mind at all, if I know from the start what type of movie I am watching. I feel that in darker movies it is acceptable because the movie needs to be faithful to the message and story, if the story is dark it won't hit the viewer accurately if it's censored.
Since this project it's not about fluffy stuff, the imagery needs to fit the concept. I always take my time before watching such projects because they have a strong impact and I can't watch a lot of projects like this at a time.
It also showcased the Yakuza accurately (not like other projects that make them look heroic), from documentaries and interviews, people know they are violent, they kill, are involved in human trafficking, and so on... everything behind the scenes. They also say they recruit people from schools, they go for the problematic kids, and, lately, it is said that 30-40 % in the yakuza are now people with ages between 20/30 years old.
So the last phrase was a proposal... interesting

Every time something like this happens it makes me curious about the other versions. :)

Everytime something like this happens it makes me curious about the other versions. :)

No, we can make drinks out of them :)) We can't waist them :))

Yes, and the logo had bats as well. I remember when I saw it first.

that is his arm :)

So for this, there is a 3 part movie, those you can watch on iqiyi, and the TV series you can watch on Dramacool

All the things in this article are interpretable, there are no facts presented just interpretations, so I can not say any of these incidents are racist.
But there could be different cultures and protocols in place and misunderstandings can happen, plus people are extra sensitive and the race card is always used...

Thank You!

In what way? I did not have the same impresion.
I am curious to hear what you did not like, or what part trew you off?