RandomUsagi

I usually believe the Japanese sources, a lot of the sources on Wikipedia itself for the page also mention ''boys love''. Its true Wikipedia isn't 100% though so I looked up the mangakas Twitter page.

https://twitter.com/marukido_maki/status/1487019343363796994
-> The Pornographer mangaka urges their readers to vote for Pornographer on a BL voting list in early 2022 on their Twitter account. '
How do I know this is the mangaka? Also wikipedia but you can backcheck this as the Japanese versions of the Pornographer manga will have the authors Japanese name (丸木戸マキ) on the cover.

There are still movies with gay romance without fluff released in Japan, they just are often explicit and don't garner a great audience since its not as easy to sell commercially to a lot of platforms.

Thats why this type of BLs is gaining popularity, because its just so commercially succesfull and able to show on tv without much issue (aside from unfortunate timeslots). Its really not related to SJWs as international fans have very little to none influence on what Japan decides to air in the current Japanese live-action media landscape.

Perhaps the freedom of expression you're looking for is in Japanese gay pink films as those are not commercially viable but they do allow as many themes as needed for its storylines.

The Japanese wikipedia page of that series mentions Pornographer as a BL. While its true everyone can have their own perspective on things, its labelled as BL in Japan. You can check by searching the Japanese title of the series in combo with the word ''wiki'' and then Google Translating the page.

This is actually pretty fun. But there's no deep storyline going on or anything like that

It was a cute story, had its dramatic moments

Quite an odd movie

It is available for sale on Nicovideo but undoubtedly that's only in Japanese. If you ever feel the need to preserve the old footage with subs then you could upload it on Mega and share link privately.

Theres no way this wasn't inspired by Yukio Mishima. It almost exactly like his story of starting a civilian militia.

In any case, I spotted this being present in a bunch of BL lists but I would urge those planning to watch to check the tags first. Its a pink film so way more explicit and often problematic than normally.

Oh no they cooked his favorite pig! T-T

Very cute first episode

Japan standing strong in the BL game.

Hopefully that won't mean that that was the only kiss in the show though >_<

agreed ^

I kinda wanna see this. Mayby I'll find it someday

Released earlier than I expected! Anyway, the newest wholesome JBL of the season I assume ^^

And that's related to this show in what way? Netflix made some unpopular service changes announcements which affected them. Just taking one random small show of theirs (which you dislike) and using it as the showcase of apparently everything wrong with Netflix is a bit of a huge exaggeration.

Anyway its not the end of the world to have shows in existence that you can't get into. Theres plenty of other jdramas (Netflix and non-Netflix) out there.

Its not the point of the show to make up a scientific explanation, its an alternate world story anyway so there doesn't need to be the same logic.

You can think of one yourself if you want though. Mayby just like with seahorses where the egg is taken in by the male after fertilization. But not much sense thinking of it, the point was the effects of pregnancy and not the scientific explanation.

So you mean its not a show that appeals to you? Then end of story, don't make this into some hysterically big matter. Not all dramas on a streaming service have to appeal to you personally.

First scene made me wonder what to expect for the rest of the show. But its actually a pretty calm show and really does its work quite well in discussing the topic of pregnancy even though its through the male lense so different. Its an alternate universe but uses the topic to address issues of our world too. All in all pretty good show.

If I am to make a guess here... Its likely cause of the influx of international viewers from Netflix. Whenever a show releases without much attention within Japan usually only those actually aware of the synopsis and themes will check it out since it takes effort to get a raw or find a fansub.

For Netflix it takes zero effort to watch something which invites a diverse amount of viewers including those who have no idea what they're getting into when clicking something. This show won't be for everyone but I really liked that Japan went out to do this social commentary-type show and it has my bias saitoh takumi.