#Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai!

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Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai! aka Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss!

My favorite bl-tropes collection, as most of the times in no particular order.

[absolutebl]

Thoughts on mr Unlucky? I was about to start it but someone told me it's not good and since you are the bl expert, i thought i would ask you your professional opinion. Thank you 💕

I didn't Love LOVE it, but I did enjoy it.

Mr Unlucky

AKA Mr. Unlucky Can Only Kiss

AKA Mr Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss!

Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai!

Japan 2022 Viki

My rating? 8/10

Mr Chronically Unlucky (adorable chaos muffin) and Mr Always Lucky end up dating after they meet at uni orientation. It’s JAPAN yet they kissed in the first episode. What freaky alt-reality did I enter into? That’s all they kiss tho, over which I was a touch disappointed.

Still, I spent far too much of my time with this show biting my knuckles and squealing “THEY’RE SO CUTE!”

It is very slapstick Japanese style comedic (light) BL and reminded me of a little of Cherry Magic.

So if you like that style of BL you’ll adore this show.

Amusing story:

I paused mid the most tooth-achingly adorable first date in the entire universe and Viki was like “something missing?”

and I was like

“MY HEART YOU BASTARDS”

(source)

[gabrielokun]

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

[gunsatthaphan]

“you’re awake?”

[niaoniaos]

[respectthepetty]

Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Balance

Kota and Naoya of Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss! are color-coded boys in love providing balance to each other while being the epitome of Japan's standard Brooding Boy and Happy Human dynamic. However, these two put their own spin on this classic tale.

Kota is a college junior whose name means joy and good fortune, but unfortunately, he is is unfortunate.

Naoya is his classmate, and his name means improvement (to mend or fix) and honesty, and luckily, he's lucky.

So you're probably thinking Kota, Mr. Unlucky, is the Brooding Boy and Naoya, My. Lucky, is the Happy Human, right?

Well, if so, you'd be wrong because the colors mean things and tell us a different story!

Kota, Mr. Unlucky, is the Happy Human always dressed in light colors, while Naoya, Mr. Lucky, is the Brooding Boy always dressed in dark colors.

Even their friend groups correlate their colors to match their respective color-coded boy.

Kota is the Happy Human because he tries to see the silver-lining of his misfortune. Everything constantly goes wrong, so when something goes right, he is delighted. He also doesn't want anyone to pity him. Naoya is the Brooding Boy because people use him for his luck, so he never knows when someone is being genuine. He closes himself off because he cannot trust others.

But once they begin to orbit around each other (due to Kota's scheming), they begin to balance each other out, literally and figuratively. Kota usually wears a black backpack over his light-colored clothes, and Naoya wears a white shirt underneath all of his dark-colored colors. The balance has already began.

Naoya's luck transfers to Kota, and Kota's luckless affects Naoya's. We start to visually see this through objects beyond their clothes. When drinking coffee, both have cups that align to their color (Naoya = black, Kota = white), but when eating ice cream, the colors shift (Naoya = white, Kota = swirl).

This color exchange also passes on to their friend groups. Naoya's friends, Mugi and Saku, start wearing more pops of colors, and Kota's friends, Minato and Itsuki, start wearing darker colors.

The friend groups also provide another level of balance. When paired up, one friend is usually warm colored and the other is cool colored, yet they hold onto the color scheme of the other. Anna is wearing a blue cardigan, but holding a red pen, while Miki is wearing an orange top with a blue skirt.

But by the end of the series, the friends apply the light versus dark color scheme that Kota and Naoya use.

Once Kota and Naoya become more acquainted with each other, they continue to use the light versus dark color scheme, but begin to share colors. At first, it's brown, but then it turns into a gray blue (Naoya's shirt and Kota's hoodie under his vest).

Because they are taking after their favorite stuffed animal, Rui the penguin, who is black and white on top, but merges the colors on the bottom to a dark and light gray.

As they continue to merge and balance each other out, it is revealed that Kota is the more serious of the two, while Naoya is really only serious about loving Kota. This is also shown through positioning. Even though Naoya is taller, as their loves unfolds, Naoya tends to be positioned lower than Kota because Kota really holds the power in their relationship.

As our Happy Human states, unlike popular belief, he is not the passive type.

A person who has to deal with as much adversity as he has and still comes out on the other side bright and cheerful is far more active than Naoya who has had his fortune handed to him.

Kota provides that additional layer of balance to Naoya since Naoya now has to put in a great deal of effort to make this relationship work and can't rely simply on his good luck to win over Kota.

However, since they both give what the other lacks, they work it out, also literally and figuratively.

Because at the end of the day (or at the beginning of it), Naoya in his all black outfit with white hoodie ties, and Kota in his all white outfit with black stripes, truly balance each other out.

Oh and Rui! Rui provides the balance too!

[cherrymaho]

Why go to all that trouble?  Because I want you to be happy. I like it when you smile. 

[joblessquinoa]

wow me too

[ayesarun]

fukuhara & his thoughts on shinomiya

[kexing]

Oh, it’s a bit big. Want me to walk you home with it?

[morzowo]

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (2020)

Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss! (2022)

[gabrielokun]

[absolutebl]

10 BEST Low Heat BLs - Soft & Sweet (Safe to Watch with Parents)

Not sure I am the right one to answer since I'm the opposite of a prude but I'll give it my best shot. Please keep in mind that these are romances, so there will be at least a kiss (in most of them), I'm thinking Disney level, so they might also be okay for kids, but as I always say with kids, you know your kid best, you have to judge what they are okay to watch. 

1. Cherry Magic 

AKA 30 Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii AKA Cheri Maho

Japan 2020 - CrunchyRoll or Fan Subbed 

The sweetest fluffiest magical realism BL, packaged as a pinning office romance, very low heat (practically chaste) but the cutest. It’s truly great. It’s not in my top 10 of all time list simply because the heat level is too low for me, personally. 

No kisses for the leads, side couple kiss is v dead fish. 

2. Light On Me 

Korea 2021 - Viki 

Korea does an elegant pastiche of traditional live action yaoi but all tropes are cleverly deployed to bolster one of the most riveting love triangles ever put on screen… and I don’t like love triangles. LonM strategically tailors classic BL tropes to 2 different semes resulting in pristine pacing, plot, and character development, explicitly serving narrative a-not just to tick boxes. LoM is a master class in this technique. (If you write fanfic or romance you should study this show.) Full review. 

Very low heat, Korea in peak chaste form (pre their 2022 “oh, boys can kiss” epiphany). But there is dildo humor. 

3. My Love Mix Up 

AKA Vanishing My First Love AKA Kieta Hatsukoi 

Japan 2021 - Viki 

Completely adorable absolute chaos bi disaster muffin falls accidentally and completely in love with his classmate, hijinx and friendship result. What’s great about this BL is that it deals with things like homophobia, asexuality, and one sided affection in an extremely gentle and palatable way. Perhaps sometimes too subtle, but I believe this is a great show for younger audiences, particularly if you want to spark conversations about identity, sexuality, authority, truthfulness, and consent. Oh and it’s funny. 

No kissing at all. 

4. Seven Days: Monday-Thursday & Friday-Sunday

Japan 2015 - grey

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. 

5. Wish You: Your Melody in My Heart (movie)

Korea 2020 - Viki

Set in the music industry featuring a talented singer and the pianist who falls in love with him (and his music), subtle and achingly adorable. High production, low heat, short run, very tame, and Korea, so more of a western style. It’s not the most logical story though. No coming out, exists in the “Korean BL bubble universe” where everything is just fine and dandy with the gays.

Kisses but they tame and no sexy.

6. He’s Coming To Me 

Thailand 2019 - YouTube

Boy and ghost boy fall in love, must solve ghost’s murder. Peak pining but also pretty tame, features my favorite sweet but important coming out sequence. The third in my precious triumvirate of unbeatable Thai BLs, that are only nominally BL because the story, acting, and production values are so good. (Together with UWMA & 1k*).

One (maybe two) soft romantic kisses. Nothing else possible. 

7. Restart After Come Back Home 

AKA Risutato wa tadaima no ato de 

Japan 2020 - grey

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. Full review. 

Low heat, low angst, very pretty. 

8. My Ride 

Thailand 2022 - GaGa

Thai BL grew up with this pulp - a truly lovely and special little show featuring the extremely rare pairing of sunshine/sunshine AKA a cinnamon roll couple. Mature explorations of relationships using one of the softest, sweetest and most innocent friends to lovers vehicles. Kindly, overworked doctor meets broken-hearted motorcycle taxi driver in an “other side of the tracks” slow burn romance. The support cast is excellent, making for great friendship groups and family dynamics. With honest queer rep that adds to, but doesn’t impede the story, and genuine conversation about the nature of class, wealth, and classism, not to mention communication, honesty, and respect for boundaries, you can’t go wrong with this show. In other news, I am a sucker for a single dimple. Full review.

One sweet kiss at the end. 

9. Mr. Unlucky Can Only Kiss

AKA Mr. Unlucky Has No Choice but to Kiss! AKA Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai!

Japan 2022 - Viki & GaGa & indie subbed

Mr Chronically Unlucky (another adorable chaos muffin) and Mr Always Lucky end up dating after they meet at uni orientation. It’s JAPAN yet they kissed in the first episode. What freaky alt-reality did I enter into? That’s all they kiss tho, over which I was a touch disappointed. Still I spent far too much of my time with this show biting my knuckles and squealing “THEY’RE SO CUTE!” It is very slapstick Japanese style comedic (light) BL reminds me of Cherry Magic. So if you like that style of BL you’ll adore this show. 

Amusing story: I paused mid the most tooth-achingly adorable first date in the entire universe and Viki was like “something missing?” and I was like “MY HEART YOU BASTARDS” 

One kiss beginning and some shirtless lust. 

10. What Did You Eat Yesterday

AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta?

Japan 2019 - grey  

A not really BL about middle-aged gay couple who live together, one of whom loves to cook and the other who loves to eat. That’s it. That’s all that happens. There’s a bit of coming out drama, but hardly really drama. It’s all very repressed but also incredibly restful and calming. Like classical music.

No kisses, some casual domestic affection. 

Other Options 

A Tale of Thousand Stars (Disney style ultra romantic kissing, implied sex)

La Cuisine (couple soft kisses at end)

Silhouette of Your Voice AKA Hidamari ga Kikoeru AKA I Hear the Sunspot  

Oh Boarding House (kisses are perhaps too good)

Great Men Academy (GREAT but not BL) 

2 Moons original (boring) 

His the series (boring) 

First Love Again (multiple kisses) 

Ingredients (emotional support grocery store commercial) 

Love Class (that plot) 

Tinted With You (historical) 

Nobleman Ryu’s Wedding (historical) 

Behind Cut (confusing) 

Old Fashion Cupcake (but that ONE kiss is a DOOZIE, there’s a lot of thirst in this one)

Others That are (technically) Lower Heat but I’m not sure I’d rec for other reasons 

HIStory My Hero (odd) 

My Dear Loser: Edge of 17 (side couple) 

The Untamed (censored bromance, violence)

Word of Honor (censored bromance, violence)

My Esports Genius Brother (China is so weird around censorship)

Friend Forever (sigh, it could have been good) 

Absolute BL 1 & 2 (parody, not a story) 

DNA Says Love You (very complex, slow start) 

Bad Buddy (bully, forced outing) 

Bite Me (boring af) 

Love Sick (side character issues also v long) 

Nitiman (poor ending)

Given (terrible singing) 

SOTUS (bully) 

2gether (I have issues with Green) 

Mr Heart (stalker) 

Color Rush (suicide) 

Where Your Eyes Linger (whipping boy) 

Puppy Honey (side couple) 

There is A LOT of low heat stuff. It’s way more common than high heat. 

More Like This:

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Heat & Angst in BL + Terms Explained 

Why Such A Limited Range of Sex Acts in BL? 

The opposite: HIGH HEAT BL and 11 BLs with the BEST Chemistry  

Recs are dated Aug 2022 no responsible for BLs airing after that date. But please do rec in comments. 

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[gunsatthaphan]

“can we start over?”

[niaoniaos]

disaster college student 🤝 disaster high school student