#Minato Shoji Coin Laundry

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BL Best of 2022 - quick picks

Best KBL: Semantic Error

Best Thai BL: Bad Buddy (remember for me this falls into 2022) 

Best JBL: this was the hardest pick for me because Japan came back SWINGING this year. So... I cheated. 

Best traditional live action yaoi? Minato’s Laundromat 

Best modern BL? Takara & Amagi 

Best for me, personally? Old Fashion Cupcake 

Best Taiwan BL: My Tooth Your Love although I really adored DNA Says Love You and About Youth, the one fudged the beginning and the other the end (both are still v HEA) so My Tooth was the most consistent. 

Best director: Kato Ayaka (Old Fashion Cupcake) she did a fucking phenomenal job, and yes she had two killer actors to work with, but I am such a sucker for those long shots plus the sensual foods close ups? GIIRLLLLLLLL. Gah! 

Best kiss: honestly we had so many good kisses this year I have multiple blog posts going on the subject. But I am handing it over to the one that stuck in my head the most, Billy & Seng’s up against that chain gate with the damn blue towel sticking out of his back pocket in Secret Crush On You. 

The desperation was just insane. But I might have given it to OFC if they hadn’t already won the director category. And I flipping LOVE the Kissable Lips boys BTS smiley kiss from 304: 100% should have been on screen for us.

Best erotic moment: The shower neck make out kiss from side couple RainPayu in Oh! My Sunshine night. 

Runner up: VegasPete and the “ass to waist ratio” kiss in their kinky chain scene. 

Best O scene: Oh the whole LITA special, they knew what they were doing. Doesn’t stop me being annoyed by the whole thing, tho. 

Best cuddles: I mean it should got to 12% because, well, ENDLESSLY spectacular cuddles from SantaEarth but for me it was Star in My Mind’s cuddle+glare. I love me a vicious little “mine” moment. 

Best eye contact/soulmating/eyefucking: FirstKhao in The Eclipse although Japan did great work with THIRST this year (bit more one sided, that one). 

Best cinematography: Cherry Blossoms After Winter, I know, I know, but you know how I feel about yaoi, nostalgia and cinematic storytelling. 

Best boohoo snot bubble I’m dazed and crying: Eternal Yesterday, every fucking episode, Choco Milk Shake (I hate you Strongberry, I love you Strongberry), To My Star 2 (I just hate you and you are not forgiven). 

Most beloved character: Shin MY PRECIOUS BEAN SPROUT 

Best Pair: The Parks although I am also crazy about the To My Star and Kissable Lips boys. I really want more from all of them. Madness that it’s all Korea. 

Best Ensemble: The Eclipse had a killer cast but I expect that from GMMTV. So for all it was a mess of a story Cutie Pie wins best casting from me. All 3 couples had such good chemistry. I don’t think any other multi-couple shows out of Thailand were that on point, not even KP. 

Best siblings//family: My Ride, gotta hand it to the gay uncles and all the queer friends and the adopted son. Although DNA Says Love You was pretty darn great too. 

Best Food: There were so many food ones this year (Ocean Likes Me, Old Fashion Cupcake, La Cuisine, but none were as good food-wise as Bite Me last year) so the one where I actually wanted to eat stuff the most? What Zabb Man. What can I say? I love sweets and ramen, but Thai food is my last best hope in life. 

Best song: Eternal Yesterday’s OST Sunshower by Ayumu Imazu. I can’t believe Japan beat out Korea but I am sorry I just really fucking adore that song. I’m sucker for that raw slightly rough voice combined with Japan’s brusque style (and PINK hair). 

But Leo’s I still from Happy Ending Romance is a close fucking follow up, that boy is dripping slightly-evil honey even in falsetto, he’s a perennially ignored goddamn gift to Kpop. 

I do A LOT of best of lists, this is just the beginning. Also if you have a request of a top 10 of 2022 or any best of... name the tope lists, let me know in an RP or a comment. 

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[leonpob]

🎩Top Ten Shows of 2022🎩

I decided to make this post for fun.😜If you haven’t followed me all year then you may be surprised by my opinions here. This took me a long time to think about. Thank goodness for mdl. Also thanks bestie @gunsatthaphan for making the gifs for me so it’s not boring 🥺

Without further ado,

I couldn’t not give the number one spot to this show. It may have lagged in the middle, but by the end it was a 12/10 for me. JimmySea deliveredddddddddd. I loved it so much I bought their plushies. 

This was the surprise of the year for me. I did not like Tae in Paint With Love so I was hesitant. I saw gifs all over my dashboard mostly courtesy of @laowen. I decided to give it a try, and it quickly rose up in the ranks for me. I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoyed the feel of Manner of Death since it is by the same author. TaeTee had some amazing chemistry!!

Did this show have the best plot? No, it did not. What it lacked in it made up for in the three couples. All three couples were loveable and the cinematography was really nice. I have watched this show probably at least 4 times now. ZeeNunew are kings. They carried that show. I am so excited for Cutiepie 2 You. Also how can anyone hate Nat Natsit? He is so cute I just want to put him in my pocket. 

I don’t know what it was about this show. I loved the main character so much. I was so excited each week to watch it. I would scour the internet looking for the episodes. Akira was so lovable and adorable. 

I am most definitely in the minority here. This show had me dying of laughter the entire time. All the couples were adorable. BillySeng killed it with their chemistry. If you want to laugh then you need to watch this show. I watched episodes multiple times because it was so entertaining. The subtitles even explained all the inside jokes for me and that was just such a nice touch. 🥺

I was one of the few that preferred this show over Star In My Mind. Were Joongdunk adorable? Yes of course, but the story lost me and I was very irritated by the end. I identified with Fah’s character so much. I really liked FahPrince. They were so cute 😍

This show was so so so good! The chemistry was unmatched for a Korean bl. I was so impressed. The story was a great enemies to lovers trope. It was excellent! Jaeyoung was my crush of the year 🙈

I enjoyed the original. It was interesting, but this version was so real. They tackled the relationships and explained everything so well. I really felt what the characters were feeling. YinWar have an insane chemistry. I thoroughly enjoyed this one. VeeMark messy endgame 😝

I feel like this should have been higher purely based on how adorable all three couples were, but the plot was a little frustrating at times. It made it in to the top 10 though, They were all disgustingly sweet. ParkLee, 💣and 🐻, MekKim 💙

I was sooooooo against this show. I blocked the tag because I was so irritated by seeing it on my dashboard. Someone told me to just give it a chance and I ended up enjoying it. Was I as crazy about it as everyone else? The answer would be no. The action scenes and entire production as a whole were fantastic. I felt it deserved the last spot. I did not like VegasPete and never will. I am honestly here for Jeff Satur’s Kim being the badass protecting Porchay. 

Honorable mentions: P.S I Hate You, Old Fashion Cupcake,  Fukou-kun wa Kiss Suru Shikanai!, About Youth, First Love Again, Blueming and Happy Ending Romance.

Also Between Us, My School President, and Never Let Me Go need to be mentioned because they’re all my favs right now.

[hatsumishinogu]

Minato Shoji Coin Laundry Vol.5

[jemmo]

i can’t explain how much i am loving the way things are progressing in minato shoji coin laundry season 2. the way both minato and shin are coming to understand each other better, and how to understand each other, be themselves and yet be willing to change and grow for each other. and this ep showed it so well, how minato is slowly being more active in the relationship, asking shin to go to the festival, taking his hand on the beach, even just telling shin to make breakfast, something he used to begrudge him doing. he’s learning how to let shin in, and contribute to their relationship, while still keeping his boundaries and moving at a pace that is comfortable to him, and he knows now how to refuse shin in a way that isn’t hurtful or just shuts him down completely, he knows how to joke about it, how to leave some leeway but still stand firm. and shin is beginning to learn that minato’s refusal is not bc he doesn’t like him, he’s learning that minato just has a different pace to him and he has to respect that. starting a relationship isn’t 0 to 100, you don’t just do all the things straight away, and that’s not a bad thing bc the journey is something to enjoy together. and yet shin isn’t compromising fully, he isn’t giving in, giving up on who he is just so minato is comfortable. he will still tease, he will still push, he will still take where he can bc minato needs to be pushed out his comfort zone sometimes to make progress, but it’s easier bc it never feels like a no, it feels like a not yet. they speak in very different languages to express their feelings and I love watching them learn each others language, watching minato take his hand at the beach as if to say sorry for what happened last time we were here, but I’m here now, and shin finding reassurance in that, which is why him letting go hurt him but ultimately lead to them understanding each other better. it’s just such a good depiction of how relationships don’t just happen, they’re made, and it’s just as fun and exciting to both experience for them and for us to watch.

[chu-mingyun]

I know for sure that Shin and Minato will not end up together before Shin graduates from high school, which is obvious considering the way the story has been handled in the manga. Minato is in fact a rational person, so he will continue pushing Shin away, and I actually want that to happen. It makes perfect sense to me (and to Shin too). Shin being so deeply in love with Minato while knowing that he has to wait is actually what makes me incredibly invested in Minato Shoji Coin Laundry/Minato's Laundromat. But Shin being Shin, so straightforward and blunt and earnest, will continue expressing his love.

[asknarashikari]

in riderr news

I'm rooting for ikki and Hikaru to be together so that the revice fandom will have a meltdown lol.

The description I read says they "develop a passionate relationship"... but are also "destined to have to kill each other". Make what you will of that, I guess?

Personally, I will be one of those people whose mind will explode if they go that route, because I'm honestly baffled that the BL vibes are so strong for this show.

Supposedly it's an adaptation of a manga written by Osamu Tezuka. You know, the same guy that wrote Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion? The mentor of Shotaro Ishinomori, the creator of Kamen Rider itself? Yeah, he's not exactly known to be a BL manga author, so one wonders what in the heck is going on that the adaptation has these vibes.

Not to mention Kentaro Maeda is not the first tokuboy Tomoya Oku would've been paired with- he starred in Minato Shouji's Coin Laundry as the love interest of the character plated by Yu Inaba- aka Shijima Go, the bicon himself. (Iirc he was actually on it while Revice was on air)

Also... Shoji Kohei (Takamichi/KirameiSilver) and Totaro (Tsubasa/InuBrother) are in this too lol. So it ain't just a Rider actor fest it be a toku actor fest. We literally just need someone from Ultraman to complete the trifecta

So... yeah, this show is just a bit insane and I'm here for it

[inrainprose]

Top 5 BL of 2022

Idk I just wanted to do a wrap of this year. I watched 26 of the BLs that came out this year, which is not bad haha. Overall I like them a lot when they start but end up disappointed by the time they finish. There are some exceptions though.

#5 Minato Shoji Coin Laundry

What can I say, I like age gaps and I like when it's a feature of the plot. I also like Japan's particular brand of anguish and yearning.

#4 DNA Says Love You

I loved the progression and how they handled Amber and his journey. Soft and sweet, as I like it.

#3 Triage

Another joy of mine, time loops and time-related shenanigans. Love the inversion halfways through, though I think the ending was a bit dragged out and mean. They've suffered enough! But only happy endings make it to my top lists :)

#2 Semantic Error

A good old enemies-to-lovers, Chu Sang Woo my boy... Wished they had butted heads more at some points but overall this lil show is just perf.

#1 Old Fashion Cupcake

First I watched gifs of the kiss (and thumb) a million times. I love office romance and I love older protagonist, and the whole thing was so wholesome and hopeful. Idk it got to me.

Honorable mentions: Kabe Koji, Once Again, About Youth, Dear Doctor I'm Coming for Soul, Takara & Amagi, Not Me, Choco Milk Shake, Tinted With You.

[squeakygeeky]

Favorite BLs of 2022

I made myself stick to a top ten list, but I actually marked over 20 BLs from this year as my very favorites, so there are some shows I’m kind of shocked didn’t make it on here. What a great year! This isn’t a list of ‘best’ shows, so much as the ones that I think will stick with me and are in line with my personal tastes. This list is for shows that ended in 2022, and only includes Asian shows. I love character-driven shows with a bit of quiet breathing room and hidden depths, but at the same time I love love love paranormal romance and a wacky premise. I’m a sucker for food and long takes.

1. Old Fashion Cupcake - A show about how to keep growing as you grow older featuring lots of food and an amazing long take confession. Possibly my number one of all time. I’m still boggled I got a character older than me in a BL.

2. Semantic Error - All killer, no filler and my favorite take on opposites attract. I may have only taken one computer science class but Sangwoo just makes sense to me. It’s the only BL I’ve posted fanfic for so far.

3. To Sir, With Love - It’s not really fair to put it on this list since it’s not actually a BL, it’s the fun gay period drama I’ve been longing for. I loved the romance, but I really loved the whole cinnamon roll brigade (Tian, Yang and Pin).

 4. Bad Buddy - The push-pull dynamic of the leads and the GL side couple pushed it ahead of the pack and I’m still stuck on the rooftop. There’s a lot of nostalgia here since it’s the first one I got the full fandom experience for.

5. DNA Says Love You - It’s about ghost hunters because Amber is metaphorically a ghost, ask me why. It rose in my estimation on rewatching and I just want to watch it again.

6. About Youth - This is my comfort show and it had some of the most mature characters of the year despite them being high schoolers. I probably should have cared that it felt like part of the show was missing, but I didn’t.

7. My Tooth For Your Love - A great relationship and so many plushies, mostly refreshing on the narrative level with some issues towards the end. Sitting on my hands to keep from buying all the tooth merch. 8. Ghost Host, Ghost House - A couple with amazing chemistry and a show with some unexpected depth to the fun ghostly shenanigans. Stay tuned to see if I finally convinced my non-BL watching bff to see this one.

9. Triage - One of the best time loop shows I’ve seen, featuring ‘I saved his life so many times I fell in love with him.’ It would probably be higher but I’m still annoyed about the distribution and haven’t rewatched.

10. Minato Shoji Coin Laundry - Shin was the cutest little bean sprout while also being an absolute thirsty menace, while Minato hung on for dear life. I remember even loving the way it sounded, which is rare for BL

[smittenskitten]

Reveal your watch & rewatch drama list

It took me 74 years but I finally made one. Thank you for tagging me @liyazaki @liankuea @wanderlust-in-my-soul

CURRENTLY WATCHING

Sky In Your Heart: I went in thinking it's a cheap rip-off off Atots, surprisingly it's not and I am enjoying this lil show very much

Mama Gogo: my goodness! Annie has done nothing wrong ever and even if she did I would love her anyway

Minato Shoji Coin Laundry: more than the setting I am fully embracing Minato's status as a middle aged dude. Cause same.

Senpai, Danjite Koidewa!: They went in haitus for a week and I forgot about it. But its a cute lil drama.

Café Minamdang: Seo In Guk and comedy has never failed me. I don't think I have ever seen a cuter shaman.

Alchemy of Souls: fantasy+ancient setting? Yes thank you. (But for some reason I can't forget that shizunf***er tweet whenever I watch it)

Unforgotten Night: have you ever stood in front of trash and watch it burn and you can't even look away?

Check Out: I finish each episode in five/ten minutes.

The Legendary Life of Queen Lau: I don't need to use any of my remaining braincells trying to figure out what is going on in the drama, I just enjoy it for the fluff.

Kodoku no Gourmet: this is a comfort show

STARTING SOON

Triage: gay + time loop + gay. count me in

To My Star 2: I have seen lot of crying in my dash and I feel like crying a lot these days

I Live in Cheongdam-dong: I remember watching the first few episode 7/8 years back and crying for not having subtitles. Now I am crying cause I can watch it even without subtitle.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo: I can't wait to start this

REWATCHING

Old Fashion Cupcake: Honestly I needed to watch this. Its a therapy I didn’t know I needed. 

The Queen of Office: another comfort drama.

LOOKING FORWARD TO

GAP The Series: lesbiab... lesbiam...less bien...g GIRLS

Vice Versa: they convinced me with that nomnomnom scene.

Everyone is welcome to do this game. Feel free to tag me 😊

[ahxiang]

tea love why do i feel like you've read all the bl manga/manhwa out there akgssjksks every time an adaptation is announced you've already read the original

i would also feel v iffy about coin laundry if i only read the summary but one actor is 27 and the other is 23 and they're playing a middle-aged man and a highschooler so i'm more confused than anything else. what were their ages in the manga? do you think they're changing the plot a bit to make it less questionable?

btw do you maybe have some bl/gl manhwa recs?👀 i feel like i've read quite a few but you probably know a lot more. for reference some of my favs are soulmate, their story, pond snail robber. and i'm currently reading straight girl trap and honyak/two souls and both have pleasantly surprised me like the first one has a v questionable premise and i was expecting a fucked up power dynamic in the second but no both are really nice and enjoyable and almost unproblematic (esp comparing to some other stuff i've read😬) oh! but i don't read b&w mangas bc for some reason it's hard for me to process it :(

- @ahxu-laowen

sofia, my love! sorry it took me so long to respond, i had a busy day yesterday, but i'm back! this is gonna be longggg, so i put it under a cut!!

absjsjk, i do read a lot of queer comics, but lemme let you in on my secret. when i first started to get into manga/manhwa/manhua, i just started reading what sounded interesting or was well reviewed, but i kept coming across really bad ones that just grossed me out. then i think it was when cherry blossoms after winter premiered that i was wayyyy too impatient to wait for the next ep, so when i saw on mdl that ppl really liked the manhwa, i decided to read it and ended up binging the whole thing that night. i ended up noticing that unlike thai shows that are based on sometimes v shitty novels, j-bls and k-bls are usually adaptations of pretty good manga/manhwa. so from then on, i kept my ear to the ground and the moment an adaptation of a manga/manhwa got announced, i'd read it. and lemme tell you, this has worked much better than looking for things to read on my own. much less icky stuff.

so yeah, blupdate2020 announced back in, like, may that minato shoji koinrandori was gonna get a live action adaptation and i immediately read the manga. it is b&w, still ongoing, and honestly i don't recommend it unless you have nothing else to read, it's probably the worst one of the adapted mangas i've read, but it's also not bad. shin is 17 at the start of the manga and they never specify akira's exact age as far as i can remember, but if i do the math he's 27-28, so the ages are def super iffy. luckily akira's not predatory, in fact it could be argued that shin's the predatory one with the way he pursues him. but if you put the weird teenage thoughts of sex aside, their friendship is quite cute and sweet. all of the manga adaptations that i've seen so far have been very faithful to the original source, with just a few changes here and there (usually elimination of sexual language/scenes), so i doubt minato's laundromat will be too different from the manga, but would probably be much more wholesome, which def helps with the iffiness. i watched the first ep and they aged up shin to be a senior rather than a junior, so that helps? a bit? but minus points bc akira objectifies shin upon meeting him more than he did in the manga. ngl, it was weird. besides that, it's exactly the same but more wholesome. shin is much smilier and just less..... weird, absjsj. so yeah, i think it'll be a cute watch with an iffy premise that i trust them to handle well.

as for recs, i def have plenty, most of which are shows you've probably seen. i've only ever read b&w manga, so all these recs are manhwa/manhua.

it's no secret that i'm a huuuuge fan of who can define popularity?, the source material of blueming. i hiiiiighly recommend it, especially if you enjoyed blueming. it's actually quite different from the adaptation, but both have their pros and cons that make it impossible for me to say which is better. da un's whole deal is expanded upon much more, the sapphics get more development, and do ba woo gets a whole storyline and love interest. i also highly recommend cherry blossoms after winter. i'd say the drama is better, but the manhwa is more in depth and practically the same, so it's a good read! it is explicit though and like always the sex scenes are heteronormative and sometimes kinda uncomfy, but if you skip them like i do, it doesn't ruin it. the same goes for love tractor, which is getting an adaptation supposedly later this year. also a little iffy with ages, but v sweet and has a fun dynamic of v buff and manly country boy with a heart of gold and a damaged city boy musician. outside of adapted source material, there's a manhua i enjoyed called 30 sui nanzi wuyu or the secret tales of a 30 year old gay bachelor. honestly, i don't remember much about this one besides the main character and his brother being rich ceo kinda guys, but i know i enjoyed it. and i'm currently reading the ongoing translation of yeouleul guhaejwo or fall for me!, which is so far v unproblematic and is fun bc it's fantasy! the main character is possessed by a gumiho and gets close to the only guy not attracted to him in an effort to get rid of it.

for gl stuff, i do have to look on my own, but so far i haven't found any bad ones, so that's good! my absolute favorite is a manhua called jintian de ta yeshi ruci keai or my darling is the cutest. it breaks down a bunch of stereotypes and tropes, tackles some hard issues like child abuse, has a fantastic ensemble of queer characters, and is just v v sweet. it's ongoing at 122 chapters. the rest of the gl comics i’ve read so far are actually just webcomics and not manga/manhwa/manhua, but they’re still v good! kiss it goodbye is a very cute slice of life set in japan (but actually in english and made by an italian artist) that is complete and ends very well. i’m only five chapters in, but i’m really enjoying the girlfriend project, which is a fake dating story! and the ongoing mermaid x witch comic the sweetness of salt is beautiful and very sweet. i keep making the mistake of reading comics that end up being ongoing and then forgetting about them while i wait for updates, so idk much about these, but i’m also reading rainbow!, she’s a keeper, and waiting for the release of zhui lan or falling blue.

hope this helps and that you enjoy reading!! thank you for the ask 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[retrofashionspazwhore]

DEC '23

MON/TUES - WEDNESDAY CLUB (6/10)W

WED - A GOOD DAY TO BE A DOG (12/14)

THURS - WHEEL OF TIME SEASON 2 (12), ADVENTURE TIME - FIONA AND CAKE (10), MINATO SHOJI COIN LAUNDRY (12)WD, F#Ck1Ng SOCIAL MEDIA (2/8)WD

WED/THURS - FACELESS LOVE (14)

FRI - SCOTT PILGRIM TAKE OFF (RELEASED NOV 17) 3/8, SWEET HOME SEA 2 ( RELEASED DEC 1ST) (3/?)

FRI/SAT - MY DEMON (8/16)

SUN - COOKING CRUSH (STARTS NOV 26) (3/12)W

LEISURE

THE KILLING OF THE SACRED DEER (2017)

AMERICAN ANIMALS (2018)

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (2022)

YOUR CHRISTMAS OR MINE (2022)

YOUR CHRISTMAS OF MINE 2 (2023)

FAIRPLAY (2023)

LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND (2023)

PROMOSING YOUNG WOMEN (2020)

PRISCILLA (2023)

MAMMAL (2016)

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some lovely 2022 BL domesticity 

domestic BLiss 

Papa & Daddy 2, Minato’s Laundromat, First Love Again, Choco Milk Shake, Vice Versa, Check Out, Coffee Melody, Ai Long Nhai, 2 Moons 3. 

Bonus from Forgotten Plumbing: 

AKA Unforgotten Night 

[hatsumishinogu]

Minato Shoji Coin Laundry Idol Paro Kirakira

[jemmo]

how was that ep of minato shoji coin laundry literally the most heart-warming and comforting episode of television ive ever seen

[absolutebl]

Shin, why you gotta call me out like that? 

[absolutebl]

A rainbow of pretty distance shots from 2022 BL 

Not Me, La Cuisine, Minato’s Laundromat, My Ride, Cutie Pie, Love Area 2, Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai, Meow Ears Up.