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[prettyboykatsuki-moved]

wot are ur fav shounen romances? :o

i like a lot of the classics !! kaguya sama love is war, blue flag, horimiya so i will not mention them here.

some more (imo) underrated ones

taisho otome otogobanashi my BELOVED. takes place in the taisho era between a disabled young heir of a wealthy family and the young girl assigned to be his bride. soooo fucking wholesome. very boy but in a very sweet way. really a beloved one for me. 9/10

three days of happiness (manga) - oh my GOD this manga makes me fucking CRY. touching story about a twenty year old guy who's down on his luck and finds out about a service that allows you to sell years of your life in exchange for money. the catch? the mc finds out the worth of his life is abysmally low and decides to sell all of it, save for three months so he can spend the money he earns. he meets with our mc and without spoiling they get to know each other and fall in love. SOOOOOO goddamn sad and sooo good. broke my heart 12/10

OREGAIRU. this anime is Deeply Personal to me for specific reasons irl but i also enjoy it. typical loserboy romance but there's a femboy as well. i love it soooo fucking much and i have forever okay... its so dear to me. it's about our mc who's a cringefail dweeb and his commentary on the myth of "youth" and how unrealistic that is.

the catch is that hachiman our mc actually has a fair bit of emotional intelligence and the story itself always points out that his loserish habits mostly stem from himself and call him on it all the time. i.e. it's not a shounen romance that overlooks those qualities nor romanticizes them and tends to be pretty subversive in it's own way.

the storyline revolves around him, the class president and another girl who have a club where they volunteer and offer advice. in that, hachiman gets to experience 'youth' inadvertently. it makes more sense if u watch but i just. love it So Goddamn Much. it's like peak for the shounen romance subgenre. its honestly not super romance heavy? but it also is. complicated it's 7.7/10 for me if i rate objectively. but a 10/10 if i rate on a personal level.

the fragrant flower blooms with dignity - a story about an intimidating male student and a very adorable young lady who have an interesting first encounter. it's a classic getting together story and its hard to describe what happens w out spoiling but GODDDDDD its soooo fucking cute. so cute i love it soooooo much. its ongoing !! 8/10

yankee kun and the white cane girl - crying screaming throwing up puking about them. a story about a deliquent and a blind girl. the story covers the struggles of disability with SO much nuance and character and the supporting cast have SOOOOOOOO much depth and the love story is so unbearably sweet. its ongoing and one of my faves forever and ever and ever. i love them sooo much. 9/10

im definitely missing a LOT but these are my favorites as of right now!!! the last two i follow very actively!!

[prettyboykatsuki-moved]

would you...

...Fang do you have any horror book recommendations? 👀 i love horror. it is the other side of eroticism to me. most of my horror consumption in my life has either been through movies or the Goosebumps books, but lately video games have been scratching the horror itch too!

i've been looking to get back into the genre and i've been amassing books to read! anything would be helpful! or if not that, then books in general would be lovely too 🫶🏾

i have so many asks about this but i really don't read enough to give you a full list of them i don't think. im really only getting into it recently. i read more gothic romance than outright horror

ALSO DISCLAIMER. but because it's horror genre most of these have extremely disturbing content. read at your own discretion and do your research.

i did read tender is the flesh recently. i have mixed feelings and i'd probably have to give it another read for a real opinion but it was incredibly violent. basic premise is cannibalism is legal and farming people is too. stomach churning gruesome which is what inspired the post but wasn't like. great commentary? a missed opportunity to me but maybe im being harsh. i don't think it really unpacked what legalizing cannibalism could actually be.

I DID ALSO READ WHAT MOVES THE DEAD BY T. KINGFISHER AND REALLY ENJOYED IT. i read it mostly because it's gothic literature but i thought it was very well written imo. the description in it knocked my socks off. just the right amount of everything and incredibly engaging. i liked it enough that im considering purchasing a hard copy cause my loan for the library hasnt renewed and i want to read it again.

i liked house of leaves but i don't think it's for everyone. it's not as outright in the horror so it was easy for me to stomach but i'd probably have to read it again to give critical commentary. also the classic homoerotic vampire novel carmilla. not super scary to me but it's sexy and it did a lot more for me than dracula did.

i loved lord of the flies and always will. don't know if its considered horror but its a classic to me. I LOVEEE boys in the valley by phillip fracassi. about a group of orphans in the early 20th century and the catholic church and oh-so brilliant with moving characters and fantastic setting. i love the grit in it. it was more bone chillingly than graphic and at times melancholy? but i loved it. kind of in that same genre of social commentary about adolescent boys and survival but even better.

ive read a lot of stephen king. i do not like his writing style. ive also read anne rice. i like her writing. do not like the racism in her novels even though im usually pretty impartial about stuff like that.

tldr what moves the dead and boys in the valley are must reads imo. carmilla is also pretty good. i like house of leaves but it's not for everyone.