#cherry homes

[fyesnatashalyonne]

behind the scenes of poker face episode 8: “the orpheus syndrome” dir. by natasha lyonne

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

[vintagehomecollection]

Elegance in Flowers: Classic Arrangements for All Seasons, 1985

[galina]

Big hearty party decorations and Lily Vanilli bakery putting the cherry on top with a beautiful cake 🍒❤️

[gummy022]

Lil Wally or big cupcake???

[oddishblossom]

Packed trains used to be hell with all their negative voices, but…

CHERRY MAGIC! (2024) - S1 EP5

[lokidokeyartichoki]

The Vessel (reblog - do not repost)

[brownie-pics]

'24.4 東大寺のとある院にて

東大寺の敷地内には、多くの院（住職さんの自宅）があります。それぞれに「〇△院」といった名前があって、おそらく昔から代々住み継がれてきているのだと思います。

そんな院の中は綺麗な庭園があることも多いのですが、基本的に個人のお家なので門から中へ入ることはできません。でもこの日は院の奥方様のご厚意で庭へ入らせてもらい、写真を撮らせてもらうことができました。

いつもは土塀越しや門の外から見える範囲だけしか見られなかった庭の景色、中は綺麗に手入れされていて非常に興味深かったです。

･･お庭の花木やお地蔵さん、石塔も並ぶ日本庭園。もちろんよき雰囲気で写真も撮らせてもらうのですが、ついいつものクセで古い建物のパーツに眼が行ってしまいます･･。

[absolutebl]

Top 10 Great BLs That Are REALLY hard to find (but worth tracking down)

But you may want to go hunting anyway!

Seven Days

Seven Days: Monday-Thursday

Seven Days: Friday-Sunday

Japan 2015

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.

Cherry Magic AKA 30-sai made Dotei Da to Mahotsukai ni Nareru rashii

Japan 2020

The sweetest fluffiest magical realism BL, packaged as a pinning office romance, very low heat (practically chaste) but the cutest. It’s truly great.

Cherry Magic Thailand

Thai 2024

A soft charming warm hug of a show about crushes and mind reading and self worth, with no-fuss execution from a consummate team and an OG lead pair proving why they remain eternal and deserve to grow up. Look, here’s the thing, Cherry Magic is a great Thai BL in its own right not comparing it to any other iteration. But even when I do compare (and I've seen all the Cherries and read the manga) it still stands. I personally like it slightly better than the Japanese live action, but I think that’s because I just really like Thai BL and I LOVE TayNew. Also all the kissing was both present and better than any other iteration. As it should be from Thailand.

I Feel You Linger in the Air

Thai 2023

IFYLITA is an exquisite BL, from filming techniques to narrative framework (much like Until We Meet Again). Steeped in history and family drama it edges into lakorn (but no as much as To Sir With Love and with way less scenery chewing). This is an elegant and classy BL... from Thailand which normally doesn't even try for classy. The main couple (both as a pair and individuals) were excellent, particularly Bright (Yai) whose eye-work acting style is a personal favorite of mine. Pity about the ending. Oh it wasn’t that sad but it wasn’t good either. This show could easily have earned a 10/10 from me except that it fumbled the… erm… balls in the final quarter. Argh. Whatever.

All about the ecstasy and the agony here.

Restart After Come Back Home AKA Risutato wa tadaima no ato de

Japan 2020

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, low heat, low angst, and stunning.

Given

Japan 2021

Boy joins band, falls in love with other boy. The singing is terrible, fast forward through that but with the possible exception of the hair styles, this BL could have been made in 2015 and no one would be surprised. As such, it wasn’t ground breaking, but it didn’t disappoint either.

Make a Wish

Thai 2023

A doctor who can see the dead strikes a bargain with a wish-granting irreverent tree angel - naturally they fall in love (from Sammon: Manner of Death & Triage). Stars Fluke Natouch opposite not Ohm, but who cares because Fluke has chemistry with everybody. Once again the Thai afterlife is incredibly bureaucratic but I enjoyed the premise and the unfolding of the story (it’s not predictable but still satisfying and with nice little twist). I like that the doctor is just gay AF - fag hag bestie and all the swagger. The cast is excellent but the comedic stylings are a bit overblown and tonally off. It had sad parts and did make me cry but is ultimately happy with a great sex scene, good smiley kisses, and all the agency.

2 Moons The Ambassador AKA 2 Moons 3

Thai 2022

A Thai pulp that felt like it came out 5 yrs ago with many of the flaws inherent to that time and studio system, including manufactured angst and convoluted plot, but an ultimately sweet main couple that (as a pairing) feels a bit more modern and satisfying to watch than they started out. This will probably go down in history as one of the few BLs where I genuinely didn’t care about any of the side couples. All that said I find this show oddly appealing and rewatchable and I have no excuses for that.

I Want to See Only You AKA Kimi no Koto Dake Mite Itai

Japan 2022

This is a beautiful, well acted piece of cinema, about two boys who are opposite personalities and grew up together. Gifted and serious Sakura pines after outgoing eccentric manic pixie dream boy, Yuma. It is very pretty and this is the kind of atmospheric elegantly performed BL that only really comes from Japan (complete with dead fish kisses - what you though Korea invented them? oh no).

Triage

Thai 2022

BL does Groundhog Day featuring a doctor stuck in a time loop who must save a poor little rich boy from death by seducing the stuffing out of him, then PLOT TWIST, poor little rich boy must do the same for doctor! Unfortunately... stuffing keeps leaking. I thought the plot was engaging if a little redundant and occasionally exhausting. The pairs were all well done, low heat but with decent chemistry and the support characters were likeable (or unlikeable, as required). If anything, the romance arc detracted and distracted from the main plot, but that doesn't stop this from being a genuinely good show.

HONORABLE MENTION

Great Men Academy

Thai 2019

Bodyswap involving unicorns making a teenage girl into a boy makes this questionable as a BL (because, ya know, gender). But the fact remains that James is killer in the lead, and I (who do not like bodyswap) loved this damn show. Look, there is actual plot, hotties at boarding school, "bully the one you love" trope, some weird VR shit, very bad CGI, and yes, the boys end up together... whether they boys or not, so to speak.

Some of these shows may appear on a smaller streaming service, like WeTV, or they may be on a legal platform in your territory. I hope it goes without saying you should check there first.

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This list updated Spring 2024, not responsible for cool stuff that went missing (or was added to a platform) after that date.

It's it last in a series the rest of which are:

[winslowat3am]

Sakura Cat among the cherry blossoms 🌸 © Tanakawho

[vintagehomecollection]

The sculpture of a nineteenth-century maid sitting on the modern countertop sets the tone for this converted butler's pantry turned twentieth-century kitchen. When the owners of this nearly one-hundred-year-old country mansion on Long Island refinished this area, they decided to leave the revolving service window in the center of the pickled oak buffet.

Beyond The Kitchen: A Dreamer’s Guide, 1985

[jsb-inc]

I fricking saw the little slimey baby and I jumped to draw them immediately

And of course a little Harvey too, yippee @clownsuu OCs, pretty as always

The demon spawn belongs to me, maybe I’ll draw a ref sheet who knows

[sweetbeagaming]

Pekoe's house on the hill ❀

[kobracola]

witchfuckers HATE him !!!!!

[5-pp-man]

they really said "it's better to live life while imperfect and disgraceful than to die perfect and beautiful without ever really living at all."

[oddishblossom]

Manga/Anime Comparison (S1 EP7 & CH 23)

CHERRY MAGIC (2024) (x)