#under the oak tree bl

[heretherebedork]

Y'all, how do I convince to watch Under The Oak Tree? It's a Vietnamese BL on Youtube with a LOTR reference, two songs in the first episode (one of which is basically a musical theater performance in the middle of the gym class and a gay boy who wears a flower on his lapel and thinks he's a historical drama.

Again!

Under The Oak Tree

It's Vietnamese so the budget is not there but I love it for exactly what it is. @absolutebl High school BL that is just... something. I do warn that there is singing, though.

[avorbl]

Under the Oak Tree really is a classic highschool BL with all the tropes you want and don't want in there but you get fantasy and a musical numbers on top and thats where its succeeding for me.

They did not give themselves enough time for the karmic/divine punishment plot to really land. That falls a bit flat for me. But it looks like the finale is there to resolve the romantic plot lets see if that works out.

[twig-tea]

Under the Oak Tree: How Do I Talk About This Show?

The Vietnamese musical BL Under the Oak Tree ended today (after a delay from last week for political reasons that affected all Vietnamese shows).

The music in this show is great. Full disclosure I am coming at it from a place of liking Vietnamese OSTs and Musicals, so I was definitely primed to enjoy it. But they do a great job underscoring the big moments with appropriate music, including very fun villain songs. You can get a taste of the music style in this teaser:

The story is...a rollercoaster lol This show has a lot going on. We go from cute high school romance to gang threats to parental trauma to forced outings and life-ruining betrayals to a timeskip and a twist and an ending that could be read as either very dark or a happy ending, depending on your preference.

My biggest critique is that the romantic relationship is not actually the core of the story; it's actually the protagonist and his friend who betrays him that are the core of the plot, especially in the last few episodes. That relationship gets worked on, but the core romance is just kind of treated as an afterthought.

That being said, there is a lot I loved about this too. There's a Lord of the Rings fantasy sequence that is fantastic, and there's a really interesting exploration of revenge and how satisfying it is (or isn't) that I found fun to watch play out. I also really loved that these were gay characters from jump (neither Dang nor Khanh really wrestled with their attraction to the other), and these actors can kiss.

Also just to say Vuong Huy did a great job, but it was sooooo nice to see some of the familiar faces again, especially in episodes 8-10! I love Duc Duy, Duy Lam, Gia Huy, and KaiBie, who have all been in several Vietnamese BLs before (Duy Lam and Gia Huy have costarred before in shows like Beef, Cupcakes, and Him, Duc Duy has played opposite Ba Vinh in The Most Peaceful Place, and KaiBie has been around since Hey! First Love, just to name a few highlights from their CVs).

If this sounds intriguing to you, Under the Oak Tree is 10 episodes, 30-40 mins each, on YouTube.

Discussion of my thoughts on the ending after the cut!

Ok, so MAJOR spoilers ahead.

Under the Oak Tree takes place mostly in 2011, but then there's a 15 year timeskip in episode 8. We find out over the course of episodes 8-10 that in 2011, after Linh betrays Khanh by lying that she saw him steal money from the band, Khanh's mother dies from shock at hearing him confess to the crime (in order to prevent Dang from being punished for defending him even in the face of Linh's eyewitness evidence). Khanh leaves Dang and the small town of Da Lat for the big city, remaking himself and his life. He runs into Linh, who has since married Dang, and pretends to befriend her and let bygones be bygones so that he can infiltrate her company and set her up to be ruined. As the final piece de resistance for his betrayal, he kisses Dang, and Linh falls down the stairs in shock and ends up in a coma.

This is the part where I think opinions will differ. Linh ends up in a kind of limbo, in which she has to either agree to go to hell and be tortured, or sit and watch her own memories over and over, unable to change them. She spends a lot of time unwilling to admit that she did anything wrong, but sitting and watching herself over and over seems to get to her and she comes to terms with the fact that she's caused terrible pain.

Khanh goes to see her in her coma, and yells at her that this is too easy, she needs to live so that she can be tortured knowing what she's done. We then get a sequence from Linh's perspective in which Khanh visits her in limbo and they reconcile and go back in time together to fix the past.

This is the part that could be read as dark if you're me lol. On it's surface, the show essentially wrote fix-it fic for itself; Linh never betrays Khanh, so his mother doesn't die, he doesn't move away, and he never leaves Dang. We leave Dang and Khanh happy and together and on the road to becoming musicians to fulfill their dreams as a team, with Linh owning a coffee shop seeming pretty content. But at the end Linh asks whether this is all real, or all in her mind, and Khanh replies that maybe her memories of the other future are what are all in her mind. It's left a little ambiguous.

That being said, the show also was careful to say that we cannot actually go back and fix the past. So the read that this happy ending is all in Linh's head while she's in a coma is a dark but realistic one.

I also need to talk about Dang and Khanh. In the present/future, Dang and Khanh are arguably not actually in love anymore; they're both too resentful of everything that's come before. This is the part that feels unreconciled to me; while Khanh and Linh got to work through their issues, Dang and Khanh never get to have that conversation, because in the revised past, Dang doesn't share the memories of the future that Khanh and Linh have, so he doesn't know who he hand Khanh became in this other timeline. He says explicitly that he believes no matter what, they'll always love each other and never leave one another; but we know that's not quite true. The smile that Khanh gives him after that speech seems a little sad to me.

I would have loved a little more time for Khanh and Dang to reconcile; for Dang to more fully own his part in not supporting Khanh in the face of his friends ruining Khanh's life, and in marrying Linh even after her betrayal, instead of going to find Kanh or at the least staying true to himself. And I would have loved Khanh to own up to giving up on Dang when things were difficult (to be fair to him, things were extremely difficult--this is another instance of a poor character in love with a rich character whose life gets ruined because of that relationship, while the rich character's life stays essentially the same), and making his life about revenge at any cost to anyone, including Dang, rather than just living for his own future happiness. With all of that hanging over them, it's hard to believe in their forever, even if the new timeline is real and not a coma dream.

Anyway! I really did have a lot of fun watching the show and the wild swings of emotional turns; I also feel like I understated how much I really love these songs. This show won't be for everyone, it's hard to recommend as a blanket statement, but to save you scrolling back up: if this sounds intriguing to you, it's 10 episodes, 30-40 mins each, on YouTube!

[squeakygeeky]

Did you think I was out of the game? No! Of course I was not going to miss the Vietnamese BL musical even if I never made it past the first episode of Be Your Star. Surprisingly I would say this is the least unhinged BL musical I've seen...so far. The summary for Part 2 was certainly something.

But it's directed by Oril Nguyen and he does mostly light and domestic. Duc Duy is out of Ba Vinh's shadow and playing a lead. I like him a lot. The other main actor Vuong Quoc Huy was a contestant on Vietnam Idol.

Today in the translator gave up, rude pronouns:

(I like this translator, actually. Good use of 'siesta' earlier.)

[fremontroll]

reading a straight manhwa made me realize how much i missed women’s fashion😭

[gunsatthaphan]

~ Monthly BL Breakdown: April 2024 ~ 

🌷 Happy May!!! ☀️

Disclaimer: ALL shows can be streamed here or here, as well as on Youtube and other platforms. For more info on where to watch what, check out this post! 

New breakdowns are coming at the end of every month - feel free to add stuff! -> previous breakdowns

What came out this month? (green = seen/currently watching)

🌟 Love is Like a Cat - April 1st (South Korea / Thailand) 

🌟 We Are - April 3rd (Thailand) ✅

🌟 Memory in the Letter - April 6th (Thailand) 

🌟 Living With Him - April 11th (Japan) 

🌟 Gray Shelter - April 11th (South Korea) 

🌟 Beating Again - April 13th (Thailand)

🌟 Blue Boys - April 15th (South Korea)

🌟 At 25:00 in Alasaka - April 18th (Japan)

🌟 GMMTV2024 Part 2 (lineup event) - April 23rd (Thailand) ✅

🌟 Boys Be Brave - April 25th (South Korea) 

🌟 CHANGE2561 2024 lineup event - April 25th (Thailand) ✅

🌟 My Stand-In - April 26th (Thailand) ✅

🌟 City Boy Log Vol. 3 - April 30th (South Korea)

New series & movie announcements

🎥 The Fridge - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Flavor of Us (starring Benjamin B., Dome W. & others) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Children's Day - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 Blue Time - Date TBA (China, possibly censored)

🎥 Bad Guy My Boss - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Oriental Magician In The Ent. Circle - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 Under the Oak Tree - Date TBA (Vietnam)

🎥 Invitation - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 The Love Matter - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 I Saw You in My Dream - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 I Wish You the Best - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Impression of Youth - Date TBA (Taiwan)

🎥 Meet You at the Blossom - Date TBA (Taiwan)

Other news from the BL world

❗️ The production company Studio WabiSabi announced that their actors Boun N., Prem W., Santa P., Sammy C., Yacht P. and Stamp P. have terminated their contracts and will no longer be artists under the company on April 15th. Shortly after, GMMTV announced the 6 of them as newly signed artists, along with the disclosure that BounPrem's upcoming BL Vampire Project is now being produced under GMMTV, who now also own all broadcasting rights; WabiSabi will function as a co-producer. New S. stated on Twitter that the decisions had been long in the making, as well as the fact that WabiSabi no longer functions as a management agency for actors and is now a mere production company. He also denied the rumors that the company is shutting down. Shortly after the transfer of the Wabi Sabi actors, actor Fluke Jeeratch (formerly Pongsakorn) joined GMMTV as well.

❗️ The Filipino BL Gameboys is getting a third season. An air date has not been confirmed.

❗️ P Ekkapop and Pan Jirachot, the lead actors from Kiseki Chapter 2, have announced a new project together. Details are unknown.

❗️ Actor Barcode Tinnasit has announced his departure from his agency Be On Cloud.

❗️ After some confusion, the Korean production company Studio X+U announced that their upcoming series Fragile - which was initially advertized as a Korean SKAM remake - is in fact not connected to the Norwegian web series and is instead a standalone series, which focuses on the life of a group of teenagers. According to ZUM News, there was supposed to be a Korean SKAM remake based on the Norwegian original, which was however cancelled due to unknown reasons. Fragile was created as a substitution.

❗️ GMMTV held their 2024 part 2 event on April 23rd. The following BL projects were announced:

The Heart Killers (starring FirstKhao & JoongDunk)

Perfect10 Liners (starring ForceBook, PerthChimon, JuniorMark)

Heart That Skips a Beat (starring EstWilliam)

Revamp (starring BounPrem, formerly known as Vampire Project)

Sweet Tooth, Good Dentist (starring MarkOhm)

The Ex-Morning (starring KristSingto)

❗️ The production company CHANGE2561 held their 2024 lineup event on April 25th. The following BL projects were announced:

This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans (starring SailubPon)

Goddess Bless You From Death (starring PavelPooh)

I’m The Most Beautiful Count (starring PingSupanut)

Pit Babe Season 2

Upcoming series & movies for May

👉🏻 You Made My Day (starring Tar A. and Bom T. from I Will Knock You) - May 3rd (Thailand)

👉🏻 Inverse Identity / Upside Down - Mary 3rd (China)

👉🏻 Wandee Goodday - May 4th (Thailand)

👉🏻 A Balloon's Landing - May 10th (Taiwan)

👉🏻 City of Stars: Special Episode - May 10th (Thailand, cinema release)

👉🏻 The Time of Fever (Unintentional Love Story spinoff) - May 15th (South Korea)

👉🏻 Blossom Campus - May 16th (South Korea)

👉🏻 OMG! Vampire - May 19th (Thailand)

👉🏻 Manji Reverse - May 24th (Japan)

👉🏻 My Biker 2 - May 28th (Thailand)

[silvestromedia]

Saint of the day August 25

St. Genesius, During a stage performance before Emperor Diocletian in Rome, the actor Genesius portrayed a catechumen about to be baptized in a play satirizing the Christian sacrament. In the midst of the ceremony he was suddenly converted to Christianity. When presented to the Emperor, he declared his Christianity. Enbraged, Diocletian had him turned over to Plautian, prefect of the praetorium, who tortured him in an effort to force him to sacrifice to the pagan gods. When Genesius persisted in his faith, he was beheaded. Genesius is the patron of actors. Feast day is Aug. 25.

Bl. Louis Sotelo, Franciscan martyr of Japan. Louis Was a noble of Spain, who was ordained and sent to Manila, Philippines, in 1601. He went to Japan in 1603 but was exiled. Returning to Spain in 1613, he visited Rome in 1622, and then went again to Japan. He was arrested in Nagasaki and burned alive at Shimabara. Feastday Aug 25

St. Louis IX, King of France. Popular memory preserves Louis IX, King of France, in the image of a sovereign who used to render justice to his subjects under an old oak tree that stood hard by his castle in Vincennes. In fact, Louis struck his contemporaries for his sense of justice, for his deep piety and great charity. He was well known for protecting the French clergy from secular leaders and for strictly enforcing laws against blasphemy. He established the Sorbonne (1252) and the monasteries of Rayaumont, Vavert, and Maubuisson. Louis led two crusades, the Sixth and the Seventh Crusades.Feastday Aug 25 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/25/st--louis---king-of-france-.html

St. Patricia Roman Catholic patron of Naples, and like St. Januarius there, a vial believed to be filled with her blood reportedly liquefies thirteen hundred years after her death. St. Patricia, fled to Italy to escape marriage and became a virgin consecrated to God in Rome. She returned to constantinople, distributed her wealth to the poor, and then went back to Italy;, where she died soon after, at Naples. She is a patron of Naples, and like St. Januarius there, a vial believed to be filled with her blood reportedly liquefies thirteen hundred years after her death. Feast Aug. 25

ST. JOSEPH CALASANZ, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF PIARISTS

[noidkeitherwhatimdoing]

Sir Riftan gives me those bisexual vibes man was in a yaoi in his previous life

[maleyanderecafe]

Manga/Webcomic Recommendations Masterlist

Manga/Webtoons/Manhwa/Comics

OneShots

Best Friends

Primary Target

Snuff Film Monologue

A Gentle Cage

A Gentle Crime

The Lost Prince

Death Chants His Laments

Dear My Living Dead

They Who Shouldn’t Have Loved, The Story of their Cursed Love

A Helpless Childhood Friend

Chotto kiken na amaama Onii-san & Assassin x Cinderella

Yandere Vs. Yandere

Hysteria

LifeLine

My Menhara Boyfriend

Isekai

The King’s Very Troublesome Marriage Proposal

This Time I Will Definitely Be Happy

Soushikikan to Watashi no Jijou

If I Happened to Tame my Brother Well

Isekai Shoukan Wa Nidome Desu

The Banished Villainess! Living the Leisurely Life of a Nun Making Revolutionary Church Food

The Extra Refuses Excessive Obsession

Marilyn Likes Lariensa Too Much!

Caught by the Villain

I Have Become the Hero's Rival

Please, Let Me Return Home

From Knight to Lady

A False Confession

I'll Twist the Neck of a Sweet Dog

The Tyrant's Tranquilizer

Crows Like Things that Sparkle

My Childhood Friend became an Obsessive Husband

Finding Camellia

A Heart for the Emperor

When the Villainess Loves

The Villiainess needs her Tyrant

The Little Princess and Her Monster Prince

I Hold the Tyrant’s Heart

Male Lead, I'll Respect Your Taste

The Prince Relies on Me

How to Train a Merciless Villain

Webtoons/Manhwa

It’s Mine

Save Me

For Alice

340 Days

You at First Sight

He’s Harmless, I Swear!

Oath

I Don’t Want This Kind Of Hero

Fox King’s Only Lover

Mr. Fu’s Favorite

The Red Fox

Appetite

The Male Lead is a Murderer

Mask Off

Distorted Desires

Perfect Mine

Pestered by the Yandere Once Again

Paper Cuts

A Kind Goblin's Bird

Agatha

I’m a Wolf, but I Won’t Harm You

The Script

Searching for my Father

When A Thousand Moons Rise

My Gently Raised Beast

Raising a Dragon Prince

The Tainted Half

Idyllic Island

Under the Oak Tree

I Tamed My Ex-Husband’s Mad Dog

My Angelic Husband is Actually the Devil in Disguise

When Jasy Whistles

Magical Package Lilaca

The Cold Commander by Day Cries in My Arms at Night 

Yaoi Manga/Webtoons

Katakoi Opera

Ouji no Hakoniwa

Mitto Mo Nai Koi

Doronuma

Innocent Love

Brilli

The Man that was Buried Alive

Similar Terms

Perverted Love and Secret

You Control Me

Stalker x Stalker

My Perverted Stalker

My Desire for You Just Begins

Vivarium

Ripe When the Flowers Bloom

Raising a Sacrifice

Kidnapped BL

What Happens if you have a Possessive Yandere Boyfriend?

A Fine Line

Easy to Read

The “Flow” In Flower & Satoshi and Kakeru

Chase the Dragon

The Twisted Obsession of His Highness

Make You Mine

The Fallen Duke & The Knight Who Hated Him

Triggering Idle Desires

Your Wish Is My Command

Rebirth

Smut/Josei

Kare Joshi Kasahara Ichika (25) ha Hentai ni Sukare yasui -Elite Megane ha Stalker

If you are Reincarnated as the Villain Mob’s daughter, you will be favored by the Strongest Prince who is not Captured

Stalker Shachou no Kareinaru Kyukon ~16-nenkan Suki Datta Nante Kiitemasen~

Everything About You is Mine

The Strongest Knightess Cannot Escape An Obsessive Prince!

Kimi no Tamenara Nandemo Suruyo Kyouaidanshi ni Torawarete

A Gentle Sea Monster and a Lonely Girl

BORDER LINE ~My Fiendish Chinese Classmate's Psychotic Infatuation~

Now, My Lady, It's Time for Romance

Suki Kawaii Guchagucha Ni Shitai Osananajimi Ha Kojirasesugiteru

Until the Trashiest Boy Toy Exorcist Ren-kun Crushes Me in His Embrace

My Cute Stalker Idolizes Me Too Much

A Yandere Boyfriend's Sexy Punishment

Manga

Worldend: Debugger

I love you, Kyoko-san

The Parodied Jokeland

Kanchigai Hime to Usotsuki Shimobe

My Beloved Charlotte

Akuman-san to Outa

Litchi Hikari Club

Tendou-ke Monogatari

Sakuraba-san wa Tomaranai!

Kimi ni Koisuru Satsujinki 

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

Shinobi Shijuusou

How to Train Your Handsome But Overbearing Boyfriend

Yoi No Yomeiri

He Was My Brother

Welcome to the Yandere Cafe

Home Room

Yuukaikon

Kuroha to Nijisuke: Kuroki Majo no Divertimento

Kiruru Kill Me

Fluctuations of the Hit man S

Kimi no Koe

Kataribe no List

I Reincarnated as the Little Sister of a Death Game Manga's Murder Mastermind and Failed

I Said I Love you to Death, Didn’t I?

Casual Flowers

Kill My Mother

My translations (Smut)

The Neighbour in Room 203 Disappeared Leaving a Key Behind

I will never let you go, so please be preyed on by me ~ The younger man I met in the countryside was a former Yandere boy from hell~

Please Know That I'm Really Jealous ~A Former Yandere Boy Can Be Brutal To Get Married

It’s All About Love

Tell Me You’ll Die Without Me (Non-Smut)

Yandere Killing!! ~When I told my obsessive childhood friend, "I love you too," she shifted to the romantic comedy route~

The doting president is obsessed only with me. ~Sweet poison melts deep inside...~

Love is Too Heavy for Obsessive Idol Sex

I tried to escape from being a villainous daughter, but the earnest, good-natured Yandere Highness did not give me the peace I wanted

The Yandere Angel is obsessed with a good-natured succubus

Yandere Vampire's Obsessive Love Confinement x Contract Sex

My Yandere Neighbour (Non-Smut)

The Yandere Angel is Obsessed with a Good-Natured Succubus 2

Kaede, the yandere boyfriend

A story about how the kind senior who lives next door is actually a dangerous person

[avorbl]

It is probably different in Vietnam but the first song in the third episode of Under the Oak Tree did not seem like it should evoke the absurd and comedic feelings i got when hearing a spoken response too a sung call.

The rest of the episode really got us into the melodrama and I really enjoyed it

[twig-tea]

People I Want to Get to Know Better

tagged by @incandescentflower, thanks MJ!

Last song: @lurkingshan sent me the acoustic Jimin single ('Who') and then I looked up the Ace of Base song Beautiful Life because it reminded me so much of it lol

Favorite Color: Teal

[ID: gif of the overhead shot of the teal ocean in The Eclipse]

Currently Watching: Besties this is so upsetting. This is what I'm actively keeping up with. This is everything in a week, including the 4 that start within the next 7 days:

4 Minutes [starting this week]

Ayaka is in love with Hiroko

Bad Guy

Battle of the Writers [starting this week]

Be Your Star

Century of Love

Hoshikuzu Telepath [I just found out about this one but it is also currently airing!]

I Hear the Sunspot

I Saw You In My Dream [just started today]

Knock Knock Boys

Love Enemy [starting this week]

Love Sea the Series

Mr Mitsuya's Planned Feeding [starting this week]

My Marvellous Dream is You [finishing this week--i lied it finishes Aug 7]

The Rebound

The Secret of Us

Sky Valley

Sunset Vibes

Takara's Treasure

The Trainee

Twilight out of Focus

Under the Oak Tree [finishing this week]

All but 5 of them are 45-60 minute episodes (and 4 of those 5 are 25 mins), and 3 of them air twice a week. That's 22 shows from 7 different countries, including 3 GLs. And that's after I moved 3 to binges (MLMU, Meet You at the Blossom, and This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans) because I couldn't keep up and wasn't enjoying those week-to-week. It's TOO MUCH.

Last movie: I think it was BL Metamorphosis, due to @my-rose-tinted-glasses' rec and fansubbed by @furritsubs (thank you!).

Currently Reading: I'm still on book 3 of MoDu (Silent Reading), because I have had no time to read! I love this series I just haven't been prioritizing it. Also reading the Twilight out of Focus manga alongside the anime as it airs.

Sweet, Spicy, or Savory?: Savoury all day every day.

Relationship: I am married to the sea.

Current Obsession: Hmm. Does QL as a whole count? lol

Last googled: "Sailor moon makoto and haruka" to make sure i was getting their names right on this gifset I was queuing.

Currently working on: My watchlist (sobs) and clearing out my drafts by filling up my queue so that i feel less bad about being stalled on the 5 meta posts I owe people.

tagging @waitmyturtles @wanderlust-in-my-soul @stuffnonsenseandotherthings and @pigglepiephi because those were the first names I thought of that I'm also curious about your watchlists!

[zoraedits]

Manhwa zoraedits

Read-list

List of all the manhwa I've read/I'm reading. Categorised by genre(i tried my best). This is a regularly updated list.

I'll keep updating this list as I proceed reading the series.

Last update on:- 26th April 2022

Modern Romance

1. Positively Yours

2. The office blind date.

3. Who's the prey?

4. Midnight poppy land

5. She's hopeless

6. Raise wa tannin ga li.

7. Sadistic beauty.

8. A bittersweet couple.

9. 1 plus 1.

10. Secret love.

11. Only hope

12. My reasons to die

Sports/Gang/Action/Thriller

1. Get schooled

2. Windbreaker

3. Unholy blood

4. Purple hyacinth

5. Solo leveling.

6. Omniscient reader's Viewpoint.

7. Study Group.

Yaoi/Yuri

1. Killing Stalking (not a bl but idk where else to put it)

2. Bj Alex

3. Love is an illusion

4. K's Secret

5. 19 days

6. Deliverance of counterattack

7. The grandmaster of..

8. Heaven official's blessing

9. Under the green light

10. Sadistic beauty side story

Yuri

1. Tamen de gushi.

2. Kill Switch

3. Sadistic beauty side story

4. Relationship guideline.

5. Love is an illusion queen.

Romance/Fantasy/Reincarnation

1. Lady & the beast.

2. Remarried empress.

3. Under the oak tree.

4. Ebony

5. Lucia

6. Regaina rena

7. Who made me a Princess?

8. I'll be a matriarch in this life.

9. How to get my husband on my side.

10. I found a husband when I picked up the male lead.

11. The villainess needs a Tyrant.

12. The villainess has her fun again today.

13. The villainess is a Mariontte.

14. I became the hero's rival.

15. Beware of the villainess.

16. Aidin

[comicgarten]

Thanks to you I started reading bongchon bride and even subscribed on Manta comics. The thing is bonchong bride really is such an standout in quality in that app. I’ve been kinda perusing around the app looking for something of that quality but I find it lacking… basically I’m only subscribed for bongchon bride. I kinda enjoyed semantic error but I almost dropped it 4 times everything else is just typical Overdone to death BL tropes…could you recommend anything else on the app? I’m gay so I’m not crazy about reading straight romance

Honestly I just like Bongchon Bride so much that I don't mind $5/mo just to support it.

I like a few straight romances in there, like Finding Camilla or Under the Oak Tree. There's a few good non-romance stuff. Try Let's Kill Your Husband or The Choice.

The former IS tagged GL so ideally it'll culminate in romance.. 🧐

[manhwa-anime-lover]

Love reading this❤️❤️❤️

If your looking for something new to read I recommend “At the End of the Road”.

Rate it a 10/10

Summary

After a car accident, Taemin finds himself in the body of Siwon, a victim of bullying at school. No longer a pushover, he starts standing up for himself but then meets Woojin, an old friend from the past. Somehow, Woojin immediately picks up Taemin's 'scent' from Siwon. What happened between these two in the past and how will it affect their future?

Join the group everyone is welcome .....we talk about all type of romance manhwa/webtoon/manga. Also, we give out recommendations.

[silvestromedia]

Saint of the day August 25

St. Genesius, During a stage performance before Emperor Diocletian in Rome, the actor Genesius portrayed a catechumen about to be baptized in a play satirizing the Christian sacrament. In the midst of the ceremony he was suddenly converted to Christianity. When presented to the Emperor, he declared his Christianity. Enbraged, Diocletian had him turned over to Plautian, prefect of the praetorium, who tortured him in an effort to force him to sacrifice to the pagan gods. When Genesius persisted in his faith, he was beheaded. Genesius is the patron of actors. Feast day is Aug. 25.

Bl. Louis Sotelo, Franciscan martyr of Japan. Louis Was a noble of Spain, who was ordained and sent to Manila, Philippines, in 1601. He went to Japan in 1603 but was exiled. Returning to Spain in 1613, he visited Rome in 1622, and then went again to Japan. He was arrested in Nagasaki and burned alive at Shimabara. Feastday Aug 25

St. Louis IX, King of France. Popular memory preserves Louis IX, King of France, in the image of a sovereign who used to render justice to his subjects under an old oak tree that stood hard by his castle in Vincennes. In fact, Louis struck his contemporaries for his sense of justice, for his deep piety and great charity. He was well known for protecting the French clergy from secular leaders and for strictly enforcing laws against blasphemy. He established the Sorbonne (1252) and the monasteries of Rayaumont, Vavert, and Maubuisson. Louis led two crusades, the Sixth and the Seventh Crusades.Feastday Aug 25 https://www.vaticannews.va/en/saints/08/25/st--louis---king-of-france-.html

St. Patricia Roman Catholic patron of Naples, and like St. Januarius there, a vial believed to be filled with her blood reportedly liquefies thirteen hundred years after her death. St. Patricia, fled to Italy to escape marriage and became a virgin consecrated to God in Rome. She returned to constantinople, distributed her wealth to the poor, and then went back to Italy;, where she died soon after, at Naples. She is a patron of Naples, and like St. Januarius there, a vial believed to be filled with her blood reportedly liquefies thirteen hundred years after her death. Feast Aug. 25

ST. JOSEPH CALASANZ, PRIEST, FOUNDER OF PIARISTS