Is there just a package that all anime studios use for those things? Impressions: …Yep, it sure is bog standard BL. Sullen dude matched with pushy sparkly bigger dude, and oh no, what are these feelings, but maybe I like being dominated? Just as weird no matter the sexes or the configuration thereof. Thinking […]
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