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Anime Like Twilight Out of Focus
Despite a somewhat rocky start, Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Ootomo have found a way to co-exist in their shared dorm room. They made three simple promises for
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TWILIGHT OUT OF FOCUS REVIEW
Hello friends! It’s me, your local fujoshi, once again here to recommend to you a BL she’s finished reading. I ran a poll between Twilight Out of Focus…
Twilight Out of Focus – Episode 1
The first episode is a beautifully shot little short film that combines filmic artistry with well-executed character beats.
Twilight Out Of Focus Manga Review
Since I am enjoying the anime, I thought to try reading the manga. Here are my thoughts!
First Impression: Twilight Out of Focus
Second-year high school students Mao Tsuchiya and Hisashi Otomo have a very interesting living arrangement at their all-boys school dormitory. The two boys live within three rules: Mao…
First Look: Twilight Out of Focus
Mao Tsuchiya, a member of his high school’s film club, and Hisashi Ootomo, an introverted classmate, are reluctant roommates. However, when the film club wants to cast Hisashi…
Twilight Out of Focus #01 — The Jerk Off Accords
Definitely something that needed to be video recorded. Impressions: I will admit that the opening scene made me laugh. For a lot of reasons. What kind of…
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 11 Review – Overlap
We’re finally back to Hisamao for the rest of the Overlap chapters!
Some Twilight Out of Focus Trivia Before The Anime Airs Next Season
Are you ready for Twilight Out of Focus airing next season?
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 10 Review – The Evening Monologues
Congrats, Shion, you fixed Rei!
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 3 Review – Camera Footage Melts Into Twilight
I can’t believe they did that.
Twilight Out of Focus Volumes 1-4 Manga Review
Twilight Out of Focus treats difficult subjects with respect and doesn’t lean into melodrama unless its in service of the plot, while the characters read like believable high…
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 2 Review – Mutual Pining
Hisashi needs a hug, seriously…
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 6 Review – His First Love
When Jin and Giichi become each others’ first love…
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 8 Review – The Romantic And The Nerd
When a romantic dates a jerk but decides to fix him. Good luck with that, Shion…
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 9 Review – The Ideal High School Life
Shion’s idealized high school life might not be what he expects…
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 4 Review – Two Of Them, Under The Stars
Mao and Hisashi spend romantic night excursions under the stars.
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 7 Review – Their Love For Movies
Another couple with good communication.
Twilight Out of Focus Episode 5 Review – Afterimages In Slow Motion
The story transitions from romantic to rivals-to-lovers.
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 1 Review – Falling For Your Roommate
Please stop calling this a Banana Fish AU because there will be someone who will actually believe it and misinformation is going to spread.
Twilight Out Of Focus Episode 12 Review + Final Thoughts – Their Red Thread
And that is the end of the back-to-back BL shows for this year. I hope that next year will have a plethora of BL animes…
Summer 2024 Impressions: The Elusive Samurai, Twilight out of Focus, Senpai Is an Otokonoko
The Elusive Samurai Short Synopsis: The would-be inheritor of the Kamakura shogunate flees his birthplace after his family is betrayed by a powerful warrior. Lenlo: Competing with Monogatari,…
The burden of foreknowledge
When I decided to finally watch Clannad Afterstory this past weekend, I slowly began to notice that this weight had begun to morph into a heavy burden to…
The shifting landscape of queer narratives -with a focus in the 2010s
We are well into the 2020s and the global situation is more than ever stressful. Yet in difficult moments it helps to stop and remember where we’ve made…
ShuCream BL Whips Up More BL for Manga Fans
More BL manga are hitting digital shelves thanks to Japanese company ShuCream, and that requires a look in this week's Please Save My Money.
The gift of BL on #Blush801
Today would have been the Blush Convention. For years, as organisers, we’ve sought to find ways to hold the con as close to 801 yet schedules fail…
K: Burden of Kings
When most people think of K Project, they think of it’s flashy style and hot dudes. While there is no doubt there is a heavy focus on these…
Sony renews focus on anime IP creation
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Japan renews focus on anime, manga exports
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Voice of the Cards: Beasts of Burden
The Voice of the Cards: Beasts of Burden is an effective, low-stakes concept with solid execution, with a lot of love put into it from creatives that had…
BL Anime Fans Have Lost The Narrative (AGAIN) | Explaining & Exploring "Yaoi-Danmei"
BL Anime and Boys Love Manga fandom much like all other internet fandoms has no shortage of lost narratives over the decades since importing Boys Love Media began…
BL Fans Love My Brother – Manga Review
I thought that BL Fans Love my Brother was a great title. I still do. Let me tell you what I thought about the rest of the manga!
I should focus on rewatching anime in 2023
Sometimes, the internet can be stressful. Recently, to calm myself down, I visited the profiles of some users who have great tastes in anime. Because of those visits,…
School Days and the burden of intimacy
Printed on the faded navy blue spine of an oversized game box, with white, bold, text reading the nondescript “School Days” - the box sits quietly on the…
The perfect fake out for tokusatsu and anime fans – Dragon’s Heaven
At some point I stumbled across this OVA shifting through the vast amount of content (legal or not) on Youtube. I didn’t think much of it other than…
Do a survey: Gender Identity among Overseas Fans of Queer Japanese Media
March 2022: Here is a survey that may be of interest to some readers of this blog: “Questionnaire on Gender Identity among Overseas Fans of Queer Japanese Media…
Shinji Aramaki on Virtual Reality and the Potential of AI
Evan Minto (Editor-in-Chief): We’ve still got a big interview backlog we’re working through here at Ani-Gamers, so here’s another treat for you all! At Otakon back in 2023,…
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The Burden Of The Past (2023) review [OAFF 2023]
With his latest drama film, Funahashi’s delivers a contender for this year’s best Japanese film.
Pick of the Week: Still High on BL Metamorphosis
SEAN: It’s not a very inspiring week for me this time around, though a new volume of the stellar BL Metamorphosis is always welcome. I’m sure the others…
Anime vs. Reality – The Childhood Friend
I’ve gotten some lists full of random tidbits for you all to enjoy, and now I want to get more into the “anime” side of things. Are things…
The Art of Adaptations in Anime Pt. 1: Director’s Focus
Most of the anime in the past 20 years has been an adaptation of some other piece of media. Whether the source material was a manga, light novel,…
THINGS THAT MOST ANIME FANS CAN AGREE ON
In this series I’m gonna spit straight facts about the things that we all can agree on. Again, I don’t wanna hurt anyone else’s feelings so please don’t…
Yuri!!! On ICE and the revolutionary portrayal of queer slavic representation
Of all the amazing things about the show, one of the most striking to me was the revolutionary way it portrayed the intersection of queer and Slavic identity.
Netflix Changes Its Anime Focus
Mind you, I’m going by what Reddit is telling me because I can’t read Japanese.
This Blog’s Focus on Media From Japan
Anyone ready for some obvious things? Possibly some extra things too? I guess you can call this a blog update. I think I confused a lot of people…
More than just an eye for BL: Fujoshi’s Queer Affective Literacies
Well, didn’t think a meme would be apt for this moment but I really feel that it has been a journey from this blog to this journal article.
Anime OVAs You Missed - Twilight of The Dark Master (1997)
When you listen to the opening narration of twillight of the dark master.. You almost have to wonder what the writer knows about the history of our existence.. That no…
What’s the anime equivalent to Game of Thrones or Twilight?
I’m not talking about anime that are epic fantasy settings with dragons, or a vampire romance to be clear. I’m talking about anime that have the same cultural…
Twilight: The Dawn and Sunset of Saturday Anime (Part One)
Now seemingly only mentioned in comment sections around the Internet, Saturday Anime was the Toonami of its day. Join us for part one of exploration on Sci-Fi Channel,…
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