#cbaw

[negrowhat]

oh i'm dying to know your answer to 17

Hello Anon!

Ugly Duckling

Seo HaeBom from Cherry Blossoms After Winter. I had to think hard about this. In my mind an Ugly Duckling is the lame kid in school who suddenly has a glow up. Now Haebom wasn't an ugly kid, but he was a loser in high school because he was technically an orphan. He was bullied by his peers and overlooked. They didn't even know that he was living with the most popular kid in their class. As soon as Haebom entered uni though he broke out of his shell. He made friends. He developed some confidence. He learned how to stand up for himself. Sometimes being an Ugly Duckling is really just you being an outcast for not having a mama and sometimes becoming a Pretty Swan is learning to love and choose yourself.

BL Romance Trope Ask Game

#gawd this was hard af #i was going to say hira #but he never really grew out of his awkwardness did he? #seo haebom #cbaw #cherry blossoms after winter #bl ask game

[alchely]

Just looked back on the two most extreme height difference gay couples I know of from bl shows and I really think Gallavich, while not as extreme, gets closer than I initially thought 🤔

(If you're interested in knowing what couples I'm talking about, the first one is from Semantic Error and second one from Cherry Blossoms After Winter)

#my post #gallavich #semantic error #cherry blossoms after winter #cbaw

[heretherebedork]

I finally got to finish CBAW. And I loved how soft it was. I felt so horrible for Taesung, with him going his whole life thinking his mother regretted him. And then for the person he did love to use his mom as the reason they couldn't date? My baby.

Also love how Haebom was the one to propose. Both my babies. My sweeties. Yay for softness!!!

TaeSung was was my darling baby boy who felt absolutely rejected by everyone in his life and tried so, so hard to be a good person regardless and who loved HaeBom with no exceptions and no hesitation and no fear once he was accepted.

But, yeah, that pain of realizing that TaeSung had spent his entire life thinking he was regretted and then spending years hiding himself because he thought that HaeBom wanted to be his brother and he couldn't love him the way he did? Oh, TaeSung was just so painful and I also loved how the show took its time to reveal that pain and why he seemed so much more distant from his mother than HaeBom was despite how loving she seemed. But we grew and learned with them and it was so good.

I also loved that HaeBom proposed and that HaeBom was always there for TaeSung once they got together. They were never unsure of each other and neither hesitated to be clear about their relationship. Theirs was a love story that never faltered once it truly began and I love it so much. Absolutely my favorite K-BL

#cherry blossoms after winter #bl drama #bl series #cbaw #korean drama #kdrama #korean bl #kbl

[ladle-things]

Just finished this amazing storyyy

Love these boys to pieces

#cherry blossoms after winter #bom #taesung #tae sung x hae bom #jo taesung #seo haebom #so cuteee #cbaw

[legendaryrooftopscene]

Started watching Cherry Blossoms After Winter. I want to stick Hae-bom in my pocket and take him to therapy.

#original #cbaw #he’s just a little boy who needs love and affection and THERAPY. also pocket time. and a kiss on the forehead. #pocket collection

[nagitosmustyjacket]

#fujoshi #yaoi manhwa #yaoi manga #bl manga #bl manhwa #cherry blossoms after winter #cbaw

[ghostdata]

im gonna be real my fav thing abt cherry blossoms after winter is the jump from cute shounen ai to multi chapter smut in season three chef kisses

#makes it a masterpiece #cherry blossoms after winter #cbaw

[bl-bam-beyond]

BL- BOYS' LOVE:

Series: CHERRY BLOSSOMS AFTER WINTER (2022, S. KOREA)

Hae Bom (OK JIN UK) brings a large sum of money to school given to him by his guardian for his 18th Birthday.

But his bullies Kim Jun Seung (KIM HYUN WOOK) & Lee Sang Won (KWON MIN CHAN) attacked him and took the money.

Tae Seong (KANG HUI) immediately retrieved it after Hae Bom left the room.

#BOYS' LOVE #A LOOK BACK #CBAW #SOUTH KOREAN #BULLYING #TAE SEONG & HAE BOM #My GIFS #VIKI #HAE BOM HIT IN THE FACE #ROBBED #WHOLE CLASS SAW THIS HAPPEN

[takeadeepbreathandexist]

Wait is Viki actually releasing all the episodes for Cherry Blossoms After Winter for free or is it still for standard pass only?

I’ve seen a couple people say it’s being released for free but when I looked at Viki some of the episodes were still locked?

#cherry blossoms after winter #cbaw

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

#Cherry Blossoms After Winter #겨울 지나 벚꽃 #korean bl #kbl #bl drama #rosygifs #rosygifskbl #cbaw ep 1 is 2 years old today

[quokkabite]

omg wait i’m finally watching the cherry blossoms after winter drama and im like not mad at the castings…

#cbaw is one of my favorite bl manhwas so i was skeptical but like okay go off #dl #not me watching dramas at work all day and then getting my coworkers attention but saying ‘yah’ 💀 #by*

[negrowhat]

I always talk about the best boys in BL and I never mention Hae Bom from CBAW when he is literally the epitome of Best Boy.

#seo hae bom #highkey might rewatch cbaw #but the bullying part literally irks my entire soul #cherry blossoms after winter

[bisexualboysbroadcast]

haebom and taeseong are just two beautiful boys who can pack so much love and cuteness and sunshine/grumpy small/tall sweet/serious into them and it’s all just something that can be so “I’m crying screaming throwing up about it”

#you get me? you get me. #ciara watches cbaw #cherry blossoms after winter

[heretherebedork]

I'm currently on the 4th ep of Cherry Blossoms After Winter, and I'm watching it after binging Semantic Error. I never knew how much I loved the height difference trope until watching these 2 BLs. That being said, I wanna protect both TaeSung and HaeBom!

I do love a good height difference! It's very, very enjoyable!

And, yes, I definitely spent the show wanting to keep them both very, very safe from the entire world that never quite left them alone. My softest baby boys.

#cbaw #cherry blossoms after winter

[absolutebl]

I Cannot Reach You - Kimi ni wa Todokanai REVIEWED

This image perfectly captures how I feel about this show. You ready? I wasn't.

I Cannot Reach You

AKA I Can't Reach You AKA Kimi ni wa Todokanai

Japan 2023 - 8 eps 20 ea approx 2.5 hours

Themes, main tropes & archetypes: friends to lovers, tsundere/sunshine, self acceptance, self worth, high school BL, live action yaoi, soft romance, kindness

Rating? 10/10

Yeah, it happened again in 2023.

Adapted from a manga.

The moment I finished binging this show I was thinking about writing about it and re-watching it. This is a sure sign that I adored a piece of media. 

This is a wonderful BL.

Truly well executed, with smooth filming and lovely acting, both of a simplistic style that felt slightly more Korean than it did Japanese. It reminded me a little bit of Seven Days and a little bit of Takara and Amagi, and since these are my two favorite high school JBLs obviously I was bound to adore ICRY.

But what it reminded me of more than anything was Cherry Blossoms After Winter.

Odd for JBL and KBL to be so closely linked. 

Like CBAW show, ICRY is classic live action yaoi.

Like the MOST classic of CLASSIC.

All the JBL tropes. I mean look at that image above? It's rooftop assignation, kabedon, and a handhold ALL AT ONCE.

There was also multiple runnings of the gays, surprise kisses (one on a bridge), and shoulder leans.

There is even a “seme looses control to desire” scene which leads to dub con. There is an abject apology after but still - you’ve been warned. 

The premise is: smart sporty hot (and hella gay) Yamato has a long standing crush on his silly sunshine sweetheart bestie, Kakeru. Yamato is also stiff, self isolated, shy, and has only ever really managed to get along with Kakeru. I love this kind of pining seme so damn much, it probably biased me. 

Unlike most uke, Kakeru starts to slowly figure out that his best friend is in love with him by ep 2 (let the chaos bisexual identity crisis commence).

So do some of the friends around them.

The story thus revolves around Yamato trying to unsuccessfully suppress his desire, and Kakeru trying to figure out if he can return Yamato‘s affection.

This biggest barrier is actually Kakeru's feelings of inadequacy and unworthiness (when compared to Yamato). But this is tempered by his genuine kindness which forces him into act with integrity around his dear friend's love and strive to fix everything (even himself) to prove worthy of it - whether he can ultimately return it or not.

Kakeru's struggles are pitted against Yamato‘s repressed need that keeps bubbling over and figuratively (sometimes literally) attacking Kakeru with romantic, emotional, and physical intensity. 

Quick pitch:

This classic friends-to-lovers BL is everything Japan does best. Angsty. Emo. Aching. Driven by real thirst. Yamato is deeply in love with his childhood bestie, Kakeru, and has been for ages, unable to hide his ungainly damaging high school need. He wants Kakeru in every way possible and it oozes off of the screen. Kakeru is silly and a little simple, but not frenetic or overly camp about it. He is earnest, and genuinely wants to keep Yamato in his life which means giving a romance (and gayness) a fair chance. We watch him realize his affection and what form it can take in a truly authentic way. This show was impossibly kind to both of its lead characters and I felt almost honored that I got to watch something so lovely and rare play out on my screen.

I’m not gonna lie, I dithered over whether to give this a 10/10 and nearly didn’t. But there is nothing wrong with it AS A BL.

And it's so GOOD to ALL of its characters and they are so good to each other. It's quiet and because of its goodness it will get overlooked, but I LOVED IT.

It's not one of those that BL outsiders will get and you must like Japan's style to enjoy it. But I'm in it. It's for me.

What am I hung up over? Even the kisses are good.

10/10

I CAN'T RECOMMEND IT HIGHLY ENOUGH

Welcome to a very elite club. I gotta change all my best of lists now.

I am sorry to tell you how difficult this show is to get hold of. It deserves a much wider distribution. As of Nov 2023 I do not know where to legally find it internationally with eng subs. Please check the comments for updates.

It's on Netflix in some countries!

Try to find it, you won't regret it.

(source)

#my favorite JBL of 2023 #best of the year? #Japanese BL #I Cannot Reach You #Kimi ni wa Todokanai #JBL #Japanese bl #live action yaoi #adapted from a manga #this is what i want from japan #it's just so good and so good to it's characters and they are so good to each other

[smittenskitten]

KinnPorsche ep 8 l SCOY ep 5 l CBAW ep 2 l  Enchanté ep 7 Clowning over bread in your BL? More likely than you might think For @guzhu-furen

#asianlgbtqdrama #kinnporsche #secret crush on you #cherry blossoms after winter #enchanté #kinnporsche the series #thaidramaedit #kinnporscheedit #gif request #prangon gifs #everyone who colored/giffed scoy you deserve all the awards #samblr #usermor #usernuria #tosnimeat