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It's great that bl is being spread around more and more \o/
Gotta drag more peeps into our dark side!

 

I picked a great time to start reading wn/ln again then! (Re)Joining in the middle of a bl revolution is the best. Every day I get a new chapter to read.

 

I read so many great danmei this summer. T.T

 

diessssss

this reminds me of this post lolollol

http://youmaomak.lofter.com/post/1e52e247_df99d2f

 

An update on the novel I've been spending the last few weeks translating~
@thrynki has been wonderful with the editing and chapter 1 is ready to go, just need to clean up chapter 2 before releasing (because chapter 1 ends on a huge cliffhanger)
It'll be posted together on snowycodex on some later date. Title has been decided as Everyday Life of a Dom Boyfriend.

Here's my review on it if you're interested as well.

Spoiler: review

Most relationships start off with the couple dating and finding the best in each other. They then get married and go off on a honeymoon, before returning to a normal life and discovering each other’s flaws, leading to many domestic disputes and their love for each other not as passionate as before.

This story does not follow that formula. Instead, the author skips the honeymoon phase and plops the two main characters right into a domestic life. In the beginning, it is evident that there is a gap in the relationship or missing something that truly bridges the both of them together. They don’t try to hide their flaws nor afraid of confronting each other’s problems, and it is through overcoming these challenges that trust and love flourishes between the two.

Despite the title, it is not a BDSM-centric heavy smut novel, but a slice-of-life novel. The story is told from the perspective of Xia Zhi, a man in his late 20’s who is desperate for a reliable, life-long partner. Many parts of this story follow him as a third-party observer of the BDSM practices as he tries to understand and come to terms with his partner Ye Qia, and by extension his partner’s identity as a sex worker.

I’m giving 5 stars for this novel because it’s rare for a story to pull off the slice of life genre (and with such a topic as well!) without the plot slowing to a dribble, plus the characters are endearing. Ye Qia is always enigmatic as ever and it is satisfying to see him unraveled through Xia Zhi’s interactions.

Bonus points are given for the constant hilarity ensued from the series of comical situations.

 

It sounds awesome *.* ...*resists the temptetion of making an early spoiler thread*

The fact that the ml is a sex worker is intresting....I really like manga that explore the theme (but i cant stand the angst sometimes >.>)

 

Sounds interesting OnO but what is a sex worker ? (Also i don't like the sound of that at all)

 

basically someone who gives thei body to someone else for money

 

And ml is the top? ))) if thats true then i have to say goodbye with this novel ((

 

Yeah he tops but everything's consensual. MC is a bottom.

 

Can i make a premature spoiler thead?....i want to know more orz

<~~ beyond saving

 

You're in too deep!

 

Yeah!...but there is always more room to go deeper!

 

I honestly don't think I've read a manga/novel with a similar plot before (and I've read a lottt of BL), I think everyone's gonna love it
And it's seriously funny, I've burst out laughing more than a few times!

 

i read a manga once about a pair of lovers who worked in a brothel.....its was cute but angsty

 

I recommend Neon Amber Lights (I may have cried..)
I think manga usually have more angst than novels just because they're usually 2-7 chapters long, so the mangakas cram the angst into them.

 

I found it! ....warning angst! ....also there is Orchids of Endless Nights

they are both train recks but you cant look away Q.Q