![]() As a viewer of several BL series myself, I’ve come to realise that one thing that most, if not all, shows have in common is that it rarely focuses on the “heavy” aspects of life, and it mostly tells a light, warm-hearted story that might not be as well-rounded and flawlessly told as many other high-budget and long-lasting movie franchises or TV shows, but it still tends to be impactful and consequential. One of the many reasons as to why BL is so well-loved worldwide is because it tries to focus more on the romantic and less problematic aspect of a story. BL is not to be confused with “Yaoi” though, because the latter emphasises sex, while the former focuses more on the narrative rather than the hot and heavy action between two presumably homosexual characters. Watching Boys Love (BL) series online have been a Filipino favourite since March, and it’s pretty obvious that 2020, despite it being such a dragging and challenging year, became the “Golden Age” for diverse LGBTQ+ media, at least in my opinion.Īccording to Honey’s Anime, a website dedicated to providing entertainment to the community of anime enthusiasts around the world, Boys Love is a relatively new term used to broadly indicate manga, anime, or fan works depicting love between men, and it features relationships that are often sexual and have determined and visually codified “top” and “bottom” positions. While it was disheartening to see the country (the world, really) suffer from a global pandemic, there was one thing that kept most people occupied and distracted and helped ease and lighten everyone’s worries, and problems. Students had to make use of virtual e-learning channels, people who spent their days in offices had to work from home, and, of course, there were people who were left with nothing to do but wait out the quarantine. People were asked to, as much as possible, stay indoors, and a lot of the Philippine population were basically forced to find different workarounds to get several tasks done. Much like the rest of the world, the Philippines has been on lockdown since the start of the community quarantine that began eight months ago.
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