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Featuring LGBT short films I found around the interwebz a.k.a Youtube. Okay sucky intro, but yeah, that’s it. ‘Wolves’ is the story of Josh, a sixteen year-old boy from a small…

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    MANGA: Boyfriend 17

    March 31, 2023 / No Comments

    Boyfriend 17 – Yoshida Yuuko

    The man who piqued his interest is his junior.

    Two men with different ages and different views on love get drawn to each other. A clumsy, roundabout, and earnest love. A young trendy model and a closeted fashion magazine editor.

    Mihara Yōu got recently transferred from the literature to the fashion department. He attends the trendy model Usui Sakumi’s photoshoot.

    “I’ve seen you before.”

    After the photoshoot, Usui tells him how their first meeting took place, leaving Yōu embarrassed. During another meeting, Usui asks him about the reason for why he was crying at that time. After telling Usui he had been dumped, Usui gets swept up by his honesty and ends up kissing Yōu

    Boyfriend 17 is an age-gap romance between a promiscuous young model and a naive magazine editor.

    I only read two chapters, and it was enough to see that the model is one of the worst semes out there. This is a younger seme x older uke pairing. I don’t have issues with this trope, and I have also seen it done effectively. This here didn’t work for me.

    For one, the seme did nothing but manipulate the naive older guy. He sweet talked him into losing his virginity. And while I applaud that the uke valiantly resisted further enticements, mostly due to the age difference and the boy being callous with people’s feelings, the seme continued to play around with the older man, knowing full well how easily he could get a reaction.

    The only reason I kept reading is that this manga flows smoothly, and the characters are pretty. But definitely not boyfriend material.


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    REVIEW: Maniac by Onley James

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    Necessary Evils: Maniac – Onley James

    Thomas Mulvaney was just a child when an error in judgment cost him everything. He vowed then that he would do anything to atone for his mistake. And he did. He never strayed from the right path. Until Aiden.

    Aiden Mulvaney doesn’t exist. He’s a lie created by the father who disowned him and by Thomas Mulvaney, the only man Aiden had ever begged to love him. But that was years ago, when he’d still believed in fairytales. Before Thomas rejected him.

    Thomas has spent years trying to have Aiden in his life while keeping him at arm’s length, but Aiden’s done with half-measures. He’s done with Thomas the martyr. He’s just done. So, he’s kept his distance. Trouble is, now, someone is threatening to expose a secret that affects them all.

    No, not that one. A secret so shameful, Thomas won’t even utter it out loud. Can he and Aiden revisit the past and keep the family name intact, or will they both be buried beneath the weight of their memories as their old feelings resurface?


    Necessary Evils started because of Thomas Mulvaney’s brainchild, and it was only fitting that its finale circles back to the Mulvaney patriarch. 

    The infamous Mulvaneys are a bunch of gorgeous, overachieving, secret vigilante psychopaths adopted by billionaire genius Thomas. Among their many accomplishments are making dysfunctional, borderline toxic, if not outright toxic relationships, work spectacularly with the love of their lives, people they latched on to the minute they laid their eyes on.

    And to my surprise, Thomas, their rock-solid, level-headed leader and father, had the most toxic relationship of all. Thomas and Aiden go way back. We have been teased with their pairing early in the series, and mini-developments scattered throughout the other books, such as Aiden’s decision to un-adopt himself from the family. The brothers also didn’t shy away from teasing their brother about his feelings for their father.

    Thoughts of Thomas doing a Woody Allen were dispelled as the author went the usual way of age gap romances where the younger man does the pursuing. The amount of push/pull here was maddeningly frustrating, not to mention heart-wrenching levels of mutual pining, when it was revealed how Thomas habitually uses Aiden as a crutch only to push him away again and again. And poor Aiden can never say no when Thomas calls because he just can’t. Guess how long this has been going on.

    This angsty sad sad drama dominated the first parts of Maniac giving us the backstories and setting the plot for the mayhem to come. Once Thomas pulled his head out of his ass and Aiden got his Tommy, the fun and games begin.

    At this point, the family had expanded into a village, and Onley James did that thing she always excels at. One of my favorite parts of the series is the war room scene where she juggles the entire army of cast into hilarious dialogues that highlights everyone’s particular brand of crazy. Sometimes, all a character need to say is one line, one word, and boom! She’s the only author I’ve read so far that can pull it off effectively with so many characters in one room.

    Every character made an impression, and even from the beginning, I could easily name all the brothers in order because that’s how well their personalities stood out. Their significant others, plus Calliope and Jericho’s boys, are just as distinct. All in all, an unbeatable group dynamic! My faves are August and Lucas.

    The plot followed the usual Mulvaney mission. A hunt for a serial killer on the loose, this time threatening to destroy the family. Calliope did her magic, and the brothers and their friends heckled each other while puzzling out who knew Thomas well enough to know what he had been hiding for decades. Extra puzzling because his entire family died when he was a teen and the man had no friends.

    All the signature Mulvaney shenanigans are showcased more extra, with Jericho’s boys and the ladies adding to the chaos. I loved all the books so much that they have become my comfort reads. The subject may be dark, but the humor and found family magic gave me cozy feels. Maniac amps that feeling with a sense of belongingness and familiarity because everyone feels like old friends.

    I’m not ready to say goodbye to the Mulvaneys, and I am thrilled it’s not the last we see of them. The resolution to the mission might felt anti-climactic, but the boys thrived and even multiplied, with future little Mulvaneys and young vigilantes being spawned as we speak. That means spin-offs!

    Starting with Jericho’s boys. I am ecstatic because we get more of Atticus, my grumpy Freckles! I have a soft spot for the man because I feel he’s the underdog of the family.

    Necessary Evils is one of the most memorable series in my entire reading history. Maniac is the bestest, most fitting finale to a family saga that has always been crazy good, crazy fun, and just plain crazy!

    Rating:
    4.5 Stars – perfection is only half a step away

    Soundtrack: Thomas
    Artist: A Perfect Circle
    Album: Mer De Nom

    Necessary Evils should be read in order. The first brother to fall is Adam and one by one the rest followed like dominos. Reviews below:

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    SOUNDTRACK: Thomas by A Perfect Circle

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    Humble and helpless and learning to pray
    Praying for visions to show me the way

    Show me the way to forgive you
    Allow me to let it go
    Allow me to be forgiven
    Show me the way to let go

    Show me the way to forgive you
    Allow me to let it go
    Allow me to be forgiven
    Show me the way to let go

    Illuminate me
    Illuminate me
    Illuminate the way
    I’m just praying for you to show me
    Where I’m to begin

    Hoping to…
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    Help me to reconnect to you (hoping to)
    Help me to reconnect to you

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