Comments on: Junjou Romantica vs Impz - The viewing of BL

By: cp cerebral

cp cerebral — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:37:50 +0000

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By: D.J

D.J — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:37:28 +0000

LOL *wipes away a tear* just imagining the faces you pulled whilst watching this makes me laugh hysterically.

How long did it take for your eye to stop twitching? As it goes this probably wasn’t a bad one for you to watch. The love scenes in the anime are MUCH tamer than they are in manga.

Word of advice, if your wifey asks you to read anything by Yamane Ayano run away.

And if she asks you to watch Bokuna no sexual harrassment, run away and join the witness protection program. That one made me squeamish, I couldn’t eat corn on the cob for a year…

By: Mei Yu Lee

Mei Yu Lee — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:52:41 +0000

AHAHAHAHAH oh man. you made my day with your article (which was kinda posted ages ago but I just read it today). I’m not the type to post comments but you are seriously so awesome. I laughed my ass off at your article and I really feel like watching Junjou Romantica just to see through the points of your reviews. Man~~ a guys views on BL. You sure are brave to watch yaoi ^^;;. It’s really hilarious to read your review and thoughts. I haven’t laughed so hard in ages.

By: ohlongjohnson

ohlongjohnson — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:07:20 +0000

This made me lulz pretty bad. You did very good, though. Most guys I know wouldn’t even come close to the cover of Junjou Romantica. Of course, I do know some boys who will read yaoi and they are completely straight– they’ll even read the sex scenes. His response to when I ask him why: *deadpan* “I’m bored.” *goes back to reading*

Most men are highly immature about reading BL or watching BL. I can see that you were slightly immature about it (the ducking and covering for dear life). I’m a girl, of course, and I like BL, of course, but I know that I can easily watch het or homo (BL or Yuri) without flinching. It’s human nature for some people and all of it is beautiful and interesting. It’s very interesting, though, to see how difficult it is for straight men to view gay relationships between other men…

I loved your sassy little comments, though, those were enjoyable.

“It’s a bird. No, It’s a plane. No, it’s BL TIME!” (If you are wondering, I really said that while watching this, but I am very quiet when I watch anime with others)

XD You should make more comments like this with others too, I’m sure they’d lulz.

By: monkeylover84

monkeylover84 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:14:20 +0000

I’ve just recently in the last few months been watching anime and i stubled on junjou, i actually really liked it and this is going to sound crazy as im a girl wish i were a guy and being gay.lol what u gonna do, im just may be a very weird person. but anyway even though i know enough gay men i found their sexual activities a bit …… well somewhat scarey lol well at first. Junjou really has helped me understand gay relationships a bit more but as i say im very open and know many gay men, Usami reminds me so much of my work collegues who was a manager of a toy store B4 he got a better job, well hes 100% all man love even though he is a typical bloke n you wouldnt think he was gay unless he told you and of course we worked with toys n loved toys, lol that why i think he reminds me of usami but his personality is different in many respects.lol well i think hes a hottie n wish i was a guy just so i could….u know have some lovin with him, lol! yes i am crazy and im a very open and very dirty young lady, lol lol maybe because ive considered havin a girlfriend myself but i think my boyfriend will enjoy that too much lol

So anyway, i think junjou is a very good anime series in itself as its not all pure gay sex and you could imagine of such events happening in lifes of many gau men or sexually confused young men. yep one of my old school friends, well he went out with girls but i knew he was gay n yep he finally came out b4 he hit 20. i love men, lol
thank you and im on youtube with this username, keep watching anime xxxx

By: Midori

Midori — Wed, 21 May 2008 04:37:04 +0000

omg that was such a funny thing xD I was reading what you wrote and remembering my best friend and I watching it. XD lol I really enjoyed this, watch the oder ones! it would be really funny -have watched till 6 ep- X3
you did great job watching it, you’re girlfriend should be happy :3

By: jien

jien — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:35:02 +0000

It is nice to read this review from a straight male. I am glad that your review is fair and I understand your feelings. You are also a good boyfriend because you’ve tried to watch it. ^ ___ ^

By: Cirrus

Cirrus — Sat, 03 May 2008 11:49:11 +0000

Lol. Expected reaction from a male. Though I have met some rare ones who actually like it and are perfectly straight.

@Kim: *sighs* Everyone loves the Egoist couple, ne? I like how sweet Nowaki is but I think as a couple I actually like the first one better.

By: Kim

Kim — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:49:29 +0000

Wow~ First time I have ever read a straight guy’s review of something from the BL genre, it was amusing and very fascinating to read. I can understand the ducking and running away from my computer screen at the ‘hot and heavy’ parts in the series. Though I am a fan of BL, I also experience the urge run away or let out nervous giggles–though it is more from embarrassment then disgust. XD

I think you should give the rest of the series a try! I’m looking forwards towards the introduction of the 2nd couple of the series personally. The plot is more developed, serious, lolarious, and a lot more heart warming (though there are like 4+ BL steamy moments that I can recall–however I still think you should give it a try, but that is from my very biased opinion).

Well! If you decide to watch another episode of the series, I would definitely come back and read your reaction to it. 8D

By: Impz

Impz — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:24:11 +0000

@Anne: I don’t think i have dissed it at all. Most of the dissing came from the BL scenes but I actually enjoy it a lot. Perhaps it might sound offending to you, and i apologize for that. ^^

I do like the humor, the op is great and the characters are decently nice.

By: anne

anne — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:45:13 +0000

Ya know, I’m fine with people not liking BL anime since most of them are horrible. But seriously, lay off the talk about how disgusted you are. It’s not cooties and it’s not contagious. Though to be truthful I could do without the BL scenes since they embarrass me more then anything.

By: Impz

Impz — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 03:37:56 +0000

@Ryan: ehhh? What are you doing? Well, Briar is the one who is blogging it properly. For me, it’s just a continual assessment of the series through a timed chronological order. The timing is exactly the time where I had a thought or mouthed out something. Something new I am trying.

@Bakaneko: O_O;; Ya, I did promise to write it, so i did. honestly though, I probably wouldn’t be able to tolerate anything of BL 1 year ago. You can blame the disturbing influence of 13sugars that I am not too resistant. As long as I keep forcing myself to believe that Misaki is a female instead of a male (which is hard btw), I think it is fine. In addition, when I realize that there’s a BL scene, I give myself enough time to duck, I might survive this.

@Rieu: I was hoping someone caught the “straight” joke. I planted quite a few of them for good measure. =3

@Shin: LOL, I do not think that there is a need for manly tender loving. If it turns to that, I am definitely not viewing anything of it. AT ALL. I am straight, and prefer hot smexy girl x boy action!

@Calawain: yes, yes, yes.

@Leviathan: Well, if you cover all the BL scenes (which is like 1/3 of the show), there are actually some good jokes there that mocks the shit out of the genre. Still, I do not think I will blog another episode of this, simply because I prefer to keep my sanity in check. In addition, my girlfriend is extremely lazy and refuses to write.

@Rita: Heh!

@Setsukyie: Welcome to the brainwashed crowd. Warning: Skip past 6 minutes to 8 minutes and take massive cover. I did.

@Cherubium: I don’t enjoy it a bit. I like my shoujo romance.

@Jen: LOL, i doubt she will. I will kick her ass.

@Usagijen: But bunnies are highly productive animals. They reproduce so MUCH!

@Bamboowitch: lol, glad it gave you a bit of humor along the way.

By: bamboowitch

bamboowitch — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:33:39 +0000

I agree with Jen- thirtensugars just HAS to force Impz to blog more XD
I was quite amused by this entry ^^” though laughing at someones despair is kinda wrong…

By: usagijen

usagijen — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:24:17 +0000

haha, I applaud your courage Impz XD

but….

…Bunnies are just about the most active animals when it comes to sex.

gee, what a way to ruin a bunny’s image