Sorry for dying again >.< busy busy busy...
So I noticed that this anime called Kuroshitsuji was pretty popular and went to check it out. I found part of the manga on OneManga.com and read the first 3 chapters...
THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE
SHONEN? WHAT. HONESTLY. THIS IS A REALLY SAD EXCUSE FOR A SHONEN. This is closer to a sad excuse for a Boy Love than a Shonen. Honestly wtf.
To be honestly, I love Boy Love. I love cute scenarios like ones in "Cutie Beast" by Amayo Tsuge, I love the deep and touching stories like the ones Sumono Yumeka writes like "Same Cell Organism" and "The Day I became a Butterfly" that are so sweet and tender they leave a beautiful impression on your mind. I love funny yet very charming stories like "Clan of the Nakagamis" by Homerun Ken too.
I don't like Yaoi because the whole
"No climax, no point, no meaning" obviously has no appeal to me.But it seriously PISSES me off when they set series up like this. I can't really appreciate something that is seemingly living off this type of fan service that just kinda of sets up thoughts into fangirl's heads and make them swirl off into another dimension of buttsecksing fantasies.
Because I read the first couple of chapters and I was totally uninterested at all. It was pretty boring in general, cliche at the most, art was pretty and the characters were some what entertaining, but nothing especially interesting.
Oh except for the not-so-subtle hints of Sebastian/Ceil that could send any hardcore Yaoi fan from one squealing fit into another.
Yeah. I was pretty disappointed for many reasons.
Like, I can understand aiming towards an audience aimed at boys and girls, but I can't respect adding the element of Shonen Ai just to sell it. I mean sure, I kinda fell for the Axel/Roxas thing, and I still enjoy it like a guilty pleasure. I admit it really helped Kingdom Hearts 2 by capturing the hearts and fantasies of millions of squirming fangirls, but I can't respect that kind of method.
I think if you can't capture the hearts of people by the entirety of your work, then you cannot succeed.
Not to mention, I think series like that bring out the really ugly side of the Yaoi fangirl community. I will forever be mentally scarred by the many disturbing comments left on some of my KH fanarts ;A; never again.
But yeah =v= maybe I just have high expectations for things? Or maybe just things that relate to BL in general...?
I mean, the thing I respect most about BL and even GL is that I think that it conveys a wonderful message; "Love knows no boundaries." and when I see it abused so thoughtlessly, it makes me a bit upset :/ No wonder people these days take love and relationships so lightly.
( lol oh yeah a little cosplay picture xD )ANIME NORTH IN ONE DAY!!!