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Every week, Kate & Matthew talk about BL and bara. They dive into the tropes, what works, what doesn't, and why we're all so in love with reading messy, chaotic romances. From manga to manhwa and more, they go through it all.

  1. 29/12/2025

    32: Low Tide in Twilight Season 3

    Turns out... you can in fact fix your hot, black flag boyfriend. You just need to give him a lot of trauma, regret and pain. Low Tide in Twilight - Creator(s): euja - Chapters: Season 3 (Chapter 63-100) + Side Stories (101-112) - Where to read it: Lezhin https://www.lezhinus.com/en/comic/lowtide_twilight Kim Euihyun has decided he doesn’t want to live. He feels nothing anymore. He has no future to look forward to. Now, he’s looking into the abyss, holding in his arms the only thing that was keeping him alive. It’ll all be over soon. But someone grabs him from the water’s edge, and pulls him from the darkness. Euihyun, whose sole possession is a mountain of debt, has been rescued by Taeju. Now Taeju has offered Euihyun money, a house, and a job to help him out of his mess. But what will Taeju, who is intoxicated by Euihyun’s smell, ask for in return? Could Taeju be the person that finally brings Euihyun out of his eternal twilight…? Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment

    36 min
  2. 01/12/2025

    28: The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame Vol. 1

    Time for some bara! The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga Volume 1 - Creator(s): Gengoroh Tagame - Chapters: Volume 1 - Where to read it: Fantagraphics & Book Stores https://www.tagame.org/enews/sample-page/english-books/the-passion-of-gengoroh-tagame-vol-1-eng-2022-reissue-edition/ The often violent, visceral, and always provocative style of Japanese manga legend Gengoroh Tagame, one of the originators of Japanese bear culture, comes to life like never before in The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame, a new edition of the artist's first English-language collection. Known as "The Tom of Finland of Japan," Tagame is celebrated around the world for his groundbreaking work, noted for its masterfully crafted imagery and unbridled exploration of bondage, lust, passion, and romance. This first English paperback edition includes ten short stories dating from the late 1990s to the early 2010s, with an introduction by celebrated novelist and biographer Edmund White, as well as an essay and new jacket design by acclaimed novelist and graphic designer Chip Kidd. Featuring intense, explicit, over-the-top scenes of BDSM among hypermasculine men, The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame is a must-have for Tagame fans, as well as fans of bear cultures in general. Produced by veteran "Japanist" Anne Ishii and filmmaker Graham Kolbeins, the book also contains sixteen full-page color illustrations. Where to Find us: Matthew - Bluesky: @matthewglenn.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/matthewglenn.bsky.social - Website: DigitalDaydream.gay Kate - Bluesky: @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/ohmymithrandir.bsky.social - Instagram: @ohmymithrandir - https://www.instagram.com/ohmymithrandir/ Music by Joshua Altman - Bluesky: @crooknook.bsky.social - https://bsky.app/profile/crooknook.bsky.social Visit https://butwhytho.net/support to subscribe and get access to our bonus tier list segment

    46 min

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Every week, Kate & Matthew talk about BL and bara. They dive into the tropes, what works, what doesn't, and why we're all so in love with reading messy, chaotic romances. From manga to manhwa and more, they go through it all.