The 8OH1 Podcast

Why do we seek out sad stories? Why is grief porn appealing? What's so compelling about an uke with a sad backstory? The 8OH1 crew discusses the appeal of angst and the BL the put BL Garden in therapy. BL Titles Mentioned in This Episode Also Mentioned in This Episode

Ask us anything! Hey, Fujoshiman is a short podcast from BL Garden of DFW inspired by the Hey, Answerman column from Anime News Network. Your hosts return to answer not one, but FIVE of your most burning questions in this Hey, Fujoshiman information extravaganza. Find out if guys can really go that many rounds, if a digital-only title will ever be printed, why BL anime are so confusing, why prostaglandins in semen might not be your friend, and why manga are such different sizes. Got a burning question? Submit to Hey, Fujoshiman! here. 「Sponsor Information」 DLsite is one of the largest online stores of digital content in Japan, with everything from niche doujin to popular commercial titles. DLsite garumani is DLsite's brand focused on Otome and Boys' Love, with hundreds of works available in English!

This episode of the 8OH1 podcast is sponsored by Irodori Sakura. Seasons change, and fujoshi too! We may be seasoned fujoshi, but as BL itself has changed so have our once long-held beliefs. Is childhood friends to lovers still the peak of romance? Is 2D always better than 3D? Are these characters getting younger, or are we just getting older? BL Garden discusses what they used to love but now hate, what they used to hate but now love, and things that will never change. BL Titles Mentioned in This Episode Black or White Candy Color Paradox FANGS Happy of the EndI'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your HeroJinx Loved Circus The Night Beyond the Tricornered WindowThe Song of Yoru and Asa Also Mentioned in This Episode 「Sponsor Information」 Irodori Sakura is the premiere BL, Yuri, and LGBT imprint of Irodori Comics, a digital publisher of Japanese doujinshi. Irodori works directly with artists to produce localizations that are true to their original vision. Their goal is to expand Japanese doujinshi artists' reach by providing fans an opportunity to support them directly whilst promoting the collaborative spirit of doujinshi culture across the world. Check out the Irodori Sakura BL catalog & browse the rest of Irodori Sakura’s LGBT+ doujinshi.

This episode of the 8OH1 podcast is sponsored by Media Do International. Join Lynn, Kit, Izora, and Charls as they take a look back at what they've discovered over the past couple years in the MM Romance world from space operas to new adult to orcs and shifters. Titles mentioned: 「Sponsor Information」 Media Do International brings you all the love with digital BL books from Kobunsha! Don’t miss the comedic “Professor Strangelove,” tender “A Story of Love That I Do Not Know,” high stakes of “Mahjong Parlor of Love,” and the sweet steaminess of “Love Patissier.” Available now at your favorite digital retailers! Check out their Linktree and follow them on Twitter.

This episode of the 8OH1 podcast is sponsored by Rotten Blossoms. What makes a work BL? In 2022, this is a difficult question to answer. BL Garden revisits the topic of an early 8OH1 episode to discuss the the shift in label conventions, how BL is defined outside of Japan, and just how serious the "love" part of "boys' love" is. Titles Mentioned in This Episode Heartstopper I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend into a GirlI'm Kinda Chubby and I'm Your Hero Killing StalkingSupplemental Reading "The Author of "Koisuru (Otome) no Tsukurikata" Tells the Secrets To Making Things Cute - When the love for your characters inspires you."Pixivision"Thailand brings 'boys' love' back to Japan with homegrown dramas" Japan TimesThe past, present, and future of Boys Love (BL) cultures in East Asia.Transnational Convergence of East Asian Pop Culture 「Sponsor Information」 Rotten Blossoms is a LGBTQ+ positive publishing company focused on localizing self-published, Japanese BL/Yaoi/Shonen ai works for the western market. Check out their amazing catalog and follow them on Twitter!

This episode of the 8OH1 podcast is sponsored by DLste garumani. After years of inserting #brotherfucking into all BLG content, BLG's resident broconnoisseurs finally get their own episode to discuss one of BL's longstanding taboos: brotherly lovin'. Why do fans like it? How has fandom response to brocest changed over time? Is anyone else #BloodBrosorBust? Plus, a discussion about the difficulty of connecting amid the hostility of modern fandom. BL Titles Mentioned in This Episode Beast of BloodBrothers Taking Things Too FarFragrant BeastI May Be Your Big Brother But I Want You To Be Sweet On MeA Lotus Flower in the MudMy Brother’s Sweetest SpotNoche de Primavera Super LoversAlso Mentioned in This Episode “Incest” tagarchive linkExtras + Supplemental Reading open-access articleCitrusCon「Sponsor Information」 DLsite is one of the largest online stores of digital content in Japan, with everything from niche doujin to popular commercial titles. DLsite garumani is DLsite's brand focused on Otome and Boys' Love, with hundreds of works available in English!

BL Gardens talks all things live-action in this episode about BL dramas! What was your first BL drama? Which country has the best series? Why are engineers so gay? What's with the Kamen Rider to BL Actor Pipeline? These questions and more will be answered (kind of) in this episode no live-action BL dramas! BL Titles Mentioned in this Episode About Youth2gether Big DragonBlueming Cherry Magicdanmei novel Gameboys the MovieHIStory4: Close to Youdanmei novel Ingredients Killing StalkingA Man Who Defies the World of BLMinato’s Laundromat Japanese dramamangaMy Beautiful ManMy Love Mix-UpSemantic ErrorSenpai, This Can't Be Love!Seven DaysTo My Stardanmei novelChinese dramadanmei novelupcoming Chinese dramaNon-BL Titles Mentioned in this Episode Also Mentioned in this Episode GagaOOLalaSuBLime's Old Fashioned Cupcake license announcementTunku Viki/RakutenThis episode is sponsored by futekiya. futekiya is an online subscription service for officially licensed Boys' Love (BL) manga. futekiya empower readers to support creators and the industry. For as low as $1.99, subscribers will have unlimited access to 400+ titles. To subscribe, go to read.futekiya.com.

20. Tied: Blue Sky Complex by Ichikawa Kei @k_ickw - Futekiya Momo to Manji (Momo and Manji) by Sakura Sawa @climnon - Futekiya 19. Ore ga Suki nado Warawaseru by Sato Tsubame - unlicensed 18. Mitsuka (Nectar) by akabeko @akabeko_bl – ShuCream BL, Futekiya 17. Minato Shouji Coin Laundry by Kantsume Sawa and Tsubaki Yuzu @tsubaki_yuzu - unlicensed 16. Ushimitsudokidoki Koshotentan by tacocasi @_tacocasi - Futekiya 15. Love Nest 2nd by Minaduki Yuu @toriniku_y - unlicensed 14. Ri-man Love-ho Danshikai (Office Worker’s Love Hotel Guys’ Night) by Sumeshi @sumeshiwwww – Dlsite Garumani 13. Koi o Egakeba Iro ga Saku (Paint Love and the Colors Will Bloom) by Kon Shouta @kon_shota_kon - Futekiya 12. Kaniteki Pervert Romance (Simplified Pervert Romance) by Sekihara Neg @sekinghara and Semori Nanako - Futekiya 11. Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai (Twittering Birds Never Fly) by Yoneda Kou @yoneco_info 10. Happy Kuso Life (Happy Shitty Life or Happy Crappy Life) by Harada @harada_info - Coolmic, Kuma, Renta 9. Haru wo Daiteita afterward (Embracing Love Afterward) by Nitta Youka @saruboboko - unlicensed 8. 25-ji, Akasaka de (25:00 in Akasaka) by Natsuno Hiroko @natsunohiro - Futekiya 7. Hizamazuite Ai wo Tou by Yamada Nonono @nononoyamada - unlicensed 6. Kami-sama Nanka Shinjinai Bokura no Eden by Ichinose Yuma @yumaichinose - unlicensed 5. Happy of the End by Ogeretsu Tanaka @tanaca_ - Kuma 4. Boku no Omawarisan (My Dearest Cop) by Niyama @niyamabl - Renta 3. Old-fashioned Cupcake with Cappuccino by Sagan Sagan - SuBLime 2. Yoake no Uta (Lullaby of the Dawn) by Yuno Ichika @yuno_popo - ShuCream BL, Futekiya 1. blanc by Nakamura Asumiko @asmk_gengaten - Seven Seas

Gather 'round, ye weaboomers! What do you get when two BL podcasts collab? Mostly pure chaos. With some ghost twinks. Join the fujin of BL Garden and The Yaoi Shelf in this epic joint venture! (We promise we don't spend the entire episode talking about Gravitation. Just like...part of it.) Titles Mentioned: Close the Last Door Eerie Queerie (Fake Fur/Manic LoveFuture LoversGravitation Ludwig IILittle Butterfly Only the Ring Finger Knows Skyscrapers of Oz

The following is a sponsored reviewed. BL Garden sits down with Majessa from DLsite / EISYS, inc. to chat about DLsite's steamy (and amazingly-titled) works, move to cater to overseas fans, FujoCon debut, and their exciting Translators United initiative which allows passionate fans to contribute to their favorite artists and communities. Managed by EISYS, Inc., DLsite is one of the largest indie on-demand online download stores in Japan. DLsite garumani is DLsite's brand focused solely on Otome and Boys' Love creative content. As of March 2019, DLsite has over 600,000 products available for sale and registered users exceed 5,000,000. In addition to this domestically focused service, DLsite and DLsite’s Steam publishing services offer international customers easy and instant access to a wide variety of indie products. Through rigorous translation and localization efforts DLsite intends to branch out and provide access to an even wider audience both geologically and linguistically. Titles Mentioned in this Episode All works are 18+. Please mind the tags! [ENG Sub] Dick-matized Property (Video Version), by play-room [DLsite Official Translation][ENG] My Childhood Friend Made Me Cross-dress and Femgasm with his Thick Dick, by Market Box [DLsite Official Translation][ENG Sub] BOYxBOY IDOL COLLECTION!! Yurumu x Mitsuya [Voice drama version], by Garumani Original(BL) [DLsite Official Translation][English] BOY×BOY IDOL COLLECTION!!, by circle fuzimuramarinaamarans (Authors: Assa, Okometaro, Kamishima Akira, Takuma, Nakajou Akira, Nobinoniumu, Harekawa Shinta, Fuzimura Marina)About Translators Unite Background of Translators UniteBecome a Translator!Press ReleaseBL Titles Eligible for Translation with the Creator’s PermissionCheck Out More DLsite Garumani Original BL Works! | DLsite Official Translation BL works | English BL Manga (doujin and commercial!) Don’t have a DLsite account? Register and make one for free! (New users can get a 30% OFF coupon upon registration when using the welcome code shown HERE!)

This episode is sponsored by Rotten Blossoms. DEAD DOVE: DO NOT EAT! BL Garden sits down to discuss the deliciously dark title Beautiful Flowers Have Thorns by Reo Ohno from Rotten Blossoms & examine why liking "bad things" can be oh so good. This episode contains prolonged discussion of content that may be disturbing. Please be advised. Mentioned in this Episode Blood AddictionThe Boy Who Loved WickedThe Dark Triad FallocaustI May Be Your Big Brother But I Want You To Be Sweet On MeManhunt *Cho mistakenly said The Dark Triad is three books long. It is two books long at time of recording. Rotten Blossoms supports their artists with bonuses once all operating costs are met. Any additional profit is donated to Nijiiro Diversity, an organization dedicated to fighting for LGBTQ+ rights in Japan. Please consider contributing to the fight for queer rights by donating to Nijiiro Diversity.

It’s FANTI, Part 2: Electric Bigotry! The hosts of BL Garden sit down with Aeri and Cristal Marie to continue the FANTI panel from FujoCon 2021. We answer attendee-submitted questions and discuss the need for preservation of marginalized creator texts and BL academia translation projects, how to protect yourself in fandom, racism in “pro-ship” and general fandom communities, and Fujoshi Law School™. Aeri is a scholar turned erotic fiction author. They are the creator of the BL Fan Project, an interview project that documents the voices and experiences of Boys’ Love fans across the world. Cristal Marie is the co-founder of Beyond the Bot and the host of CrunchyRoll’s CrunchyCast. She is the Director of Development of The New Historia and their Boys’ Love origins and ongoing media database and preservation effort The BLOOM Initiative. Next week, BL Garden Patrons get access to additional audio where our hosts delve into deeper (and spicier!) discussion. Join our Patreon and gain access to behind-the-scenes perks, advanced FujoCon announcements, game nights, and more! Mentioned in This Episode BobaBoardBlyme YaoiFree!FujoConGenshin ImpactThe New HistoriaThe Organization for Transformative Works’ Legal AdvocacySteven Universe CriticalResources Cancelled Resources

Yaoi is our anti-drug. It's 801 Day on the 8OH1 podcast! The BLG crew sits down to contemplate the past, present, and future of BL. Join us as we take a walk down memory lane (bring your Advil!) and discuss reading explicit BL with dial-up on the family computer, compare our past and present favorites, and celebrate the abundance of legally accessible BL in 2021. BL Mentioned in This Episode Dear MyselfDoukyuusei Given Hand WhichHonto YajuuJackass!JealousyJunjou RomanticaKozure Ookami Maiden RoseMo Dao Zu ShiNeon Sign Amber No Touching at AllOnly the Ring Finger Knows Puchitto Hajiketa Sensitive PornographTen CountTwitter Birds Never FlyNon-BL (But Slashy!) Mentioned in This Episode BobaBoard’s BLockchian

This episode is sponsored by Irodori Sakura. BL Garden discusses the manga This is Love & This is Love - After Dark by Ziki Masaya and its portrayal of demisexuality, queer identification in BL, and what it means for a work to be "genuinely queer." Note: While PuzzleSavant is asexual, she would like to make it clear that she does not speak for the entire asexual community (because it's no one person does). Mentioned in this Episode: Titles Boys Run the RiotmangaCherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!mangadramaDoukyuusei mangamovieLove Nest mangaNo Touching At All mangadrama2018 dramaOther “Gackt to hold concert just for men”- - - - - BL Garden @ Twitter | FujoCon @ Twitter | blgardenofficial@gmail.com

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BL Garden sits down with Dr. Khursten Santos to discuss her article “On the Bitches of Boys Love: the pornographic response of Japan's rotten women.” Featuring R18 tax cuts, incoherent sex scenes, and the magic of futekiya. Check out Dr. Santos's blog and be sure to follow her on Twitter! Titles Mentioned in This Episode The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese by Setona MizushiroGATAPISHI by Arai NiboshikoFinder by Ayano YamaneFourth Generation Head by Scarlet BerikoGaps by Sato TsubameGive Me a Nickname. by Arai NiboshikoHow to Kill a Heart by KashioI Peeped at my Childhood Friends Having Sex by DRAW TWOIsino Aya’s works at futekiyaJealousy by Scarlet BerikoKatsutoshiMinori No Te by Scarlet BerikoMy Beast Son’s in Heat Snip, Snail & Puppy Dog Tails by Yamashita TomokoWhile Being Seen Off by Campanella by Kyoyama AtsukiYarichin Bitch Club by Ogeretsu TanakaOther things mentioned in this episode: BLushConQueer Affective Literacies: Examining “Rotten” Women’s Literacies in JapanDr. Tom Baudinette’s Y research

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1) Haru o Daite Ita ALIVE (Embracing Love ALIVE) by Nitta Youka @saruboboko - unlicensed 2) Old-fashioned Cupcake by Sagan Sagan @wofjfh - unlicensed 3) Happy Kuso (Shitty) Life by Harada @harada_info - Coolmic (new since time of recording) 4) Koi o Suru Tsumori wa Nakatta (I Didn’t Mean to Fall in Love) by Suzumaru Minta @__bell_minta - Futekiya 5) 25ji, Akasaka de (At 25:00 in Akasaka) by Natsuno Hito @natsunohiro - Futekiya 6) Fujimi no Meinichi (Fall of an Immortal) by Mushiba @64ba_a - Futekiya 7) Shinnai naru Gene e (Dear Gene) by Azuma Kaya @azuma_kaya - unlicensed 8) Achira Kochira Bokura (no Arekara to Korekara) by Thanat @sonokitomajima - unlicensed 9) Shigatsu no Tokyo wa (Tokyo in April) by Haru @gender1004 - unlicensed 10) Given by Kizu Natsuki @kizu_ntk - SuBLime 11) Sonna ni Iu Nara Daite Yaru (~I’ll hold you if you say so) by Niyama @niyamabl - unlicensed 12) Meppou Yatara to Yowaki ni Kiss (~Absurdly, recklessly, and timidly kiss) by Koshino @kosino_j - unlicensed 13) Ookami e no Yomeiri ~Ishu Konintan~ (Marriage to the Wolf: the Tale of an Inter-species Union) by Inui Hana @Hana_Inui - Futekiya 14) Kaniteki (Simplified) Pervert Romance by Sekihara Neg @sekinghara - Futekiya 15) Itsuka Koi ni Naru Made by Kurahashi Tomo (Someday I’ll Fall for You) @oishi_otoufu - Renta 16) Coyote by Zariya Ranmaru @zaria_ranmaru - SuBLime 17) Blue Sky Complex by Ichikawa Kei @k_ickw - unlicensed 18) Sukebe no Seishun (~Perverted Youth) by Hata Takashi @hata_butter - unlicensed 19) Cupid ni Rakurai Tsuigeki (~Thunderbolt from Cupid) by Suzumaru Minta @__bell_minta - unlicensed 20) Anti-Romance by Hidaka Shoko @hidaka_shoko - unlicensed

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The 2020 Yeet! List: the top 10 titles that were released 1) in print, 2) in English, and 3) in North America in 2019 1. Given vol 1,2 AND 3 by Natsuki Kizu 2. Therapy Game vol 1 and 2 by Meguru Hinohara 3. Liquor & Cigarettes by Ranmaru Zariya 4. Secret XXX by Meguru Hinohara 5. Jealousy vol 1 and 2 by Scarlet Beriko 6. Yarichin Bitch Club vol 2, 3 by Ogeretsu Tanaka 7. Birds of Shangri-La vol 1 by Ranmaru Zariya 8. Caste Heaven vol 1, 2 and 3 by Chise Ogawa 9. Dekoboko Sugar Days by Yusen Atsuko 10.Twittering Birds Never Fly vol 4 by Kou Yoneda ___________ Other Titles Mentioned in This Episode 10 Dancepre-order not yet availablepre-order availableBirds of Shangri-Lapre-order availablepre-order availableCastle Heaven pre-order availableCherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! pre-order availableDick Fight Islandpre-order availablepre-order availableHonto Yajuu licensed by futekiya)I Hear the Sunspot: Limitpre-order availablepre-order availableMonster and the Beasavailable from Yen Press)Toritan: Birds of a Feather vol.2 available now from SuBLimeOther Things Mentioned in This Episode @boyslovepartyBL Release Schedule podcast