I LOOOOVEEEE OLD BL I twink its such a time capsule esp physical old bl oml I love it. FAKE is definitely maybe favorite like classic classic. I think it would've been so cool if fake got a full anime instead of an OVA too just bc its entire vibe and premise is lowk perfect for an adaptation. Still I adore the OVA to death but I wish BL as a medium was given a lot more respect than it is esp when I see people online dogging on old bl it makes my heart hurt a little bit. I hope that modern publishing companies will be able to pick up more series that translations died to because it's so hard to find full finished physical bls anymore
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Chigusa Kawai is like one of my fav BL authors ever Alice the 101st is so good, and La Esperança is honestly pretty easy to find all of. Her stories are so dramatic and she's so obsessed with catholic boys sm it's so endearing. New York, New York is absolutely incredible and personally was one of my entryway stories into bl so there's that too. Liberty liberty is defo one of my fav old school one shot mangas. In terms of Anime Im not too versed in old stuff Iva really only watched the classics ai no kusabi, kizuna, FAKE, gravitation, etc. I haven't even watched viewfinder yet so idk really sigh 