There’s a halfway musing point in my brain where bits and pieces of stories and characters begin to break free and float around, looking for a place to roost.

That’s where I am right now.

And I’ve also had some serious heartburn… gastric flux etc. All of those capacitors. It’s annoying and really nothing to be done about it but still… annoying.

I’ve recently steered a few of my friends over to a JDrama series called A Man Who Defies the World of BL. The basics of this drama is simple; a young Japanese man named “Mob” one day realizes he’s living in a BL Manga world and he’s a side character. He refuses to bow down to the world’s insta-love tactics and fights to maintain his SINGLE side character status amid a series of standard trope challenges. If you read manga or watch dramas / anime… or even read romance… you’ll recognize all of these tropes and probably die laughing as Mob tries to navigate through his environment. Mob believes in romance and love… but he’s grumpy about it.

This isn’t an ANTI-GAY series. Keep in mind, this is satire about writing tropes but is played quite seriously and really more about a side character who is struggling with his identity and what his sexuality is in a world where he seemingly has no control. It’s a commentary on sexuality and self-prioritization in an intense tongue-in-cheek kind of way while playfully poking fun at situations that can only make sense in a fictional world.

A lot of fun and I recommend it. You can catch all seasons (they’re short) on Gaga but Viki and a couple of other streaming sites have most seasons.