Justice in the Dark

Aug. 22nd, 2025 05:36 pm
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The BL c-drama Justice in the Dark was fascinating! Luo Wei Zhao and Pei Su investigate violent crimes together.

I'm used to contemporary fantasy being adapted into sci-fi for censorship reasons, but contemporary crime being turned into sci-fi is new to me. This is based on one of Priest's novels, and very Guardian-coded (also by Priest, but I didn't get this feeling with her other works).

The plot is quite dark, but if you like competency porn, go for it. Despite censorship, the main pairing gave me a lot of feels from episode 13 onwards.

Note that the first 8 episodes, released in 2023, have proper subtitles, but the other ones, finally released this year in Japan, have terrible MTL subs.

Captivated, By You

Aug. 21st, 2025 05:29 pm
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The first episode of Captivated, By You was fun! It's a slice-of-life anime taking place in an all-boys school. As you can guess from the title, there are BL vibes.

It's available on Crunchyroll. It's starting late in the season because there will be only 5 episodes.
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A Wild and Ruined Song by Ashley Shuttleworth was amazing! It's the fourth and final book of the Hollow Star Saga, a modern story mixing fae courts and Greek mythology.

This was a splendid finale from start to end, tying up many plotlines from the previous novels and making all the protagonists shine at one point or another.

There's a new non-binary main character, major f/f and double m/m, with one of the m/m pairings being ace4aro.
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The Moonstone Covenant by Jill Hammer was absolutely amazing! Four wives investigate the death of Olloise's parents and end up in the middle of a political plot.

This is my favourite 2025 read so far. It's beautifully written like old-school fantasy, the comparison to Le Guin isn't exaggerated. The worldbuilding is rich (thanks for the map and the appendices!) and the many characters have complex lives. I also enjoyed the "book" theme as one of the wives is a warrior-librarian and another has book magic.

This is established f/f/f/f, which is lovely as all-female polyamory is still rare rep. Minor enbies make an appearance.

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Wednesday S2A was a lot of fun! It makes sense as a story arc, so you don't need to wait until September to watch both parts together.

This season focuses on the whole family, not just Wednesday and Thing.

Billie Piper has joined the cast, but has been underused so far. Hopefully, she'll have more to do in S2B.

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