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k-pop / j-pop hag. proshipper. i think a lot about kakanaru.

graceimagining @graceimagining.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Moscareto and Okdong write the best short stories for Lunch Drunk Love. They always make me want a complete spinoff series based on them.

A panel from Punch Drunk Love where the roles are reversed. Taemoon is the awkward, nerdy HR guy hiding a sexy body while Seonwoo is the son of a wealthy family with kinky tastes.

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graceimagining @graceimagining.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

How many times can someone say TGN 😬I've really never seen anything like what CR Jade and Ananas are creating on so many levels. Like the details, the expressiveness, the character designs. All incredible!

Jaeshin from The Ghost's Nocturne wearing black and red robes with gold details. Smoke billows behind him in a gathering hall, the black pillars behind him ornate. He sits on a long red rug on his knees and has a commanding expression on his elegant features. One hand rests on his thighs while the other is by his neck, fingers curling in lightly.

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graceimagining @graceimagining.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I will die with my babygirl Yeonjo. He is cunning and complex and I love him!

Close-up of Yeonjo from the manhwa Steel Under Silk. A young man with fine features, he has long black hair pulled into a ponytail, stray hairs framing his delicate features. There are marks on the right side of his face, as if he's been hit or fallen. His grey-blue eyes match his clothing. His mouth is partly open and he wears a haughty expression in his face.

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graceimagining @graceimagining.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I have been so impressed by Cycling Hit! The baseball accuracy lends so much to the tone and setting, and our main couple is so compelling. Heedo is a prickly ass with a heart of gold and Sung is adorable but surprisingly flawed. Their mutual growth is lovely.

Cover of Korean manhwa Cycling Hit. A drawing of a light haired young man (Lim Sung) in a baseball uniform brings his hand up to the face of a young man with black hair and stern eyes (Kim Heedo) who catches Sung's wrist in his own grip. Their noses are nearly touching, a serious expression on Heedo's face while Sung looks faintly surprised.

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graceimagining @graceimagining.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

please step on me letter to myself era taeyeon

Taeyeon wearing a fur coat and a black crop top holding onto a metal pole on what looks like a bus

Taeyeon wearing glasses and a dark academia vibe outfit with books in her hand

Taeyeon wearing thigh high stockings sitting on a metal chair in an apartment, looking at a notepad with a pen in her hand.

Taeyeon perched on the driver side window of a red car, her head resting on the top of the car. She wears an off shoulder red top, white skirt, and a backpack.

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graceimagining @graceimagining.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

So many but I love anything intimate

A page from Hidaka Shoko's manga, Hana wa Saku ka (Does the Flower Bloom?). The older man, Sakurai, welcomes Youichi home, who is at first startled and delighted but quickly becomes shy.

The Ghost's Nocturne screenshot. Nok is wiping away his tears, saying "Okay..." as Jaeshin sits next to him patiently, his arms crossed.

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graceimagining @graceimagining.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I actually think Punch Drunk Love is tremendously romantic. Even though our main character is so horny and fantasizes about wild kinks, at the end of the day their relationship is grounded in true intimacy and really being there for each other. I love them.

Screenshot of Punch Drunk Love. Seonwoo smiles and holds onto Taemoon's shoulder, who looks wistfully at Seonwoo while he grabs the man's tie.

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graceimagining @graceimagining.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Easily The Ghost's Nocturne. I was skeptical of the plot at first but the first couple panels and its artistry blew me away. The story grows to be just as complex and gorgeous as the artwork over time!

A screenshot from The Ghost's Nocturne. Half-demon Jae-Shin sits in regal black and dark red robes with gold accents. Smoke billows behind him.

A screenshot from The Ghost's Nocturne. Nok and Jaeshin sit next to each other, their backs to the reader. Nok looks over at Jaeshin.

A screenshot of The Ghost's Nocturne. Jaeshin leans toward Nok, their faces so close it looks like they're going to kiss. The lighting of the scene is light blue, as if it is early dawn or a rainy day.

A screenshot from The Ghost's Nocturne. Jaeshin, smug and affectionate, looks at Nok, who has a shocked expression on his face. They both wear traditional garb that Korean noblemen might wear out, Jaeshin in a black robe with red details and Nok in a soft peach-yellow robe with faint pink and gold details.

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graceimagining @graceimagining.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

There are so many incredible works but I regularly return to Blue Morning or Yuuutsu na Asa by Hidaka Shoko. It's a complex, emotionally fraught romance that is clearly informed by the changing cultural shifts of end of the Taisho era. The art is lovely and the intimacy evocative.

Cover of Volume Seven of Yuuutsu na Asa or Blue Morning by Hidaka Shoko. Katsuragi, the main love interest of the story, wears a grey suit and he looks cryptically at the viewer. The main character, Akihito, stands behind Katsuragi in a more casual blue shirt with his arm around Katsuragi's shoulder. Katsuragi gently has a hand on Akihito's arm.

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