You Can Smooch Tho?

Season 1, Special Episode

In You Can Smooch Tho?'s first solo episode, your host Lullaby aka Dani, covers the oddly common topic of turning 30. She goes through a few manga series that touch upon the stress that comes with aging and how it affects every aspect of life and just how close to home it hits that culturally, people seem to believe that the love lives, or lack thereof, of other people seem to become their business as well.

Series included in this episode:

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! | Yuu Toyota

30-sai kara no Coming Out | Author: Natsuhara saike (夏原サイケ) Artist: Takeshobo

30 made ni Shinitai | Anji Seina

Season 1, Episode 18: ft. Carolina of Cacao_Arts

The mahou shoujo expert is back! And Carolina is here to put on a different hat! In the season finale of You Can Smooch Tho? Carolina explains her exciting dive into the genre of live action boys love series and elaborates on her preferences in a BL boy. Lullaby goes through some film titles that touch upon the subject of boys love/LGBTQ media and the popular genre of Korean period dramas. Come on over, we've got quite the K-Drama online blog post review for Y O U !

Series included in this episode:

Semantic Error | Jeosoori

Turn Off the Camera | Author: Kang Unnie, Artist: MissPM

The King and The Clown | Cinema Service / CJ Entertainment

A Frozen Flower | Offers Pictures

Cherry Blossoms After Winter | Bam.U

Season 1, Episode 17: ft. Kit

The ever fabulous Kit returns for the semi finals! In this episode Lullaby and Kit explore the world of BL recommendations through Tik Tok, Instagram, and Youtube Shorts. Some weird, some hilarious, some... Not too great, but others, a diamond in the rough! The two also touch upon what it's like being so close to the completion of Season 1 of You Can Smooch Tho?

Series included in this episode:

My Suha | Chahyun

The Boy and The Wolf | Z-Pico

Mother's Spirit | Enzou

Omega Complex | Author: Today Spring, Artist: Hagong

Love in Kitsch | Dell Studio

It's My Baby | Sailor

Love Is An Illusion: The Queen | Fargo

Mess Up the Lipline With A Kiss | Goroichi

My Bias Appeared | Author: Nabit, Artist: Cereal

Dragon Making Love | MOSCARETO OK DONG

The Big Apple | Author: Harusari, Artist: Hodot

The Kang's Yeesu | Author: Mambo, Winterbaum, Artist: Pesone

When the Yakuza Falls In Love | Author: Morimi, Artist: Murimi

Yankee Hana-chan no Neko Kawaii Gari Kareshi | Nene Shakeda

Season 1, Episode 16: ft. Greenie of Pink.Hue

The topic of problematic men in the Boys Love genre has been a tale as old as time. In this episode, Greenie and Lullaby cover which problematic BL men aren't so bad, which ones just suck, and the problematic men that-- Have quite the layers to them when you gaze upon them from 100 or so miles away. Lullaby touches upon the topic of characters that should never be held to normal morals in the first place, and Greenie talks about the interesting subject of how female characters in hentai, not just BL media, seem to never face consequences.

Series included in this episode:

My Bias Appeared?! | Author: Nabit, Artist: Cereal

Roses and Champagne | Author: ZIG, Artist: Ttung Gae

Kiss Me Liar | Author: ZIG, Artist: Kongbaek

Killing Stalking | Koogi

When the Killer Falls In Love | Eresemo

Seiheki Yabame na Otoko ni Nerawaremashita / Hit On By A Kinky Guy | BOV

Banana Scandal | Dolsha

Love Is An Illusion | Fargo

Yours to Claim | Author: ZZIN-BAM, Artist: WAJE

Love Or Hate | Author: Youngha, Artist: Dam Park

Hitorijime, My Hero | Memeco Arii

Season 1, Episode 15: ft. Clare

Hide your wallets, the ultimate imouto is back to talk about the wonderful world of G A C H A G A M E S ! The duo covers the smoochy boy gachas, the implied smoochy boys gachas, and the "squint a little but everyone agrees upon" smoochy boys gachas. Also covered in this episode: Idol franchises and the characters that represent BL even when the series isn't.

Series included in this episode:

Nu: Carnival | infinity α studio / S.G.Art Ltd. / PINKCORE

Twisted Wonderland | Disney & Aniplex

Fate Grand Order / Fate Series | Type-Moon

Ensemble Stars!! | Happy Elements

Uta No Prince Sama | Broccoli

Season 1, Episode 14: ft. Hailcakes

D Squared is back in business and they're here to tackle the world of BL isekais! The two talk about the often questionable impressions the genre give off, but also go through it's great comedy and versatility. They also cover what they want to see more in the genre and talk about the difficulties of being an artist in a demanding yet unbalanced field within comics and webtoon media.

Series included in this episode:

Reincarnated Into Demon King Evelogia's World | Io Kaziwara

I Was Reincarnated in Another World and Auctioned off as a Slave | Mitsuho Uta

Money makes the (Other) World Go Round: The Corporate Slave Dragged into the Saint Summoning | Author: Wakatsu Yatsuki, Artists: Oohashi Kikka, Kazuki Irodori

Kishi-sama (Ikuseichuu) to Doukyo Shimasu | Akihisa Teo

I'm Mediocre ♂, But I'm Loved in A Different World Anthology

My Raw Love Life with a Male Demon | Yusatona

Dear Door | Pluto

Titan's Bride | Itkz

Leibling! | Kim Nuruk

Season 1, Episode 13: ft. Nani

Series That Aren't BL but... Pt. 1! Nani confesses that Free! Iwatobi Swim Club is the closest to BL she's been to in awhile and how wild Season 3 decided to be. The cousins discuss Yuri On Ice's Victor and Yuri, Sk8 the Infinity's entire cast, and the sentiment of not needing to express feelings of love so bluntly when things aren't so blatantly BL.

Series included in this episode:

Free! Iwatobi Swim Club | Kyoto Animation, Animation Do / Author: Koji Oji

Yuri On Ice | Sayo Yamamoto, Mitsuro Kubo

Sk8 The Infinity | Bones, Hiroko Utsumi

Season 1, Episode 12: ft. Kristine of GamerDaze

Oh my, it's a shipping episode! Professor Kristine is here to educate you on the longtime OTPs of her soul. From Sora & Riku of Kingdom Hearts to the legendary NaruxSasu of Naruto, the two take a walk through memory lane once again. Kristine explains why she doesn't ship Final Fantasy 15 characters and Lullaby inquires if its due to her viewing Noctis through husbando glasses. Lullaby and Kristine also delve into why sometimes our non canoncial ships are sometimes universally accepted as canonical, whether it was intentional or not.

Series included in this episode:

Kingdom Hearts | SquareEnix

Final Fantasy 15 | SquareEnix

Naruto | Masashi KIshimoto

Free! Iwatobi Swim Club | Kyoto Animation, Animation Do / Author: Koji Oji

Season 1, Episode 11: ft. Tsu

[This episodes covers triggering topics and series related to mental health, emotional distress, bodily harm, ect. Please proceed with caution.]

Tsu is back with those deep topics oh boy! In this episode Tsu and Lullaby cover how one's mental health or emotional being can affect what a person looks for in not just BL, but in their overall media and entertainment choices. The two talk about BL series that explore the topics of mental illness, emotional distress, trauma bonding, hikkikomoris, ect. And how even through one's personal kinks, you can truly discover a person in their most honest form.

Series included in this episode:

Incidentally Living Together | Author, Artist: Yuri Shin

BJ Alex | Mingwa

Helluva Boss | Vivziepop

Room To Room | Author, Artist: Lee Aru

Highest Order (Love So Pure) | Author, Artist: Plan B

Season 1, Episode 10: ft. Reca of Recaworks

Lullaby and Reca explore the multifaceted world of BL Gangsters from the refreshingly RESPECCCFUL Bum Geon Woo of Dangerous Convenience Store to the awkwardly dubious Somuku Kano of Okane Ga Nai. The two discuss the exploration of darker aspects of love and relationships, and why Lullaby never expects morally upright choices when characters involved in organized crimes are the main focus of the story.

Series included in this episode:

Totally Captivated | Hajin Yoo

Dangerous Convenience Store | 915

Okane Ga Nai | Author: Hitoyo Shinozaki, Artist: Toru Kousaka

Mania | Brothers Without A Tomorrow

Park Hyunhoo's Manager | KIM TAC

When the Yakuza Falls in Love | Author: Murimi, Illustrator Dupal

Mayday Mayday Mayday | Author: Gwendolyn, Artist: Hyeseong

You're My Loveprize In The Viewfinder | Yamane Ayano

Legs That Wont Walk | Black Apricot

Pearl Boy | Author: Zoy, Artist: Inking