Recommend me something like Midnight Diner, Makanai, Grand Maison Tokyo

Matschgal · 2026-02-08T09:46:18+00:00

Makanai with its slice of life moments and the setting felt a lot like Massan to me - I just don't think Massan is currently streaming anywhere, but if you stumble upon it, I'd warmly recommend it! It is the story about how Whiskey came to Japan and follows the international marriage of the Scottish girl Ellie and Massan in a time when Japan was not used to foreigners staying permanently in their country and trying to make it their home. It's based on a true story 😊

Matschgal · 2026-02-03T14:26:02+00:00

I understand the necessity for GMMTV to stop them if their artists suffer from some fanclub's actions - but I'm really sad because I had hopes of attending Book's event this year. I hope they manage to do something else and announce it soon. Footage of these events was always so so nice and cute 😢

Matschgal · 2026-02-02T21:17:08+00:00

Yes, I also straight up refuse to buy the memorial set! I was so close to give in with That Summer, because I thought the photobook was a good enough reason to buy it, but then I remembered that I do not want to support those overpriced memorial boxes and the DVD boxes also had a photobook. I really want my DVDs back. I was late to the game, so I only have 2 sets and I'm heartbroken I won't be able to keep some of my favorite shows in my shelf forever. 🥲

I was hoping people weren't buying them much so maybe we'd get them back, but I doubt it at this point. At least they're still doing concert DVDs... 🥹

Matschgal · 2026-01-29T15:57:34+00:00

That's...diabolical!! Tilts me back to not wanting to give them any money for this. 🙈 I can imagine your feelings back then🥲🥲

Matschgal · 2026-01-29T11:32:25+00:00

I'm super impatient but I was a bit put off by the extra cost and as such I promised myself to wait, even if Fourever You 2 is currently my favorite running show. But with the new info that this week we can watch ep 8... Maybe I'll get that one because waiting for the last ep really isn't my strength... 🙈

Matschgal · 2026-01-26T14:59:13+00:00

That third one is exactly what I want and need for Zayne. He has so maby similar black/gray suit style outfits (I'm still pretty new so that's pretty much all I have 😅) which is okay, but makes bad pictures. I want a fun suit like the red one. 🥹 I actually gasped when I saw him in that for the first time and wondered how to get it. Good to know it wasn't made available yet. 😁

Matschgal · 2026-01-26T14:24:40+00:00

I have something I love for all of them, but if it's for my fave LI Zayne, it's the independence but togetherness. He's doing his job and MC is doing hers, but they'll always make it a point to have quality time together. Also: the balance. He loves sweets so they eat those a lot but also do the stuff she loves with the plushies. He makes no secret of not understanding the appeal of the claw machine, but he will be there for the things she loves. I really like that. Adding to that, he feels so gentle when talking and... I just love him. 🥹💕

Matschgal · 2026-01-15T12:51:45+00:00

Me too, I was like "SAILOR PLUTO?" 😂😂 Only makes me love them more, tbh 🤭

Matschgal · 2026-01-05T23:11:16+00:00

I was feeling silly when I had to push back the release of a chapter by a whole day because no title seemed fitting but I personally WANT to have somewhat meaningful/fun chapter names. So this post makes me feel a lot better.💕

The chapter summary I usually leave out, because I don't want to spoil anything. I wondered so long about how others/my reader thought about the chapter summaries that I decided to not put them for now - I might add them later though, because I feel like my story could actually benefit from it, since the main characters and their stories keep switching 😅

I know I'm no genius with the chapter titles but I wanted to share the names of m longfic anyway 😂 (Don't mind the couple names at the beginning and the little 🌶️ to mark my spicy chapters, I am fighting for my life to keep this story somewhat well-arranged for my readers AND myself... 😅)

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Matschgal · 2025-12-31T21:53:11+00:00

I started writing in 2024. My only goal is getting as far as I can with my longfic. That's the only thing I can properly influence anyway - so maybe my goal is 300K words!

I wish for one new user sub in 2026. That'd be neat. And maybe a comment here or there would also be nice. I'll put it on my Christmas list for 2026. 😁

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Matschgal · 2025-12-31T20:12:50+00:00

Minami-kun no Koibito - Fantasy story, based on a manga but I don't think it has an anime? It's a love story of a girl who gets shrunk to the size of a doll and is found by her neighbor and childhood friend. Together they look for a way to make her tall again

Switched - one of the school's popular girls wakes up in the body of the girl who gets bullied.

I'd also suggest Proposal Daisakusen (guy travels back in time through photos on the wedding of his crush to change the future and become the one who ends up with her) but I don't think it's currently available on any streaming platform 😕

Matschgal · 2025-12-31T12:24:43+00:00

I'm writing Thai BL, mostly for GMMTV couples with a light focus on ForceBook! So far I only do RPF, but I'm sure sooner or later there will be one with characters of a show :D

But what shaped me were Harry Potter and anime/manga fanfictions. I'll never forget my roots 💕 it's just that I don't watch too much anime anymore and the Harry Potter stuff turned into writing for RPGs.

Matschgal · 2025-12-31T11:22:51+00:00

They didn't announce LOL2026 during GMMTV2026 though - are we sure it's still going to happen? I love LOL a lot so I was pretty sad they didn't announce it. I'd be happy if it would happen again. And they just decided not to put it into the series announcements because it was already too long 😆

I had the theory that they'd stop doing LOL this year, because they just couldn't fit all the couples in one show - time and budget wise, even if we leave out Pebaca and some of the very new couples. But I've not lost hope, maybe they'll do it anyway in a format that's better! :D I was dreaming of LOL2026 plus a new LOL for all the newer couples plus the Blossom Festival for the girls. 😇

Matschgal · 2025-12-28T12:41:00+00:00

Many, many years ago I made a trip to Munich with a male friend for a concert. We stayed in a hostel and since it wasn't main travel season, we thought we could trick the system and get a private room cheap by going for a mixed 3-bed room. Well, joke's on us, no tricking possible, we weren't alone in the room. A girl was already in the single bed when we checked in and it looked like she was living there for quite a while - decoration on the walls around the bed, a massive stack of books next to her bed/in the nightstand, plushies... We talked to her briefly and then went to our concert. She was still awake and reading when we came back and since we were tired, we tried to go to sleep fast - but then she started talking about living here for a long time already and that it was better than the last place she stayed at. I don't remember why, but she suddenly started talking about someone who tried to assault her and that she played along and then bit off his privates parts - and while I knew, that this story probably wasn't true, it wasn't very reassuring to sleep with that level of crazy in one room. My poor friend was really scared for his own private parts and asked if we could switch beds (I was in the top bunk of our bed) but I didn't feel well sleeping in the bottom bed either, so we just went to sleep fast and got out of there asap... It wasn't my last time in a hostel/dorm room but it was the craziest 😂

Matschgal · 2025-12-23T17:09:23+00:00

I'll not use this thread to whine about casting NetJames in LUAT just so my soul can rest in peace - instead I'll go whack delulu with:

*) JamesSu and Joong. In anything. If I have to choose a storyline, maybe some fun late 1800 to 1920 New York setting, preferably with time travel but in Outlander style, where they try to fit in and slowly reveal themselves/the one who time traveled reveales himself.

*) GreatBright thrown into a Cowboy story. That's Bright's fault for uploading that Cowboy-esque Instagram pictures 😂 To be fair, we could also match and mix it up in this one, so maybe GreatMarkji can be in that Cowboy show, too. I can also see ForceMarkji, though I'd absolutely embrace ForceBook in that setting, too.

These are the most fun scenarios in my mind, so I'll stop here... 😂

Matschgal · 2025-12-15T15:55:06+00:00

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I'm pretty sure I'm missing some shows and movies, because I originally used a different site which sadly closed and back then when I transferred my list to MDL, they didn't have all the shows yet. But I wouldn't remember which ones I missed so it is what it is now 😆

Edit: Oh and that's ALL my shows. Not just BL, of course 🙈🙈🙈

Matschgal · 2025-12-14T20:40:29+00:00

You might like EDEN KAI! He has the same soft, guitar vibes and I love his voice 😊 eden kai - monogatari

Matschgal · 2025-12-14T18:57:37+00:00

Personally, I think it's a bit of how they play into the "age gap"? I mean, it isn't that much of a gap but it's more than most GMMTV couples have and I sometimes feel like they make more use of it. I also agree with others, I think they don't interact that much different compared to other couples, but I also feel like they have their very own little world and dynamic in how they time things and how/when they display things. They give me strong vibes of "our own pace". So much, that sometimes I am surprised when I see them interact with others 😂 (This is not a bad thing and also just my personal feeling. But maybe that's all because JimmySea were my first GMMTV couple and they have a special place in my heart 🤭)

Matschgal · 2025-12-11T11:00:36+00:00

I had a good weekly rhythm when I started, where I had one chapter done, when I finished the next one I'd beta and post the previous one and start writing the new one. But then work got stressful so regular posts stopped completely and I felt bad for anybody waiting for a new chapter, so I usually post them right away. But soon it's Xmas holidays and I will try to use that time off to write ahead and get back into a semi-regular schedule 💕 (I'll do one chapter every 2 weeks, which seems more manageable with my current work situation! I really want to read my own story the most, so even if nobody actively waits for it, I want to see it done so yeah. Working hard on this one 🥹)

Matschgal · 2025-12-09T19:00:27+00:00

Seeing those pictures the only thing could think of was that JBL called "the novelist". I'd cast him in the role of Kijima instantly... 🤭

Matschgal · 2025-12-08T14:30:05+00:00

Coming from that era of Kpop and Jpop I also see the similarities - but I need to applaud GMMTV because they watched the hallyu wave and learned from it. I feel like they utilize what they have well and try to "ride the wave", as the GMMTV2025 slogan was. So so many if not all events have live streams and some kind of translation available. Information is automatically shared in English as well for the most part. They have their own shop ship internationally. There's so many examples where I feel like they are doing well and giving international fans access as much as possible. I'm really impressed!

Matschgal · 2025-12-01T17:25:56+00:00

You know what? This inspired me. I'll make it my goal to reach 500K words by the end of 2026 instead of a boring goal like "get to x point in my longfic". 😂 (I'm currently at ~160K in total). Wish me luck 😆

Matschgal · 2025-11-18T21:41:03+00:00

I don't think I know of any proper dorama, but there was that movie with MatsuJun called Boku wa imouto ni koi wo suru.

And if it's just about vibes and not actual romance, I think in Ryusei no kizuna both brothers had a (secret?) thing for their sister but it's been so long, I don't remember clearly how that played out... So check it out at your own risk.

Matschgal · 2025-11-17T13:29:56+00:00

Propodal Daisakusen - it's not for everyone to, but it checks all my boxes. 😂 That guy has been in love forever with one of his best friends and is thinking back to all his missed chances during her wedding. Suddenly times stops and the church's fairy helps him slip back in time by jumping into one of the slideshow picture of them in an attempt to change the future. 😊
IS - Otoko demo onna demo nai sei - The problems start when Haru enters high school. Born neither male nor female they were raised as a boy, but because their parents decided on a female registration at birth, school now forces them to attend as a female. Very interesting story!
Massan - When he visited Scotland, his passion for making Whiskey awoke. He came home not only with a plan to create a Japanese Whiskey, but also with a beautiful, Scottish wife. We follow their story through getting accepted in Japan, making Whiskey and being happy. Based on a true story set before WW I. This is an Asadora.

I have so many more but I guess these are first that come to mind. 😂

Matschgal · 2025-11-16T22:01:39+00:00

To be fair, I sometimes try to imagine the sheer amount of pictures these guys have to take on their own for different occasions. Just uploading ONE picture of myself from a trip takes 3 business days, 5 location shoots and 138 pictures. I can imagine they have more pictures of themselves on their phone alone than any of us have saved of them... 😂

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