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“75-year-old Ichinoi and teen BL-fan Urara bond over Boys’ Love manga, forming an unlikely cross-generational friendship.”
BL Metamorphosis
メタモルフォーゼの縁側
7.76
1,629 rank · 7,372 readers · 84 favorites
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
75-year-old Ichinoi and teen BL-fan Urara bond over Boys’ Love manga, forming an unlikely cross-generational friendship.
Ichinoi, a 75-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a Boy's Love manga one day... and is fascinated by what she finds inside. When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there—Urara, a seasoned BL fan—notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
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Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
8.5
/10
What 4 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 0.87
Agreement
Strong agreement
σ 0.87 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↑ 0.50
Running avg · Jun 2020 → Mar 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “An amazing manga that shows how manga can connect people across generations, no matter who you are or what your upbringing is. I found great enjoyment in reading this. Story: the story is slow...”
- 8 “BL Metamorphosis is a refreshingly unique story that manages to accomplish a lot, but ultimately leaves a bit to be desired in terms of plot towards the end. The concept is a genuinely interesting...”
- 10 “"Saying when I like something... envying someone because they are beautiful...thinking about what I would like to do when I grow up... all these things embarrass me." (WARNING: THIS REVIEW...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 25%
Long · 50%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 52 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 56m approx
- Published Nov 2017 – Oct 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M47902 catalog