I understand that yaoi, BL, etc... (in animated or acted format) is a very specific subgenre (and very successful) but for me, as an adult gay man, it's garbage (with all due respect).
It is totally unreal. With hetero-normative gay adolescent relationships (one clearly occupies a more "masculine"/active role and the other a more "feminine"/passive role, when in reality this is not the case)... On the other hand, these movies are like soap operas where the characters and their stories are isolated from the world. There are no conflicts with their parents, nor personal or social conflicts (loneliness, depression, political or social questions, poverty, drugs, sexist violence, lgbt rights, labor exploitation, bullying, STDs, political corruption, etc.). All movies (animated or acted) of this genre are the same, only focused on extreme shyness, on what is not said, what is not expressed, the fear of not being perfect, of not saying the right thing, of not being a good student, not fit. I know that it was born as a subgenre made by and for teenage girls in the 80s, but what surprises me is that it has become a cultural standard that impacts millions of people.
And the problem is that if one is looking to watch a quality lgbt-themed Asia-Pacific movie, it's getting harder and harder to escape this genre (most of the movies or series (animated or acted) I find fall into this style), which has very high ratings on IMBD and elsewhere, but surely given by its fans.
And, to escape from reality, I would prefer a brainless comedy.