If you’re like me you’re very excited that one of the American publishers of BL, VIZ’s SubLime,  is finally publishing something worth reading – Blue Morning Yuuutsu na Asa  憂鬱な朝 by HIDAKA Shoko 日高ショーコ.  Finally something that has some thought placed into the writing and not the useless  Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi (山[場]なし、落ちなし、意味なし) that looks like written for grade school (except for the content) by children.  

This is a historical romantic slice of life story about the nobility of Japan in the Taisho period and changes it brought to society and a convoluted relationship between a viscount and his servant and their family relationship, etc.

Only the first volume is available in the US (I think there are at least 4 and it’s on-going in Japan) with releases due every three months for a while.

Although I don’t think she’s been published for very long, and her Restart リスタート, which was published and available in the US didn’t seem to impress me much; however, now with Blue Morning Yuuutsu na Asa  憂鬱な朝 and (not available in English; however, it is in French – please pick this one up and publish it in English) Does The Flower Bloom? Hana wa Saku ka  花は咲くか – her writing is getting much more sophisticated and complex.  I understand that she recently started a josei non-BL story in Japan, and wish someone in the US would publish this josei work (I’ve not even seen it; however, with her recent BL works, hope that it’s just as good).

If you were so tired of unsophisticated boring BL that you quit buying/reading BL in the US, you may want to give this a try.