The Misc. Shoujo, Josei, & Romance Thread: Don't think straight, think gay.

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Schubalts: Nov 26, 2007; People say bigger is better.

But for the first time in my life, I think I've gone too far.

Matoi Ryuko posted:

Can't say I blame her.

Carol should just handcuff tomo and jun togeather.

Then handcuff herself to Misuzu.

# ? Oct 19, 2016 15:46

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# ? May 24, 2024 01:03

z0glin Warchief: May 16, 2007

Pavlov posted:

What is this stigma against wearing school swimsuits in japan? I've seen this multiple times and the school suits never looked that odd to me.

It has nothing to do with the design of the swimsuit, it's about how incredibly lame you have to be to wear the school-designated swimsuit to the beach.

Like, imagine if a kid who went to a Catholic high school in the US, the kind with a uniform, wore said uniform to a party at a friend's house during summer break. You just don't do that.

# ? Oct 19, 2016 18:29

Compendium: Jun 18, 2013; M-E-J-E-D

Seriously, if even Jun thinks it's "ehhhhhhhn" you know it's really lame.

# ? Oct 19, 2016 20:29

Pavlov: Oct 21, 2012; I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that

You know, I guess I just forgot how picky highschool kids get about fashion stuff.

# ? Oct 19, 2016 20:53

7c Nickel: Apr 27, 2008

The school swimsuit will also start being mild fetishwear if you keep wearing it after highschool.

# ? Oct 20, 2016 01:58

Baron Snow: Feb 8, 2007

Ok, here's an "effort" post of a bunch of crap that I've been reading lately, in no particular order.

edit: all links Batoto, except for Usotoki Rhetoric which is on Mangahere.

Kimi ni Todoke updated with two new chapters after almost an entire year of silence. I know the last story line annoyed a bunch of people, but it really feels like it's pushing toward the end game with these two chapters.

Itsuya-san finished up it's second and final volume. It's a seinin story about a boy who really only has his grandmother who's started to fall into dementia. He's taken in by the substitute teacher who can't draw, but she has a strange power to bring her drawings to life. There's not too much there, but it's a well felt drama and not too long.

Madame Petit features a murder on the Orient Express! Our young heroine's new much older husband is found dead on their first night on the famous train, and she takes it upon herself to solve the mystery. Her adventures continue in Paris after the mystery is solved.

Usotoki Rhetoric follows a girl who moves far away because she can always hear when people are lying. Set in the first year of the Showa era (1926), she is taken in by a penniless detective who can put her ability to good use and help protect her from the type of scorn she faced in her old town.

Palace Meidi is a cute shoujo story in a fictional Meiji era Japan where the female emperor lives in the inner palace, attended by young boys who have the unique ability to act as liaisons between the ladies of the inner palace and gentleman of the outer palace. Our main character is one of those boys who totally falls for the emperor.

Kuro Hakushaku wa Hoshi o Mederu takes place in 19th century London. Our main character is poor but she can see ghosts. She's taken in by a handsome young count. Turns out it's not ghosts she can see but vampires, which he fights! The most recent chapter goes into why he's so obsessed with her.

Kami-sama Gakuen @ Armeria is probably the dumbest fluffy shoujo thing I've ever read. I can't stop reading it for some reason, and I can't bring myself to describe it, so I'm copy-pasting from Batoto here: "Yanagawa Rokuhana is a student from Armeria - a school where only 30 students are attending. Little did Yanagawa realized that she was actually the chosen one by God to protect the world from the almighty, God of the Death."

Baron Snow fucked around with this message at 04:34 on Oct 20, 2016

# ? Oct 20, 2016 04:31

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

it's really amazing how bad kimi ni todoke got, to the point that I just don't want to finish it. Every time I go to catch up I just get this overwhelming feeling of ennui from it.

# ? Oct 20, 2016 09:35

Mikl: Nov 8, 2009; Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

Baron Snow posted:

Palace Meidi is a cute shoujo story in a fictional Meiji era Japan where the female emperor lives in the inner palace, attended by young boys who have the unique ability to act as liaisons between the ladies of the inner palace and gentleman of the outer palace. Our main character is one of those boys who totally falls for the emperor.

+1 for Palace Meidi. It's Good and v.cute and the Emperor is awesome and she's totally in love with the main character :3:

# ? Oct 20, 2016 09:49

Chas McGill: Oct 29, 2010; loves Fat Philippe

Baron Snow posted:

Ok, here's an "effort" post of a bunch of crap that I've been reading lately, in no particular order.

edit: all links Batoto, except for Usotoki Rhetoric which is on Mangahere.

Kimi ni Todoke updated with two new chapters after almost an entire year of silence. I know the last story line annoyed a bunch of people, but it really feels like it's pushing toward the end game with these two chapters.

Itsuya-san finished up it's second and final volume. It's a seinin story about a boy who really only has his grandmother who's started to fall into dementia. He's taken in by the substitute teacher who can't draw, but she has a strange power to bring her drawings to life. There's not too much there, but it's a well felt drama and not too long.

Madame Petit features a murder on the Orient Express! Our young heroine's new much older husband is found dead on their first night on the famous train, and she takes it upon herself to solve the mystery. Her adventures continue in Paris after the mystery is solved.

Usotoki Rhetoric follows a girl who moves far away because she can always hear when people are lying. Set in the first year of the Showa era (1926), she is taken in by a penniless detective who can put her ability to good use and help protect her from the type of scorn she faced in her old town.

Palace Meidi is a cute shoujo story in a fictional Meiji era Japan where the female emperor lives in the inner palace, attended by young boys who have the unique ability to act as liaisons between the ladies of the inner palace and gentleman of the outer palace. Our main character is one of those boys who totally falls for the emperor.

Kuro Hakushaku wa Hoshi o Mederu takes place in 19th century London. Our main character is poor but she can see ghosts. She's taken in by a handsome young count. Turns out it's not ghosts she can see but vampires, which he fights! The most recent chapter goes into why he's so obsessed with her.

Kami-sama Gakuen @ Armeria is probably the dumbest fluffy shoujo thing I've ever read. I can't stop reading it for some reason, and I can't bring myself to describe it, so I'm copy-pasting from Batoto here: "Yanagawa Rokuhana is a student from Armeria - a school where only 30 students are attending. Little did Yanagawa realized that she was actually the chosen one by God to protect the world from the almighty, God of the Death."

Itsuya is great. Love the feel of it and it doesn't overstay its premise.

# ? Oct 20, 2016 10:38

resurgam40: Jul 22, 2007; Battler, the literal stupidest man on earth. Why are you even here, Battler, why did you come back to this place so you could fuck literally everything up?

Captain Invictus posted:

it's really amazing how bad kimi ni todoke got, to the point that I just don't want to finish it. Every time I go to catch up I just get this overwhelming feeling of ennui from it.

Ooh, sounds a bit like Nana- although KnT will probably finish first! (And at all.)

# ? Oct 20, 2016 13:08

jackofarcades: Sep 2, 2011; Okay, I'll admit it took me a bit to get into it... But I think I kinda love this!! I'm Spider-Man!! I'm actually Spider-Man!! HA!

Pulse, which is by the author of Lily Love, is about the relationship between a player doctor and a heart transplant patient.

Keep in mind it's NSFW

# ? Oct 20, 2016 23:31

Paracelsus: Apr 6, 2009; bless this post ~kya

jackofarcades posted:

Pulse, which is by the author of Lily Love, is about the relationship between a player doctor and a heart transplant patient.

Sexy ethics board hearing action.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 03:03

Spiritus Nox: Sep 2, 2011

Paracelsus posted:

Sexy ethics board hearing action.

...Does that actually count when it's not your patient?

# ? Oct 21, 2016 03:05

Pastrymancy: Feb 20, 2011; 11:13: Despite Gio Gonzalez warning, "Never mix your sparkling juices," Bryce Harper opens another bottle of sparkling grape and mixes it with sparkling cider.

1:07: Harper walks to the 7-11 and orders an all-syrup Slurpee.

1:10-3:05: Harper has no recollection of this time. Aliens?

Baron Snow posted:

Kami-sama Gakuen @ Armeria is probably the dumbest fluffy shoujo thing I've ever read. I can't stop reading it for some reason, and I can't bring myself to describe it, so I'm copy-pasting from Batoto here: "Yanagawa Rokuhana is a student from Armeria - a school where only 30 students are attending. Little did Yanagawa realized that she was actually the chosen one by God to protect the world from the almighty, God of the Death."

What the gently caress did I just read :sparkles:

# ? Oct 21, 2016 04:13

Baron Snow: Feb 8, 2007

Pastrymancy posted:

What the gently caress did I just read

Yeah. That's a good description.

# ? Oct 21, 2016 04:17

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

All the faces, all of them, in the new Kaguya.

# ? Oct 22, 2016 02:52

Tarezax: Sep 12, 2009; MORT cancels dance: interrupted by MORT

Shirogane's sister is very cute.

# ? Oct 22, 2016 03:21

Pavlov: Oct 21, 2012; I've long been fascinated with how the alt-right develops elaborate and obscure dog whistles to try to communicate their meaning without having to say it out loud
Stepan Andreyevich Bandera being the most prominent example of that

Tarezax posted:

Shirogane's sister is very cute.

I dunno, she's got some serious eye-of-sauron going on.

# ? Oct 22, 2016 03:43

Ytlaya: Nov 13, 2005

Why was it his sister's loss at the end?

# ? Oct 22, 2016 04:10

jackofarcades: Sep 2, 2011; Okay, I'll admit it took me a bit to get into it... But I think I kinda love this!! I'm Spider-Man!! I'm actually Spider-Man!! HA!

Ytlaya posted:

Why was it his sister's loss at the end?

Because she fell for Kaguya, although probably not in a Yuri kinda way

# ? Oct 22, 2016 04:18

SwissArmyDruid: Feb 14, 2014; by sebmojo

Mahou Tsukai no Yome:

http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Mahou-Tsukai-no-Yome/Ch-033--Any-port-in-a-storm-?id=325720

Holy crap, has it really been that long since the last volume of Real Clothes?

http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Real-Clothes/Vol-010-Ch-077?id=325686

# ? Oct 22, 2016 04:27

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

I love that the tomo-chan author knows his readers want to see tomo in a bikini so he's dragging the reveal out as long as possible

I'm with carol, I want to see jun's reaction. Hard to not think of her as a girl when she's in a bikini

# ? Oct 22, 2016 06:39

7c Nickel: Apr 27, 2008

Captain Invictus posted:

I love that the tomo-chan author knows his readers want to see tomo in a bikini so he's dragging the reveal out as long as possible

I'm with carol, I want to see jun's reaction. Hard to not think of her as a girl when she's in a bikini

# ? Oct 22, 2016 07:16

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

God I remember the first time I saw that I just could not handle it

# ? Oct 22, 2016 08:32

SwissArmyDruid: Feb 14, 2014; by sebmojo

Christ, the artifacting. THE ARTIFACTING.

# ? Oct 22, 2016 08:38

dordreff: Jul 16, 2013

SwissArmyDruid posted:

Christ, the artifacting. THE ARTIFACTING.

Yeah they're so blatant I was looking for a Loss edit in them

# ? Oct 22, 2016 10:20

kidcoelacanth: Sep 23, 2009

Carol has learned well from Misuzu

# ? Oct 22, 2016 14:19

ZiegeDame: Aug 21, 2005; YUKIMURAAAA!

jackofarcades posted:

Because she fell for Kaguya, although probably not in a Yuri kinda way

Screw that, fingers crossed for yuri way.

# ? Oct 23, 2016 01:45

lunar detritus: May 6, 2009

Captain Invictus posted:

it's really amazing how bad kimi ni todoke got, to the point that I just don't want to finish it. Every time I go to catch up I just get this overwhelming feeling of ennui from it.

Last time I buy manga before it's finished. :negative:

# ? Oct 23, 2016 02:41

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

New Yona, can't say I saw that look for Kouren coming.

# ? Oct 23, 2016 03:33

a kitten: Aug 5, 2006

gmq posted:

Last time I buy manga before it's finished.

It's not that bad, just spinning its wheels. Just buy and read, and if/when you stop enjoying it, stop.
There's a ton of great content before it starts dragging.

# ? Oct 23, 2016 03:44

Nate RFB: Jan 17, 2005; Clapping Larry

I don't know, I don't really like having a series (manga or otherwise) permanently incomplete if I'm buying it. Maybe Genshiken, though I maintain that's different because that definitively finished before coming back years later. I think I got to the teens for KnT before realizing yeah I just wasn't invested enough to continue paying for it and wound up donating the whole thing (plus some other manga series I knew I was not going to finish or reread) to my local library a year or two back.

# ? Oct 23, 2016 03:56