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Captain Invictus
Apr 5, 2005

Try reading some manga!


Clever Betty
Rokudou 148: oh god

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Mirage
Oct 27, 2000

All is for the best, in this, the best of all possible worlds

Captain Invictus posted:

Rokudou 148: oh god

TOLD YOU

Elfface
Nov 14, 2010

Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
IRON JONAH
Ah, I assume you've encountered what happens when

1. Give a scruffy nerd a magic mark that makes delinquent girls attracted to him
2. Introduce said nerd to a woman who is 1,000% in on dominating big buff men
3. Disguise the nerd as a girl
4. Give up the disguise during a showdown.




Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022
Birds of Shangri-La :nws:

All of the first volume of Zariya's newest one is finally online. It's less smutty so far than you'd expect a Zariya manga set in a brothel would be (there is smut just to be clear). The relationship between Phi and Apollo is a very slow burn and it was refreshing that Apollo being straight meant he was actually fairly unresponsive to Phi coming onto him vs how a lot of guys in BL are "straight" -- the emotional connection they're building is more important and it's nice that part isn't being rushed. There's also the issue of the job rules that mean any romance between them could get Apollo fired, and I appreciate that he's aware of that and able to put on the brakes despite Phi pushing his boundaries. I'm really curious what's going on with Apollo's back story and those weird emails! Love to have some intrigue mixed in with the romance.

Now to wait months for volume 2 :negative:

Clitch
Feb 26, 2002

I lived through
Donald Trump's presidency
and all I got was
this lousy virus
Check out Asuperu Kanojo please.

Poil
Mar 17, 2007

Clitch posted:

Check out Asuperu Kanojo please.
My unqualified guess would be that she has at least anxiety, autism, depression and ptsd. :smith:

It is enjoyable and interesting to read to read. Kicking dogs that get uncomfortably close because the owners are apparently above using a leash and tripping obnoxious uncontrolled brats might be a bit extreme but slapping that parent was very satisfying to read.

That specific fetish would probably sell since I don't think that market is in any way saturated.

Glagha
Oct 13, 2008

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Judging by stuff I've seen in deviantart threads there's DEFINITELY a market for that.

Mors Rattus
Oct 25, 2007

FATAL & Friends
Walls of Text
#1 Builder
2014-2018

Poil posted:

My unqualified guess would be that she has at least anxiety, autism, depression and ptsd. :smith:

It is enjoyable and interesting to read to read. Kicking dogs that get uncomfortably close because the owners are apparently above using a leash and tripping obnoxious uncontrolled brats might be a bit extreme but slapping that parent was very satisfying to read.

That specific fetish would probably sell since I don't think that market is in any way saturated.

While it sounds interesting, and as a diagnosed autism spectrum person I can relate, that spoiler is deffo gonna keep me for reading it because taking that out on the animal is just not okay and makes me super uncomfortable.

Poil
Mar 17, 2007

Mors Rattus posted:

While it sounds interesting, and as a diagnosed autism spectrum person I can relate, that spoiler is deffo gonna keep me for reading it because taking that out on the animal is just not okay and makes me super uncomfortable.
Well it's fairly easy to skip past if you want to: Once you reach chapter 3 page 64, jump directly to chapter 4, but it's still there because they talk about it afterwards a bit into 4. But yeah don't read if you know you'll get uncomfortable.

Also diagnosed spectrum :hfive:

Poil fucked around with this message at 23:43 on Oct 13, 2019

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy
My daughter saw something pop up in the flea market today and wanted to ask me before taking the plunge and buying it: Is Otomen good?

Nihilarian
Oct 2, 2013


thats the one about the dude who likes cooking and sewing and everyone treats it like that makes him gay or trans isn't it

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022
I think one or two people in here have read it and talked about it positively. I have not, because it's very long and I haven't been in the mood to tackle a slow-moving shoujo series of that length in a while. There are scans online that look like they're probably ripped straight out of the official tl so if she wanted to check a little of it out and see if it was worth buying the whole set, that's probably what I'd do. If she's buying them used it's not like the author is getting any benefit either way :v:

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
dav said lots of positive stuff of otomen, once

Cuntellectual
Aug 6, 2010
gal gohan is not the same (and worse off) without fujiwara.

rip the gal manga trend.

Clitch posted:

Check out Asuperu Kanojo please.


i'd read your depressing porn, mc.

Jokes aside, seems interesting so far. My kinda thing. I will note the 'seinen' tag and lack of a romance one, though. :v:

Cuntellectual fucked around with this message at 09:15 on Oct 14, 2019

Clitch
Feb 26, 2002

I lived through
Donald Trump's presidency
and all I got was
this lousy virus

Clitch posted:

Check out Asuperu Kanojo please.

Welp, after the latest chapter, I'm appropriately embarrassed I brought this to anyone's attention. If anyone needs me, I'll be in the dumpster.

Cuntellectual posted:

i'd read your depressing porn, mc.

Jokes aside, seems interesting so far. My kinda thing. I will note the 'seinen' tag and lack of a romance one, though. :v:

I thought of that but it looks like it's heading toward some kind of intimacy between the two. If I relied strictly on tags for my reading decisions, I'd miss out on stuff like Hinata-chan, because someone thinks it needs a loli tag.

Clitch fucked around with this message at 09:31 on Oct 14, 2019

BlankSystemDaemon
Mar 13, 2009



Yeah, the baka-updates tags made me not want to read it at all.

Captain Invictus
Apr 5, 2005

Try reading some manga!


Clever Betty

Cuntellectual posted:

gal gohan is not the same (and worse off) without fujiwara.

rip the gal manga trend.
you could not be more wrong!

Glagha
Oct 13, 2008

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Clitch posted:

Welp, after the latest chapter, I'm appropriately embarrassed I brought this to anyone's attention. If anyone needs me, I'll be in the dumpster.

I dunno I thought that was really funny.

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Nihilarian posted:

thats the one about the dude who likes cooking and sewing and everyone treats it like that makes him gay or trans isn't it

Everything Burrito posted:

I think one or two people in here have read it and talked about it positively. I have not, because it's very long and I haven't been in the mood to tackle a slow-moving shoujo series of that length in a while. There are scans online that look like they're probably ripped straight out of the official tl so if she wanted to check a little of it out and see if it was worth buying the whole set, that's probably what I'd do. If she's buying them used it's not like the author is getting any benefit either way :v:
OK I'll have her check those out before she takes the plunge.

The Colonel posted:

dav said lots of positive stuff of otomen, once
That checks out.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

Everything Burrito posted:

Birds of Shangri-La :nws:

All of the first volume of Zariya's newest one is finally online. It's less smutty so far than you'd expect a Zariya manga set in a brothel would be (there is smut just to be clear). The relationship between Phi and Apollo is a very slow burn and it was refreshing that Apollo being straight meant he was actually fairly unresponsive to Phi coming onto him vs how a lot of guys in BL are "straight" -- the emotional connection they're building is more important and it's nice that part isn't being rushed. There's also the issue of the job rules that mean any romance between them could get Apollo fired, and I appreciate that he's aware of that and able to put on the brakes despite Phi pushing his boundaries. I'm really curious what's going on with Apollo's back story and those weird emails! Love to have some intrigue mixed in with the romance.

Now to wait months for volume 2 :negative:

I'm reading this and yeah it's pretty slow-paced compared to her other manga. Waiting for vol 2 is going to be awhile :sigh:

Ibblebibble
Nov 12, 2013

Cuntellectual posted:

gal gohan is not the same (and worse off) without fujiwara.

rip the gal manga trend.

Fujiwara was loving robbed, but she got a good and emotional exit chapter at least.

Too bad chemistry sensei was never really in the running :negative:

chumbler
Mar 28, 2010

Ibblebibble posted:

Fujiwara was loving robbed, but she got a good and emotional exit chapter at least.

Too bad chemistry sensei was never really in the running :negative:

Chemistry teacher has more of a chance than ever now!

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post

Hey guess what updated again

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
wistful sigh



as i look upon this i can't help but reminiscence about those days when some people in this thread asked "is magical trans, trans?"

Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

Look I've been disappointed a lot okay


In fact it got cancelled,so I still ended up disappointed!

Toalpaz
Mar 20, 2012

Peace through overwhelming determination

Rody One Half posted:

In fact it got cancelled,so I still ended up disappointed!

:(

Clitch
Feb 26, 2002

I lived through
Donald Trump's presidency
and all I got was
this lousy virus


I will call her...Mini Mei

Kodama sure has a type, doesn't she?

Watermelon Daiquiri
Jul 10, 2010
I TRIED TO BAIT THE TXPOL THREAD WITH THE WORLD'S WORST POSSIBLE TAKE AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID AVATAR.

Rody One Half posted:

Look I've been disappointed a lot okay


In fact it got cancelled,so I still ended up disappointed!

Yeah, it's incredibly disappointing. For reference, the Author's new manga is being scanlated by magical translators as well, and they translate the title as "Bro Girl"

Rody One Half
Feb 18, 2011

Bro Girl is pretty real though. Like the scene where she's going around topless because she always has.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022
first chapter of the 2nd volume of Itonaga-kun no Koi no Ito is out so I re-read volume 1, whew that's some good heart-clenching angst

cw: bullying

FutureCop
Jun 7, 2011

Have you heard of Fermat's principle?

Clitch posted:

Welp, after the latest chapter, I'm appropriately embarrassed I brought this to anyone's attention. If anyone needs me, I'll be in the dumpster.

Seems interesting so far; what was the main thing that disappointed you about it? Is it a worry about the codependency/romance/relationship nature of it, or the somewhat anomaly of the protagonist with his psychology insights out of nowhere? Or am I being silly and you are just referring to the protagonists unique fetish?

Also on this subject, this was an interesting read from twitter user @akagikuro (if it was mentioned here already, apologies): https://mangadex.org/title/23112/aspe-chan

Poil
Mar 17, 2007

It has a new chapter already:

His psychology insights are kinda... unexplained? Maybe it will turn out he studied it at collage.

FutureCop posted:

Also on this subject, this was an interesting read from twitter user @akagikuro (if it was mentioned here already, apologies): https://mangadex.org/title/23112/aspe-chan
Neat. For the love of everything please do specify amounts! "Few" or "some" is a worthless description and only leads to an anguish filled guess that's likely to be wrong! :argh:

Glagha
Oct 13, 2008

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I thought it seemed like it was implying that he's struggled with his own mental health issues and is trying to apply his own experiences to help her.

Alder
Sep 24, 2013

FutureCop posted:

Also on this subject, this was an interesting read from twitter user @akagikuro (if it was mentioned here already, apologies): https://mangadex.org/title/23112/aspe-chan

I read this and I tried reading the other manga. I feel like a huge aspect of I liked the latter and not the former since it's less creepy. I can't describe what makes is creepy but it's like a reflex. Also, who lets total strangers live in their tiny room in all these comics?

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.

I'm probably a crazy person, but for some reason the most intriguing part of this manga was the end of the first chapter, where the friend who betrayed her is getting really agitated trying to contact her. Like, I know we don't really have that much context on the friend's feelings, and from what little we've seen I guess she's just kind of a jerk, but the emotions involved in "I hurt my friend, and now I can't even contact her, and as far as I know she's vanished off the face of the Earth" just seem really... compelling to me? I want to see more of her.

Which is probably a weird thing to feel when the focus on the series is absolutely not on that.

Clitch
Feb 26, 2002

I lived through
Donald Trump's presidency
and all I got was
this lousy virus

Clarste posted:

I'm probably a crazy person, but for some reason the most intriguing part of this manga was the end of the first chapter, where the friend who betrayed her is getting really agitated trying to contact her. Like, I know we don't really have that much context on the friend's feelings, and from what little we've seen I guess she's just kind of a jerk, but the emotions involved in "I hurt my friend, and now I can't even contact her, and as far as I know she's vanished off the face of the Earth" just seem really... compelling to me? I want to see more of her.

Which is probably a weird thing to feel when the focus on the series is absolutely not on that.

I'm going to restate my prediction that she's in love with Mayumi, seduced her boyfriend, and made up the pregnancy to get him away from her.

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
i don't think that is weird, for example i am only interested in how hot the yankee is

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Snooze Cruise posted:

i don't think that is weird, for example i am only interested in how hot the yankee is
A cruise of wealth and taste. :hfive:

(Seriously, though, so far she's so loving rad)

Toalpaz
Mar 20, 2012

Peace through overwhelming determination

Snooze Cruise posted:

i don't think that is weird, for example i am only interested in how hot the yankee is

nothing happened this chapter though so now its bad

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Cuntellectual
Aug 6, 2010

Toalpaz posted:

nothing happened this chapter though so now its bad

Yeah, nothing at all. :v:

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