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BlankSystemDaemon
Mar 13, 2009



:chast2b:

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Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

I have nothing to contribute anyways

Brainamp
Sep 4, 2011

More Zen than Zenyatta

Protagonist x Rival got serialized

https://mangadex.org/title/47818/protagonist-x-rival

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
old news B)

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
https://mangadex.org/chapter/872650/1
2 new "brother dead, wife mine" chapters
stuff happened

Cuntellectual
Aug 6, 2010
that's a bit ominous.

BlankSystemDaemon
Mar 13, 2009



Cuntellectual posted:

that's a bit ominous.
Since I'm waiting to read it until it's done, I'm going to go ahead and think that you meant that it's ominous that two new chapters came out :ohdear:
I do like how vague it is, though :v:

The story of the two of them who're pretty much like this is also continuing to get updates. :allears:

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
https://mangadex.org/chapter/873018/1

In this not-shocking-at-all episode of Vampiress, we learn Rin is the only straight vampire in Japan.

Wark Say
Feb 22, 2013

by Fluffdaddy

Sindai posted:

https://mangadex.org/chapter/873018/1

In this not-shocking-at-all episode of Vampiress, we learn Rin is the only straight vampire in Japan.
I'm pretty certain that the implication was that Rin is very much not straight.

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post

lol

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

Sindai posted:

https://mangadex.org/chapter/873018/1

In this not-shocking-at-all episode of Vampiress, we learn Rin is the only straight vampire in Japan.



The subtext is buttsex.

Cuntellectual
Aug 6, 2010
That sure is uh, unfortunate.

E: apparently the guy who drew This plain girl's skirt will shrink by 1mm for every like decided to just turn it into a series of cute Yuri moments. Unexpected direction to go but I'm down with it.

https://mangadex.org/title/46816/this-plain-girl-s-skirt-will-shrink-by-0-1mm-for-every-like

Cuntellectual fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Apr 28, 2020

Clitch
Feb 26, 2002

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

Mikl posted:

The subtext is buttsex.

I bounced off of that page two or three times while reading it today. Thank you for helping me understand homeboy lives on donut glaze.

BlankSystemDaemon
Mar 13, 2009



Close contact is something that must be avoided.

There's also a really :nws: oneshot about Kase-san...?

And the story about chatting at the amber teahouse is finally complete!

And lastly, there's a series of small stories about UNOs that got uploaded recently and is apparently complete too.
It's pretty cute, as is the pun in the title.

Elfface
Nov 14, 2010

Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
IRON JONAH

Mikl posted:



The subtext is buttsex.

I hope he flusters Yuu like this for the next hundred years, before she discovers he's having blood transfusions.

The buttsex is just for fun.

Brainamp
Sep 4, 2011

More Zen than Zenyatta

https://mangadex.org/chapter/874034/1

Uh, looks like no more Vampiress

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022
new (& final) chapter of Yumi to Kurumi went up

I thought the wrap up was kind of abrupt since I wasn't expecting that to be the end of it already because I forgot it was just one volume but it's probably not bad that it was a short one, it had a story to tell and told it and I think for the short format the doll POV works well but probably wouldn't hold up for a longer story. I re-read the chapter before to remember where it left off and cried again

Sharkopath
May 27, 2009

Everything Burrito posted:

new (& final) chapter of Yumi to Kurumi went up

I thought the wrap up was kind of abrupt since I wasn't expecting that to be the end of it already because I forgot it was just one volume but it's probably not bad that it was a short one, it had a story to tell and told it and I think for the short format the doll POV works well but probably wouldn't hold up for a longer story. I re-read the chapter before to remember where it left off and cried again

I really enjoyed yumi and kurumi despite its shortness. Just a highly recommended micro romance and drama.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022
It would benefit from reading it as one piece and not by the chapter eked out over however long it took the whole thing to get translated. I'm not going to re-read it now but might come back to it again later. Really beautiful art and a good story -- this one ought to be on the suggestion list if anyone wants examples of good josei manga.

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

Cuntellectual posted:

That sure is uh, unfortunate.

E: apparently the guy who drew This plain girl's skirt will shrink by 1mm for every like decided to just turn it into a series of cute Yuri moments. Unexpected direction to go but I'm down with it.

https://mangadex.org/title/46816/this-plain-girl-s-skirt-will-shrink-by-0-1mm-for-every-like
The most unbelievable part of this story is that some recruiter on the street trying to pick up attractive women for his :airquote:video:airquote: would suddenly pass up on two very attractive women because they happen to be out on a date.

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post
ok?

Coaaab
Aug 6, 2006

Wish I was there...

Everything Burrito posted:

new (& final) chapter of Yumi to Kurumi went up

I thought the wrap up was kind of abrupt since I wasn't expecting that to be the end of it already because I forgot it was just one volume but it's probably not bad that it was a short one, it had a story to tell and told it and I think for the short format the doll POV works well but probably wouldn't hold up for a longer story. I re-read the chapter before to remember where it left off and cried again
mangaka seems to have done a few series since then, but the only thing translated may or may not be some creepy age-gap thing, the subject matter of which may have also caused some kind of scanlator drama

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022

Coaaab posted:

mangaka seems to have done a few series since then, but the only thing translated may or may not be some creepy age-gap thing, the subject matter of which may have also caused some kind of scanlator drama

I was curious and looked this up, the whole thing is on mangago although I saw a summary of the drama on mangaupdates. It's...idk it's not a romance although it leaves it open enough that you could imagine one happening later if you wanted to (which I think was her intent after reading the author's note). Once the guy realizes his mistake he doesn't pursue her and tries to be sensitive of her feelings but he's kind of an idiot so he screws up sometimes, and for the girl's part it's more a fantasy -- she's playing at having a romance because she knows he's not going to actually follow through. I can see being uncomfortable with it but it hits in sort of the same zone as After the Rain I think.

The scene with the girls doing a makeover brought up some dark middle school memories of my friends and I doing each others' makeup and turning ourselves into clowns lmao. Also her fantasy POV being done in a shoujo manga style was perfect.

Everything Burrito fucked around with this message at 21:54 on Apr 28, 2020

Endorph
Jul 22, 2009

Brought To You By posted:

The most unbelievable part of this story is that some recruiter on the street trying to pick up attractive women for his :airquote:video:airquote: would suddenly pass up on two very attractive women because they happen to be out on a date.
The gently caress is wrong with you dude

DoubleDonut
Oct 22, 2010


Fallen Rib

Everything Burrito posted:

new (& final) chapter of Yumi to Kurumi went up

I thought the wrap up was kind of abrupt since I wasn't expecting that to be the end of it already because I forgot it was just one volume but it's probably not bad that it was a short one, it had a story to tell and told it and I think for the short format the doll POV works well but probably wouldn't hold up for a longer story. I re-read the chapter before to remember where it left off and cried again



oof

(it was good, though. I will also probably re-read it at some point)

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

Endorph posted:

The gently caress is wrong with you dude

Nothing. It was a dumb scene with dumb internal logic. What is wrong with pointing that out?

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Brought To You By posted:

Nothing. It was a dumb scene with dumb internal logic. What is wrong with pointing that out?

You're being incredibly dense. The subtext (well, pretty much just plain text) is they're lesbians and they don't swing that way, so unless the guys got violent the conversation wasn't going to go any other way.

Cuntellectual
Aug 6, 2010
I think he was saying it was unrealistic he didn't keep harassing them and wow I'm sorry I linked it now!

Brought To You By
Oct 31, 2012

Cuntellectual posted:

I think he was saying it was unrealistic he didn't keep harassing them and wow I'm sorry I linked it now!
That's more or less where I was coming from. I was more caught off guard by Julius' comment because the idea of anyone getting violent hadn't crossed my mind given this is a gag manga following up a twitter likes fad. I guess maybe I thought the Gyaru was reaching for the Plain girl's purse on the first pass, but on review she's just linking arms. But I don't think this is a hill worth dying on regardless.

Cuntellectual
Aug 6, 2010
I think it's cute how she slid her hand down to her friend's waist after saying they're on a date.

Everything Burrito
Jun 2, 2011

I Failed At Anime 2022
FYI this is out now
https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/1255200854078042118?s=20

Stairmaster
Jun 8, 2012

Endorph posted:

The gently caress is wrong with you dude

Snooze Cruise
Feb 16, 2013

hey look,
a post

Brought To You By posted:

Nothing. It was a dumb scene with dumb internal logic. What is wrong with pointing that out?

get some internal logic yourself mate, maybe it will keep you from being a creep next time

DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013
you're getting pushback here not because you're incorrect saying 'men continue to be creeps to women when they find out they're lesbians irl' but because yeah, obviously, what's the need to point it out. the intent of this fictional situation is to make us lol at the guy going 'eh, ah, youre gay?' not to be realistic.

gnome7
Oct 21, 2010

Who's this Little
Spaghetti?? ??
I mean the real intent is to force a situation where gyaru can confess her love to plainy under duress, the threat is irrelevant and can leave once that purpose has been served. Threatening the characters is not the point of fluffy gay twitter comics.

Clitch
Feb 26, 2002

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

"Roll credits."

Even if they got interrupted, I'm glad that Yuu and Nana got to that "Yeah, we're gonna bang." moment. I don't need porn in my yuri, but when the relationship is never consummated, even offscreen, it feels like the author is hesitating to make the characters completely gay. Like the epilogue still has a chance to be, "Psych! They grew up and had babies with dudes like they're supposed to."

The Colonel
Jun 8, 2013


I commute by bike!
uh

i don't think you should be worrying about that unless you're reading a riyoko ikeda manga from the 70s

LibrarianCroaker
Mar 30, 2010
what

DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013
i hosed in highschool so as a certified expert on the subject, and very attractive btw, i think its fine for teen romcoms to end without them banging

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DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013
like p normal for relationships at that age u know

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