/bl/ - General BL

>>5360
Wow, that is framed in an incredibly romantic way.

>>5384
The only problem with the PSP version is that its sanitized. As such, Yukihito didn't get a hot explicit sex scene and that is incredibly disappointing.

>>5387
That was the point of those console releases though - you got an extra route because the sex got removed/replaced with hugging. I'd still buy it for Yukihito's route.

>>5358
>how fucked the translation is
Is it supposed to be fucked for some reason?

>>5390
I haven't read Banana Fish or watched the anime yet but isn't it more of a regular shojo manga that just happens to have a gay main couple instead of a straight one? As opposed to a series published in a BL magazine and marketed as such? Please no spoilers, I'm trying to get the volumes in my library but everyone keeps borrowing the first volume before I can. I don't think it really makes a difference in terms of story telling but it does change everything in terms of marketing, ads, and opportunities for animated or live action adaptations, same reason why Black Butler and Toilet Bound Hanako-kun are advertised shonen manga and not shojo manga.

>>5391
>>5390
Banana Fish doesn't even have canon gay. All the gays are pedophiles rapist and the main characters never do anything sexual or whatever.

>>5393
>>5391
That Eiji loved Ash is confirmed in the epilogue story that was included in the official release in English.

>>5364
>the convention is subtly trying to get rid of the artist alley
This is usually the #1 reason to even go to a con wtf.

>>5366
From what I understand it's just speculation. The way the artist alley is planned is weird, it's divided in several sections/locations based on the artists' main incomes and if the money comes from art or from another job. Then if they'rd considered eligible for the "amateur booths" they're not allowed to sell anything for more than 12€ despite inflation getting worse and worse for years after that price point was decided by organizers. Artists who are considered as getting enough money from their art all year long need to pay a shit ton of money for their tables, they don't get to choose their categories but they can sell what they want for the prices of their choice. These two or three categories are in separate locations for no reason at all. I think organizers are more focused on professional companies coming in and paying for their own spaces compared to random artists because it brings in more money and they assume there will always be artists willing to pay insane prices. Mind you these artists sometimes deal with people stealing from their tables in the middle of the night and last year someone pooped in the middle of the artist alley, somehow. I wasn't there because of the olympic games ruining Paris and its surroundings for the entire year (and other big cities because rich Parisians started fleeing very early on and annoying the fuck out me in my own city) so this is mostly based on the two times I visited the con and what's said online by visitors. Another guess is that Japan Expo organizers are worried about customs barging in again and confiscating and destroying goods from artists in the artist alley and the professional spaces. I heard it happened in the middle of the con in 2018 or 2019 at least. However I don't really believe it because nobody cares about obvious figurine bootlegs from shops that come back to most French cons every single year despite complaints from visitors.

Based on guests these past years it seems organizers don't give a fuck in general anymore. They bring in big names and lots of people nobody cares about except 50 and 60 years old nerds who think anything older than Saint Seiya, City Hunter and Dragon Ball is zoomer shit that doesn't matter, no wonder they wouldn't really care about what's going on in the artist alley. I swear when I was a poor teenager who wasn't allowed to travel anywhere alone they had the bestPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

So many new doujin added for ゲゲゲの鬼太郎 https://b-para.co/comics/search/?type=1&id=329

Perhaps I'll read several fics in one go in celebration…

>>3499
I'll try writing a fic I've thought about for bit even though my writing sucks ass, maybe read some bl manga too. There was one I picked up the other day called Oujisama no Dakimakura which is pretty standard and fluffy, perfect for coffee

I didn't look at the calendar last night (like 1AM), but I felt a feverish urge to look through my OTPs folder and pump out some sketches of them. Haven't done that in a while. I knew there must have been a reason.
Happy yaoi day!

>>5378
Can’t see a reason why it wouldn’t!
Also slightly OT but why is that kuji so lame? Did they blow the merch budget on the 20th anniversary stuff?

>>5380
Direct your feedback at https://www.movic.jp/shop/contact/contact.aspx

>>5377
Nice. But another Akira uniform figure?

Ganbare Nakamura-Kun was delayed to 2026
https://x.com/nkmr_kun_tv/status/1950496596489089296?t=OLY7DfGARxQrC-9CWnsgUg&s=19

>>5369
I hope he'll get to look healthier as the series progresses.

And who could forget Mithras, another spin on the classic Perseus hero that slays the Bull, and shortly thereafter joins his lord Sol Invictus for a feast.
His cult, very masculine and elitist, was popular among Roman soldiers and its rites kept secret from outsiders. There have been many attempts to distort many of its symbolism and rites throughout the centuries, though.

Another one of those metaphorical "Apollo falls in love with someone then transforms them into a plant" - this time its the Cypress tree.
Cyparissus was a youth that Apollo loved, but his pet stag died and he was so distraught that he was transformed into the Cypress tree which is known as a symbol of mourning and grief because of its sap.
I suppose the importance of the stag is that it references the tradition of a male gifting an animal, be it a rooster or whatever, to another male that they fancy.

Somewhat unrelated, but I also found a Roman relief of two Syrian entities called Malakbel and Aglibol that represented the Sun and Moon, whom stand holding hands in front of a Cypress tree. I haven't read much about them yet, however it seems like they are frequently worshiped and represented together, and shared a "Sacred Garden" together.

Mitra-Varuna, two Vedic deities that are known to represent solar deities, either the Sun and Moon, or the phases of the Moon themselves.

"Mitra and Varuna are the two half-moons: the waxing one is Varuna and the waning one is Mitra. During the new-moon night these two meet and when they are thus together, everyone is pleased."

>>5218
She's faceless as the ad is about the dudes.

There's a semi-popular niche setting for both straight and a few bl based on the chinese warlord era called "民国军阀美学" It's pretty cool. You could think of it as the Chinese equivalent of the mafia/WWII setting, because this period affected all of China and so much happened, it's really quite versatile and you can do anything you want with it

>>5333
Whatever you do with it, it won't ever go beyond a fanfic or a niche webcomic, because there are too many political minefields there for the work not to be cancelled by manufactured outrage of 'concerned citizens'. Of course you can always create an alternative timeline and just use the aesthetics.