/bl/ - General BL

>>5081
That first panel you posted is insane I actually laughed. Time to find gay Cinderella.

Kamen Teacher, a teacher is secretly into little boys and needs to hide his shameful affection. Another teacher is hired who looks like an elementary student but is really an adult and the two start a relationship. Not good, but very bizarre, it's aiming for comedy but nothing quite lands.

>>5107
>>5110
good lord

>>5110
The overuse of what is probably clip studio brushes on the hair … if you look closely, strands just appear and overlap with no order.

>>5110
What do you call that thing in art where the lips look all blurry at the edges like in your picture? I hate that.
>Everyone's so yassified like it's a BL about IMVU/Second Life characters,
KEK, they do look like that.

>>5048
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has the same issues with cons nowadays. I may go to other cons this year but after that I'll just stick to maybe buying things online and staying home if the artists are in Europe or if I can find what I want on the Mandarake website as long it accepts Visa cards.

I looked up the second con on twitter to check cosplay pictures, artists I could have missed, etc. and it turned out a local lolcow I didn't know at all until today had a table in the artist alley, sold furry porn and was punched in the face by some random guy for some reason. I need to look this up because he seems to be a disgusting pedophile and not just a harmless weirdo.

>>5041
>I guess drawing and printing entire doujinshi would be too expensive here compared to what's done in Asian conventions
I'm interested to see what tariffs do to US Artist Alleys. What >>5048 is saying about common taste is so true and while I "know" that they are hamstrung by having to pay for their travel+table, it still gives me the ick for an artist when I see a table full of FOTM stuff. I wish cons weren't so expensive now so artists could take more risks with their merch.
>>5051
Over the years cons have transformed from "laying hands on weeb merch because there was no other way as a kid in the the 00s" to "excuse to hang with friends IRL" with very little thought for the con itself unless it has interesting guests/panels.

>>5053
That comic is just sad.
>I wish cons weren't so expensive now so artists could take more risks with their merch.
I think that's why the first con had a better artist alley, it's safe to assume tables were a lot less expensive. The venue itself was a lot smaller so that helps. I regret not buying a few prints here and there but maybe I'll go back next time or I'll check the artists' online stores.

The second con was a lot better years ago, we had concerts, a karaoke room, first episodes screenings, guests didn't interest me all that much but they were still related to nerdy hobbies, even the youtubers who were invited weren't just making videos in their living room to just talk about how Goku can beat Superman, etc. Now the organisers mostly invite literal whos like youtubers or tiktokers who don't do anything special besides talking about how they turned into weaboos during the pandemic. Most businesses here were selling bootlegs figurines and body pillows with loli art straight from google image or pixiv, things unrelated to what the con is about or 2 or 3 booths were selling DVDs, blurays and manga for slightly cheaper than on their online store or in irl stores. I didn't even go to this one with friends, I went alone. I used to go with friends before and it was so much better. It was when the 3DS was a current generation console so everyone was coming with the streetpass feature turned on too.

I heard the artist alley in Dokomi is huge compared to other European cons so maybe someday I'll give it a try. Not this year though, that's too late for me and I planned too many trips abroad for the year anyway so it wouldn't be in my budget.

>>5032
I keep telling myself someday I'll play this but the backlog just keeps growing… He's very cute, though I like the military uniform more.

>>5033
>He's very cute, though I like the military uniform more.
I prefer the military uniform, too! I have a lot of art saved of him in uniform, as well, but I was a little hesitant to post them because I didn't know if they would be appropriate for this thread. If you do get to play it one day, there's a ton of fujobait! So many good male character designs, especially given the target audience.

>>5035
NTA but added to my backlog, I love finding cute dudes in eroge!

>>4425
>Time Period
Any with samurai or vikings is good, any during wars of the past or eras with knights and monks or the Wild West because first of all I love that shit. Second, the story will be male centered to begin with and involves men that are interesting and inspiring, not blushing high schoolers. Third, it thematizes the essential things like honor, life and death situations and philosophical-ideological issues which is the good shit I want to read about or watch.

Other than that: sci-fi.
Fantasy could be cool if it had a cool concept like Warhammer 40k but you basically never get shit like that so I am not a fan of fantasy cartoons or books and neither generic magic.
>Location
Depends on the period mentioned above. Obviously either Japan, Italy, Denmark, Germany aka the Holy Roman Empire, the wild west era-US or space. Space is the best location for sci-fi IMO.
>Sci-fi, fantasy, contemporary
Historical > Sci-fi >>> rest.
>Character Ages
Anything older than 20 works for me, preferably with a cast of varied ages that contains a bunch of dudes in their 40s. I never liked teens so I will most likely ignore or drop series with them.

I love historical settings. I love danmei xianxia type settings and Lord of the Rings faux European fantasy settings. I don't really like modern, college, or highschool settings. I'll read it of the art is good and the story is sweet. As for best ages… as long as the characters are not visibly old men it's okay. I can't stand wrinkles in yaoi.

I love historical settings. I'm kind of obsessive about Ancient Greece and Rome (and like, not in the way men used to LARP as people who are "obsessed with the Roman Empire." I mean this in the sense that I'm very annoying about the history, culture, art, architecture, mythology, etc. to the point where it's kind of off-putting and I have to stop myself from being embarrassing). Honestly, because I know so much about those settings, it can be kind of hard to 'turn my brain off.' It's difficult to get immersed in it because I end up thinking too much about the history. For that reason, I enjoy time periods where I know enough to understand what's going on, but not enough to get sidetracked and start reading actual textbooks kek. Settings like the Victorian Era and Taisho Era hit that sweet spot. I also really enjoy horror or apocalyptic settings, although those are pretty rare, which is sad. I'd love to see more church-type settings, especially in a Medieval period, but that's probably too niche. Ultimately, I'm willing to give anything a try, although I'm not a fan of mundane settings. Someone's life needs to be at risk to maintain my interest.

>>4957
i don't even go to this fandom but this has half convinced me

>>4958
they're both wearing white, they are dead, angels in heaven

>>4958
They would have been if they weren't stupid.

I'm to the point where incest or selfcest makes all pairings even better
>>4963
>>4964
fuckkk i love incest muppets (ososan and pokemon)

>>4965
>they were in Arceus
But nona… Only one of them was in Arceus…
>>4966
>incest muppets
kek

>>4927
>>4927
Sorry for the late response! They're from Winning Pass, a basketball manga. It's your typical par for the course sports manga, but if you're looking to kill some time or simply enjoy sports shit, I recommend it. The relationship between the brothers is pretty fun too.

>>4969
>and it's fans of the same thing that want to talk to you about it
You never read in public and sometimes strangers interrupt you and ask what you're reading? It happened to me when I was ik the middle of the second volume of Captive Prince in the plane and the guy next to me didn't speak my first language so he asked what I was reading and kept trying to talk to me, it was a little embarrassing. I never finished the book by the way, maybe someday I'll read the whole series.

>>4971
Personally whenever someone asks about what I read/watch I just describe the plot and leave out the fact that it's BL because no one actually cares enough to look it up and is just trying to make small talk
I haven't read Captive Prince, but if someone asked me about TGCF I'd just tell them it's Chinese fantasy, maybe a bit of the premise, and leave it at that (but I wouldn't be reading something like Vol 4 lol)
It helps that most BL sounds extremely mundane and boring when you leave out the gay sex, along with the fact that men are retarded so they don't read books or consume shoujosei

>>4960
There is no sex in HOB.

>>4422
Was it stressful to apply? I've seen a few zines that I've wanted to apply as a author on, but ultimately chickened out since I didn't think I was good enough.

>>4423
No. Usually zines are announced months earlier so you should have enough time to finish the artwork or fic.
If it's well organized they have multiple check-ins to assure that everybody is progressing. Like 2-4 weeks after the start you should have an outline, 6 weeks later roughly 50% done and so on. So if you should apply but something in real life happens that makes you unable to draw/write for a while they will notice it in time and replace you. There are always people ready to contribute two pieces, that's usually asked at the start when someone applies.

Got my Dungeon Meshi cookbook in today, not the best at photos but I'm pretty happy with the zine. Here's a few of my favorite pieces of merch.

I'm pleasantly surprised that picrel can show uncensored dicks and anus in animated format. Last time I've seen that being the case was I believe Sensitive Pornography, and from what I remembered, it wasn't as detailed as here. I wonder how they got around the censorship…

Either way, a massive step up from the last BL hentai, the Prince one (Atekuse), from last year. However, I wish the actual story side of things wasn't as rushed, but the entire modern hentai industry is like this unfortunately. So beggars can't be choosers.

>>4543
i kinda want a graviation reboot but that may just be the nostalgia speaking

>>4884
>I wonder how they got around the censorship…
Since the English dub is coming out concurrently, maybe they're pushing for more international appeal by only keeping it censored in Asia? I wouldn't mind a push towards more officially uncensored BL instead of giving localizers the extra work of drawing dicks from scratch
>I wish the actual story side of things wasn't as rushed
Ever since Mignon came out I've been hoping for more conventional BL stories that have graphic sex scenes
Netflix and HBO get away with injecting graphic porn into their series, BL animation should strive for the same