/bl/ - General BL

>>6920
>basically want a filler episode with the characters
I won't stand for filler episode slander, those can be great if the writers care! Besides, you rarely get fic that's just characters hanging out doing mundane things in their lives. The stock fanfic plot that endlessly repeats is 'character has crush on other character and spends entire fic angsting about it until they finally get together'. If it's a coffee shop AU then this is just part of it. People basically have a hard time writing anything that isn't some mix of
>Character being in love
>Character receiving asspats and validation for their gender identity
>Stock omegaverse
>PWP
I wish there was more ship fic with plot or slice of life out there. Japanese fic has the same problem. I'm at the point where all I want is fic about my ship doing their job with detail put into it that isn't just 'they do a lot of paperwork, coworkers give relationship advice, then porn or confession happens'. (They have never been shown doing paperwork but it's just an assumption fandom makes)
If I actually want plot focus I usually have to go into the stuff not tagged with ship, which is fine I guess, but sometimes I just wanna know that the relationship is established in the background.

I'm just finding out AO3 has an option to make fics viewable only to logged-in users. What have I been missing when not logged in…

>>6924
>Character receiving asspats and validation for their gender identity
>Stock omegaverse
>Japanese fic has the same problem.
Their fics are also full of gendie stuff and omegaverse?

>>6935
>Their fics are also full of gendie stuff and omegaverse?
Omegaverse yes though not to the same extent, but I was referring to the stock character in love, angst, confession template.

>>6851
>>6871
I can finally post about Japan Expo without my laptop exploding from the heat. I only went there for one day, I wasn't sick anymore by then so it wasn't too bad. I couldn't do as many things as planned. I couldn't meet Ogeretsu Tanaka after all because the number of people who could meet her was limited to 100 per day and her fans on Friday most likely paid a fast pass ticket instead of a regular ticket to start the con at 9am instead of 9:45 just to make sure they could buy her stuff and get in line on time. One of publishing company employee in the booth told me it was already too late but I could come back tomorrow which was not possible because no way in hell I'm paying for expensive train tickets and an expensive convention ticket at the last minute just to maybe have a chance at getting something signed. So I decided to only buy two manga:
>Filled by Twilight volume 2, which I haven't read yet because I forgot what the first volume is about so I'll read that one again first
>Lullaby of the Dawn volume 6, which was okay I guess but I'm still a bit annoyed that the plot twist is that the island is located in our world. I wanted it to be a series taking place in another world entirely
They're new releases and sequels to series I already started and will only be available elsewhere in a few weeks. I didn't see myself carrying lots of books I could buy later in a bookstore when I needed to take the train back home later that day.

However I managed to get an autograph by Kotteri so that's cool, even if it was still as horribly organized as in 2022 and I had to insist like 10 times because the employees kept forgetting to give me the ticket. Don't ask for pictures, I somehow forgot to take any and they were forbidden the few times I wanted to take photos.

>>6932
At least you survived the heat. Was there any Q&A session with the mangaka?

>>6933
There was one, but yesterday, so on Saturday. And I only went to Japan Expo on Friday so I missed it. I was really hesitating between going on Friday and Saturday and I didn't want to spend an arm and a leg on a hotel room but I picked Friday thinking there would be less people (wrong according to people going all four days) and to see things related to Persona because the Atlus guests were only in Paris the first two days. Now I kind of regret not taking both days because I really doubt recording the panel with Ogeretsu Tanaka was allowed and I bet the only ones who will talk about it will be these cliquey influencers who exclusively post super long disorganised podcasts about BL released in France.

>>6928
Haven't heard of this, is it actually good? Definitely looks bara but I can deal with it if the story/characters are likeable. As to Camp Buddy, I've said before in another thread that I find it's target audience confusing, it feels like it's trying to appeal to both the yaoi and bara crowd.

>>6929
Plot's mostly college slice of life but I'd rate it higher than Camp Buddy. It also has a crazy bestiality ending where the protagonist fucks his fish and then apparently gets anal vore'd by it which I definitely didn't appear in a Western BL VN.

Now I'm being reminded that back when I still read the Starfighter webcomic I had been meaning to buy the visual novel too because I heard good things about it but I never got around to doing it.

>>6801
> listen to stuff at random on DLSite?
kek, kind of, admittedly in the doujin audio section it's a lot of listening to sample audios and slogging through crap before finding something to buy. What about your favorite CDs? Which one had the most interesting story so far?

>>6807
>What about your favorite CDs?
I have pleb taste - the DRAMAtical Murder ones. They were one of my first BL CDs and still have a special place in my heart.

Not an audio drama, but an audio book, but still related to the thread? Is there really so much demand for audiobooks of BL light novels to warrant making a new production in English?

>>6910
Being a genosai shipper has prepared me for bald characters in BL. I would read it

>>6910
I make an exception for monks since they're voluntarily bald, it's not bad with that knowledge.

>>6910
I'm not sure what's worse to me, full bald or Qing dynasty half-shaved. But I saw an interesting modern guy/Qing guy danmei so I might have to put myself through it…

>>6819
I feel like the masses are slowly warming up to twisted aggressive bottoms. It will always be a niche but i feel like I’ve been running into it more than i have even 5-6 years ago.

>>6818
Damn, i wish i could enjoy it fully too, but i just go unsatisfied when the aggressive uke just doesn't fuck the seme in the ass at some point. I saw one when the uke even commented that the seme looked like HE was the one getting fucked instead, kek And it made me literally suffer, like the itch wasn't being scratched. But thanks for the rec, the throatfuck scene is hot i bet.
>>6823
I noticed too, but i think Bl genre becomes more and more experimental overall as time goes on.

>>6818
Thank you anon! I will enjoy it greatly after work…

>>6681
>Nendos may be my favorite type of plastic figures
Same! I try and limit myself when it comes to chibi figures since they can pretty quickly take over one's space haha
>maybe as a diary for my BL watch/read/vn list
That's such a cool idea!

Are ブロマイド I see in online shops printed on bromide paper?

The annoying thing with Surugaya is the automatic timer for R18 content. I think it's a new thing? I had to set it to never expire, even though I chose to view R18 stuff at registration.

>>6710
Yeah I thought it was odd that the mangaka was a man I mean okay I guess it exists but it's rare.

Anyway does anyone know of any good upcoming BL anime?

>>6761
This is the only one airing in summer.

Faith No More has some pretty gays songs