No.5191
I'm the type of person who's fine with both shoujo and BL but I had to drop Vampire dormitory cause in practice the "Girl disguised as a guy" premise ended up just making me wish it was BL instead. I hadn't thought I would feel this initially but funny how that works out.
No.5193
>>5191oh I fully understand that, I tried to get into OHSHC and Hanakimi which I would have enjoyed a lot more without the aspect of the crossdressing female mc
Like off topic, but I do really like reverse trap/androgynous girl characters but when they're used to create the false visual of a homo couple or to make a character who's actually just a straight man (like one of the love interests in hanakimi and Kanji arguably) have a "b-but I'm not gay!!" moment it kinda pisses me off
I really like haruhi as a character but honestly i would have preferred if she was a guy to have a gay harem or even just have it as a homobait show with the subtext between the twins being unmolested by het
Kashima from Nozaki-kun is a good example of a reverse trap character done well since she isn't used to emulate a false image of a bl couple and her love interest isn't treated as a "closet gay character who's actually just totally straight and in love with a girl you guys!!"
No.5194
>>5193Yeah, I get it. Back when I watched ouran myself I was a little tween and didn't even know what BL was and it wouldn't have mattered to me but if I were to watch it today I could see myself having the same reaction as with Vampire dormitory.
No.5195
I am rewatching Ranma 1/2 after a long time, and I just want to say, I love Shampoo, I love her so much, and I love how much she makes Akane self-inserters seethe. Obviously Rumiko Takahashi was worried about creating another Lum, so she deliberately undermined Shampoo's character several times.
Anyhow even Ranma and Ryoga are more compatible than Ranma and Akane.
No.5204
>>5203Are you going to check out the light novels?
No.5210
>>5209Can't say I blame them, who doesn't love a detective?
Cute looking show nonna! Is it youkai of the week episodic?
No.5211
>>5210This picture reminds me of some screenshot I saw long ago from a Chinese (?) drama about a girl who's a Sherlock Holmes fan and in the screenshot she was in a room with a cardboard cutout of Sherlock from the BBC series and Sherlock from Ace Attorney, it looked surreal. If anyone knows where it's from please tell me.
No.5212
>>5210>Cute looking show nonna! Is it youkai of the week episodic?It's Tonari no Youkai-san. It's basically a slice of life anime about a world where humans and supernatural beings live together in a modern day setting. Same show as where
>>5185 is from. I just found it funny because not too long ago I was stunned at how Meiji Gekken: 1874 managed to squeeze in a Sherlock Holmes reference as well even though it's a historical fiction anime set in japan.
No.5229
Just got back from the Haikyu movie. I sure was grinning like a maniac a lot. I was obsessed with these boys during my tumblr years and all those emotions came tumbling back. Good stuff.
No.5230
>>5229Nice! Glad it was playing near you nonna! Was the theater packed?
No.5231
>>5230Not at all. There were 18 other people, half the room was empty. Though it's also showing on Saturday and Sunday and it wouldn't surprise me if most people would prefer to go then as opposed to 7 PM on a thursday.
No.5269
>>5268For some reason I remember being like, 5, and pretending I was orange sunglasses guy going undercover as a secret agent. I have no idea why.
No.5270
>>5268Samefag, found picrel, and I like this idea…
Valmont is such a cutie I want to see him assraped so bad. Even in his catboy form he's so cute. I also want Jackie and Captain Black yaoi.
>>5269That's adorable, anon! He has a cool design so it's understandable.
No.5286
This week's Black butler episode was great. Sebastian really just imagined a whole scenario of his pet victorian orphan being stolen and freaked the fuck out.
No.5291
>>5286>spoilerHe's such a pathetic loser kek! He's had one (1) bad run-in with another immortal pedophile and he's scarred for life.
Someone mentioned after this incident Ciel and Sebastian avoid eye contact for the remainder of the chapter in the manga. Big if true..
No.5292
>>5291Yeah, I heard that as well. I've only recently gotten into kuro but I've gotten so attached to those two losers. Can't believe that not only this anime season is almost over but the manga is going on hiatus now too cause Yana wants to rest and prepare for the ending. Can't imagine what the people must be feeling who got into it as 13 year olds.
No.5293
>>5292OMG nona I can't believe your reply is how I found out about the hiatus. I guess it's been a long time coming considering Yana's been going at it for 20 years with no rest. And no chapters at all is better than 10 pages a month for 5 years, so I understand. I still can't help but feel a sense of ennui though, like what am I supposed to look forward to every month now? I hope she rests up good and gives us a good finale.
Oh this makes me wonder anon, since you're anime-only, how do you predict this story will end? Personally, I'm hoping for Sebastian to take Ciel's soul as planned and then regret it. I don't want a happy ever after at all. It's the doomed yaoi enjoyer in me kek
No.5294
>>5293>Oh this makes me wonder anon, since you're anime-only, how do you predict this story will end? Honestly, I can easily see it ending in a depressing way like what you suggested or alternatively Ciel getting released from the contract due to Sebastian getting killed, assuming it's possible for a demon to get killed by a death scythe. If we're talking what I actually want, though, my extremely delusional fantasy is that Sebastian realises beforehand that he'd regret eating Ciel so instead he spins it as the contract meaning that he owns Ciel's soul and Seb turns him into a demon and keeps him as his eternal boywife. I can understand the appeal of angst but in this scenario I just want these two to be happy in the end.
No.5303
>>5302There's not much to it, honestly. It's about pretty hotblooded teen boys who beat each other up. I've been having a good time with it.
No.5324
>>5294Ok so this has been marinating in my brain for a while and after seeing a certain headcanon tweet chain I've been thinking I'd be totally fine with it if Sebaciel endgame were to be a toxic codependency situation where Ciel is forced to be the eternal boywife and Sebastian figures that it's fine cause he has all of eternity to either make amends or just wait until Ciel gets stockholmed into accepting it. I still doubt Yana is gonna go this direction, though. I'm just keeping this as my personal delusion.
No.5384
>>4513Seasonal stuff. In this case Elusive Samurai. I can't believe that there is a WSJ series that I like. Last one must have been something that ended in the 90s.
I also watch Dead Demon, Losing Heroine and Sengoku Youko but they aren't male centered. Don't think like there is anything else worth watching.
Also, catching up with Bullbuster. Ignored it when it aired after a while but it's not bad. Not much old stuff to watch. I follow seasonal anime since 2003 so there isn't too much that is good that I skipped or many anime from the 90s and before I didn't watch yet. Recently watched Ruin Explorers, also nice. I dig classic fantasy anime, can't wait for the Rayearth remake/adaption.
No.5385
>>5384I should watch Elusive Samurai, I have free time this week so maybe I'll even watch the first episodes today. I've seen some scenes out of context but no details about the plot aside from a short summary and it seems pretty good.
No.5414
>>5385Hope you enjoy it. A bunch of episodes have top tier animation and a great sense of aesthetics. The adaption honestly made the manga even better for adding a lot of nice details and even full scenes and experimenting with the art styles when it makes sense. Rewatched some of the episodes for the visuals alone.
It surely helps that the characters are either funny, cute or charismatic (or a mix of all three) and that there is a lot of blushing and male friendship content.
No.5418
>>5414Yeah, I'm willing to look past some of the awkward CG moments cause clearly there's heart and soul being put into this. I picked this up without knowing anything about the source material and I found myself pleasantly surprised. Also this is my "I'm not a shotacon but…" show.
No.5527
>>5525I am, it's enjoyable but I don't consider it fujo, at least not from what's been out so far. All the male characters are fathers with kids and the story is more to do with them raising them than really having chemistry with each other.
It is fun if you want to see sexy vampire cops bumbling parenting though.
No.6102
There's an anime I've been watching called Bye bye earth that I picked up for being a fantasy anime but as it went on I got shoujo vibes from it cause the female MC ends up bonding with three cute guys. It's been difficult to follow sometimes cause it throws worldbuilding terms at you without explaining much but it's still been entertaining. What happened in the most recent episode definitely gives me 'classic edgy shoujo development' vibes, though. The guy who seems to be MC's primary love interest, a brooding white haired catboy, gets plunged into despair cause of plot reasons and during his mental breakdown he attempts to rape MC and in the process hurts her with his cursed hands that corrode everything he touches. Another guy intervenes and he runs off.
No.6319
>>6284I see a lot of fujos (including myself) saying the exact same thing. It's basically people bringing their own OCs into a foreign fandom by slapping labels/names of canon characters onto their OCs and pretending to make fan content.
There is a difference between headcanons that fill the gaps of canon or making a character slightly softer (or hornier) when he's alone with the guy you ship him with and blatantly rewriting characters. Especially since these types of posters usually make up a whole past for them that sounds nothing like canon. Like I knew one that headcanoned an alien dude from a space sci-fi to live on a farm near a town that is totally not exactly the town the fan herself came from. She even copypasted her own family story into it and made his grandma the catholic matriarch of the family and they also had a dog that the fan owned herself etc. Guy was basically an OC self-insert by that point.
No.6320
Not gay, but besides the few popular series like Samurai and Oshi no Ko I'm watching Dead Demon Dedededestruction and I like it a lot. I miss more realistic depictions of coming of age, especially with girls. Ontan reminds me a LOT of my female gamer friend I had in my teens and both MCs are relatable and fun to watch IMO.
I miss series that touch this subject and also give you a full view of the chaotic modern environment they grow up in, including stupid political fights and beliefs, radicalization, pop-culture, sexual aspects and broken families. And it's girls being girls without being written as waifu bait. They just enjoy acting retarded for fun, hanging out with each other and playing FPS.
Regarding men/boys I admit that I also like some of the characters from Elusive Samurai. Sadly nothing else besides this anime that has mentionworthy guys. Couldn't get into the BL show and every other anime that is decent is centered around girls. I hope that Orb, the Shinsegumi anime and a few other autumn shows will provide something next season.
No.6346
>>6345Oh I definitely recommend it, it's a very entertaining watch and the initial D comparison is pretty accurate. It's gay as fuck as well and has numerous flaming homosexuals outside of the main pair too
No.6358
>>6345If you're looking for shameless shipbait it's worth the watch, it's also getting a second season. Like anon above said there are other ships aside from the main couple too (I prefer the adult pairings over the main ones tbh). It reminds me of old fujobait series like Servamp/K/Free! where they give you an entire cast of gays. Utsumi always delivers.
No.6360
>>6345I mostly found it mediocre at the time but maybe it was cause I had been fatigued with sports in general back then. I will say that I found the antagonist the best part of the show.
No.6369
>>6368The protaga were adorable and I really liked the pink haired guy and the manwhore together but these two are my favorite. I'm a massive sucker for parings were one character patiently pines after the other who's in homolust with another
Hopefully in the second season Miya gets a boyfriend too
No.6370
>>6368They need to give Miya an onii-san to ship with.
>>6369These two are my favorites as well. My wish is for the OVA to be entirely about the older cast in high school. If that's the case I'm looking forward to it more than the second season lmao.
No.6371
Nothing right now. Finished the three series I considered worthy and waiting for the next season but no idea what to watch then.
Chi interests me the most since it's historical shit, niche but well animated and I like the art style. Dandadan probably too since it seems to be a decent action story with occult stuff but other than that no idea. Probably the angler original since I almost always look into originals. Maybe Blue Miburo too but I don't like twink MC and it gives off similar vibes as Wind Breaker so I hope I am wrong.
No.6377
>>6376Second image boy has a cool design. I'm seeing this show was Kickstarted with a pilot? Good on them for making it big. It's cool to see small projects actually get off the ground and deliver.