Seeing people using “shojo aesthetics” as a synonym for coquette/cutecore/whaterever it’s called these days must be how music nerds feel seeing alternative recognised more as a fashion style than a music genre. And if you’re both a shojo manga & alt music fan, I’m sorry lmao.

Nojiko Hayakawa's such an underrated artist, breathtaking cover art & even better paneling. Usually artists'll have a couple standout panels, but every page from her just look like this. Very natural paneling, her art isn't constrained by the boxy shapes the way so many manga do.

So sorry for the spamming, I was behind on posting

I’m all for manga having more plus-size representation but a lot of the times the premise is just “Here’s Fattie McChubster & he LOVES eating”. Can fat characters get a second hobby please, at the very least put more heart into their interest in food.

Why is every “he died but woke up as a different person” BL always have the character going from looking masculine to the twinkiest of twinks. I’m not saying twinks look bad, it’s just every series with this premise, I feel like the MC always got a downgrade in their new body.

My favorite artsyles for depicting femininity. Common denominators are soft colors & curves that are realistically proportionate, as for aesthetics I love series that go for glamorous, classical looks. Above all I cherish art that can show off the allure of maturity.

I can’t choose so I’ll talk about my favorite art from series I’ve read this year instead. - Ie ga Suki na Hito: love the format, lots of earth tones for the homey feel. - On My Way to Meet Mom: fantastic chara designs & even better landscaping, incredibly immersive read.

Finished vol 1 of Endroll & it was incredible. The storytelling, the artwork, the paneling, everything is so good. It’s so interesting seeing the difference when you have a 65 yo woman as the MC vs a teenager, truly an underepresented group.

Every BL artist had a career selling djs for one of these fandoms: - KHR - OP - Gintama - Tiger & Bunny - Hoozuki’s coolheadness - Detective Conan - At least 1 spokon (HQ/Kuroko/YOI, pick your poison)

I think anime as a medium is really cool but it doesn’t favor nicher series so that’s why I’ve gravitated more towards manga. People are always begging for more romance anime with adult characters, I can’t go back to starving after being well-fed for so long.

Finished 52HZ by Dento Hayane & this was so good. If you want to try omegaverse this is a great one, both of them are such nice people. The title refers to the MC’s desire to be the 52HZ whale due to his negative feelings about his body & how it reacts to Alphas.

I posted a few channels that post anime for free on Youtube as an alternative for Crunchyroll since they're switching to an ISRAELI company that's pro-AI, and there are so many people that are like "just pirate it", some idiot even posted a torrent site in the comments.

It brings me so much joy when I notice how much rounder my baby gets each time I see her. Also can we talk about how Sung Ho actually kiss & nuzzle his baby, other dads rarely give their kids affirmation through touch despite being portrayed as overprotective.

Just read the 1st chapter of 東京さん、好きっちゃけど (Tokyo-san, Sukicchakedo) & it’s ADORABLE. It’s about this 37 yo business man who encountered a 25 yo udon shop owner on his work trip to Hakata. The 2 became acquaintances then meet again when ML opened his Tokyo branch.

Finished Blissful Land & I really enjoyed it. The storytelling or art isn’t Otoyomegatari, but it scratches the same itch for me. Loved learning about Tibetan culture, I think this is more educational cause that series is more showing, not telling. 5 volume is the perfect length.

Update of recent faves she's read, she describes her taste as wholesome SoL stories with depth but not too sad.

People always talk about how BL fans only read or promote problematic series for the shock value & I get it, but I also think it’s wrong. I struggle with getting attention on lesser-known series that aren’t BL more than I do BLs, people are genuinely interested in more than Jinx.

For a series titled Apothecary Diaries, I thought it’d have more focus on tradditional medicine than it actually does. Wish it had more emphasis on ancient Chinese medicine tbh, the earlier chapters talking about poisons were so interesting.

Unpopular opinion maybe but I hate people using “anime tourist” as an insult so much. It’s corny as hell. There’s nothing wrong with being into animanga casually, if I think your opinion is bad I’ll just say it’s bad. Calling people normies or tourists is some loser behavior ngl.

If you like BLs about tattoo artists, I’ve been enjoying Ai no Irezumi, the ML is really hot & I love his tattoos. Don’t have much to say about it tho, I tend to enjoy BLs about tattoo artists.

I need Our Sunny Days to show other manhwas what actual chemistry looks like because they aren’t cutting it. Yeah sex is good & all but they’re so comfortable touching each other, I wish we saw more couples doing it as a way to express their love instead of instigating sex.

I’ve been meeting my highschool best friend a lot recently & she likes similar series to me so figured I’d share her favorites cause her taste is too good not to share. Also I’ve been trying to get her into Love For Sale 🫡

Best BL manga I read this year is still Koi Mo Sugireba, Aki Ueda is exactly who she thinks she is. The way I haven’t been able to get this series out of my mind. They have such an affectionate, intimate relationship, makes me believe in the prospect of love again haha.

Best BL manga I read this year is still Koi Mo Sugireba, Aki Ueda is exactly who she thinks she is. The way I haven’t been able to get this series out of my mind. They have such an affectionate, intimate relationship, makes me believe in the prospect of love again haha.

Okay but can we talk about the Sakura Sawa artbook coming out this month? Top 2 artist in the game & she ain’t no.2. I’d literally trade my first child for art like hers

Sometimes I remember the type of shojo I was reading back in the day & ofc I am the person I am now. They don’t make gender bender shojo nowadays & I miss them so much. Not the best depiction of gender & queerness but they were fun.

Catching up to Turning & it really is IT. Even if you’re not into omegaverse it’s a great read regardless, plenty of awesome female characters too. Still baffled by how underrated the manhwa is when the novel is one of the most popular Korean BL novels out there.

Imo the surge in mundane BLs with older characters reflects the change in demographic skewing older on both the creators & viewers side. Stories that sell you thrilling passionate love are good, but as we get older ppl want more beyond materialistic things like looks or riches.

The art of slowburn romance has dwindled because people want everything handed to them *quick*, the worsening attention span is probably a contributor too because wdym you dgaf about the story, the best part is them sharing an intimate moment admist the intensity of the story.

Haebeom you lucky dog

The Sacred Serpent's Seduction is basically a cozier, more light-hearted Mpreg version of The Snake’s Bride. First in my bloodline to see a man being spread open by a snake god to lay gigantic eggs. It’s still so cute tho 😅

I had to unfollow a manga Instagram account yesterday because apparently, the “I don’t bring politics into my account” people can mourn Charlie K*rk but never mention the lives lost in mass shootings, or Palestinians, or acknowledge the horrific things Charlie said about marginalised people.

I have to say, funniest day on social media since Shinzo Abe

Shocked and saddened to hear that Matt Haasch, founder of indie manga publishing company @starfruitbooks.bsky.social has passed away. His gofundme campaign for his medical and other expenses is still up - contribute if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...

Shaming them isn’t enough, I need to personally obliterate every person that looks down on hobbies deemed as “girls’ hobbies” off the face of the Earth. Romance series, shipping, idol culture, etc. are just a few examples of things that constantly get look down on.

Shipping daughter might be annoying but at least she’s contributing whimsy art & keeping series alive through her financial support, powerscaling son’s biggest achievement is the “powerscalling son vs shipping daughter” debate & slop ragebaiting anime content creators.

It always surprises me when people bring up series that remind them of Hannigram but don’t mention these two. They aren’t exactly accessible online tho so I get why they aren’t as popular, but they’re both so gritty, and the art is fantastic.

Nobody says you can’t find joy or interpret a character as queer, but devaluing actual queer rep in fiction over headcanons in a time of increasing backlash & hostility against LGBT+ people & media reinforces negative stereotypes about the community.

Someone qrted me saying I glaze SungWon too much but if anything, I don’t praise his taste enough actually. Have you seen the state of anitube & anitok? The situation is dire

The hate campaign people have for ProZD makes me mad & confused at the same time because why are these people mad that he said Asian people deserve more opportunities to get Asian roles. Mind you this is the same demographic that get mad at black people for cosplaying anime characters.

All these years & Canis still stays on top of the poly game. It’s still the only series I’ve seen where the affection is equally divided. Everything else I’ve read are either harems or requited love triangles, it isn’t the same when people in a poly romance play favorites boo.

Latest chapter of Bad Apple is 🔥🔥🔥 Usually in BLs one of them is clearly hotter but I think both Loren & Rian are really hot

Ik character designs are inconsistent in terms of characters’ coloring but can we talk about how they keep gaslighting us that Yona’s hair is red? At least in the manga it’s actually red half the times, in the anime her hair is straight up magenta 😭

Normalize letting highschool romance stories end in highschool. You don’t need a wedding & children to achieve a HEA, these writers know perfectly well they didn’t write teens to be spouse & parent material. Sometimes teen love is only beautiful as a teen & that’s okay.

Sometimes I forget how spoiled I am by Vietnamese publishers because they actually include stuff for their BL & yuri because it’s so much cheaper than importing merch from Japan. This set for Go For It, Nakamura is so nice. This publisher makes the nicest stuff.

LGBT stands for Let’s Go to the Ballroom Together because queer people love ballroom dancing

Why is Dig It so good at just 3 chapters ughh. I can’t explain why but I felt more emotions reading the first volume alone than the 20+ volumes I read of Oblivion Battery. I really like the MC, not the type of spokon protag we usually get at all.

For people that want updates on Twitter discourse, a big yuri account accused a poor girl of misogyny for simply not having any yuri in her thread about shojo works she read recently, and now some yuri accts are claiming shojosei aren’t “female-centered” if they have men.

Now that I think about it, I can’t remember the last time I’ve encountered an old money nepo baby CEO love interest in a BL manga. They’re so common in Korea yet I honestly can’t remember a single one from any Japanese BLs I’ve read in the last 5 years.

Fumino Yuki (I Hear The Sunspot) has a new BL coming out, which will be her newest BL after 11 years!!!