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Feb 16, 2008 4:26:56 GMT -5
Post by Kanna-chii on Feb 16, 2008 4:26:56 GMT -5
my borders recently started carrying yaoi, and incidentally when I bought my 1st yaoi books ever, the creepy fat 30year old I live with my parents in their basement-looking cashier said how much he'd liked that series. My twin sister innoncent of all these things was close by when he said that loudly and it made me want to strangle him. Virtual book shelves suck. you can't carry those books with you to church camp! (only action or shojo manga is safe to take)
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Feb 16, 2008 16:25:35 GMT -5
Post by Spammich on Feb 16, 2008 16:25:35 GMT -5
No. I have a virtual bookshelf, online that lists all the manga I actually own. I don't buy manga at the store anymore.
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Feb 16, 2008 20:41:16 GMT -5
Post by Aindel on Feb 16, 2008 20:41:16 GMT -5
I'm curious as to which series that was, Kanna. Chapters recently started stocking the fairly hardcore stuff, but they've always had things like FAKE or Legal Drug. I don't buy my manga from them because I can get it American cover, tax-free downtown. The guys in one of the comic shops know us on sight. It's kinda sad.
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Feb 16, 2008 23:18:51 GMT -5
Post by Kanna-chii on Feb 16, 2008 23:18:51 GMT -5
I want to go to college in Canada.
I could go find them right now.
They don't have the honor of being allowed in plain sight just yet. also the say JUNE all over literally, and has a pink flower behind the text, its really fucking discreet. It only takes one trip to wikipedia for my mother to explode. I like all my books to blend together, and not stand out too much because I don't want the little girls and boys of my parents church friends finding them. My room is somehow really cool to little children.
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Feb 17, 2008 7:24:52 GMT -5
Post by Spammich on Feb 17, 2008 7:24:52 GMT -5
I fyour mother doesn't approve why are you risking it? My mother doesn't care one bit, she knows my tastes and Yaoi is the least of her worries. Yaoi manga has been a common sight really (if you include shounen-ai stuff), the problem is that a lot of them haven't got an interesting plot and seem to be elengated chapter bonuses (those short little side comics that some mangaka's add at the end of each book). I like the author of Yellow, her new series is getting off to a good start too. I think that I'm going to pack up all of my manga to bring to AX so you all can fumble through it for funtime. Though I have some series that probably won't interest you, I like Fruits Basket so yeah. (I can't help it the characters are so hawt and cute, and it actually has an awesome storyling! DON'T judge ME!)
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Feb 17, 2008 12:01:49 GMT -5
Post by Kanna-chii on Feb 17, 2008 12:01:49 GMT -5
Don't Worry, Your not alone! I like it too! I like this 100% shojo series Imadoki by Yuu Watase. The 3 volume series Chikyuu Misaki was really good too.
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Feb 17, 2008 20:36:38 GMT -5
Post by AndrogynousMelon on Feb 17, 2008 20:36:38 GMT -5
Fruits Basket is some seriously twisted shit as it progresses. Like I got into it cause I was like "boys who turn into animals when they're excited- cute". This is years ago. Now I roll my eyes if I see something like that =/ And yeah, you get to where about the anime ends and it just gets daaaark. And awesome. And hogod Shigure, why. I've got a Kyo plush that's like a foot tall. It is fucking huge and awesome.
As far as yaoi goes, I've enjoyed a few off the beaten path one shots, but generally I really dislike a lot of anime now. The plots are boring, the characters are worse, about the only thing going for it is cute art.
Also: I just took out every Charles De Lint book at my local library, thanks so much for the suggestion. I'm enjoying them immensely.
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Feb 17, 2008 21:39:10 GMT -5
Post by Aindel on Feb 17, 2008 21:39:10 GMT -5
Don't worry, I like Fruits Basket, too. Though I hope your collection is up-to-date, because I'm a bit behind, and the hold list at the library is -huge-. My parents don't know about the yaoi thing with me. I mooch off my best friend's collection, and in return, she gets to read my Fullmetal Alchemist. I don't mind the plotlessness of some, but it drives me nuts in others (Gakuen Heaven comes to mind). Black Knight is an awesome one, if anyone's interested. And I'll still squeal at Only the Ring Finger Knows, no matter how many times I've read it.
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Feb 18, 2008 2:13:11 GMT -5
Post by Spammich on Feb 18, 2008 2:13:11 GMT -5
I have all the ones that are out in America... because I'm a loser liek that.
@melon: Shigure is my favorite character, I roleplay as him with a group of friends. He just screwed the shit out of Akito(who is a boy in our roleplay because like we wanted it that way xD) and is currently trying to get into Kureno's pants.... again...
I'm such a perv ><
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Feb 18, 2008 2:15:27 GMT -5
Post by AndrogynousMelon on Feb 18, 2008 2:15:27 GMT -5
Yeeeah the Akito bit I can see- Kureno? I dunnnoooo.
It's a toss up between Shigure and Kyo for me. Kyo is so conflicted and unsure of himself. And he tries so hard for Tohru, which sort of breaks me a little.
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Feb 18, 2008 2:29:28 GMT -5
Post by Spammich on Feb 18, 2008 2:29:28 GMT -5
Same here. But I play a very sneaky Shigure who is a backstabber and he corners Kureno after Akito gave the rooster a beating and pretty much tried to convince him to leave Akito's side... and sex'd him up in the process.
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Feb 18, 2008 3:28:16 GMT -5
Post by AndrogynousMelon on Feb 18, 2008 3:28:16 GMT -5
LOL okay that I can see.
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Feb 18, 2008 13:59:43 GMT -5
Post by Spammich on Feb 18, 2008 13:59:43 GMT -5
Once I get into a characters mindset, anything can happen xD Like Delano, I'm a little afraid to get into his mindset.
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Feb 18, 2008 16:31:44 GMT -5
Post by AndrogynousMelon on Feb 18, 2008 16:31:44 GMT -5
One word: Achar.
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Feb 18, 2008 23:32:24 GMT -5
Post by Clover on Feb 18, 2008 23:32:24 GMT -5
Yeah, I am not even going to argue with that one.
As for myself, I've been conventioning for five years, twice a year, and cosplaying for each one. And my first cosplay ever was for the webcomic Sublunary--which if you've ever heard of it, should tell you enough right there. And if you haven't heard of it, basically, there's buttsecks and bad plotz.
But I was young, and foolish, and so I cosplayed.
My mom knows damn well that yaoi is just art--and like Spammich said, the least of her problems. My dad thinks it's amusing his lesbian daughter reads comic books where the highlight of the story is the graphic ass-sex. And my little brother will probably eventually work his way over into yaoi. It's really kind of.. just... innocuous.
Though yeah, lately I've fallen out of the fandom a bit. The storylines are cliche and the art, in most cases, is downright sketchtastic.
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