I wanna die.(Literally)​

Commandershepard13 posted:

HOLY SHIT THEY TIED HER UP WITH A TAKATEKOTE AND FUTOMOMO.
Someone has done their studies...

...You realize Shou used to draw porn, right? It's not that surprising.
I mean, twas pedo porn but still porn.

I actually didn't know, thought that doesn't imply having really detailed information about shibari/kinbaku

Eh, that's such a trope these days; you see it in all sorts of manga as gag ^^;

Okay, it probably not gonna happen, but I will be completely fine if this end with threesome.

Isn't she supposed to be Babylonian or something anyway? Strictly speaking? Maybe that just counts as part of the Asia Vampire Administrative Region ...

From the hideously ancient names she casually dropped with the implication of firsthand familiarity she's presumably had ample time to traverse the whole Eurasian landmass (plus whatever parts of Africa she might fancy) very many times over. Reckon arbitrary geographical divisions just... stopped mattering to her a long time ago.

For all we know she could well have been a high muckety-muck among the vampires of East Asia already before Europeans started staking turf there to begin with...

So... Sakuya's phone totally recorded their conversation right ?

RIP Aria's Bitcoin investments.

RIP Aria's Bitcoin investments.

Wanna bet she also lost helluva lot of money in the Tulip Mania, the South Sea Bubble et al...?

RIP Aria's Bitcoin investments.

worse, she tried to launch her own: bitecoin

This chapter was such a joy. I love the Aria bitcoin thing, all the reaction faces (obviously), the gushing/development between the new rivals/enemies, etc. Really great stuff here.

The fake out with the Go board caught me off guard lol. Great gag.

Whe can't say the Europeans didn't conquer Japan, wasn't like the other places but the Portuguese had a big influence in a lot of cultural aspects in Japan like the model that they use in school until this day and the bread is the best, the world "pan" comes from "pão" from Portuguese. There was even a period were Nagasaki was under Portuguese administration.

The word "pan" comes from "pan", a Spanish word and before that from latin "panis".

This is so funny and good omg

The word "pan" comes from "pan", a Spanish word and before that from latin "panis".

Ah, from the classic latin phrase "Snoo panis usual i see

Whe can't say the Europeans didn't conquer Japan, wasn't like the other places but the Portuguese had a big influence in a lot of cultural aspects in Japan like the model that they use in school until this day and the bread is the best, the world "pan" comes from "pão" from Portuguese. There was even a period were Nagasaki was under Portuguese administration.

The word "pan" comes from "pan", a Spanish word and before that from latin "panis".

Well, even Japanese Wikipedia says it comes from Portuguese: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/パン

Also, maybe you guys won't be able to see, but Khara reminds me of this character from a Brazilian comic:

Her name is Mônica/Monica, from Turma da Mônica/Monica and Friends.

Dang this manga is too precious. Khara is really growing on me as the former enemy turned unlikely friend.

So... Sakuya's phone totally recorded their conversation right ?

yeah, I was thinking that, but she revealed what she was doing there right after they went back right?

Jeez. Rivals to friends just like that. and here I thought this actually couldn't get any more silly than it already is. XP

Bonding over shared interests, yo. :v

Also, maybe you guys won't be able to see, but Khara reminds me of this character from a Brazilian comic:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/pt/c/c8/Monica.png

Her name is Mônica/Monica, from Turma da Mônica/Monica and Friends.

Mônica, eh? Well, their characters have points in common.
You know, this is a story full of supernatural beings, so I wouldn't mind if Sací pererê appeared, lmao.

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Commandershepard13 posted:

HOLY SHIT THEY TIED HER UP WITH A TAKATEKOTE AND FUTOMOMO.
Someone has done their studies...

...You realize Shou used to draw porn, right? It's not that surprising.
I mean, twas pedo porn but still porn.

I actually didn't know, thought that doesn't imply having really detailed information about shibari/kinbaku

"used to"? Shou still draws porn. Last drew a chapter for COMIC LO a few months ago.

Shou has extensively drawn almost exclusively loli hentai manga for like over a decade, with the occasional flirt into safe for work stuff like Prism or Stretch and now VAMPEERZ. I hope he continues to do SFW stuff as his best aspect is his ability to do crude humor well (which is also in his 18+ works).

last edited at Feb 24, 2020 3:52AM

Technically wouldn't Aria be an EMPRESS?

King and Queen royal terms do not translate well into Japanese history.

Unless she's got like European ancestry somewhere within those super complex vampire bloodlines.

last edited at Feb 24, 2020 10:23AM

Technically wouldn't Aria be an EMPRESS?

King and Queen royal terms do not translate well into Japanese history.

Unless she's got like European ancestry somewhere within those super complex vampire bloodlines.

East Asia consists of a Hell of a lot more than Japan tho, and the equivalents of "King" and "Queen" have historically been altogether the more common royal title there too.

Likewise the Near East where she's implied to originally hail from. The really big shots 'round there usually went by some variation of King of Kings.

It's not like Japanese doesn't have the concept of "ou/joou" for sovereign monarchs. Tennou is just specifically the Japanese one, and yes, it's translated as Emperor, but this is more of a prestige thing than any meaningful difference.

Traditionally, an Emperor is either someone who is ruling over other sovereign monarchs, conceptually a "King of Kings" or at least of multiple royal crowns. Or someone who rules by some sort divine authority beyond your average king, like the "Holy Roman Emperor" being crowned by the Pope.

But in practice it's basically a matter of prestige and simply of how you translate titles (how do you translate sultan, how do you translate czar, etc.).

Queen in this context makes the most sense to me since I doubt there's a variety of Asian sub-vampire-kingdoms, nor do I see how there could be some divine aspect to her "rule".