... I have plenty of questions.... but I'll wait for a sequel for answers

Stop trying to make "amecomi" a word, because it isn't.

Where did you pick that bs from?

@Nene: I totally agree. When I grew up the White kids kept telling me that comics were great but all I could see was a wasteland of interchangeable costumed whiners.

Uhh, you know that there are tons of comics out there that are not about superheroes, right? And even then there are also a ton of superheroes story that are actually unique. Also, "wasteland of interchangeable costumed whiners.", really? we're gonna act like manga never repeat the same concepts over and over.

I'm into it.

Stop trying to make "amecomi" a word, because it isn't.

Where did you pick that bs from?

It is as much of a word as japanime. That is to say, not a word.

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Stop trying to make "amecomi" a word, because it isn't.

Where did you pick that bs from?

It is as much of a word as japanime. That is to say, not a word.

'cept that manga, anime and amecomi are Japanese terms used by Japanese people, while japanime is a Western made word.
And amecomi makes sense bcs it's an abbreviation of American comics, similar to bede or tebeo for other types of comics, while japanime is an example of linguistic redundancy and dumb as shit.

Nice. Basically a yuri version of Ki ni Naru Mori-san.

@Jelbel: Here is a quote from one of those old comics--

They're on their way now. Isn't that great news?
Yeah, on a par with the stock market clash of '29. That's all we need-- another batch of costumed clowns muckin' up the works.

Then the superheros arrive & do just that. (Godzilla #20, March 1979) So even the people making the comics knew it was crap. By the way, I'm sorry for freaking you out so much that you used the phrase a ton of & the word unique in the same sentence. Thanks for the laughs, though.

You'd think people would stop glorifying vigilantes in the wake of George Zimmerman.

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Stop trying to make "amecomi" a word, because it isn't.

Where did you pick that bs from?

It is as much of a word as japanime. That is to say, not a word.

'cept that manga, anime and amecomi are Japanese terms used by Japanese people, while japanime is a Western made word.
And amecomi makes sense bcs it's an abbreviation of American comics, similar to bede or tebeo for other types of comics, while japanime is an example of linguistic redundancy and dumb as shit.

Even in your description, amecomi and japanime are the same, just with "the west" and japan flipped. That actually makes amecomi worse, because this is "the west". So, not only are you using a nonsense word, you're using a nonsense word from a different culture [i]and trying to say the fact that it's from a different culture some how makes it more appropriate to use[/i]

For the record, japanime would be a portmanteau (not an abbreviation) of Japanese and Animation, to distinguish it from French, Canadian, Brazilian, and even American animations that can have a similar style to Japanese anime. That doesn't actually make it any better, though. Just like amecomi, it's not a very good word.

I guess she's Blooming into you...
Very cute

Just make it like her and leave

soooo cute and yay! it's more than one chapter.

I was trying to think tree related puns too but my efforts were fruitless

I love and hate you both at the same time

but you have to admit that both comments will stick with you for the rest of the day.

WHYYYY

Type tree diabetes incoming

Is that a dryid(druid)?!

OH------MY GOD!

Druids are exceptionally rare in yuri!

asdfgh@#$!

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Is that a dryid(druid)?!

OH------MY GOD!

Druids are exceptionally rare in yuri!

asdfgh@#$!

Dryad. Druids are something completely different.

'cept that manga, anime and amecomi are Japanese terms used by Japanese people, while japanime is a Western made word.
And amecomi makes sense bcs it's an abbreviation of American comics, similar to bede or tebeo for other types of comics, while japanime is an example of linguistic redundancy and dumb as shit.

Even in your description blah blah blah

Pay attention this time.
There is a word for Japanese animation. It's the word ANIME. Everyone in the world uses it.
There's no word for "American comics" so the Japanese use amecomi, like bede for French comics and tebeo for Spanish comics. We might as well.

I hope it ends here. This is a discussion from the early 1990s, from the time before the Usenet Glossary. It's sad that I need to explain this things in 2020.

BD (bandes dessinées, lit. "drawn strips") is certainly a long-established (first used in the Thirties) and pretty universally recognised term for Franco-Belgian comics.

There is a word for Japanese animation. It's the word ANIME. Everyone in the world uses it.
There's no word for "American comics" so the Japanese use amecomi, like bede for French comics and tebeo for Spanish comics. We might as well.

I hope it ends here. This is a discussion from the early 1990s, from the time before the Usenet Glossary. It's sad that I need to explain this things in 2020.

Hehe, didn't C. B. Cebulski have the same problem trying to explain this stuff to American publishers? I remember an interview, couple of years ago, where he complained about having to explain again and again which terms were proper and which were absurd. (Like how "OEL manga" was total nonsense, lol)

The agreed upon term for American comics is "funny pages".

There's no word for "American comics" so the Japanese use amecomi, like bede for French comics and tebeo for Spanish comics. We might as well.

Yes there is. It's, wait for it: Comics.

The agreed upon term for American comics is "funny pages".

That would explicitly refer to comic strips in newspapers.

There's no word for "American comics" so the Japanese use amecomi, like bede for French comics and tebeo for Spanish comics. We might as well.

Yes there is. It's, wait for it: Comics.

That would be "American comics" actually, check that provincialism thanks.

Hehe, didn't C. B. Cebulski have the same problem trying to explain this stuff to American publishers? I remember an interview, couple of years ago, where he complained about having to explain again and again which terms were proper and which were absurd. (Like how "OEL manga" was total nonsense, lol)

Oh I know the article you mention! I have the mag in pdf. This would be the part concerning types of comics and their names:

The guy lived 2 years in China and Japan, working with Asian publishers, so he knows what he's talking about... unlike the people he had to dealt with back home, it would seem. :>

Yeah, that's the one. The Japanese sure have those labels down pat, only BD is not actually any comic coming from Europe but rather, as Random wrote a few posts above, Franco-Belgian comics... but I guess it's an understandable generalization since of all comics made in Europe the Franco-Belgian ones are the most popular around the world and prolly make the vast majority of what reaches Japan from Europe.

Yeah, that's the one. The Japanese sure have those labels down pat, only BD is not actually any comic coming from Europe but rather, as Random wrote a few posts above, Franco-Belgian comics... but I guess it's an understandable generalization since of all comics made in Europe the Franco-Belgian ones are the most popular around the world and prolly make the vast majority of what reaches Japan from Europe.

And in all fairness the other "regional" European terms tend to be orders of magnitude more obscure - until perusing Wikipedia a few hours ago I had no idea whatsoever there was one for Italian comics for ex, despite one being a perennially popular and still reprinted classic in my country.

Meanwhile BDs get dedicated and labeled shelves in bookstores so, yeah. Dunno how well the French are aware of this but I can only assume they twirl their 'staches in satisfaction if they know. :v

Is that a dryid(druid)?!

OH------MY GOD!

Druids are exceptionally rare in yuri!

asdfgh@#$!

Dryad. Druids are something completely different.

Thank you for the correction. :)

Jesus. I have an inappropriate anatomical joke in my head (a Rebel Wilson line). Not gonna say it out loud.

Anyhow this is interesting.