On my way to Burgerking,
Order me a large drink and onion rings.

Reeks of booze

Nice day for a fingering

Moe moe kyun

Ouch

Good times

I feel for you man. Hebephilia and Ephebophilia are what the games has been reduced to by most if not a bigger part of the " Fanbase. "

Wrong side lol

she's such a goof, love her

She lured her with booze.

LIterally canon (all she has to do is ask Kita)

@PineconeJuice No. She really did say that she wants a cosplayer girlfriend. Based on the context of the scene (her becoming a pro gamer and thus getting sponsorship deals) and taking her character into account (you seriously expect HER to imagine herself being one?)– the scene only ever makes sense with her wanting a cosplay gf.

That is on top of the pattern of her constantly fantasizing about getting girls.

Not to mention that most, if not all, Japanese BTR fans read it as her wanting a cosplayer GF just fine.

Edit: Seriously though, where did you even get that "confirmed to be a misinterpretation"? The only people I ever saw whining over this panel are homophobes in denial.

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Oh my those bite marks

Choose your character:
-> "Aren't I a genius? I can become a pro gamer...get a sponsorship...a cosplayer girlfriend..."
-> "Aren't I a genius? I can become a pro gamer...a cosplayer girlfriend...get a sponsorship..."

I'm super behind on twitter and discussions around Bocchi so forgive me if everyone already knows this, but my head blew up when I found this panel. Apparently my Japanese friend says that the lines are "I could be a pro gamer..." "Ad revenue" "Cosplayer girlfriend...", so it's "ambiguous enough to suggest that bocchi MIGHT be sapphic, or that she's simply projecting onto a stereotypical pro gamer (typically male) with a cosplayer for a girlfriend". I like to believe Bocchi is aligning herself with the idea of a pro gamer but ALSO really digging the idea of a cosplayer girlfriend. It seems very open to interpretation.

Edit: I get the sense that linking "I could be a pro gamer..." "Ad revenue" "Cosplayer girlfriend..." together with verbs to form "get a cosplayer girlfriend" or "become a cosplayer girlfriend" is an accidental translation thing, and it's meant to be single phrases one after the other.

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Anime was alright. Having never read any of the original material I went into it blind. It's super typical royal fantasy rom/drom schlack that I basically treated like junk food.

Also, weirdly, despite technically being an isekai, that fact is so minor it's basically irrelevant. So if you really want some dumb high fantasy anime bullshit yuri, this one's pretty alright.

Japanese Cartoon Network at 4am. (Hacked!) (Gone Sexual) (Real!!)

@botmj The latter order is, of course, flat-out wrong. The raws debunk this order. I don't even see the point of bringing that up.

Yes, one could interpret it as her merely projecting onto a pro-gamer stereotype. But you have to also take into account the several times she in any way fantasized about getting girls or wanting girls to fall for her. When you consistently write your character to be into girls, what does that make her?

I've seen this a bunch of times and literally never got it until now. And only because of the punchline.

Canon

Very nice.

I was unaware that this was a matter of any dispute. She's a character in a Manga Time Kirara comic, she's gay unless we literally see her schtupping a dude on camera

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good ship

^ The only good take.

Yeah I've seen the raws. I know the actual order since my interest was in finding out the subtext of the original Japanese translations and sharing it with those who are curious how confirmed gay gay Bocchi is. The first part was a joke about the way the English translations can be read, because I think it symbolizes the (alleged, according to my friend) Twitter battles that happened over this over whether or not this panel makes Bocchi sapphic or not. I hope Bocchi is sapphic, canon and undisputed, but I don't mind if she's not. Kita is already gay as fuck for Ryo and it's not even trying to play it off. In the end, I think any headcanon is a fun time and hurts no one, and I like to imagine that Bocchi is gay af.

I have a personal theory that the author is queer and indulgently weaves instances of Bocchi being fruity into the story. Still, it's anime and Japanese culture (apparently) has the Class S "it's not gay until they fuck", so it seems like the typical yuri fanservice we get when the authors aren't ready to commit to making a character gay gay.

last edited at Apr 8, 2023 12:05AM

seeing ppl read a kirara and seriously expect the characters to be straight is really something