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Your Warmth discussion 04 Jun 22:13
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just as a heads up - page 2 isn't missing, it was just a blank page in the original document and we removed it without changing the numbering! so don't worry, you're gettin the full story.

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can you imagine never having broken up with anyone in your life... jelly

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That was good. It's nice to see a story about a relationship failing. That's what happens more often than not, especially when you start dating on a whim while drunk, but there just aren't many stories where that's what happens.

But are we reading yuri for realism? No. We are reading for the girl x girl relationship. That's why this is a bit of an unsatisfying story.

iunno i just like reading stuff with gay characters that feels like its written from a Real Place, and this fits the bill

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glad to see this doujin translated! i got it a while back and thought it was adorable.

also big bless up to everyone in this thread whos a tsubachris head even with how badly its getting neglected lately... as a tsubahibi diehard at heart i feel that pain and tsubachris is my second fave canon ship

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Lol. I almost spit out my water.

They rap better than all of the Lil whatever's that are popular right now. I don't know about Japan, but dudes like Joe Budden

i know this is a yuri site but i really wanna mention that Everyday Struggle is my favourite BL series out rn and i recommend it to everyone who enjoys KyouSaya doujins

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Probably the most appropriate series for Sexy Akiba Detectives to be scanlating.

i. i think this is hashtag testimonials? thank you!!! (i think???)

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this was sooooooo good i love it when gay relationships are treated as messy and weird and like real life fuck shit for once

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"it's a story thats really not an r-18 one, but it's also got smut" so is futanari not just a sex fetish then? or is it just trans not futa?
I am genuinely curious.

i'd personally say it's p much an analogy for trans stuff but whenever something gets tagged as that on dynasty everyone fucking loses their shit so me and doc p discussed it and decided to play it to the lowest common denominator

I fundamentally disagree with this decision.

Trans people face a ridiculous number of hurdles in this world, and that you would choose to "play it to the lowest common denominator" to avoid upsetting people who (if they "fucking lose their shit" when something is tagged with trans) have something against trans people (or the portrayal thereof) is, to me, absolutely disgusting. You chose to step back and allow those people to have their way and not be confronted with that label, the easy choice, rather than take even the smallest of stands.

And that's a really easy choice! You have no idea how close I came to just ignoring this and moving on, despite how I felt -- I didn't even have an account on this site, and that was as good an excuse as any not to do anything. I told myself it wouldn't matter -- this is the internet, and who would even pay attention?

But then I thought of one of my dearest friends, and the tired, closed-off expression she makes when people choose to deny or dance around her gender identity in order to avoid any kind of minor discord, and I couldn't. I had to make an account and say something, and maybe that's stupid, because this is, in fact, the internet.

But I couldn't have lived with myself, could never have looked my friend in the eye again, if I said nothing, so here it is -- even if I came very close to giving up when the website rejected this as 'spam' and told me to 'contact us' with no link for doing so anywhere in sight. I'd like to think I'm not so weak that I'd be induced to give up on making a stand that easily, but tonight I learned that I am. Isn't that disgusting?

We can do better. Each and every one of us can.

oh i completely agree and i tagged it as trans on my tumblr release for the doujin! (i'm the translator)

i'm trans (nb) myself but i just. really am too tired to deal with stuff on dynasty which is at least 40% cishet dudes with weird purity complexes. personally I said to dr p that if I had control I'd absolutely stick the trans tag onto it, but they're a little hard to convince and I don't run this site, unfortunately. I'm really sorry that this caused that kind of distress though! and if you'd want a full dialogue about it feel free to contact me on tumblr or twitter.

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"it's a story thats really not an r-18 one, but it's also got smut" so is futanari not just a sex fetish then? or is it just trans not futa?
I am genuinely curious.

i'd personally say it's p much an analogy for trans stuff but whenever something gets tagged as that on dynasty everyone fucking loses their shit so me and doc p discussed it and decided to play it to the lowest common denominator

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Haha lol what? But yeah wanna swing by Maccy D's?

These translations are great

Not really. In a few years, the translations will be nothing but memes.

its almost as if the original jp dialogue will seem like it was written in 2017 in a few years, too... shocking

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nao is 152 cm so that lines up pretty well! dang tho its wild how much BMI can swing at lower heights

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Liar discussion 23 Oct 21:57
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I prefer Riina with Miku.

tough nuts

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So Romi is still active, great!

Romi never stopped! this is actually one of the oldest Romi comics.

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very realistic content, honestly.

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Rainmaker discussion 16 Jun 17:23
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this series was kinda tryhard but also really cool in parts??? i loved the art and weirdass worldview it had, at least

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the lady harmony bit is a typo that's actually present in the original, so I actually hadn't noticed that not making any sense until right now. however, lulu calls her 'harmony' elsewhere on the page without the lady/-sama and that kinda got lost in the TL, so I might do a v2 to fix that?

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it's goofy porn with wacky silly dialogue in the original too tbh? it's more like most TLers don't know how to communicate the lighthearted jp tone

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yesss the good kanadia content... charismatic kanan.

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Can I get a translate on bougee? Did I spell it right? :P hahaha

Short for "bourgeois" but in the slang use here it just sorta means "classy" or "fancy" usually used sarcastically or rudely. Here Rina's using it to joke around cause there's nothing actually fancy about some burger joint but you could see it as a step up from the diner they went to the night before

also as for spelling i've seen it as "bougie" and "boujee" and everything in between so don't sweat that

For added context Mos Burger is one of the more expensive burger places - definitely a price step up from Mac, BK and Lotteria. Still cheaper than Freshness Burger, though.

i miss jp burger joints.

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and the tone of this doujin is totally at odds with the franchise.

thats why it's gooooood

Also not a fan of the overly loose and colloquial translation, I have to say. Any time you have Japanese schoolgirls swearing constantly, you're doing it wrong.

Mikuru's university-age, though.

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meanmachinery is a member of SAD and Idolatrymaster.

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Mochida's thoughts on page 99 really bug me, since there's not really any indication that Kaori is particularly pining after Takagi in that scene, or even so far in that chapter. It's very much a "tell without showing" moment that really doesn't work for me. The rest of the chapter ticks along just fine and I like it, but that moment is definitely a low point for me.

tbf that might be a translation issue? the japanese word used is like 'you're talking fondly about someone you love/have affection for' and that doesn't TL neatly so i kinda played with it a bit

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holy shit i looove the art??? esp for the top two girls

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Heartwarmingromance

Usa likes multishipping Kanade so it's probably meant to be up to your imagination (either your OTP for juicy cheating appeal or your nOTP for the satisfaction) but at a guess it's probably Fumika, since Syuko as a side character who gets in the way of their romance is a pretty common trope in JP kanafumi fic.

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Yeah Kaori is just genuinely gay in the Japanese? Sure, we don't quite get her calling herself ビアン or anything but her and Mochida make explicit references to her having a type of girl she likes and having consistent romantic issues with girls even in the original. It is legit kind of unusual, yeah! I wonder if it comes from being a doujinshi artist who consistently draws a lot of gay porn etc.

Also I really like Mikanuji's noodle-y art? That being said she's also consistently incompetent with screentone - even this series has some errors of hers involving it.

This manga actually has some amazingly written dialogue (not sure whether that praise goes to the original Japanese author, the translators, or both). It's funny to see some folks ditch the manga over its art when its dialogue is so uniquely entertaining.

SAD only translates the best-written stuff, so you tell me~