NEKOMIMI HOODIE O' DOOOOOOOM

Newest chapter (6): OMG cat ear hoodie!! And how satisfying was seeing that man have his teeth bashed in??

Heavensrun posted:
So MY favorite part of the new chapter is when Yuu says Touko's name the next morning, no honorific, showing that they have taken a step closer in intimacy.

It was one of my favorite things, too. Up there with calling her dumb before nipping her, and telling her to Touch All The Things, lol

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/290/816/bb4.jpg

lol

It's much older actually...

Well, yes, that too. I was under the impression though that its usage didn't enter into common language/wasei-eigo specifically until the movie itself, though. Am I incorrect? I am not an expert, just a keeper of random factoids, and I like it when I'm corrected. :)

I came to read this manga because of Liberta. I now understand where the 'That's so hard boiled!' phrase came from.

Yup, that's where the running joke in that thread came from!

The origin of the actual phrase, though, doesn't come from this manga or Liberta. (It doesn't have anything to do with cooking eggs, either, hehe.)

It's referring to an early 90s Hong Kong action movie titled "Hard Boiled", and refers to people, situations, etc., that appear to be super macho, tough, hardcore cool, and so forth, much like the movie itself. So there's some random trivia. :)

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Which means I could be utterly, completely wrong. (But even if I am, I won't go back and delete my posts or anything. >_> /cough cough)

I didn't delete them because I'm wrong. I deleted them, because this conversation was going nowhere. I don't have time and nerves to waste on such pointless arguments. Also for the record, you are wrong. Just like Heavensrun with their second post, but whatever. I tried to correct their misinformations in the past, but they either didn't see them or didn't bother to reply, so I give up. Keep talking about things you have no clue about.

(cranks up middle finger) Either make an argument or piss off with the passive agressive "this person is wrong about things that I'm not going to explain or debate about" whinging.

Now, now. No need to provoke further like that. If I--the target--can honestly find the humor in the situation and laugh it off, others should be able to, too. Lets try to not derail too much.

(And yes I see the irony in saying that when I have been one of those discussing the definition and finer points of intimate roles, which is already pretty close to derailment. :) )

C'mon, clearly the real reason for showing up and pushing them to be out about the nature of their relationship is because senpai got tired of the "they're dating, and it's a secret" exposition every chapter.

shadesofgreymoon posted:

Which means I could be utterly, completely wrong. (But even if I am, I won't go back and delete my posts or anything. >_> /cough cough)

I didn't delete them because I'm wrong. I deleted them, because this conversation was going nowhere. I don't have time and nerves to waste on such pointless arguments. Also for the record, you are wrong. Just like Heavensrun with their second post, but whatever. I tried to correct their misinformations in the past, but they either didn't see them or didn't bother to reply, so I give up. Keep talking about things you have no clue about.

LOL! Okay!

Isn't the top/bottom/switch thing a yaoi thing that people just kinda started using for het and yuri stories too? Despite not fully reflecting the reality of any of these?

Not... really? I mean, in het relationships it's kind of usually taken for granted who plays what "role", even if it's never specifically defined or is incorrect, so there is no "het specific" terminology, just "top" and "bottom" if things are "deviating from the norm".

I think yaoi typically uses the yaoi-specific terms "uke" (bottom) and "seme" (top) because for some reason I guess it's more important in that fandom to understand who is "pitching" and who is "catching"? I always thought it was kind of silly, but that's just me, clearly it's important to a lot of people.

Yuri also has its own similar terms--"neko" (bottom) and "tachi" (top)--but they aren't nearly so widely used, and tend to be replaced in error with "uke"/"seme" when such terms ARE chosen to be used, as people seem to assume what works for one same-sex relationship type works for the other. Or, obviously, they just use top/bottom. At least that is what my experience has been.

Which means I could be utterly, completely wrong. (But even if I am, I won't go back and delete my posts or anything. >_> /cough cough)

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One of main reasons I like yuri is that there are no rigid roles in relationship as well as in bed. That's why I'm always annoyed about the whole top/bottom thing, because to me it's just forcing het stereotypes where they're not needed. And sure you can have more passive and aggressive characters, but (hot) lesbian sex to me was always about both girls pleasing each other.

And here I just like it because I'm a giant flaming lesbo.

The top/bottom thing can sometimes be a deal-breaker IRL lesbian relationships. While, ideally, if you're in a relationship with someone who has the same preferences as you, you can both come to a compromise, there are some who just cannot do that.

I've been in both straight and lesbian relationships, and the "top/bottom thing" isn't forcing het stereotypes into les relationships. Being ignorant and asking a ladycouple "so who's the guy in bed"? THAT'S using stereotypes, as well as being a nosy douche canoe. Having a preference for being the more "giving"/top versus the more "receiving"/bottom is just about comfort level, personality, and what you happen to like.

I didn't recognize the cover on page 1 at first glance, for a bit I thought it was Prism's. That would have been the perfect cruel joke.

That's because Prism is by Higashiyama Show while Vampeerz and Stretch are by Akiri, who is clearly not just Show wearing a fake mustache, but a totally different person.

Or.... and I could be wrong here... OR maybe he, yannow, doesn't wanna dredge up old memories about his work that was canceled due to a scandal.....

I never understand the obsession with tops and bottoms, in fictional characters no less. Maybe I live in a Switch Universe, where roles are not a thing. Or something.

I usually DGAF much about it, aside from maybe discussing it randomly with other fans just for the sheer hell of it--or if what is seen to happen in a story that includes sexytimes for the first time just completely throws me for a loop and I have to Tell The Internet About How I Feel About It (like if a character is usually super domineering and aggressive but turns into a pillow princess when the time comes, lol).

But I guess I can see why folks like to discuss it, because we all have our notions about who a character is and how they "should" behave, and we all want to be right, right?

That monkey image that focking monkey image from chapter 5.5 I've seen this as a meme format but I don't know where it's from
Does anyone know a link to the source or the image itself

The image is this:

And it comes from Grant Morrison's "Animal Man" #25, circa 1990.

Unfortunately we don't know yet if it's going to be like a proper series, or just a one-shot or something like that. Hopefully we'll get a full season series

I'm thinking it would be a proper series since there's 8 volumes of the LN that its being pulled from.

I'm just hoping we get a proper scene with Adachi's "WHADASHAA!" (or, "nandabashaa", which is what she said in the original Japanese, apparently). That cracks me up every time.

Well, I mean, the whole premise of the story was pretty much open from the start about the fact that the spirits were those of those who had passed... so if someone is sensitive to the concepts of death, loneliness, regret, and mourning, this manga may not be an ideal choice.

Man I wish I could find a girl... well, in general, but who also wouldn't mind taking the lead in bed. Single life sucks after a while... where is MY Yuu?! lol....

Our pets love us as well.

Mine likes to pretend she doesn't. Then when I'm gone for more than a couple of hours my normally semi-distant cat has to be touching me, somehow, for the rest of the night. She's not a snuggly critter, but will lie next to me on the couch and such... and if I'm just sitting there instead of being sprawled out longways, she'll sit next to me and reach out one paw to barely touch me. She's ridiculous. But she's my ESA so it's good that she's that ridiculous. lol

But I digress.

I think Chibi-chan is gonna be the best thing ever to happen to Karasu-san.

Here, everyone who was sad about the cat storyline, look at my Waffles kitty and feel better.

She knows she's pretty.

As for Bazu, wow, what a way to go: chopped to pieces on a paper cutter by some sadistic asshole. Suddenly her affinity for "perching" and the mask fashion choice makes sense though. I thought the mask was a nod to the plague doctor mask, but apparently it's because she was a crow before she turned into a "white knight" Noman. She really needs to learn that kindness and compassion are much more common in humans than what she had to suffer through in her former life.

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I tend to think switch refers to people with no particular preference. For instance, I'm a top, because that's the role I prefer in sex. But I'm currently dating a girl who's also a top, and we tend to "fight" in bed over who gets to top. This doesn't make us switches, we still have a strong preference for one role over the other. Only it's not such an absolute thing that we can't give in when necessary.

So it doesn't mean that Touko would always be bottom and Yuu would always top. But they do have preferred roles.

Well, yes, I understand what top, bottom, and switch are. (I am personally a switch, it depends on who I'm with what I end up preferring.) I think I worded what I meant, poorly. I meant it as that roles are not always so black and white. And in my personal experience--meaning that I understand my experience may not hold true for others--lesbian relationships tend to be a little more easygoing than het ones when it comes to who tops who.

Although certainly most people do have a preferred role, it doesn't mean that they can't change that up once in a while. And Touko has demonstrated that she's pretty forward about what she wants, even if in this instance she opted to be more passive about it and let Yuu take the lead.

Who knows, maybe to complicate things even more, Touko will embrace the ways of a power bottom? lol

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Presumably she's dyed her hair because it will help her employment prospects if she doesn't look like a yankee. It makes sense in the context of the story, I don't understand why everyone has their shorts in a bunch over a dye job.

I don't believe so, no...

There's this other thing called "being a switch" and it tends to happen naturally in most couples at least sometimes... personally I think they'd probably switch roles kinda often, Touko is not exactly Miss Reserved. /reminds of the smoochin' after the sports day was over

U uncultured swines need to chill out.

A little aggressive, especially for a first post, dontcha think...?

There's nothing wrong with that! Everyone reads at a different pace. As long as it's enjoyable, that's what matters.