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Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

has at least 7 older (half-)brothers, huh?

a) where did you get '7' from?

b) did you miss the line about "all the other princes perished"?

a) She is declared the emperor's eight son

b) Yes. And how awfully convenient; let's hope the empress dowager didn't dispose of all the evidence.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

So this means Qi Nian has at least 7 older (half-)brothers, huh? I wonder if they will become relevant, and how (not if) her mother's meddling hands were involved to get her chosen in the first place.

Zesc
Anime season 23 Mar 13:21
Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

Anybody got thoughts on Princession Orchestra? It's apparently from the creators of Symphogear and produced by TOMY, whom I trust with mahou shoujo stuff. I've been sceptical about SILVER LINK., whose yuri repertoire I mostly associated with ecchi slop (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Yuri Kuma, whatever Ange Vierge was supposed to be, etc.) but apparently, they also did WataMote and Bofuri. So fingers crossed on that one.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

ch08's pages are in the wrong order

Edit: Also whoa, this one hit close to home. In lieu of safewords, let me default back to snarky yappings: Can confirm, people tourists taking selfies with their plushies is something I definitely observed.

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Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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^ So I wanted to link you to Eternal Girls (not a WIXOSS doujin, oddly enough), but turns out it's not even the only doujin to wonder "How do KaguMokou deal with their hair?"

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Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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^ To be fair, in order to set the Korean mobile scene on fire you just need pinches fingers this much.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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^ It's a 9 pixel row from the bottom of the image repeated for some reason. It's been a constant blight on the microblogging service ever since the Gleichschaltung of the microblogging service, because apparently nobody's left to apply the most basic of fixes.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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^ Trickstar really is already 8 years old, isn't it? If you've been Skye's age when VRAINS aired you're now the age of her brother...

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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"Du denkst du bist hart, aber ich bin Herta!"
- Herta's introduction in ancient Belobogian

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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Oh, if only I could enjoy this like before the leak...

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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@Tlo It's not? People (especially around here) ship them really hard, but canonically they haven't even kissed and could be anything from ace to pan. Them being a couple is sadly only fanon.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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Shaming artist for drawing het besides yuri is frankly just that "gold star lesbian" idiocy peppered up to outright thoughtcrime status. Most artists (especially western ones) rely on commission work, and the customer is always right. Would you blame a tattoo artist for inking the emblem of a rival sports team?
The natural constraint to this is "if a bar allows in nazis, it's a nazi bar" and artist not drawing the line at reprehensible things like conversion therapy (or even worse, creating that on their own volition) are not above shunning. Heck, even something like the shockingly common faceless male x LycoReco girls may be distasteful, but morally non-objectionable as long as there's no homophobic messaging involved.

Circling back to our mystery artist, I've never seen any of that   guro   outside of some asphyxiation/drowning fetish stuff and wonder if this is a sign of personal conviction or just being liberal in commissioner requests.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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That's the first time I've seen a whistle used in such a situation...

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Yuri, is in fact, Girl's Love/Yuri, or as I've recently taken to calling it, Girl's Love plus Yuri. Yuri is not an genre unto itself, but rather a narrative component of a fully fledged Girl's Love story, made enjoyable by the Girl's Love focus on romance, dating, and cute fluff compromising a full drama as defined by the OED.

Many manga readers consume a modified version of Yuri every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, only the version of Yuri which is widely read for WLW romances is often called Yuri, and many readers are not aware it is basically Girl's Love, written by a Girl's Love author.

There really is a Yuri, and these people are reading it, but it is just a part of the story they read. Yuri is the narrative focus: the way the story puts the interpersonal relationships of women in the spotlight. This is an important part of every romance, but useless by itself; it can only be delightful as a context for a complete dramatic arc. Yuri is normally the foundation for Girl's Love: the whole sapphic manga is basically Yuri with Girl's Love added, or GL/Yuri. All the so-called Yuri manga are really stories of GL/Yuri!

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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Bit of a ramble, sorry in advance.

Wasn't there something about Dynasty not providing a source link when it's overwhelmingly het or offensive? Doesn't combine the Death of the Author mentality with proper content warning perfectly, yet better than nothing.

Re Tatsubon: in all fairness, the het stuff is mostly older and released under a different pen name (Bonnari), and going by the Dynasty thread, it's a him. Can't really blame someone presumably straight for drawing het. Given the separation of "brands", I'm not accusative, but purely stumped to stumble across an official A Cute Guy hentai doujin.

@Swag Wagon: is the artist in question  Hinghoi , perchance? They have an overwhelming breadth, ranging from yuri to wholesome cross-dressing and trans stuff to gooning, futanari and whatever Merryweather is doing. If so, it's an open secret because nobody checking them out could miss that. Far second option in my mind would be  Ro_G , who is very fandom specific and has not just het NSFW, but also stunning SFW stuff. (Probably a  Konami  insider too.)

Re The Bizarre Pair: Huh, I never connected the dots it's from the Morimiya Middle School Shooting guy. I always liked the sheer hatred and hostility in his artwork, but as so many guro art some is oddly sexualized. Like, I'm trying to vent my resentment here by fantasizing of elaborate, dehumanizing murder sprees. Please don't make it weird.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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And then there's Tatsubon, who I am not suprised does NSFW, but that it's all het...

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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Going from the last panel, I now headcanon Neco Arc as their child.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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All I can see is a mirrored version of this:
The Silent Protector

Zesc
Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

looking for something released from 2023 onward.

Well, I assume you are not looking for finished series then. Simply listing stuff I'm in the process of reading where I haven't seen you in the comments:

  1. Unaware His Majesty Is a Girl: 3 Volume Manhua with competent drama, likeable characters and good art
  2. Uninvited Wife, With Child!: Light-hearted time travel 4-koma
  3. I Want to Make Black-Knight Fall In Love With Me!: Himejin are legaly required to read sometime-sama
  4. Wicked Spot: Snitches get stitches for being bad witches
  5. The Role of the Femme Fatale: Turns out being a Villainess ain't that uncomplicated
  6. Our "Love" is Disgusting: Everyone is dysfunctional!
  7. Normality and Monsters: Everyone is dysfunctional even harder!

I also recommend checking out the 2024 Yuri Works General Election which yielded many recent results.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

Don't any of you dare to ruin the wholesomeness by thinking about the plot!

(Also, the links to nmi's pixiv and microblogging account have their logos swapped.)

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

This was unsatisfying due to the unresolved end. Was this an on-off encounter, or are they going to continue cheating in the future?

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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You've heard of Pay for gay, now get ready for Pay with gay.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023

Remilia "I'm surrounded by raging lesbians" Scarlet.

Some things never change.

I felt more reminded of this.

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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Noteworthy that the Spartans, as the overhyped hyper-militaristic imperialists unable to invade their own front lawn that they are, got their arses kicked not just by gay men, but also by the women of Argos[1↗] and Etruscean crossdressers[2↗], as per Plutarch's De Mulierum Virtutibus.

[1]:

But when Cleomenes king of the Spartans, having slain many Argives [...] proceeded against the city, an impulsive daring, divinely inspired, came to the younger women to try, for their country's sake, to hold off the enemy. Under the lead of Telesilla they took up arms, and, taking their stand by the battlements, manned the walls all round, so that the enemy were amazed. The result was that Cleomenes they repulsed with great loss, and the other king, Demaratus, who managed to get inside [...], and gained possession of the Pamphyliacum, they drove out. In this way the city was saved.

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The wives of the prisoners, coming to the prison, [...] were permitted by the guards to pass within just to greet and to speak to their husbands. When they had gone inside they bade their husbands to change their clothing quickly, leaving their own for their wives, and then, putting on their wives' garments, to depart with their faces covered. This done, the women waited there, prepared to face all terrors, but the guards were deceived and allowed the men to pass, supposing [...], that they were women.
Following this, they seized the strongholds on Mount Taÿgetus, incited the body of Helots to revolt, and gladly received them as an addition to their forces. The Spartans were thrown into a great state of fear and, sending heralds, made peace with them, the conditions being that they should get back their wives, should receive money and ships, and sail away [...]

Chimera
joined Aug 2, 2023
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^^ Like many bullet hell game Touhou has a "Graze" mechanic where the player's sprite is bigger than the hitbox and you get bonus points having projectiles visually intersect with you. So giving Sakuya bigger breasts would really mess with the scoreboard.