[ SECRET POST #2588 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2588 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 103 secrets from Secret Submission Post #370.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[fscom]

12. http://i.imgur.com/x3ePCqy.jpg

[(Anonymous)]

Everybody has bad taste, though.

Except me.

[comradesmiler]

Oh boy, where have I heard that before...

[(Anonymous)]

I would like to see this scientific study, please. Also, the one about ants and picnic baskets to which the results were compared. Was it published in a refereed journal? Did the investigators use a statistical test? What was the null hypothesis? What did the institutional review board say?

I'll be obnoxious about "scientifically proven" if I want to be.

[forgottenjester]

So what you want is a brain washing drug? Creepy.

[fleshisyummy]

Weirdly enough, even though I'm a big slash fan, I never really liked any yaoi manga or anime. They always bored the shit out of me.

[vethica]

Yeah, there's a lot of bad/formulaic BL out there. But every so often you come across one that stands out and it is really good. If you are looking for good BL manga, I can rec you some! If not, I can slink back into the bushes.

[fleshisyummy]

No, no, I'd love some recs! :)

[vethica]

Hell yeah son! I love reccing things. :B

Yume Musubi Koi Musubi/Bond of Dreams, Bond of Love: One of my favorites, a very non-stereotypical yaoi with great characters. A high schooler has a sex dream about his older friend, a Shinto priest, and decides he wants to bang him. His friend is reluctant. Things progress from there.
Sorenari ni Shinken Nandesu: A single father taking care of his daughter gradually becomes closer to a customer at the restaurant where he works.
Konbini-kun: Super cute one. A hikikomori tries breaking out of his shell by getting a job at a convenience store, but is intimidated by one of his coworkers until he realizes there's another side to the guy.
Kimi Note: A boy with self-esteem issues is attracted to his classmate's scent. Also contains a lot of cute side stories. (I'd really recommend anything by Junko, who wrote this and the previous one; I love her style and her work's adorable.)
Summer Switch: A young man returns home for the summer from college in the big city. Things get awkward around his best friend, whom he kissed when they were younger. A short one, but I like the character dynamics (the main character's kind of a big, soft-spoken guy, and his friend's a loudmouth delinquent).
Kankei wa Mada LV. 1/The First Stage of Love: If you don't mind the occasionally yaoi-hands style, this is a handful of several super cute and fluffy stories that involve, for example, a dude who used to be a shota worrying that his partner doesn't find him as cute as he used to, or (my personal favorite) a fat kid who doesn't know how to take his friend's confession to him.

These are a few of my favorites, anyway! I hope maybe you will enjoy them. c:

[(Anonymous)]

You should check out Fumi Yoshinaga's Antique Bakery (http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/antique_bakery/) or practically anything by Fujiyama Hyouta (http://www.mangago.com/read-manga/rakka_sokudo/). Granted, Antique Bakery isn't explicitly yaoi since romance is not the object of the story, but it's really wonderful. Fujiyama Hyouta is excellent in terms of realistic, slowly building relationships with sweet, touching moments. She's one of my favorites.

[(Anonymous)]

If you're still reading this, these are my favs :D

Seven Days http://mangafox.me/manga/seven_days/

Slow Starter http://www.mangahere.com/manga/slow_starter_ichikawa_kei/

<33

shit it's so late is anyone stil reading this

[(Anonymous)]

i like the formula tbh, but i will try not to rec the ones i found very typical...

endless world http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34471 it's... not exactly a romance. dark themes. but good.

kimi ni ageru http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=51543 i like it mostly because of the art tbh, but the story is pretty cute. hooray for second chances

mainichi seiten http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=846 plot-wise not exactly unique but its notable for being family-centric, not just romance. and i really like it

wait for me at udagawachou http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=75399 kinda creepy but i like it this way...? but i like it for the self-realization.

x+y http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7483 part of a shoujo seires omnibus. but hey it's old school, sci-fi, AND written by a pillar of BL! please check out hagio moto's other BL too.

ryuu no yuigon http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=4846 it's old and actually pretty simple in most respects, but i enjoy it as a pick-me-up. and hey, dragons.

code: leviathan http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=73072 speaking of dragons. barely started but the dragons make up for it.

dining bar akira http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7213 i like because of the tone. awkward adult dude romance, very slice of life.

what did you eat yesterday? http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15332 i almost don't wanna rec because someone already mentioned yoshinaga fumi (whom you should really check out!) basically just a chronicle of a middle-aged couple's daily meals.

itoshi no nekokke http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=53311 stars another established couple, which is surprisingly rare. fucking cute basically.


orrr if you want un-formulaic as in... weird stuff, like possessed talking penises, mpreg dinosaur shapeshifters, high school girls becoming old men, or vibrator companies... i can do that too.

[clawdine]

I'm a huge slash fan too and hate the formulaic BL stuff, but there are some gems! I've been out of the scene for a few years though, so these are a few years old.

(Gravitation is terrible IMO, and Junjou is like the iddiest of idfic XD)

Some of my faves:
Kuma to interi by basso (politician and his lover!)

Don’t Stay Gold by Yoneda Kou -- I can't remember what it's about, but I've always loved Yoneda Kou cos she does very masculine characters.

Sakuhin Number 20 by Est Em and anything she draws, basically.

Garden (the compilation, not the oneshot) by Kotobuki Tarako - amazing worldbuilding, time travel etc

The Cornered Mouse Dreams of Cheese by Mizushiro Setona - angsty as fuck, one of my favourites. Has to deal with sexuality/heteronormativity issues

I recommend you go by author if you liked any work! I like Yamashita Tomoko for her interesting stories. Fujiyama Hyouta like someone mentioned specializes is romantic/fluffy stuff.

[vethica]

Thank you for these dude! I am definitely going to check them out! :D

[clawdine]

You're welcome! :) I tend to prefer stories that are less cutesy and focus on other things than the romance haha, so that might show a bit.

[elaminator]

Maybe you're the one with bad taste though. WHO KNOWS?!~

(I think I've watched/read a couple yaoi manga and anime, but that's it. I really don't know the genre well enough to comment much on it. Mind control is always creepy though. Always.)

[(Anonymous)]

So this is a "STOP LIKING THINGS THAT I DON'T LIKE!" secret, right?

[(Anonymous)]

It might easily be construed as that, but no one can't deny that Yaoi is a really subpar genre as a whole that relies way to much in formula and tropes over storytelling and ingenuity.

protip no one calls it yaoi anymore except people who don't know much tbh

[(Anonymous)]

i can your problem though. imo it's bloated by the scanlation and english publishers (and to some extent the readers). lots of less typical stuff don't get translated in favor of the bland mainstream ones

[(Anonymous)]

What are your recs, OP? I'd be interested. And maybe my taste isn't that bad so I might like them. :p

I thought your secret was funny, btw.

[silvereriena]

Out of curiosity OP, what do you consider good manga? Any series in particular?

[(Anonymous)]

Colorado people have finally woken up and started submitting secrets?

[blunderbuss]

Fuck it, I agree with you OP. It gets damn depressing to see some works get so famous and get a million squeeing fangirls when said work is utter shit. And yaoi really is ESPECIALLY bad at this.

[(Anonymous)]

Someone's buttflustered.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

But I don't want Yaoi Sauce! I'm happy with just my Slash Salt!