It's closing on the 26th so I wanted to read all the BL it had to offer despite not knowing any Japanese and I've managed to find pretty high quality works
Anyway I have actually found some interesting looking manga and was wondering if anyone who can actually read Japanese gleaned something good from the catalogue on the site. 2 reply
Most people who care have probably already seen the results but I thought it'd be cool to see people's thoughts on it:
Printed Manga Category:
1st Place: Kagurabachi
2nd Place: Welcome to Demon School Iruma-Kun Mafia Edition
3rd Place: Tsumiki Omgami and The Strange Everyday Life
Web Manga Category:
1st Place: Girl Meets Rock
2nd Place: Ruri Dr...... 2 reply
I recall reading somewhere that both himejoshi and himedanshi come from Yuri Hime, which is a magazine for yuri manga. I don't think there's a intricate meaning behind the term.
Not sure about how the term fujoshi came about though. reply
I remember reading somewhere that a lot of Josei (smut) authors tend to be persuaded into making their female MCs more male gaze so that the manga can be more marketable towards men and appeal to a wider audience. There's definitely a lot of authors that are just into big tits, but I think for many manga, it's more editor pressure rather than an or...... 1 reply
Not sure about the second but first one looks like Komi-san can't communicate and third one looks like Super Baby:
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/komi_san_wa_komyusho_desu/
https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/super_baby/ 1 reply
I'm not sure what exact nationality they were (don't think it was ever confirmed?) but Megalo Box had a couple of South American characters.
Kakushigoto had an Indonesian character but she shows up for like 3 chapters max so it's not that relevant. Rent a Girlfriend also had a one-off Filipino character who appeared for two panels.
Hanbun Kyoudai...... reply
TL;DR of the situation is that he's suing a woman who defamed his character. A lot of people have associated this crusade against hate comments against his manga with the permanent hiatus the manga has taken.
To be clear on the specific comment she made, she called him a pedophile right-winger. (The reason she gave for this comment was because he copied one of her favourite manga). What do you guys think about this? Over-reaction or was he justified in taking legal action?