#Sumiya Zeniko

[otaku-republic]

BLCD (Yaoi Drama CD)

Iki Dekinai no wa Kimi no Sei (Breathless Momentum) vol.3 -  Tamaru Atsushi, Sato Takuya

Smoky Nectar Renew -  Sato Takuya, Enoki Junya

Hajimete dakedo Camera no Maede (It's My First Time, but I'm in Front of a Camera!) -  Sato Takuya, Terashima Junta

Yarichin☆Bitch-bu vol.5 - Hamano Daiki, Kobayashi Yusuke, etc.

[oratokyosaigunda]

Majo ga Koi suru 5 Byou Mae, volume 1

[hatsumishinogu]

Kawa ni Sazanami Vol.5

[obstinaterixatrix]

[listless] if only I could convince a good bl writer to write bl and just change it last second to women

[allthefujoshiunite]

FRIDAY BL — BREATHLESS MOMENTUM

Hello friends, I’ve gone and done it… One of those horribly beautiful cases of having access to adult money. There was a coin-back event on Bookwalker, and in my defense, it’s been a long time since they did one so big. That’s a dangerous rabbit hole to go down in. You buy manga, and they give you 70% of the money you spent back. You add a bit on top, buy more manga, and get more points. And then…

[venomgender]

im literally so sick with it

[19011301180905]

sasori to otome not ending in the relationship was good but i need closure, i'm gonna write a fanfic for them

[storiedshelves]

saw that animate international licensed the breathless momentum / Iki Dekinai no wa Kimi no Sei *spinoff* by zeniko sumiya ; called loveless momentum and it looks so interesting!

im currently reading 5 seconds before the witch falls in love & im really looking forward to continuing my read of breathless momentum too~

it definitely feels like a series that romance readers would enjoy; will probably do a more formal rec post for it at some point because its really well written in my opinion!

[animangabwedit]

Sasori to Otome by Sumiya Zeniko

[otaku-republic]

Ookami wa Tantei wo Tabetai vol.2 by Oomura You

Iki Dekinai no wa Kimi no Sei (Breathless Momentum) vol.4 by Sumiya Zeniko

Gotcha! ~ Kyorikan Zero na Gokudou no Chikubi ga Kyou mo Yuuwaku Shite Kimasu  by Satonishi Rikka

Shota Oni vol.3 by Nakayama Miyuki ※Shota Oni vol.3 limited edition (a Booklet included)

[diogenescynic2288]

5 Seconds Before a Witch Falls in Love

This is a manga published by Seven Seas Entertainment. It credits both story and art to Zeniko Sumiya. I bought it because a back cover blurb calls it a magical enemies-to-lovers yuri romcom.

There's four short stories including the very short bonus chapter. Three are about the budding romance between a witch and her most persistent witch-hunter. The odd one out is about a high school girl who is sensitive to the supernatural and being courted by a variety of demons and angels.

Diogenes's Reading Log for 2023

So it's a new year by the solar calendar of the Romans and/or Catholics.

I already finished up some books this year.

Batwoman Volume 1: The Many Arms of Death

This is the first Batwoman trade of the Rebirth era. There is an intriguing glimpse of Kate Kane's past as she returns to an island haven of criminals that was a significant place in her past.

Credited writers are Marguerite Bennet and James Tynion IV. Credited artists are Steve Epting, Stephanie Hans, and Renato Arlem.

[hatsumishinogu]

Ikidekinainoha Kiminosei Vol.5

[obstinaterixatrix]

also went on a paddle boat with sister, it was fun I haven’t done it in like 7 years. we stopped by a book store, and

1) there’s a physical copy of A Hero in the Demon King’s Castle which was surprising to me because syohei(/inutoki)’s got really off-beat style so I’ve figured they’d be too niche to be licensed, plus it had a dust jacket WITH author/artist bio AND the extra comics on the actual cover… I didn’t get it because I’m not quite ride or die for it, but I am reconsidering because syohei’s art is just really fun. plus it’s just a well-printed book, how often do you see manga printed in eng with dust jackets? I’ll probably reread it and see if I Really Do Want It. if anyone wants a bit of a wacky read with interesting art, give it a look. I actually… really like inutoki & syohei’s other anthology more because I really like the love interest of the main oneshot but it also has one oneshot that’s pretty vicious to the point I’m not sure I’d actually get a physical copy lol

2) speaking of pretty vicious, a physical copy of one of asada nemui’s works was there which I think is pretty cool, her art is sooo interesting to look at. it’s not as crazy as syohei’s, but it just feels… direct? impactful? just an appealing style. I wouldn’t buy a physical copy of that one, but I’d get one of sleeping dead… I’d consider getting the anthology but she really paired two of my favorite oneshots while having the main story have My Hardline Exclusion Criteria 😞 I’d get the other anthology tho, no hard no’s in that one. where was I going with this? well, if you like strange morose rancid toxic romances, definitely look up asada nemui and also a list of content warnings

3) on that note, it made sense to list manga alphabetically by title back when it’d take up a single shelf max, but I think book stores really need to rethink manga shelving, especially since more bl with smut/het with smut/yuri with smut is getting licensed and distributed

3a) by the way there were quite a few yuri titles, which is a cool change! I already had the one I liked

3b) buy ‘5 seconds before a witch falls in love’ it’s so good. I LOVE the main story. I am lukewarm on the other oneshot. the main story is SOOOO fun, zeniko sumiya has kind of a more shounen-esque art style and she usually draws bl so you need to treasure her fun & dumb witch/witch hunter shenanigans

3c) I mistyped shenanigans as shenanigals lmao that kinda fits still

3a) and the other ~15 I’ve read and dropped because I wasn’t interested in them (I showed sister the cover of SHWD—like, I also want muscular women but I cannot get over some of the anatomy, those are beach balls attached to her chest? like it’s not the aesthetic of Anime Titty Jiggle Physics but I really cannot get over it) but I’m glad there’s more yuri. mostly. I hate that the gamer one is there, the art and writing is so weirdly uncomfortably… H for something that is a SFW slice of life, and I didn’t like a few of the other series that sister pointed out because they were really. too long with not enough sense of direction/momentum to have satisfying character/relationship progression. BUT IT’S GOOD THAT MORE YURI IS BEING LICENSED.

3) anyway I was thinking that there should probably be more a delineation between either genres or age of audience, but at the same time, that’s tricky—having an 18+ section could make it uncomfortable for folks who enjoy being able to browse without a glaring neon sign that indicates they’re looking at smut, dividing by genre can make it tough for folks who want to take a look at gay romances/lgbtq autobio more surreptitiously,

3d) well, I would imagine it’s less of a huge deal now than it was ~15 years ago, but homophobia still is a thing

3) so in the end I have no defined conclusion to my thoughts on manga shelving in english-speaking countries

4) I saw several copies of nagisa furuya’s works! I might go back for number call, that was the first one of hers I’ve read and it’s really cute. I was telling sister, this might sound bad but I like how… standard her art & writing is, it’s very clean and pleasant, her low(ish)-stakes slice of life fluff is really good. also nice to have sfw options for introducing folks to bl

5) this is completely unrelated to this bookstore trip but a couple of weeks ago I saw an m/f romance and was like. do I know this artist from bl??? but I looked up the artist and didn’t see anything I would recognize, it’s just… the way older men is drawn is so…

5) like I know I’m stupid biased because I read an inadvisable amount of bl but he looks like a guy straight out of my miserable office worker bls. I feel like I should know him from bl. I guess I just forget that m/f fans also like older men because all the josei romances I’m involuntarily exposed to are very (…) Like That

5a) mangaplanet REALLY needs to reorganize its genre divisions. hardcore josei smut shouldn’t be lumped with shoujo. hentai should not be lumped with shounen. guys what is going on there

5) but I’ve been thinking of reading it because even by style alone it looks like it’ll at least be unique m/f (though, if I’m gonna read m/f, my preference would be for a miserable older office lady and kinda punk-ish younger guy, but oh well…) it’s just, the cognitive dissonance of squinting at this guy and being like. you belong in a bl.

6) I need to get back out of the habit of reading bls to pass out at 2am 😔 for a while I finally dragged myself back to sleeping at 1am with my baby leash (screen lock) but I’m back in my bad habits. I could at least look at the unhinged horror m/f racher’s been begging me to read just to diversify what I’m pouring into my brain. oh, also sister gave me night is short walk on girl to read and the writer really did deserve all his awards, his character voice is extremely arresting

[yaoinonconformist]

koideki eng TL released and wow. i really liked it. i think coming off of ikideki it might not be for everyone with how much more messy it is, which is fine, but i thought it ironed itself out pretty well and personally really adore miyoshi and aogiri as characters. they’re really interesting and funny and entertaining. it’s still a zeniko sumiya narrative, so there’s still parts that feel so real and grounded about them and i’m so excited to see more of them in the future. (even if i have to wait since ikideki vol5 is releasing…but they do make appearances in there so !!!)

(under a read more because i just want to ramble)

i felt so bad for miyoshi though now that we’re shown more of his backstory… music seems to have been something that has both positively and negatively deeply affected his life in both negative and positive directions. it’s so formative to His Being but because of the contrast in his experiences with it, of course it’d be hard to accept liking it.…. and his latching onto shizuki because that’s someone who made him remember why he likes music :( no wonder he was so adamant on jun’s talent being that he loves music.

i really love aogiri though. in general. he’s just really funny and sorta shameless in a way that really itches my brain (not surprising coming from user yaoinonconformist). and also i liked how they talk his crossdressing deal. i feel like that trope in BL can be a bit precarious but it’s really just a he likes it, looks good in it, his dick is too big to just stick to just wearing pants LOL. i mean, i’m sure they’ll develop him more down the line because i feel like there’s a lottt under the surface. especially when he’s been relatively easygoing and we haven’t seen him express any really strong emotions. other than lusting after miyoshi. lol. for someone who wants to see miyoshi’s full spectrum of emotions i feel like he might hit them first. or at least definitely at some point. the extra where he was cleaning up miyoshi was really interesting to me. he definitely doesn’t entirely run on his own whims and has his own mix of complicated emotions to sort through. seeing him take a moment to ground himself before finishing up with miyoshi seems to maybe contrast with miyoshi’s reflex of arrogance/denial/fighting back

they definitely have a more complicated weird relationship that can’t just be unstrung the way yanoshizu’s was but i’m sooo here for it. holy fuck. i totally get if people think aogiri’s month of stalking is a bit much for them but i feel like they made it work. reading a proper english translation made me see some of the situations that felt like they might be a bit more dubious were sillier with properly conveyed dialogue. and i admit i laughed when aogiri agreed like, yeah that cop was horrible! can’t believe he said that to you just because you’re tall lmaooo 😭

[venomgender]

i miss them

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