an art blog!! ig. whatever you came here for you're probably not getting it
i draw pretty much whatever i feel like at any moment so keep in mind before following!!
art tag: #duck scribbles
considering it'll be pride month soon, for the occasion heres a bunch of more manga i really love i think everyone should check out 👊 a couple of these i don't see anyone talk about too often so i'd love it if more people give em a shot :'> (though i mostly read yuri so youll find a lot of these here kjgsdhds)
Kemutai Hanashi by Fumiya Hayashi
Bakajo 26-ji by Meza Touno & Urasuke Ayano
Kohaku no Yume de Yoimashou by Masoho Murano, Nodoka Yoda & Ken Sugimura
Con Cafe Jou wa Koi wo Kiru by Uhana Ririka
Oshikoi Capriccio by Choco Miray
Josoushite Mendokusai Koto ni Natteru Nekura to Yankee no Ryou Kataomoi by Toru
Aki wa Haru to Gohan wo Tabetai by Taji Makoto
Iki Dekinai no wa Kimi no Sei by Zeniko Sumiya
Sasaki to Miyano / Hirano to Kagiura by Harusono Shou
Kyou wa Mada Futsuu ni Narenai by u-temo
Amayo no Tsuki by Kuzushiro
Futaribeya by Yukiko
Wicked Spot by Sal Jiang
Maitsuki Niwatsuki Ooyatsuki by Yodokawa
Kimi ga Shinu Made Koi wo Shitai by Aono Nachi
Itsuka, Kazoku ni Naru Made by Fujitobi
Mietemasu yo! Aizawa-san by Odoro Dorothy
more rambling under the cut cause id discovered in the process of making this post theres apparently a tag limit sdkjgsdkhgd
for some of these picks theres a criteria i had in mind being more ambiguous intimate relationships that rly scratch the itch in my aroace brain or titles with established queer characters beyond just the "oh i just happen to like this person because its this person not because of my orientation" and whatnot because theres plenty of those, or are written by queer authors ! (though for a couple its also just me really wishing more people read it so 😭)
im not the greatest at explaining these premises but i will. do what i can LOL
kemutai hanashi is a suuuuuper great slice of life, the mcs' unlabeled relationship makes my aroace ass way too happy. two adult men reconnect after graduation and stick together and its a really nice story overall on understanding (or the inability to) each other and how the latter can still be okay while breaking free of specific labels when it comes to relationships. gorgeous art here too
bakajo 26ji is a really fun one about two women who were former high school classmates that run away to vietnam together after one of them murders the other's abusive husband!!! its such a funny one ive been loving it a lot
kohayoi is one of my favorite hyperspecific cooking adjacent manga (its abt craft beer!) with rly great characters and dynamics ! the mc is really aro lesbian and the author is an active lgbtqia+ supporter so i cant recommend it enough o7 (though tls are pretty behind but understandable i will wait forever if i must
concafe is one of my favorite and unfortunately axed yuris.... an aspiring designer college student stumbles into a concept cafe based around haute couture and starts working there as well as getting close to all the other girls there!!! polyamory is alive and well and the subtle trans rep is written w a lot of care and clear intent i liked it a lot
ive talked abt oshicap before but a fujoshi gyaru and a yuri fanboy become friends in order to mutually support each others' gay crushes!! its so adorable theres only one chap translated rn (TS by yours truly) but i hope more ppl check it out.....
nekuyan/crossplay love ive also talked about plenty but essentially a gloomy otaku working in a maid cafe and a delinquent who always visits mutually pine as girls not knowing they couldn't stand each other as guys its one of my favorite manga ever
aki wa haru to gohan wo tabetai is super cute... ok i actually like cooking manga a lot so this one was a super fun read, college roommate life with a shared love of food is always a nice theme
i actually knew this author from a yuri oneshot of hers and had no idea she went on to write a BL and i liked it a lot more than i thought kjsdgkjsdhgsdh. two men from the same brass band in a FWB relationship start catching feelings and you can guess the rest!! i really love their relationship in the subsequent volumes as well theyre a super fun duo
sasamiya and hirakagi! definitely my favorite BLs, most have probably heard of this one already but theyre both really sweet senior-junior relationships, sasamiya's stemming from miyano's love of BL (though his initial avoidance on becoming part of one himself is real fun in the beginning) as sasaki gradually starts to fall for him too, and hirakagi's as a roommates to best friends to lovers story. personally i really love how hrkg is done, esp reading it from an acespec hirano perspective watching them slowly meet in the middle is the best... i love them.....
kyou wa mada futsuu ni narenai is super lovely and kinda in a similar theme to kemuhana's has that ambiguity that i really love to read in relationships in fiction ^^
amayo no tsuki's mc, very much a lesbian and kind of tortured about it meets a HoH girl on her way to lessons who she finds to be her classmate soon after. this one's a pretty long slow burn (12 volumes as of right now!) but watching them get closer has been everything to me, it depicts the love interest's disability pretty well too!
futaribeya is a pretty wholesome slice of life about two girls growing closer as roommates and best friends, and follows along the years they spent after high school as roommates into college and employment after! one thing abt yukikos works i really love (and in yuri overall) is less the ideal "romance" but seeing how characters gravitate towards each other and want to just be together and this one was a really cute one at that
in wicked spot, a "witch" escapes her isolated mountain life to live as free as possible in human society. the mc is unabashedly living her best life and getting all the attention she desires, shes a delight to read <3 and eventually gets mixed up with a regular girl as other "witches" come onto the scene. absolutely rad character design either i love sal jiang everybody go read more sal jiang
maitsuki niwatsuki ooyatsuki has the mc, a manga editor fresh from being dumped by her most recent girlfriend, setting out to enjoy her single life only to get entangled with her new "live-in landlord" in her new house that also happens to be a former idol! very silly adult yuri
kimi ga shinu made koi wo shitai tells of a school that trains orphans in magic in order to send them off as child soldiers in a centuries-long war against an unknown country. in an incredibly unfair world all these girls find a way to live and love regardless and it breaks my heart every time i read (its another favorite of mine)
itsuka kazoku ni naru made is a lovely story about a widower and his coworker very much in love with him growing close! together with the former's son its a very cute story, i love a bunch of fujitobis works but this one is definitely up there as well
ive talked about aizawa san but i will talk abt it here again. girl falls for her dead idol classmate whos currently haunting her school and classroom and watching the mysteries slowly pile up surrounding the titular aizawa's death has been utterly fascinating i adore this manga greatly
and there you have it!! if one or two of them pique your interest thatd mean a lot to me o7
recovered one of the first drawings id ever made of them for a quick warmup before locking back in for classwork
havent been feeling the greatest drawing-wise as of late honestly but going through older doodles does make me feel a bit more reassured somewhat... it isnt really by much but i guess i can say i improved a little bit kjdshgdhgd
considering it'll be pride month soon, for the occasion heres a bunch of more manga i really love i think everyone should check out 👊 a couple of these i don't see anyone talk about too often so i'd love it if more people give em a shot :'> (though i mostly read yuri so youll find a lot of these here kjgsdhds)
Kemutai Hanashi by Fumiya Hayashi
Bakajo 26-ji by Meza Touno & Urasuke Ayano
Kohaku no Yume de Yoimashou by Masoho Murano, Nodoka Yoda & Ken Sugimura
Con Cafe Jou wa Koi wo Kiru by Uhana Ririka
Oshikoi Capriccio by Choco Miray
Josoushite Mendokusai Koto ni Natteru Nekura to Yankee no Ryou Kataomoi by Toru
Aki wa Haru to Gohan wo Tabetai by Taji Makoto
Iki Dekinai no wa Kimi no Sei by Zeniko Sumiya
Sasaki to Miyano / Hirano to Kagiura by Harusono Shou
Kyou wa Mada Futsuu ni Narenai by u-temo
Amayo no Tsuki by Kuzushiro
Futaribeya by Yukiko
Wicked Spot by Sal Jiang
Maitsuki Niwatsuki Ooyatsuki by Yodokawa
Kimi ga Shinu Made Koi wo Shitai by Aono Nachi
Itsuka, Kazoku ni Naru Made by Fujitobi
Mietemasu yo! Aizawa-san by Odoro Dorothy
more rambling under the cut cause id discovered in the process of making this post theres apparently a tag limit sdkjgsdkhgd
for some of these picks theres a criteria i had in mind being more ambiguous intimate relationships that rly scratch the itch in my aroace brain or titles with established queer characters beyond just the "oh i just happen to like this person because its this person not because of my orientation" and whatnot because theres plenty of those, or are written by queer authors ! (though for a couple its also just me really wishing more people read it so 😭)
im not the greatest at explaining these premises but i will. do what i can LOL
kemutai hanashi is a suuuuuper great slice of life, the mcs' unlabeled relationship makes my aroace ass way too happy. two adult men reconnect after graduation and stick together and its a really nice story overall on understanding (or the inability to) each other and how the latter can still be okay while breaking free of specific labels when it comes to relationships. gorgeous art here too
bakajo 26ji is a really fun one about two women who were former high school classmates that run away to vietnam together after one of them murders the other's abusive husband!!! its such a funny one ive been loving it a lot
kohayoi is one of my favorite hyperspecific cooking adjacent manga (its abt craft beer!) with rly great characters and dynamics ! the mc is really aro lesbian and the author is an active lgbtqia+ supporter so i cant recommend it enough o7 (though tls are pretty behind but understandable i will wait forever if i must
concafe is one of my favorite and unfortunately axed yuris.... an aspiring designer college student stumbles into a concept cafe based around haute couture and starts working there as well as getting close to all the other girls there!!! polyamory is alive and well and the subtle trans rep is written w a lot of care and clear intent i liked it a lot
ive talked abt oshicap before but a fujoshi gyaru and a yuri fanboy become friends in order to mutually support each others' gay crushes!! its so adorable theres only one chap translated rn (TS by yours truly) but i hope more ppl check it out.....
nekuyan/crossplay love ive also talked about plenty but essentially a gloomy otaku working in a maid cafe and a delinquent who always visits mutually pine as girls not knowing they couldn't stand each other as guys its one of my favorite manga ever
aki wa haru to gohan wo tabetai is super cute... ok i actually like cooking manga a lot so this one was a super fun read, college roommate life with a shared love of food is always a nice theme
i actually knew this author from a yuri oneshot of hers and had no idea she went on to write a BL and i liked it a lot more than i thought kjsdgkjsdhgsdh. two men from the same brass band in a FWB relationship start catching feelings and you can guess the rest!! i really love their relationship in the subsequent volumes as well theyre a super fun duo
sasamiya and hirakagi! definitely my favorite BLs, most have probably heard of this one already but theyre both really sweet senior-junior relationships, sasamiya's stemming from miyano's love of BL (though his initial avoidance on becoming part of one himself is real fun in the beginning) as sasaki gradually starts to fall for him too, and hirakagi's as a roommates to best friends to lovers story. personally i really love how hrkg is done, esp reading it from an acespec hirano perspective watching them slowly meet in the middle is the best... i love them.....
kyou wa mada futsuu ni narenai is super lovely and kinda in a similar theme to kemuhana's has that ambiguity that i really love to read in relationships in fiction ^^
amayo no tsuki's mc, very much a lesbian and kind of tortured about it meets a HoH girl on her way to lessons who she finds to be her classmate soon after. this one's a pretty long slow burn (12 volumes as of right now!) but watching them get closer has been everything to me, it depicts the love interest's disability pretty well too!
futaribeya is a pretty wholesome slice of life about two girls growing closer as roommates and best friends, and follows along the years they spent after high school as roommates into college and employment after! one thing abt yukikos works i really love (and in yuri overall) is less the ideal "romance" but seeing how characters gravitate towards each other and want to just be together and this one was a really cute one at that
in wicked spot, a "witch" escapes her isolated mountain life to live as free as possible in human society. the mc is unabashedly living her best life and getting all the attention she desires, shes a delight to read <3 and eventually gets mixed up with a regular girl as other "witches" come onto the scene. absolutely rad character design either i love sal jiang everybody go read more sal jiang
maitsuki niwatsuki ooyatsuki has the mc, a manga editor fresh from being dumped by her most recent girlfriend, setting out to enjoy her single life only to get entangled with her new "live-in landlord" in her new house that also happens to be a former idol! very silly adult yuri
kimi ga shinu made koi wo shitai tells of a school that trains orphans in magic in order to send them off as child soldiers in a centuries-long war against an unknown country. in an incredibly unfair world all these girls find a way to live and love regardless and it breaks my heart every time i read (its another favorite of mine)
itsuka kazoku ni naru made is a lovely story about a widower and his coworker very much in love with him growing close! together with the former's son its a very cute story, i love a bunch of fujitobis works but this one is definitely up there as well
ive talked about aizawa san but i will talk abt it here again. girl falls for her dead idol classmate whos currently haunting her school and classroom and watching the mysteries slowly pile up surrounding the titular aizawa's death has been utterly fascinating i adore this manga greatly
and there you have it!! if one or two of them pique your interest thatd mean a lot to me o7
currently really torn between the "i want the author to have as little stress as possible working on and take her time drawing out the ideal story she wants to put out so i can and will wait as long as i have to" and "if i dont get even a little crumb of my idiots im going to start biting wood" in current nekuyan environment
do you know how hard a manga has to grip me before id inevitably ended up 1) saving raws 2) helping scanlate it 3) saving every single translated volume onto my laptop 4) incessantly drawing fanart like my life is on the line for the 50 or so other people in this same boat
currently really torn between the "i want the author to have as little stress as possible working on and take her time drawing out the ideal story she wants to put out so i can and will wait as long as i have to" and "if i dont get even a little crumb of my idiots im going to start biting wood" in current nekuyan environment
con hauls from the 1st and 2nd days respectively!! it was so incredibly busy esp for day 1 that i didnt end up shopping as much as i thought i could but i am super happy with the ones i did end up getting 🎉🎉🎉
freebies and art trade collection as well!!! i set up art trades with a bunch of a6 prints and photocards while i was at it and the amount of stuff id gotten back genuinely shocked me 😭 theyre all so so good i cannot be any happier
