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more BL game studio brainrot 🕹🎮😱

my sibling was playing nier at the time I was rereading the manga, so my brain constructed an obtuse scenario where nobu and anan get accosted into cosplaying for a nier v1.22 promo event! maximum cringe

image descriptions under the cut:

Drawing 1: A digital drawing of a middle-aged Japanese man (named Nobu) cosplaying as Father Nier from Nier Gestalt, and a young Japanese man (named Anan) cosplaying as Brother Nier from Nier Replicant. Nobu has a giant sword slung over his shoulder with a frown, and Anan is curiously handling his own sword that is hanging from his shoulder, while clutching a thick tome in the other hand.

Drawing 2: A digital black and white 4-panel comic.

First panel: Yoko Taro (name censored), Yosuke Saito (name censored) and Hokke-san from BL Game Studio are discussing plans on their joint promo event for Nier Replicant ver 1.22 (name censored) and Death Road Limit.

Yoko Taro: Since cosplay events are meant to be fun, why don't we cosplay as each other's characters? (The Death Row protag is so handsome...) Yosuke Saito: Yoko-san, you're serious? (In that case, I'll pick the support role...) Hokke-san: Good idea, Yoko-san! In that case, I will get my staff to cosplay as the Nier protagonist~

Second panel: Hokke-san is seen gesturing to two illustrations on the wall of the Nier ver 1.22 characters, Brother Nier and Father Nier, in front of 4 employees: a bald man in a dress shirt (Myouzai), a plump man in a hoodie (Katsuura), a middle-aged scruffy man with tied-up hair (Nobu) and a young man with glasses (Anan). All of them have frustrated or exasperated expressions.

Hokke: Please decide who will be representing Nier~ Myouzai: Most of us are too old or unfit to portray them... Katsuura: If it's going to be cosplay, it has to be accurate!! Anan: Why did Hokke-san agree to this in the first place...?

Third panel: Similar layout to the second panel, but now everyone turns to knowingly and expectantly look at Nobu and Anan in one corner.

Nobu has a caption pointed at him, reads: The only gruff, muscular man in the office. Anan has a caption pointed at him, reads: The only (free) young man in the office. Nobu & Anan: What.

Fourth panel: Cut to Yoko Taro and Yosuke Saito in Death Road Limit cosplay (Protagonist and Support role respectively) happily greeting Nobu and Anan in Nier cosplay (Father and Brother Nier respectively).

Yoko & Saito, cheerily: Let's have a good event! Nobu & Anan, in thought: (Damn you, Hokke-san...) Narration: And so, the unlikely result for our promo representatives for Nier and Death Road Limit.

Drawing 3: A digital black and white 4-panel comic.

First panel: Anan, still in his Brother Nier cosplay, is inspecting the tome Grimoire Weiss, while Nobu (still in his Father Nier cosplay) can be seen talking with Yoko Taro (still in his Death Row protagonist cosplay).

Anan, touching Grimoire Weiss: The costumes we got from SQEX are frighteningly detailed... (Even the embossing...) Anan: Eh? Nobu-san is still wearing the costume... Revealing... Costume...

Second panel: Close-up of Nobu-san's torso. His Father Nier cosplay leaves most of him shirtless, showing off his toned body.

Anan, in thought: (Nobu-san's... muscles...)

Third panel: Close-up of Anan's face, bearing a panicked expression with a spurting nosebleed. A jumbled stream of text can be seen behind him.

Anan, in thought: (Oh my God, he went through a whole public promo event, shirtless!! His muscular body can be seen all over the net!! Wearing a costume that looks like bondage gear!! I must save that footage later... but wait, as his b-b-b-boyfriend, is it right for me to be OK with him showing his body? Shouldn't I only get to see it all for myself? But wait, it's for a work event, so I have to act professional! But he's also being so erotic in the workplace!! For a work event!! I should stop staring, we're at work, aaaaaaa-)

Fourth panel: The focus is now on Nobu-san and Yoko Taro. Nobu looks awkward, while Anan is seen panicking in the distance behind Nobu.

Anan: (OMG, OMG!) Nobu, in thought: (Anan... Ya gotta calm down... I can feel yer stare borin' into me, buddy...)

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(what if we were both gaymer developers... 🥺🕹 and we used game genre jumps as couple bonding activities... 🎮😳 haha just kidding... unless? 👉👈

this manga is called 'game-ya BL' and can be read in Japanese here! thank you @oyajidesukara for scanlating this treasure of a BL!

(also cross-posted on twitter)

image descriptions under the cut:

Drawing 1: A digital drawing of a middle-aged Japanese man in a blue jersey with unkempt black hair tied in a bun (named Nobu) and a young Japanese man in formal work attire with short black hair (named Anan) are happily looking at you while joined hand-in-hand, except each hand is holding one side of a game console. Nobu's right hand and Anan's left hand are joined in holding a Nintendo Switch in the forefront of the picture, while Nobu's left hand and Anan's right hand are joined in holding a PlayStation 4 controller further back.

A pixelated message bubble hovers above their heads with the caption: "NEW GAME PLUS Get!!!" A pattern of a heart is repeated on the floor.

Drawing 2: The first part of a digital black and white comic, showing Nobu and Anan in a singlet and short pants playing Wii Sports for the Nintendo Wii. The voice "Deuce!" is heard from the TV monitor, implying they are playing tennis. Anan is swinging the Wiimote around while standing up, while Nobu is swinging the Wiimote with acute precision while sitting on a bed, accompanied with "fwap" sound effects.

Anan's thoughts are split into 2 separate thought bubbles: "Nobu-san keeps landing all his hits even as he sits down... / Could this be the key to him staying fit?!"

Drawing 3: The second and last part in the digital black and white comic, showing Nobu and Anan in the same singlet and short pants playing Ring Fit Adventure for the Nintendo Switch. The voice "Press in!" is heard from the TV monitor, implying the instruction is for 'pressing in' the Ring-Con. Nobu is seen slumped over a low table on the floor, his head hanging off the other side of the table as his whole body twitches from exhaustion, accompanied with "twtch" sound effects.

He says in a single message bubble: "Anan... These old bones can't go on anymore... / (in smaller text) You young'uns sure are full of energy..."

Anan is standing next to him holding the Ring-Con with a worried expression, replying back in a single message bubble: "We've only done the warm-up stretch, Nobu-san."

The punchline of the comic is in a rectangular text box on the top left of the picture: "Nobu-san only knows to game the system."