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Romance to Jealousy

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New Releases Nov. 23, 2021

Cardcaptor Sakura Collector's Edition vol. 9 by CLAMP

Cardcaptor Sakura is one of the all-time classics of the magical girl genre, and the Collector's Edition will be the definitive version of the story, for both long-time fans and readers new to the story. The adventures of the plucky Sakura Kinomoto are as adorably thrilling as ever, as she tracks down the magical...

Clow Cards and plunges headlong into a world of sorcery beyond anything she could've imagined.

Harem Marriage vol. 11 by NON (digital only)

"You see, Miku... Your mommy's a powerful witch." 

Kita-Tsubame, the only city in Japan where polygamy (a.k.a. Harem Marriage) is legalized, is hosting a Harem Marrython! Ryu has his eye on a new bride by the name of Misuzu, a single mother who wins over Koharu with her genuine smile and love for her daughter... But behind that smile lies a dangerous past. Now, the Date family must race to determine whether their bride-to-be is a sinner or a saint!"

His Extra-Large, Ever-So-Lovely... vol. 1 by Omoimi (digital only)

Aoi Yamamoto is 20 years old. Determined to get his first girlfriend, he joined a Nihonshu Club...only to find it chock-full of men. Disappointed, Aoi overindulges, and is taken home by a fellow club member to recover. This club member is also a virgin, even though he's had many girlfriends, and when he shows Aoi why, well...Aoi finds he wants to try it out for himself.

Hitorijime Boyfriend by Memeco Arii

"EITHER YOU LET ME MAKE LOVE TO YOU, OR WE END OUR FRIENDSHIP AGAIN. WHAT'S IT GONNA BE?"

Before Masahiro and Kousuke's whirlwind romance in Hitorijime My Hero, there was Hitorijime Boyfriend—and now, the origin of one of manga's biggest franchises is finally revealed! Back in sixth grade, Kensuke had a falling out with his best friend Hasekura that still hurts three years later. Then, one day, Hasekura's suddenly back in Kensuke's life like nothing happened. What, exactly, is going on? And what will Kensuke do when Hasekura wants to take things to a whole other level...?

Hitorijime My Hero vol. 11 by Memeco Arii (early digital)

“You Can Do Whatever You Want to Me”

As they take the dive into “marriage mode,” Masahiro and Kousuke waste no time getting comfy as cohabitants. Just as their issues finally seem to be behind them, Kousuke’s mother disrupts their peace with a single remark: “There’s something we need to talk about.” Is the cat out of the bag…?!

I Think Our Son Is Gay vol. 2 by Okura

With her husband working abroad, mama Tomoko is in charge of raising their two precious sons back on the Aoyama ranch. Keeping her kids fed, clothed, and on schedule is all in a day's work, but Tomoko also watches over them with great love and care...and in the case of her eldest son Hiroki, who's doing a very bad job of keeping his sexuality a secret from his family, a big dose of bemusement. And now Hiroki might have another secret to keep! Lately he's been coming home from school talking enthusiastically about a certain boy, his classmate Daigo! With practically every other word out of her son's mouth being about Daigo, Tomoko can't help thinking Hiroki's crushing pretty hard on his friend!

Magical Girl Site vol. 16 by Kentaro Sato (final volume)

ON THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION

Humanity has been turned into sperm and taken off planet, earth teeters on the edge of annihilation—and still, the Magical Girls fight on. Do they stand a chance against the tides of darkness or has the battle already been lost? The harrowing final volume of Magical Girl SITE!

My Androgynous Boyfriend vol. 3 by Tamekou

(ANDROGYNOUS) BOYS’ NIGHT!

It’s time for a sleepover! And not just any sleepover—it’s a sleepover at Kira’s gorgeous house. With super fancy food on the menu, luxurious skin care, and late night chats about love, a good time is guaranteed to be had by all. However, the real excitement begins the next morning, when Sasame trips and falls into the burly arms of a mysterious delivery person. Just who is this newcomer?

Puella Magi Madoka Magica: Wraith Arc vol. 1 by Magica Quartet, Hanokage

All the witches in the universe, past and future, may have disappeared, but in their place emotion-eating “wraiths” prey on humanity. The magical girls fight to protect Mitakihara City once more…

Restart After Coming Back Home by cocomi

The touching romance that inspired a hit live-action film!

Hotheaded Kozuka Mitsuomi left his home in the country for a sophisticated life in Tokyo. Unfortunately, at age 25, he’s fired from his job and returns home in disgrace. As he tries to rediscover himself, he meets Kumai Yamato, a man about his age who was adopted into his community while Mitsuomi was away. The sweet and even-tempered Yamato is hiding his own pain, and as the two men connect, they start a journey together.

School Zone Girls vol. 3 by Ningiyau

BAD GIRLS IN LOVE

Hiragi has finally escaped the attentions of her bubbly and boisterous classmate Utsugi…so why is the resulting peace and quiet so dang depressing? And why is Utsugi ignoring her in the first place? Meanwhile, thanks to Yatsude’s “help,” Rei is having bra troubles–and not long after, Kei’s bra suffers from the same mysterious ailment. Is anyone capable of behaving in this series?

Sugar Dog Life by Yoriko (digital only)

Sakuraba is a college student, though you'd never know it, with his short height and baby face. Certainly police officer Amazawa thought Sakuraba was a minor, and nearly booked him for being out too late after he was returning from a drinking party. But there's something oddly familiar about him, and the two strike up an odd relationship...

What Did You Eat Yesterday? vol. 17 by Fumi Yoshinaga

This slice-of-life series follows the ordinary lives of a middle-aged, gay couple and the ever-changing, delicious variety of homecooked meals they share.

Shiro and Kenji are now well past their youthful years, and with a stable relationship and a stable career for them both, what could possibly go wrong? But Kenji finds himself in a bind one evening after a few drinks with one of his hair salon regulars. Meanwhile, a mysterious and beautiful woman greets Shiro with a friendly smile on the street during their grocery shopping, and Shiro insists that he doesn’t know her.

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BLCD Review: Itoshi no XL Saizu 2

Title:  愛しのXLサイズ (Itoshi no XL Saizu)

Author: Omoimi

Release date: 2020/09/16

Cast: 

Nakajima Yoshiki x Saitou Souma

Yamashita Seiichirou

Taito Ban

Synopsis: Sequel of the series of the same name. But to give some over view, it’s about their third year of dating where they go into a long distance relationship as Anaconbayashi-kun pursues a bona fide career in sake while Yamamoto-kun trains to enter the same world as well.

Review Proper

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHA

BRILLIANT!!!

It started out somber and sad because they were parting and then it quickly transcends into the old wildlife series I knew and loved! I still can’t get over the fact that Yamamoto-kun came to Nara expecting deer. And then he got ronerii because there were no anacondas in Nara. ​💀 Their interactions with Shouta (Anaconbayashi-kun’s bro) was so fucking gold ​I think I died and got revived constantly during them. Mans literally is a proud XL himself and his and his brother’s family jewels are famous!!! Find yourself a loose hole or at least someone who’s brave enough to try and ride, Souta! 😌 You can do it!!!

Man, I really didn’t expect the series to have a sequel, but to even have a BLCD for it?! Gotta hand it to Omoimi and their antics. It be rare to have a comedy-smut BL which isn’t overly gaudy and exaggerated. I wonder if Chishanomi and Omoimi are friends. And if they were, I dang hope they’re close!

Moving on to the voice work,

Excuse me? How fucking dare you, Saitou Souma??? 

Again, it all started so sad and you can really hear it in SS’s voice. But then motherfucker hit me out of nowhere with the 

You don’t understand. He went idk 4 pitches lower and it was so close to his Akai Ito’s Hiro, so I definitely wasn’t prepared for that! I THOUGHT THAT HE WAS GOING TO TOP NAKAJIMA YOSHIKI AND GO FULL AKAI ITO HERE FOR A MINUTE. Looking at the manga now, I really wouldn't have expected that he’d go with such a tone. I swear, y’all gotta hear it to believe. ALSO! I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK HE’S BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS BECAUSE WHEN I SAY THAT HE SOUNDS LIKE SEX ON LEGS, HE REALLY DOES!!! Like??? His Yamamoto-kun in the first BLCD was already hot as it is, but he managed to turn it up a notch here! I swear to god, this is by far, the sexiest Saitou Souma’s ever sounded in a BLCD. Even more than his Koisuru Ryuu and Me o Tojite! And it’s for Omoimi whose art isn’t at all that expressive!!! I really don’t know how Nakajima handled Saitou Souma with a straight face because his Yamamoto-kun certainly did numbers on me??? Made me just wanna push Anaconbayashi-kun out of the picture and tap that Yamamoto ass myself! And what did I say the last review? 

“It’s like each time I say that this performance of so-and-so is the best of them I’ve heard yet, their next performance automatically turns out to be better!”

This is almost always true when it comes to Saitou Souma and Okitsu. Ugh. Dare I say, this is the most believable bottom performance I’ve ever heard anyone do. I’m sorry, Tattsun, but it really is. If it turns out that Saitou Souma really has no experience with bottoming in real life or no experience in anything sexual at all, I will literally lose my shit. He better win this year’s awards again or someone’s gonna catch these 🔪🔪🔪. This is definitely not my most favorite out of all his performances in 2020, but it sure is the best!

As for Nakajima Yoshiki—I mean, I guess it was okay, but I still don’t like his Anaconbayashi-kun. Something about it is just so unnatural, but as I’ve said in the prequel, I can’t imagine anyone else voicing him. On the bright side, unlike the first BLCD, he didn’t get swallowed up by Saitou Souma’s acting here just his dick. Also, he didn’t sound strained here as much. But again, the most notable thing Nakajima Yoshiki did in this BLCD was being so professional and not tackling Saitou Souma down the recording studio floor. 💀 As per the cast talk, it also seemed like he had fun recording, so good on him!

As for our side characters, I really loved Souta and Taito Ban’s portrayal of him. Really brought our Anacondabros to life. *wipes tear* Yamashita Seiichirou, on the other hand, didn’t have a lot of screen time here. Been quite a while ever since I’ve last heard him in a BLCD, but I’m sure we’ll see each other again soon enough. Both did well and were good choices for their roles if not the best.

Not really sure what went down with the prequel’s BGM, but that problem wasn’t present here. Still had the same staff on sound here. 🤷 The BLCD was also pretty accurate to the manga, so I will recommend doing a read-along. There aren’t a lot of hard words used here aside from a few technical terms about brewing and sake, but reading the manga would help a lot. I’d definitely recommend this and the prequel to beginners. I hope this places in Best BLCD this year sksksks. It’s Saitou Souma domination, y’all!

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Hashi no XL Saizu ch 5 spoilers

hope to see it translated soon uwu

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BLCD Review: Itoshi no XL Saizu

Title:  愛しのXLサイズ (Itoshi no XL Saizu)

Author: Omoimi

Release date: 2019/09/11

Cast: Nakajima Yoshiki x Saitou Souma

Synopsis: University student Aoi Yamamoto joins the Sake Research society hoping to get a girlfriend and lose his virginity, despite being unable to tolerate alcohol. At a club event, he gets wasted on liquor chocolates and is taken care of by Kobayashi-kun, a member of the same club. Despite being very handsome, Kobayashi-kun confesses that he is also a virgin… because of his enormous dick! How will the drunken Yamamoto deal with coming face to face with the ‘Anaconda’? A sweet and sexy comic romance between students, extra-large size! (Hero Scans)

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Yo, I’m glad I put this after Konomi ja Naka to in the list. This is how you adapt a comedic BLCD! I mean, what did I expect from Fifth Avenue? Though there are certain things like the BGM and voice acting that I had some minor concerns with which I will cover in a moment, but this should be the minimum! I’m actually quite happy with the adaptation because if you’ve read the manga, Omoimi is fond of sudden stops and surprise turns in dialogues (think Masao Sangatsu), so I was curious about how they’ll execute that in audio. They were fantastic! They made the dialogues more alive! This is how you do it, Marine Ent., take notes. Also, can I just say how this reminds me of Seto Umiko’s Customer Masquerade!? But Anaconbayashi’s heaps better than Kishimoto tbh. 😂

Again, the BGM could use just a tad more improvement because I felt that they were lacking in some parts. Nothing I can’t forgive. I was more concerned with the actual voice acting because I didn’t trust Nakajima Yoshiki enough to survive acting with Saitou Souma. Oh my gosh, I can’t believe I saw Saitou Souma grow up from that cutie rookie Teo in DMMD to QUEEN SAITOU SLUT AOI. 😭😭😭 My worries proved true because Nakajima Yoshiki did get swallowed up by Saitou Souma’s acting, especially in the first few tracks. 

Man, Saitou Souma was just...too good at it that Nakajima Yoshiki had a hard time matching their breaths in the first mattress mambo. It sounded like Saitou Souma was having sex with another man (Maeno maybe??? I’m sorry Furukawa) in his head while Nakajima Yoshiki was just jerking off. 🙊 Now, I admittedly am not that familiar with Nakajima Yoshiki’s voice and the only notable role I’ve heard him in is Akai Ito’s Akira-san where he did a stellar job with btw, but he really struggled here. His Akira-san was a rich but high pitched tone, if you know what I mean, and I felt that the pitch that he was going for was a little too deep that I could hear him strain it at times. I feel like he finds it difficult to drag long and spontaneous dialogues out because of this, which is weird because I listened to the cast talk and his voice was just a tad higher but was rich and smooth like Ono Yuuki’s. Idk. 🤷 It was as if he was going for Furukawa Makoto’s Shida-kun in Alternative, but ended with his Kiriya in I Hate instead. He did manage to make me ride his acting the longer the CD played, but the strain does pop up like a sore thumb at times. 

I also had an issue with the semes in the last three BLCDs I listened to before this, but rather than a miscast, I think this more of a mistone because Furukawa Makoto’s Shida-kun would have passed as Anaconbayashi—even though I find it too serious a tone for him. I honestly don’t know who we could replace him with, though. 😂 Roles like Anaconbayashi’s are hard to cast!

As for Saitou Souma, I think that this is his best BLCD yet on this list (let’s see if Yoidore can top this). Man, I’m sorry for everyone else who was vying for this crown, but Saitou Souma is 2019′s Queen of Queens. I’m sure Okitsu will be doing phenomenal in Koi ga Ochitara, but the number of BLCDs Saitou Souma’s voiced as an uke alone is enough to steal that title. But this isn’t about quantity, now is it? Unlike Furukawa Makoto who’s a hit or miss in the plethora of projects he has done this year, Saitou Souma makes it a point to always hit that mark. What an artist.  👏👏👏 I don’t understand how he can act like such a veteran when he’s only 28!

Furukawa Makoto (probably): What have I ever done to you, Cheska???

I love Furukawa Makoto, too. Don’t get me wrong. They’re both my babies. 😂 My love for him makes me include him in every BLCD review even. Pls get used to it, Furukawa, because I still have more BLCDs to review! 😂

As for loyalty, there weren’t a lot ad libs; and though there were some changes in the arrangement in the dialogue, it isn’t that hard to follow. If you’re a beginner, this shouldn’t pose a problem for you at all. Plus, it’s funny and steamy af! I highly highly recommend listening to this while reading the manga. This is undoubtedly one of 2019′s best BLCDs/adaptations, so definitely give it a try!

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Hashi no XL Saizu

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Hashi no XL Saizu

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Hashi no XL Saizu