This is literally tumblr:the manga.

Real talk, is this good?

>>156953935
I like it. The manga's surreal visual metaphors are pretty to look at and it features characters and perspectives that I otherwise wouldn't encounter. I think this manga is most of all meant to educate a Japanese audience rather than a western one.

>>156954567
How did something like that got green lighted, though? I wonder how much it selling.

The author is a woman, but the first chapter felt definitely on point.

>>156954732
I don't think the subject is that uncommon in manga

>>156953935
It's a nice alternative to the millions of boring clishe BL. The characters all feel like real people and are quite sympathetic except one but that doesn't ruin the story. Sometimes it feels like a "diversity" is put where it doesn't belong and forced, overall it's really nice and somehow relaxing reading.

>>156953452
Ok, I'll take the bait.

What is this about?

>>156954732
>How did something like that got green lighted, though? I wonder how much it selling.
If something like Yuureitou and Wander Son got published, I don't see why this one shouldn't.

Manga in general offer amuch more diverse choices than Animu.

>>156954732
Hibana is a seinen magazine (the same magazine that runs Dorohedoro), so the target audience is presumably more mature, and would find the content of this story interesting.

>>156953452
So it has both lesbians and gays?

>>156954942
Shimanami Tasogare

It's become one of my favorites. Shame only one volume comes out every year.

>>156953452
"Tumblr" as a trend is defined by shoving diversity into things that otherwise don't make a point of it.

This is actually a story about gays, so it ain't Tumblr. The big question you gotta ask is whether or not something would still work if the cast were heteronormalized.

>>156954871
Homosexuality and Trans people. Serious tone and without the common anime/manga tropes.

>>156955110
It wouldn't still work when half of the characters' struggles is about coming out and accepting yourself which is fine

>>156955162
how is that inherently tumblr
is OP being a faggot?

>>156955250
I think OP is using the age old tactic of opening a thread with bait and hoping it evolves into genuine discussion.

Problem is that personally, even though I really like this manga, there's absolutely nothing to talk about.

>>156955250
Yes, he is.

>>156955110
>This is actually a story about gays, so it ain't Tumblr. The big question you gotta ask is whether or not something would still work if the cast were heteronormalized.
Given that heteros experience a significant different high schools from gays, no I wouldn't.

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>>156955110
>series about gays and trannies
>but what if it was straight
I don't understand what you're saying.

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>>156955250
Yep OP is indeed a faggot.

There's only 2 vols right now and it's a quick read. I think the MC is cute but the lesbian couple is probably everyone's favorite.

>>156955434
I just want them to make up >>156955395 and be cool with each other again. They had a nice friendship going.

>>156955434
I really like the adult MtF trans dude. He's still a reliable older brother type but when they did the reveal on him, I thought to myself, "Oh, that makes a lot of sense."

There's this subtle feminine streak to him that really makes me believe that the guy grew up female.

>>156955532
>adult MtF trans dude

Are you talking about Dareka-san? I feel like I must've missed the reveal.

>>156955807
The black-haired dude who works with the lesbians.

>>156955894
>goes back to reread
>discovers 2 new chapters came out a few days ago

Thanks anon for indirectly making my day better

>>156955434
The lesbian story really hit home, especially the part about her parents.

Overaal chapter 1-5 were the strongest, 6-10 felt like the author was trying too hard.

11-12 are good again, but I hope the MC moves on from the dude.

What's the deal with Anonymous

Is MC's crush gay or fish-sexual

>>156956329
Same, that guy is a piece of shit, I felt really sorry for the MC.

>>156956473
I bet he's in the closet and is knowingly baiting MC into becoming yet another fish for his collection.

>>156956524
>>156956329
Tasu-kun will get a good bf right? This series is about people finding acceptance and happiness so it has to happen at the end ;_;

>>156956662
Honestly given how realistic the manga has been about it would make more sense if the dude was just a cunt and straight and the MC moved on.

>>156956473
I'm thinking closet homo

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>>156956329
>>156956524
Tsubaki did nothing wrong.

>>156956702
I hope so, that boy that likes to crossdress would be nice for him btw.

>>156956929
>Tsubaki did nothing wrong.
He is just a homophobic.

>>156956934
He's too young, and MC strikes me as a men MAN.

>>156956929
He looks so hateable on this page but like, I really can't find myself blaming him. Him and his father are both put off by these people but neither of them actually seem hateful and come off as genuinely apologetic when they realize they're saying something rude.

It's a really understandable ignorance. I was like that when I was his age, and I know it's wrong but I know exactly how it feels when you sit down and realize how inappropriate you were and how you hurt someone's feelings.

>>156957091
I know, but even so kek. That is good then?

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>>156956929
What did he mean by this?

>>156957093
Hopefully you did better than Mr. "Hey this ramen is dope. You what sucks? Fags."

>>156957246
Maybe he's a bully trying to get MC to admit his gayness so he can pick on him

Maybe he's gay and digs MC but doesn't realize it yet

Or most likely, he's one of those straight guys who acts gay with his bros and doesn't realize he's being a massive tease to cocksluts everywhere

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>>156953452

>>156957298
>Hopefully you did better than Mr. "Hey this ramen is dope. You what sucks? Fags."
Eh, it's that's the worse you can think of, you had it easy.

I think the manga definitely address something people don't consider, how homosexuality is essentially invisible to people because they default everyone to straight, so they feel like they are talking about people on another planet. It does come a bit too preachy for westerns in some cases, but I'd imagine the average nips is less knowledgeable about this thing.

I do wonder how much the mangaka knows, given she's a woman. Unless she's lesbian, then again gay men are often the one more targeted and I can't speak for women.

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>>156953452
>Calling him onna
>Going to see boats with the dude

I see this is going exactly the way I don't want it to.

>>156957594
The mangaka is actually agender. It's the same one as Nabari no Ou and Shonen Note. Both series had trans, gay, or non binary characters so it's not surprising.

>>156957677
I felt the MC's pain on that moment too.

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>>156957728
>agender.

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Can she turn MC straight?

>>156957816
That moment was the worst, dammit.

>>156957766
>toXでアセク on their twitter

X-gender and asexual in nip. There was a table for this manga at last year's Tokyo Pride.

If there's an anime adaptation, I can see Kenji Nakamura style working well with this

>>156957816
Random-chan was the hero of that chapter

>>156957246
>knows only gay people work there
>saw girl calling him homo bastard
>that smug face

He fucking knows.

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Nah, this is gayer.

>>156953935
I like the paneling and art a fair bit. Some of the words are LGBT 101 though and are boring for that reason.

>>156958010
What does "toX" come from? I only recently learned the word 性自認 existed thanks to 放サモ.

>>156958731
Apparently the "toX" is like MtF or in Kamatani's case FtX where X is x-gender (the nip ver of agender).

>>156955424
>tumblrina shows their reading comprehension skill
They were clearly saying that the point is that it wouldn't work if you made the characters straight and hence isn't tumblrcore. Instead of immediately getting up in arms at even the slightest hint of something you might find an opportunity to start shit over, take a second to read what people write.

>>156959635
Don't kid yourself, lack of basic reading comprehension and starting shit over the smallest thing is an internet staple.

And my favorite pastime.

>>156959000
Oh that makes sense. I thought the "to" was an abbreviation of a Japanese word.

>>156956749
He's gotten too many scenes outside of interacting with Tasuku to just be the temporary straight asshole crush. My bet is he's extremely closeted judging by how contemplative and withdrawn he is at home around his homophobic father. His shitty moments could be a defense mechanism from what he hears at home. He's got his goldfish obsession which was the visual metaphor for the clowder in vol 2 as well.

The realistic route would be by the time he comes out Tasuku's feelings will have cooled down and they'll just become homo friends.

>>156962340
Do you think the manga will end with Tasuku having no romantic partner?

>>156962997
Hopefully he does since loving someone and being loved is his greatest desire

>>156955110
tumblr is basically a codeword for "faggot shit"

Damn, finally new chapters.

>>156955532
MtF means male to female. I think you mean FtM

>>156964443
When the volume 3 tankobon is released, I'm definitely rereading these chapters when the first scanlator group does their pass.

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>Curled toes

>>156964605
Might be me being retarded but I find the earlier chapters were confusing, and just found out I stopped at chapter 5. Well, shit. Might as well reread this.

>closet homo vs crossdresser festival fight
These fags.

>>156953452
I might read if if faggot-kun didn't have such shit taste in men.

>>156957246
Put in the poopoo.

>>156957728
Oh shit it's Kamatani? I knew it.

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>>156953452
Fuck I can't read this. It's too cringy. I keep reading a couple of panels then I just can't move on. It just looks like generic self-insert wish fulfilment to me.

>>156953452
The artwork looks nice enough but I already have enough sad shit to read and it seems obvious that MC isn't going to get a happy ending here.

>>156962997
Nabari no Ou and Shounen Note ended that way, but they were also more ambiguous in their homoeroticism.

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>>156966284
Whose fucking wish is it to get shit on for being gay? I can't tell which part of the manga you're saying you've read.

>/a/ is this full of fujoshi
Man, what the fuck? Should I read homo romance too?

>>156966569
IP-27
No. You don't need thankfully.

I want Tsubaki to fuck me in his UFO.

>>156955395
Kek

>>156966328
I think it's more of a hopeful and optimistic series even if MC is obviously not going to get a fairytale ending.

>>156966569
It's not really a fujoshi story. Fujoshi stories generally have straight or ambiguous guys in intensely pandering situations without any payoff, or flanderized and retarded depictions of what fujos want gay men to be. Shimanami isn't anything like that.
There are real people who are gay, anon, they can exist in stories too.

>>156966569
You must be fishing for (you) but vanilla or melodrama school romance are becoming a little too boring and predictable, I'm branching out to homo stories,no yaoi shit for me though.

>>156966802
>>156966879
So it's good then? I'm genuinely curious if a Jap woman can write a good homo story.
>inb4 Tale of Genji

>>156966569
>Implying these tumblrtards aren't a minority on /a/

>>156966934
Worth my time? Yes. Worth yours? Beats me. I dont read much of these homo stories though, it might have been full of homo tropes already.

>>156966934
It's pretty.
If you hate real life faggotry it isn't for you.

>>156966934
It's not that interesting but there's a cute girl (male).

>>156966990
>>156967003
You people sound like actual tumblrtards tbqh
I'm bi-curious myself, so I guess I'll pick it

>>156967027
I'm not sure why you think I sound like a tumblrtard. I said what I did because it's not an idealized picture of homoshit and transshit, so if you don't want to read about people whose lives are affected by being gay and etc, this isn't the story for you. It's very far removed from any yaoi.

>>156967027
>bi-curious
Look at this fag.I read it for the unusual characters/setting first though, dropping it anytime is easy.

I kill gays for fun

>itt i'm a special snowflake faggot

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This panel is comedy gold. The rest is boring tripe though.

>>156966412
The author. Good job on posting EVA though. Another self-insert wish fulfilment harem story.
>get shit on
Are you actually this fucking delusional? did you write this by any chance?

I'd argue that Hourou Musuko also is pretty tumblr.

>>156955162
>without tropes
Daily reminder that this shit is full of tropes. It's boring and predictable. I predict Anonymous is also a guy. Wee what do I win?

>>156967342
If only this manga was actually good. It's not. It's so boring and clichéd.

>>156967445
The author is self-professed not to have any interest in romance for herself personally. She's definitely not self-inserting.
And, yes, Tasuku's whole "struggle" is that he's not comfortable with being gay because it's not socially acceptable to most.

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>>156962340
>homo friends

This reminds me, has anyone read Smells like Green Spirit? It's pretty cool, but I'm not sure how many chapters are translated. It's also a reaction image goldmine.

>>156955162
So entirely unlike Tumbl?

Why is this still bimonthly? It's not like the mangaka is working on their other manga. Answer: it's because they'd rather do Tourabu shit.

I'm partially a faggot and hardly relate to any of the characters in this. Do I keep hoping for a bi character or give up now?

>>156956524
Why everyone hates him? I must have missed something, I don't get it.

>>156967839
I like it. I like how these two just become gay bros instead of love-interest or how they both liked the manly teacher.

>>156969269
Because of the new 2 chapters.

>>156954732
>author is a woman
Actually the author is a nothing, they identify as genderqueer. For real, I'm not joking, google it. Also check your privilege.

>>156969454
>genderqueer
Gender was a mistake.

>>156969454
>Identifies as X-Gender, a form of non-binary gender identity in Japan.
>Favorite manga : Naruto & Ninja Scroll

LITERALLY DUMBLR, WHAT THE FUCK?

>>156969488
I know, man. I though Japan wasn't into meme sexualities and gender identities, I thought they were better than this.

>>156969525
Plenty of manga have 'genderless" characters though. Especially Clamp.

>>156969525
Dunno they seem to have shit taste overall just look at the 100 best anime list they voted for.

>>156956929
I assumed he's acting like a dick because at the beggining he di overhear Tasu say some homophobic stuff to make sure his friends didn't think he was actually gay.

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I love these two.

>>156969557
Gernderless CLAMP characters are LITERALLY genderless in body.

>>156953452
pretty interesting judging from the first few chapters. i can't deal with the fact that they literally call the lounge owner "anonymous" though. what is this in japanese again?

>>156970201
Dareka-san or 誰かさん. Isn't anonymous supposed to be nanashi?

>>156970201
I think they call her Dareka-san in japanese

>>156957492
>HOMO BASTARD

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This manga is pure Kunst

>>156970201
The group that's picked up the latest chapter is going with "Somebody-san".

>>156970514
Oh boy someone else picked up? I hope it doesn't create scanlators drama and it gets dropped.

>>156966284
>cringy
You are the gay one.

>>156970559
I hope the main scanlator that is with the project still keep doing it, I prefer their edit. They use the vol raws to do the edit and translation.

>>156970559
According to the guy, it's a one man show. There were a few errors in his translation so I hope he finds an editor or someone who knows Japanese to look it over before he uploads future chapter.

>>156967732
>blah blah blah
Fuck are you really that fucking dense? I didn't ask for your boring lifestory.

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>>156970605
Nah, girls are too cute. But keep clinging to your poorly drawn fanfics.

>>156966569
>>/a/ is this full of fujoshi
>Man, what the fuck? Should I read homo romance too?

It has both gays and lesbians in the series. Hell pretty much a LGBT cast

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>>156971038
where did he tell you his lifestory?
>self insert wish fulfillment
what self insert? are you gay? what the hell are you even talking about?

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>>156953452
this is

>>156971258
>look at how ignorant I am
Duly noted.

>>156971258
I suppose it's 'wish fulfillment' in so far as the MC escapes from feeling suicidal, and makes some like-minded new friends, which is probably something plenty of people would wish for if they'd ever been in that situation.
But it's obviously not some self-insert fantasy. It's just trying to thoughtfully look at the sort of things people actually go through.

>>156971460
You actually wrote this crap didn't you? It all makes sense to me now.

Anyone remember this anime about a boy that has an obsession with crossdressing since he was passing through gender disphoria, painted in pastel colours and with white being the predominant colour, ending with him exposing who she is?

>>156972626
hourou musuko?

>>156972679
Yes! That one. Didn't consider it to be outstanding when I saw it, but I wanted to give it a watch again. What did you think of it?

>>156972721
only read it. it's been a while though so i don't remember much. i think i liked it, but it could've been better.

>>156953452
What does that mean? Define it for those of us who don't lurk tumblr.

>>156971342
That manga is a great read even if you are not a lesbian, it deals with antianxiety/social pressure in a way many anons can relate.