#they have tons of good options

[benkyoutobentou]

hi! i'm sorry for the dumb question but i wanted to finally start reading manga in japanese (i already have a little list of titles beginner-friendly) buuuut i'm not sure where i actually find it ;; sorry again for the stupid question

Not a dumb question at all! There are a bunch of places to get manga, the most accessible probably being (unfortunately) amazon.jp. You need to have a Japanese address to buy things regardless of where it's being shipped to (or not, in the case of ebooks), but I believe just any address will do. You can also sometimes buy manga directly on the publisher's sites. Cmoa is another good place to check, and they also will often have entire volumes of manga available to read on their site for free (just look for the 無料 section). Bilingualmanga might also be of interest. It's free (and therefore sometimes gets taken down), but is exactly what it sounds like. Their selection isn't huge, but what they do have, they have in both English and Japanese.

If you want to buy physical volumes, CDJapan is my go-to. I'm in the USA, but I'm pretty sure they ship to most parts of the world. Kinokuniya is also a good place to buy manga from, especially if you're lucky enough to have a physical store near you. My main issue with them is that I think they're overpriced, though. Another thing that depends on luck, if you have any Book Off stores near you, go check them out! It's secondhand, so finding what you're looking for is definitely luck based, but I think it's a good experience to browse Japanese language books and manga regardless.

If you're having trouble finding something in particular, or want some... slightly less legal sources, feel free to contact me off anon!

#i hope this helps! #thank you for asking!! <3 #im sure there are way more places to buy ebooks of manga that i just dont know of because im so adamant about Only reading physicals #but i did read lots of trigun as ebooks #that i got... elsewhere #benkyou posting #langblr #studyblr #polyglot #manga #languages #language learning #oh btw bilingualmanga grew so much from when i last looked at it a few years ago #they have tons of good options #like 暁のヨナ and 三月のライオン #among many others #theyve also got a bunch of classic shoujo now like basara

[canisalbus]

hi i ride motorcycle year round and wanted to chime in. for vasco's small around-town trips he'd probably be fine with his ears free, but for longer trips at higher speeds or when its cold out he'd want them protected. probably by tucking them under his chin into the collar of a jacket and then putting a scarf or bandana on. also goggles would be helpful if a full helmet wasn't wanted. since they're in europe and around italy specifically he could have a nice ducati (fast rockety sport bikes) or a cafe racer (much more like a motorized bicycle but they can still have a lot of power) a cafe racer would offer a lot of seat space for machete to be thoroughly uncomfortable in lol

i love your ocs they're great thanks for all the cool art :)

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#oh that's really good practical advice actually! I've never riden a motorcycle so I wouldn't even know where to begin #the ears tucked under the jacket collar is a smart way to go about it #having hard time choosing a bike for him there's too many options #it looks like lots of ducatis have a very sleek and sporty vibe to them #loving the bright colors and the shapely design #cafe racers on the other hand come across as iconic looking to me and could potentially have a sort of vintage aura which I personally like #and the flat topline (I'm sorry I don't possess the right vocabulary for these things) that some of them have is visually pleasing #they'd be a nightmare to draw though since the frame is a lot less covered and there's a ton of complex mechanical detail in the midsection #bike viscera if you will #I don't know but it's fun to think about #thank you for chiming in! this was genuinely helpful #answered #anonymous #modern au

[kindlythevoid]

Y’all, y’all, I know this is (among many, many other things) the talk-about-your-fanfics site but I physically cannot talk about them without being prompted. However, because I am dying to talk about them, I have decided to do it in the format of an ask game.

What story (stories?) are you writing rn that you’ll most likely publish next? ∩(´∀`∩)

What story (stories?) are you writing rn that will most likely linger in your head for an undetermined period of time? (*´▽｀*)

What tropes do you like writing about the most? (´▽`ʃƪ)

Lore dump about the OCs (see tags for options)! (∩˃o˂∩)

One individual fun fact for each OC in the tags. ヽ(‘ ∇‘ )ノ

Longest fic you’ve written (published or not)? ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

Shortest fic you’ve written (published or not)? ‹•.•›

Fic that is near and dear to your heart? ♡

Top three fics you’ve written (in author’s opinion)? ♡♡♡

Story Moodboard of choice (either you or author picks the story; author makes). (◡‿◡✿)

OC Moodboard of choice (either you or author picks the OC; author makes). ❀☉‿☉❀

Write another line in your WIP (rude, productive, but okay). ◔̯◔

Drop a playlist for a story! ♪♡♪

Umm… yeah, so feel free to reblog to use the ask game yourself!! Fingers crossed all those nervous writers get to lore dump, yeah?

#for purposes published here means put on Ao3/fanfic/tumblr/etc for all to see #Not published like book published #Although good on you if you’ve gotten published-published!!! #I really hope this is how you ask game #Gahhh fingers crossed!! #Anyway; here are my OC options: #mara #kirsi #aay’han #do sole survivors count? #Yeah I’ll have them count #Sole survivors Nate and Nora #Okay admittedly I don’t have a ton of OC options but each of them get me excited to talk and/or write #The crew of the judgement day #woops almost forgot them even tho each and every one is an OC #just yelling into the void #ask #is this how you ask game? #originally i thought you could copy + paste the fun emoji guys but then i realized that was a lot of work so voila! numbers!!

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Was thinking about your au and realized that whichever neighbour wakes up last is in for a very awkward reunion

Imagine waking up to your entire neighbourhood being in an apocalyptic scenario, and you’re the last to find out about it-

technically the last neighbor is Sally BUT Julie is the last "normal-sleeping" neighbor to wake and yeah! she sure has a hell of a time! i mean tbh it's kinda her And Barnaby? they wake up within a week of each other (the neighbors wake via Pacific Rim kaiju rules) so their breakdowns overlap <3

#julie wakes up just in time for the situation to Start Deteriorating At A Rapid Pace #like 'welcome back julie! frank is very close to dying the neighborhood is quite literally beginning to crumble' #'tensions are very high and everyone is starting to lose it <3 also your memories and siblings and life and world was a lie <3 good luck!' #she and barnaby have it the worst smh #well. kinda the worst #cause sally wakes up to an (arguably) Even Worse Scenario and also tons of guilt etc etc #sally: oh so its my fault my friends are injured and/or dying/dead. cool. im going to cope with this so gracefully (lie) #(side note: the death(s) are Not her fault. they were going to happen no matter what) #(well. i say no matter what. they'd have been prevented if the lights had been turned back on but we all know that wasnt really an option) #rambles from the bog #wh lights out au #and julie does not really get time to adjust... #shit is already going down #but only a week or so after she wakes up Shit. Goes. Down. #the transition into act two occurs and thats a whooooole enchilada in of itself #and trust me a week is Not enough to adjust! #especially when frank passes out halfway through and then never wakes back up smhhhhh #julie: at least i have frank! right frank? frank? frank- #julie: .... #julie: at least i have eddie! and wally! #julie: wh- whats that? mhm. mhm. oh. really? oh... #julie: at least i have eddie!

[bleaksqueak]

see, ppl can say what they want about the resi 3 remake, but the remake got Mikhail perfect. Also i actually really love weird Puppy Nemesis lmao

#GET OFF OF HIS TRAIN SHITBIRD #ilu grandpa you did your best #I think the remake is fine #there's parts of the original I miss a ton #and parts I am glad are gone #mostly I'm just confused by the rose colored glasses everyone remembers wrt a nemesis that doesn't exist #he was never a random stalker he always had scripted spawns and due to the ps1 limitations the “random” was down to two or three options #with that said re3 remake coming off the heels of re7 with pretty good stalkers like jack and margeurite #and then directly off the heels of re2 with one of the best programmed game stalkers i've ever seen #he's a letdown for sure #I loved the pre-release rumors saying nemesis would chase you into safe rooms #that should have been a real thing #Oh wow is it really time for our regularly scheduled resident evil obsessing?? #I wanted to name Nikolai after Mikhail but mercury spatted me with a newspaper and told me I had too many M names #I have had this fondness for hero grandpa for a long time okay #anyway I know that absolutely no one follows me for resident evil so lmao ignore my rambling #it's fine though #because no matter if you follow me for solivaga or homestuck :) #I've fed you resident evil no matter what #what do you mean parts of the harley manor are inspired by the spencer mansion!? #HAHA GOT'EM #what do you mean there's a ton of resident evil refs in soli #RAT STRIKES AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yeonban]

I might be ~quirky~ for this (welcome to my twisted mind and etc) but I genuinely have so much fun with shipping nowadays, ever since I chose to be singleship for each muse. I feel like my adhd has never allowed me to pour even half as much care and attention into a ship as I'd have loved to when I had multiple ones at the same time per muse, so being able to focus on a single romantic dynamic per muse really feels like a weight off my shoulders

#* ooc. / posts. #I also know my adhd is all over the place so at times I may go a few months w/o bringing that specific muse (and thus ship) up #(unless you approach me in dms; in which case my mind typically instantly goes !!! on the muse & ship) #so I'm INCREDIBLY touched whenever my ship partners agree to be singleship w me. It's truly such an honor and blessing to me #and I feel like it's much easier for my muse to get very attached when their romantic attention only goes to a single person; #so you can best believe that from the moment we start shipping your portrayal will ALWAYS. and I mean /ALWAYS/ be intertwined with mine #doesn't matter if you drop the muse or leave tumblr or stop writing altogether. your muse will Always be my muse's special someone #I've had tons of ships where my partner disappeared off the face of the earth one day and yet all I've done was change 'singleship' #to 'noship' bc my muse's heart to this day (several irl years later) continues to be with their portrayal; REFUSING to look at anyone else #Granted this is also why I'm so picky with shipping; in the sense that I let my muse lead the way til they fall in love #and only THEN do I ask the mun if they're fine w our muses being a thing (and thus being singleship w me) #I used to say yes to people just asking to ship and while I know that's a neat option too; I simply. Cannot do that these days ADGHSAJDSDK #nothing against anyone nor against that route; but I've had a good share of ships that crumbled or made me lose muse bc my muse wasn't #feeling the ship. so I'm no longer going ahead unless the muse falls first and makes ME start shipping it rather than the other way around #and that decision has unironically made me feel so light and comfortable here AHDSAJDSKDJ #AH NEY WAYZ!! I need to be sedated bc why am I awake at 11 am. I HAVE NOT SLEPT.

[gaylactic-fire]

A pathetic bunny man 😎

Experimental IbisPaint piece. I've never done anything "full on" with the program before but I'm pretty happy with it!

#fires posts #my art #linked universe #linkeduniverse #lu legend #I'm trying to ween myself off Sai and Ibis is a good blend of simple layout tons of options #I HAVE CSP but no way in hell am I learning to use it #way too complicated #I honestly might use Sai for lines still... nothing compares to Sai brush physics

[euphor1a]

Hi, choose the first enhypen fic you want to see from this blog?

#ʚĭɞ :: polls 📊 #i think it’s a shame that my enhypen masterlist is so empty. hopefully 2024 can change it up a bit #i’m giving these two options because they’d be a good starting point to join the train ykwim. #both are one-shots. estimated wc under 5K. both have a bit of plot and a ton of p*rn aksfhdfhg. #but the genres are vastly different (obviously) #i’ll post both of them eventually but the winning option gets to be the first one #i.e i’ll focus on it more to get it done sooner #enhypen smut #adding a tag for more visibility 👍🏼 euphor1a’s engeneblr debut is coming 🗣️ #*24hrs

[keydav]

Really feeling that Baldur's Gate 3 FOMO tonight, especially where Astarion is concerned 😩😩

I was literally looking at Gaming PCs online, even though I shouldn't get one right now. Though I didn't even think about places having a Labor Day sale! I think what I'm gonna do, is try to save up as much as I can the next few months, and then take a look on Black Friday, cause the deals might be good enough I could swing one then. I've been wanting to get a desktop computer for a while, since my laptop is over 10 years old and essentially doesn't function anymore, and this has just made that desire that much more acute lol

#personal shit #currently trying to fill the BG3 sized void i feel in my soul right now #and i cant quite figure out how to do that #especially without spending a bunch of money #and here i was thinking about getting Fae Farm or the new Lego bugs set when they come out next week #but if im serious about getting a PC in November #i definitely shouldn't #and should save up instead #i think this is a good idea #also there's a TON of other games i currently have that i cant play because my laptop is such shit! #i just got the cozy game bundle that humble bundle had #which includes witchy life story and lemoncake!!! #but it was for steam so i cant play it #plus i got a ton of stuff on itchio from a couple charity bundles i did #so it would get its use!!! #the other option was to save up for a ps5 #which would have been nice for the new spider-man game #but i dont really want a ps5 and i do really want a new computer #plus i think there's a good chance the new spider-man game will get a pc release too #eventually lol #since the first one did! #anyway if anyone has any recommendations for getting a new computer especially one good for gaming im all ears #baldur's gate 3

[emometalhead]

I know job searching is bad all around right now, but it's incredibly discouraging as a writer to have to wade through tons of unpaid positions and AI training stuff before finding any actual job listings.

#I'm going to have my degree next month and I already completed an unpaid internship #I just want a legit job that will pay me and won't violate my ethics #I've gotten 2 offers but one paid garbage and the other had a ton of unpaid labor required before the start of another garbage wage #I'm not looking for a ridiculous amount of money. I just want something at least on par with minimum wage #I've applied for just about everything I've found that I'm qualified for that doesn't make me feel like scum but the options are so limited #to clarify on the scum thing. some of the positions I've applied for are entertainment news things but I refuse to write gossip #there's some sites that stray from gossip but others that's all they are and I don't want to be part of that #I love gossip but not as a profession. I'm not going to profit on that. #anyway long story short job hunting sucks and I'm wishing good luck to everyone else trying to find a job that won't cause them misery #ashley rambles

[not-poignant]

Hi Pia

I think i remember you saying once that you read bl comics / manwha and was wondering what sites you use? I've been to a number of sites but all of the english 'translations' are nonsensical and make no sense. I honestly think they just feed the text into google translate instead of hiring people who actually know english. But I still really want to read them.

Could you recommend where I can read bl manwha with legitimate English translation?

I would really appreciate it. Thank you

Hi anon!

So you have two choices.

The first is that you pay for licensed BL and Manhwa on sites like Tappytoons, Lezhin and similar for professionally done English translations. There's a metric fuckton of them. It can get expensive fast, but there's usually hacks to increase the amount of coins you can spend for free, though you will still have to generally pay to keep up with more than one at a time.

The second is that you use illegal sites. I am not - for what should be really obvious reasons - going to tell you where / what they are. What I will say is that English translations on illegal sites are often fan-made and so are very hit and miss. For example, organisations like Zinfandel are famously terrible (and do plug into translators), and then you have other translators who are extremely professional and in some cases better than the official translations. In that, it's hit/miss, you get what you don't pay for, basically, and you have to be willing to sort through what you're looking at.

Obviously I'm not going to tell you where to find options in the second category - if you want legitimate translation, you have to pay for it, either through purchasing hard-copy BL manga (i.e. paperbacks), or purchasing coins and episodes through official websites. Alternatively, you can request published English BLs like Doukyuusei by Asumiko Nakamura through your library.

If you want legitimate translations, you go to legitimate places, it's really that simple.

#asks and answers #personal #and the reality is that if you're going to look for these things illegally #you basically have to get really good at finding what you like #and which sites are more reputable than others #and asking someone to do that in *public* is not a good look #because talking about illegal activity publicly not only puts those sites in danger #but also is just not a good thing to be doing overall #folks know i'm generally pro-piracy #but i'm also pro 'authors getting paid' #and so while i use *both* options #you'll need to decide where you stand ethically anon #a ton of manga has been published in book form #including BL manga #like the Given series #highly recommend it #i buy what i can when it's fully licensed

[cleocatrablossy]

Decided to try doing a closet cosplay.

#brain soup #uhhhh do I tag the character?????? it’s Hotguy #yeah sure why the fuck not #gtws hotguy #cosplay #dance costumes are so fucking useful for this #please don’t mind the mirror crud. I have no idea how it got there #I did my best. I don’t have a ton of options for orange stuff and don’t have a good way of doing the ‘V’ (especially not in a timely manner)

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

have been trying to make more of an effort to use romance-neutral options/language when the option for romance comes up in a mechanical capacity in one of my games/hacks (whether as an actual function in the game, or just 'here's a table of prompts for the tone a dynamic or interaction might have'). i very much want to incorporate the possibility for romance to be A Part of My Games beyond 'idk throw it in during the roleplay i guess' if a player wants that; but i don't want to push people to include romance in games not themed around it if they don't want to, and i don't want them to be excluded from part of the game if a specific romantic dynamic would be a nope.

problem is, 'this option is called a bond: you can choose between romantic, platonic, familial, or Something Else or you can roll to see which you get' has mostly worked pretty well so far! but when feasible and appropriate for the format, i'd like to try to be inclusive of polyam and other more-than-two options, and i can't seem to find a good substitute for 'polycule' without romantic connotations. hm.

#whosebaby does game dev #whosebaby makes things #ttrpg tag #letting the pokemon polyhedral hack cool off for a while was a good idea because the romance/bonding mechanic was kicking my ass #and i think i've got it much more tightened up and cohesive and ready to go now #including the option for vee/triad poly! with minimal logistical nightmare! #would like to make mechanics for bigger ones but for now i'm just trying to get the rest of it in sailing shape #more than anything else the whole section on the bonding mechanic took a ton of gutting and rearranging but i Did It #most of what i have left to do is flavoring to expand on what the lore is; because the default lore is not pokemon at all #as well as making the rules easier on the eye to read format-wise #good news is the ghost hunter game is also very very close to being done and i'm excited to post that one! #it's an original system and not a hack and i'm proud of it #related because it also has a bond mechanic/flavoring although thankfully is not exclusive of poly without Purposeful Extra Logistics #is there a name for that tag

[nabaath-areng]

I was planning to build new desktop this fall, but seeing that the winter half year practically chains me to bed making me incapable of sitting up I took some of my savings to get a laptop so I can have it in bed for drawing, writing etc at least. And so I'll save back up the coming months and build it once spring arrives instead (hopefully component prices has gone down then too)

All that to say I can only eat my hands as I catch glimpses of dawntrail news after having been ffxiv-less since july last year. my abstinence is out the roof

#that being said i am admittedly a little bit nervous about returning now that its been so long #i played without break from 2014 til 2020 and then its been on an off between 2020 and 2022 #and then since then i havent had the means to play #like on one hand i dont dare looking too much into ffxiv happenings cause my abstinence grows worse #and on the other i worry that ill feel weird coming back #because returning from past breaks have felt weird #which admittedly might be because i dont allow myself to take my time and enjoy things but rather rush to catch up #but whenever i can play im just gonna take all effort possible to not rush and potentially even do things on my own #rather than feel stressed by not slowing down others #im glad for the increased single player options tbh #at the same time the break has done me good cause i feel like im further away from making those mistakes #and having a lot to catch up with before being up to date might be good for me #finding hobbies outside ffxiv has done me good too #my relationship to it wasnt the healthiest as it was my sole lifeline during horrific and traumatic years #but now ive been able to play tons of other games again and read books and draw more and write more than ever #and done more irl things again even finishing one type of education #so honestly? i think itll be fine #i dont have to feel bad over my relationship with the game evolving into a different form #i still love it immensely and its had a profound impact on my life as a whole #both in terms of friends and creativity and also significant other #anyway that got longer and rantier and more personal than i first intended #peace signs and sparkles

[imbeingtauntedbyachild]

I need onecentfood to unprivate the single most heart wrenchingly beautiful piece of literature I've ever read right fucking now my bf and matt got into orv and I need to show them one of the best fics hell best piece of writing period I've ever fucking read I'm so fucking normal abt this fic

#og post #marriage is a hypothetical #i have a ton of screenshots of scenes i wanted to draw #its so good #it's so fucking good #genuinely the rollercoaster of emotions it brought me on #its so #so so so fucking good #i read it back in may of 2022 and just #i distinctly remember reading it during p.e cuz we had finals yadayadayada and it didnt take long and every chapter was like super long #this was before i discovered the entire work option #god i miss how fixated i was on orv #thank you jd thread fic writers on Twitter couldnt live without you #still marriage is a hypothetical even if you dont know the characters its so good that you dont have to even know yhe source material #of course theres refrences that if you read the og work (or me got spoiled cuz idgaf<33) youd be like 'hey i know that' #i love this fic alot

[jedi-bird]

Went and bought two large bags of potting soil and one regular size cactus/citrus mix. Used all of it in less than an hour. Replanted the geranium that came from my grandparent's house, finally planted my last rose, got the elephant ear tuber into a pot, and replanted all of the lemon bros (aka the Deke Squad) and the orange/grapefruit hybrid my partner's aunt gave me. Being outside for a bit today felt really good. It was a pleasant distraction.

I also did some sorting out this morning and found my old ikea bear; decided to keep him out and have him one of my old Rogue One shirts since they don't fit me anymore. I think it suits him.

#adventures in gardening #the yard still needs a lot of work but some of it has to wait #my partner needs to help me break down the old basketball hoop that fell down two years ago #unfortunately we can't use the bulky pickup option this year because my mother in law claimed them all #but at least i can get it out of the way and we can sit outside and enjoy the evenings once we move it #I've never had an elephant ear before and I'm excited to see if i can grow it #it'll be green and white speckled if it does #my partner's grandparents grew a lot of them so they insist they're easy #need to order some bonsai wire for the lemons since i want to train some of them #I'm so happy that five of them are still alive though realistically what am i going to do with five lemon trees lol #but they're my babies and i love them #still need to drill extra drainage holes in the raised bed and then buy a ton of soil to fill it for the succulents #also need to drill drainage holes in the pots for the indoor plants so i can finish transplanting them #it's good to have goals lol