October is the perfect time for bonfires and spooky stories, so these two decided to take advantage of the autumn mood. The problem is, their silly ghost stories were a little too scary. Now they’re afraid to go home and they are just sitting there, cuddling and stuffing themselves with skull shaped marshmallows.
sure! 🌟 off the top of my head i have historically enjoyed:
run away with me, girl by battan - what if you were pregnant and in an abusive marriage and your ex-girlfriend from high school reappeared in your life… would you run away with her, girl…
fatale game by battan - i am not fully caught up with this yet but, again, battan’s art is stunning, her characters are compelling, and the premise (toxic yuri between a mangaka and her editor) is sooooo fun to me
rica ’tte kanji?! by rica takashima - in general i recommend her work! this one is a silly slice-of-life about lesbian culture and antics in 90s tokyo
office romance: women’s division by akiko morishima - cute, lighthearted office romance featuring a bisexual main character. yay!
sakura no sono by akimi yoshida - a high school theater club at an all girls school prepares to put on a production of the cherry orchard, a play by anton chekov. some of the students have complicated relationships and puppy love crushes on each other. (this manga was later adapted into one of my favorite movies ever, the cherry orchard dir. shun nakahara!)
how do we relationship? by tamifull - this is a fairly long series that finished serialization last year! well-written romantic comedy/drama with complex characters and realistic arcs. the art is also very nice
oniisama e by riyoko ikeda - not yuri exactly but certainly foundational for the genre. everyone in this is insane which makes it kind of like a train wreck you can’t look away from in the best way
farewell, my rose garden by dr. pepperco - historical romance between a british noblewoman and her japanese maid. pretty art and solid story and grounded in reality with regards to the time period
yuri espoir by mai naoi - a frothy collection of yuri vignettes brought together by the tragic framing narrative of a girl set to enter an arranged marriage heartening herself through keeping a yuri sketchbook
2DK, G-pen, alarm clock by yayoi ohsawa - two roommates get together! one of them is an office worker! ruminations on heteronormativity and marriage as a milestone in a country where gay people cannot marry!
to be on the safe side, i am issuing a blanket statement that some of these works may be dated as per their release dates, that several deal with sensitive themes (homophobia, sexual assault, patriarchal violence, et cetera) i recommend you be cognizant of, and that i have not read or individually vetted the respective oeuvres of each mangaka on this list. have fun reading 🤍🦪
it really is crazy that women’s clothes don’t fit anybody. fat women can’t find clothes, skinny women can’t find clothes, tall women can’t find clothes, short women can’t find clothes, big chested women can’t find clothes, small chested women can’t find clothes. who the fuck are these being made for
one of my favorite tropes in chinese literature is when a guy’s wife is clearly a ghost/demon/fox fairy and he just can’t see it. i’m reading a story where this guy keeps getting arrested because his wife will just magically steal steal shit out of sealed boxes and give it to him as a present, and whenever someone is like dude i think something’s up with his wife he asks her and she’s like i’m literally normal. so he turns around and says yeah guys she’s literally normal
This would have had me crucified on tumblr 10 years ago but maybe we are ready for this conversation now:
If you are a socially anxious person, you have to socialize. Your panic/anxiety attacks will only get worse and trigger more frequently if you constantly avoid contact with The Public. Not saying that you need to be a social butterfly- but there is a genuine problem with not being able to order your own meal at a restaurant. And it cannot be solved by always having someone else do it for you.
This is a PSA to about 3/4s of the Portland Youth populace
everyone who reblogs this and is like “I ordered my own tea this week” or “I only barfed once when I had to give a presentation’- you are doing amazing sweetie. Have patience with yourself, you are relearning a skill so difficult that people get 4 year degrees to do it professionally.
