Huh. Tokyopop picked it up. Two volumes out this fall.

It's definitely popular so makes sense.

Don't get me wrong. I like it so I'm glad it's picked up. It's the Tokyopop part... It's got to be 1 to 50 BL over GL there. Probably more. I can't even think of more than a couple GL of note and they're either done or about to be and neither are of this tone. It seems like an odd match.

Fair, although unless a publication exclusively pushes girl's love, wouldn't BL always win out on sheer volume? They handle all the Ana Sanchez girl's love releases (Sirius, Alter Ego, Alter Ego 2) and a few other good ones, so I've never really thought about their content strategy much. I don't assume customers will care who the publisher is though, but I don't know anything about that anyway. I'm mostly talking out of my ass.

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They handle all the Ana Sanchez girl's love releases (Sirius, Alter Ego, Alter Ego 2) and a few other good ones, so I've never really thought about their content strategy much. I don't assume customers will care who the publisher is though, but I don't know anything about that anyway.

Glancing at my collection and the only Tokyopop I own is Still Sick, a random Yuri Espoir, and my childhood KareKano collection. Maybe they just don't get titles I notice. Or are bad at promoting.

tbh, I'm slow on this manga because it's redraw heavy, the bubbles are narrow vertically and the Japanese is extremely colloquial, making it difficult to give it justice.

Plus, people are complaining all the time because there's a guy... :P

I probably won't drop it, but TP may overtake me if they publish whole volumes at a time, so if people are interested, they buy it from them. Dunno about the quality of their releases though.

I do love this series and it's very funny to see this guy cry his eyes out because he watched a movie about a one-sided love and all it can remind him off is the exact relationship he has with Hibiki. I'm not normally meanspirited but lol, lmao even. Shoulda know better my guy.

I think the best part is that if the guy gets into another guy the lesbian fujoshis will piss and shit themselves and go insane etc. He's so pathetic lmaooo

I think the best part is that if the guy gets into another guy the lesbian fujoshis will piss and shit themselves and go insane etc.

Could we just not do this kind of shit?

It's tough to be around someone who values and likes you.

This line hit me like a truck to the face, and perfectly captures Aikawa as a character. Good lord.

Thanks a lot for the translation!! This manga seriously deserves to get a lot more attention than it currently is, at least among the English-speaking audience (it appears to be doing quite well in Japan, thankfully).