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MISUMI’S VALENTINE 2015 / Part of the Top Extras

I just got asked a question by @nina-zorba about scanlating this comic extra.

I saw it in the Anniversary book and I don’t remember seeing it before, but I kinda remember seeing it before. 

Has this ever been translated? Does anyone HAVE this actual life-sized comic? I scanned the above pic from the anniversary book, and it’s tiny, but I’ll have it translated if no one has it. If you have seen it and it’s done somewhere that I can’t find then please let me know. I’m happy to have this done too and anything else we are missing! (cough…cough…Doushitemo extra…)

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An Open Letter to Tumblr about the Adult Content Ban and How it is Hurting Your Users:

Recently, Tumblr was removed from the Apple app store due to an incident involving child pornography. This incident is incredibly unfortunate, but it doesn’t stand alone. Tumblr was also removed from the app store due to the large influx of porn bots and pornographic spam, users claiming to be proud to be pedophiles, blatant Nazism, racists who are not deleted for sending hate and harassing users, and more. I myself reported someone for harassing me, but because I had blocked the person and couldn’t access the messages where they harassed me, they were still able to send me anonymous asks. Your support staff, with back doors to the website (presumably), claimed they could not access the messages, and I was left SOL. Many features on this website do nothing to actually protect your users from harassment, racism, homophobia, transphobia, Nazis, pedophiles, predators, porn bots, and more. 

You claim in your statement to us that you “have been working on these problems for a long time”. This is blatantly untrue. Please do not lie to us and patronize us. We’ve been here. We’ve seen you do nothing over, and over, and over again. 

We complained to you for months and months about the rampant porn bots, and you did nothing except add a report button on mobile which only reported sensitive content or spam at best. You could have addressed this problem with an effective algorithm, but you did not. We complained to you about being harassed and sent hate speech for being LGBT+, and you did nothing. We complained to you about blogs being randomly deleted, and sometimes you’ve restored them, other times you have not. We complained to you that there were people proudly claiming to be “Minor Attracted Persons”, or pedophiles, and you did nothing. We complained to you about people proudly claiming to be white supremacists, and you did nothing. All of these things are “against the community guidelines”, and yet over and over, you have not found effective ways to handle these problems or suppress the feeling of welcome that these users claim to get here. You have had a long time to work on these problems, but you haven’t addressed them. To say you have is untrue. 

 Multiple other social networking websites, such as Wordpress, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and others have effectively dealt with rampant pornography, racism, pedophilia, and other problems without causing massive issues for their users who are not misusing the platform. They are continuing to find new, effective ways to deal with these issues without causing problems for their userbase as a whole.  There is no reason that you are unable to do this effectively other than that you wanted to do it quickly. You have once again chosen your stock holders over your users. And we have had enough. 

You have already started to ban “Adult” content with a new algorithm. Here are screenshots of just a fraction of the posts you have flagged as containing adult content:

Your new system of simply tackling everything at once is not working. At all. And each of these screenshots is proof of your utter incompetence. None of these posts contain pornographic acts, “female nipples”, or any community violation of any kind. 

We, the users, have been asking you for months to deal with these problems - particularly, the porn bots and bots that spam. In order to block a bot from a side blog, I have to do it manually, even though they are in my side blog’s feed. This is a huge issue for mobile - only users. They keep cropping up in droves, taking over our posts and tricking google into making it look like a legitimate blog linked to a pornographic website. We have complained to you for months and months now, and your solution to simply “ban all adult content” is ineffective. I agree that children should not be able to access pornography - but this is not how you tackle a porn bot problem. Your system is utterly useless, allows for racists, pedophiles, porn bots, and Nazis to remain untouched. It also harms sex workers and real people who may use this website for some forms of adult content responsibly. Moreover, as seen above, it harms plenty of users who have in no way violated your terms of service.

 If you keep this up, you threaten your website and company as a whole. Many of us are backing up our blogs and planning places to go to. 

You already have a content filter for “sensitive” content (content inappropriate for younger viewers). You could have improved this, instead of attacking your entire user base. It seems to be a very lazy “solution”, if you could call it one at all, and one that harms your entire userbase.

If you are going to keep this filter in place and make Tumblr, a website that has never been known for being family friendly and has never claimed to be, you are going to lose millions of your users. We are already planning our exodus. It isn’t hard to follow. Censor us, and we will go somewhere else. That is not a threat. It is a promise. 

Sincerely, 

The users of your website. 

@staff @support

Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: Don’t Stay Gold (OVA)

Title: Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: Don’t Stay Gold

Plot: The anime is based on a short story Yoneda wrote about Kageyama and Kuga’s first meeting. The OVA is included in the special edition of the seventh volume of the manga. ​In collaboration with aarinfantasy^^ Note: This was released via DVD and because of that, it is only available in 480p. We will definitely re-release our subtitles once a better raw is available.  Additionally, we have decided to release the softsubbed version (MKV) for this for those who would like to tweak the subs’ styling to their own liking. Thank you to those who brought up this concern to me!

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Stream links:

480p: aarinfantasy || Dailymotion || Vimeo || OK.RU

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Download links:

MKV: Mediafire || MEGA

MP4:  Mediafire || Google Drive || MEGA

Oh and BTW! We’ll be doing this stuff. There’s a ton of text here, so it’ll take some time. Please wait for us!

Beta reader request: Benry (RPS) fic, NC-17

Hi everyone and anyone on the Benry tag,

I am looking for a beta reader for a Ben Affleck/Henry Cavill piece of Real Person Slash Fiction. It is a one-shot, in English, ca. 5000 words long, and involves sex, so definitely NC-17. It’s pretty straight up and no kink, no non consensual, etc. 

It’s not my first fic and I’ve been editing it for almost a week so there shouldn’t be any typos to deal with. I am mostly needing a new set of eyes and stylistic input. I am not a native English speaker, thus sometimes I write weirdly sounding sentences that probably are too French-influenced. Help is welcome with these too.

Track-change users are preferred! I use Word and OneDrive.

If interested, please contact. I would really appreciate your insight before I share this RPS with the world. 

**EDIT: I’d love someone nicely-to-well versed in British English as this one is a Henry’s POV (although in limited third person narrative), and would love to flag American or even Canadian vernacular to change it to a British equivalent.**

~If there is chemistry, this could lead to more~ lol meaning I have another companion ‘chapter’ for this one-shot.

Also, a sample of my writing, although old and has definitely evolved, can be found here.

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Comfort is key

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More questions from Yoneda Sensei's ask.fm!

I picked some questions from Sensei’s ask Q&A regarding drawing manga in general.. whew..

Q: The first BL I bought was Saezuru Tori… I can’t help feeling pain and sadness from your works, but do you also like to read or see works like that?

A: Yes. I like works that has 60% pain and 40% happiness, if I were to say in proportions.

Q: I love Yoneda Sensei! Thank you very much for your great works. I think Yoneda Sensei uses “light” very effectively, but is it to make the shadow stand out? I am curious to know what Sensei is conscious about.

A: I think I somehow end up using these effects, because I don’t understand how to use patterned screen tones.

Q: I recall reading somewhere that when you were taking a maternal leave, you thought you may not be able to return(as a BL author), but what made you think that way? I am glad that you came back after experiencing such times. I hope you will be able to keep a pace that agrees with you and not too demanding.

A: At the time, I haven’t drawn manga for two years. So I thought I needed to reset my mindset, to be able to get back to it as a job. (Commercial publication) has different pressure as Dojinshi. But when I was casually thinking that I will draw when I feel like it, my father said “You know, people can’t work without a due date”. I told this to my editor in charge, and set a due date to start creating the work which happened to be Saezuru.

Q: Thank you for drawing great mangas for us. I became your fan from “Doushitemo Furetakunai” and very interested in how “Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai” will develop! The delicate drawings and stories create an outlook of the world which is painful, and I feel as if my heart will burst. After reading it, although it’s a manga, I feel like I have read a piece of literature. Please tell me what triggered you to draw BL mangas.

A: I think I was triggered by reading that kind of manga, and wanted to draw one myself.

Q: How does Sensei create plots for your works? I hear there are different ways to make them such as novel style, but if you don’t mind me asking, I want to know the process of creating your work. Do you use a unique method?

A: My methods are very very common. Firstly I write down words and drawings on paper by hand, roughly as things come to mind, then type them up to my PC as plots. If they are 2 chapters long, I will make them into simple novel style plot. If they are seriels, I will roughly put the whole thing into words, then write out each story in detail, one at a time, as they progress.

Q: Do the dialogues in Yoneda Sensei’s work reflect your philosophy and outlook of life? How do you create the dialogues?

A: From time to time, but not all of them. I am embarrassed to admit it, but I am the type to have myself reflected in my own works

Q: Excuse me for asking. I always read your works and think how good you are at portraying the psychology of the character! I am always moved by the humanness of the characters, but when you create a story, which do you start by; the story or the characters??

A: It depends on the story, but most of the time, I have a character I want to portray, and think what type of character will be a good partner.

Q: I like Yoneda Sense’s work since when you were making Doujinshis! I am always moved by stories created by Yoneda Sensei. When you draw your original works, where do you start to work out the idea? Such as characters, scenes you want to draw, themes, etc. etc.. Also, I would be glad to know the points you pay attention to, when creating your works.

A: It overlaps with a previous answer, but I normally start thinking from the character. Then I think about whether it is a light or dark story, whether Uke or Seme should be the main character. Also how should I adjust the ratio of seriousness and comical atmosphere. I think it’s tiring to draw or read, when there is no breathing space. I try to pay attention to  consistency of characters. Such as expressions used in dialogues, and reactions when something happens.

Q: Sensei, will you not be drawing something explicitly erotic!, even in the future? I’d love to read it. Lol

A: I would like to try if there is a chance, but I’m not very good at it.

Transformers: The Last Bay Movie

(This is my rough draft, correct me please if you see mistake. College essay here).

  On June, 20, 2017, Michael Bay had the privilege of directing and releasing to the world the fifth installment of the Transformers’ live-action franchise films, or what fans refer to as the “Bay-Verse”. Much to the Transformers-community’s, the viewers’, Hasbro’s, and all the companies associated with Transformers: The Last Knight disappointment, the movie was an utter catastrophe that should have stayed a thought with only its fantastic execution of visual detail and sound saving it, receiving a 15% from Rotten Tomatoes instead of a well-deserved 0%. Although there are (few) people that may argue that the film was enjoyable, there are many aspects of the film that led to its failure and dislike, particularly two aspects: the lack of a plot and the lack of accuracy of the Transformers’ (or better referred to as Cybertronians’) Universe.

  To summarize the plot, Quintessa (a Cybertronian deity and queen) who is attempting to save a dying Cybertron (which was supposedly lifeless by the first movie and is the reason why cybertronians are trying to find sanctuary on earth) by sucking the life out of the earth. A great portion of the film dumbfounded viewers because it jumped from character to character with constant plot and scene changes that were meaningless, and one moment in particular bothers fans the most. It is very unclear if Megatron simply damaged Bumblebee’s voice box or ripped it out entirely in the Bayverse, but the latter is implied. In the previous films, Bumblebee seems to be able to choke a few words once in a while. However, right when Nemesis Prime (evil Optimus Prime) is about to strike the final blow during their fight, Bumblebee speaks in his normal voice out of the blue, saying “I-I’m Bumblebee! You’re oldest friend”. Suddenly Optimus Prime breaks free of his seemingly unbreakable spell. Earlier, Bumblebee had been attempting to find a replacement part for his missing organ, so how did he get his voice back? Did Optimus punch his throat so hard that it began to function? Again, one of many parts of the film that made no sense. One very common comment I received of the film was, “I didn’t understand it at all because I didn’t know what was going on.” There are plenty more essential characters involved in this movie, and even though there is much more left to say in summary, the point is clear: there is no plot, and if there was supposed to be, it did not work.

The sole purpose of the creation of these films began, not only to modernize old ideas for profit, but to bring to life a childhood fantasy to feed the inner fan. In the Transformers’ universe, many continuities create unique backstories for Optimus Prime, the AllSpark, Megatron, and the war to name a few. However, the most memorable series and films have great plots as well as a general accuracy of the Transformers’ history, characters, vocabulary, and biology founded by past series and films. TLK as well as the other Bayverse films were intentionally created to reflect the first generation series, The Transformers, the father of the entire Transformers-Universe, as their base. Yet Hound, a robot, has a dad? Humans are the main protagonists of Transformers? The film even implies the Dinobots procreating offspring, which many ask, how? Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, is now a knight? With the exception of Transformers: Animated and other continuities, a Prime is the highest rank distinction and can be used as an identification for Autobot leaders; a Prime is a combination of a military, political, and even partially a “religious” leader (with some American WW2 leanings), earning great respect from society since only certain are chosen to become a Prime by the higher ranking, wiser characters (usually Primus, the Cybertronian god of goodness and creator of Cybertronians). Optimus Prime universally symbolizes a leader, a father, and a friend in times great distress. By revealing his origins as the human equivalent to a knight, TLK completely transforms Optimus Prime’s identity. Optimus Prime takes on an entire new design featuring metallic abs, tassets, a medieval sword, and gauntlets. The humble Autobot is portrayed (in a sound state) as a bloodthirsty killing machine, horrifically ripping, stabbing, and threatening all creatures in his way. Yes, Optimus Prime is mind controlled throughout most of the movie, but when I watch Optimus Prime as a sane Autobot, I shiver. He is a completely different person; Optimus Prime is not a knight in shining armor.

  There are many aspects that could be discussed further such as the film’s general inappropriateness, lack of character development, the less than two-minute fight scene between Optimus and Bumblebee, the length, the lack of balance between humans and Cybertronians, the money lost in the making of the film, and the horrific legacy it left for future Transformers continuities which will most likely end in the death of the universe as a whole. On the bright side, there were wonderful voice actors, including Optimus Prime’s original voice actor Peter Cullen, the 4K quality of the film, and the soundtrack was beautiful and exemplary, aspects of the film that were especially outstanding. However, not even Peter Cullen’s great voice acting could keep the film from Michael Bay ruining the sanctity of many people’s childhood. Transformers: The Last Knight deserves to be known as number six of the 2017’s worst films according to Rotten Tomatoes.