Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT 1-5 Jun 09
epitomynut:
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--- Quote from: Junodog on 04 Jun 2009, 23:58 ---This comic was amusing, yet all I can think of is that the manga Hannelore is holding doesn't read right-to-left and now I'm going to be wondering if Jeph just forgot that most manga is printed right-to-left or if he did it on purpose.
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Isn't she just staring at the middle crease in both panels anyway? Where are you getting this from?
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The covers. On normal manga (and most of the abnormal manga), we would see the front cover on the left (relative to the viewer, not the reader's left) and the back cover on the right. With Magical Love Gentlemen, however, we can see that the front cover is on the right. There are four possible reasons for this.
1. Jeph made an oops. He is only human and so is entitled to make mistakes now and again.
2. The translating company flipped the artwork to suit the western audience. Or they just flipped the cover for some reason.
3. Magical Love Gentlemen is a western manga done with a japanese art style, but formated in the western way.
4. The covers are a rare printing error.
Border Reiver:
The poll results as of 0712 (EST)
If Hugging Hanners Heralds Heavy Hyperventilation does
Delectable Dora Desire Doughnuts? 12 (21.1%)
Precious Penelope Primly Pine? 17 (29.8%)
Secretive Sara Succor Sauri? 2 (3.5%)
Amorous Angus Anger Faye? (sorry, the aliteration bug failed me here) 26 (45.6%)
Total Voters: 57
Aaaand thinking of a new poll has me stumped for being on topic, so I'll just go with something unrelated to today's comic (mainly cause I find most manga boring, and yaoi creepy)
littlefox:
--- Quote from: LTK on 05 Jun 2009, 03:26 ---
--- Quote from: snubnose on 05 Jun 2009, 02:02 ---Hmm OK, so today I learned what the term "Yaoi" means... Japan is SO weird, really.
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Yeah, that makes two of us. Once again, QC expands my worldly knowledge, whether I like it or not.
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Um, okay. I'm confused. Yaoi is just ... it means gay. Gay between two men specifically (Yuri is lesbians). It doesn't involve any kinks (well, sometimes it does, but the word "yaoi" doesn't refer to any "kink" except gayness, which ... isn't a kink). If you think gay relationships are squicky, okay -- that's fine, & you should stop reading this comment.
I don't see why yaoi is any more strange than all of the male-oriented lesbian porn that exists on the American market. Most red-blooded hetero males I know can't even explain what it is that they prefer about lesbian porn to hetero. Sometimes, they say it feels -- ironically! -- "less gay" to watch, because there aren't any cocks in it.
I think the Japanese have found a pretty brilliant way to market man-on-man to women, by involving a romantic story (I find that most women dislike porn because it lacks "a story" -- what could be more of a story than holding a physical book in your hands?). Most gay porn in America markets to gay men (at least, I think that's what the deal is, based on how it's shot etc). Whereas, yaoi is written to appeal to women specifically. Even though I don't like porn too much in general, I still think it's pretty cool that Japan has found a porn market for women. In American society, it's still not totally acceptable for women to openly discuss masturbation and have an interest in porn. It's obviously way better than it used to be, but not totally there yet. I'm not sure if that's why people are "squicked" by today's comic, but ... considering that we just finished up a plot where Faye buys her first vibrator, I think everybody needs to loosen up a little in the name of QC.
All THAT said, Japan is totally weird (hello, tentacle porn? High rate of groping on subways? Whaaaat). I just don't consider yaoi to be even remotely a weird invention.
Malek:
Hannelore kicks so much ass in this one.
I cant wait for this to play out.
Orcao:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 04 Jun 2009, 23:08 ---Lending someone your yaoi ("_Ya_mette! _O_rishii ga _I_tain desu!") probably counts as a bonding experience.
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You used the joke explanation for its name =P
Yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi (ヤマなし、オチなし、意味なし?) "No climax, no point, no meaning"
And for those that want to know what the joke one means... "Stop! My butt hurts!"
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