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fellow otaku & blogger ❁ contributor at @comicsbeat.bsky.social / @kcomicsbeat.bsky.social ❁ fujoshi ❁ she/they/ 🏳️🌈 / adult ✨
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@fujoshiunite.bsky.social on a one-volume BL, @dcrow.bsky.social on an award-winning manga, and i covered an early series by the scriptwriter of oddtaxi!
Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: SETO UTSUMI talks up a storm
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE, A SMART AND COURAGEOUS CHILD and SETO UTSUMI.
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE, A SMART AND COURAGEOUS CHILD and SETO UTSUMI.
Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: SETO UTSUMI talks up a storm
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE, A SMART AND COURAGEOUS CHILD and SETO UTSUMI.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
@fujoshiunite.bsky.social on a one-volume BL, @dcrow.bsky.social on an award-winning manga, and i covered an early series by the scriptwriter of oddtaxi!
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@fujoshiunite.bsky.social wrote about a spooky BL mansion! @dcrow.bsky.social went back to an old Tokyopop original! I wrote about CHAINSAW MAN
Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: CHAINSAW MAN Halloween
This week, Beat's Bizarre Halloventure covers IN THE HOUSE OF THE DAMNED, ORANGE CROWS and CHAINSAW MAN.
This week, Beat's Bizarre Halloventure covers IN THE HOUSE OF THE DAMNED, ORANGE CROWS and CHAINSAW MAN.
Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: CHAINSAW MAN Halloween
This week, Beat's Bizarre Halloventure covers IN THE HOUSE OF THE DAMNED, ORANGE CROWS and CHAINSAW MAN.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@fujoshiunite.bsky.social wrote about a spooky BL mansion! @dcrow.bsky.social went back to an old Tokyopop original! I wrote about CHAINSAW MAN
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A new series for your October watchlist has arrived! A spoiler-free taste-test of This Monster Wants To Eat Me, available on Crunchyroll.
Anime Review: THIS MONSTER WANTS TO EAT ME will “claw” you by the heart
2025 is the year monsters beat closeted queers in this game called "normie life," and we are here for it!
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October 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A new series for your October watchlist has arrived! A spoiler-free taste-test of This Monster Wants To Eat Me, available on Crunchyroll.
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Hilary wrote about Tokyo Ghoul! @adorabirb.bsky.social scrolled into "The Ghost of Bongcheon-Dong!" @fujoshiunite.bsky.social went to hell and back with MADK! All this and more in our newest Halloventure installment!!!🦇🎃💀
Beat’s Bizarre Halloventure: MADK about the devil
This week, Beat's Bizarre Halloventure covers the terrifying series TOKYO GHOUL, HORANG'S NIGHTMARE and MADK.
This week, Beat's Bizarre Halloventure covers the terrifying series TOKYO GHOUL, HORANG'S NIGHTMARE and MADK.
Beat’s Bizarre Halloventure: MADK about the devil
This week, Beat's Bizarre Halloventure covers the terrifying series TOKYO GHOUL, HORANG'S NIGHTMARE and MADK.
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October 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Hilary wrote about Tokyo Ghoul! @adorabirb.bsky.social scrolled into "The Ghost of Bongcheon-Dong!" @fujoshiunite.bsky.social went to hell and back with MADK! All this and more in our newest Halloventure installment!!!🦇🎃💀
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October 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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this week: hilary back again on the BL beat! @fujoshiunite.bsky.social on arranged dating! i wrote about when i worked down the street from comet ping pong!
Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: FLASH POINT shocks and awes
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga NATSUME WANTS TO BE TRAINED, HARU'S CURSE and FLASH POINT.
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga NATSUME WANTS TO BE TRAINED, HARU'S CURSE and FLASH POINT.
Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: FLASH POINT shocks and awes
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga NATSUME WANTS TO BE TRAINED, HARU'S CURSE and FLASH POINT.
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September 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
this week: hilary back again on the BL beat! @fujoshiunite.bsky.social on arranged dating! i wrote about when i worked down the street from comet ping pong!
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as this piece gets at, old shojo comics are where it's at. back in the day you had stuff like mars, basara, even the 70s classics like hagio and takemiya...
From Shugo Chara to Hot Gimmick, Chris and Steve decide to throw Rebecca a bone by looking at the shojo manga bundle offered by HumbleBundle.
This Week in Anime - To Boldy Shojo Where No TWIA Has Before
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September 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
as this piece gets at, old shojo comics are where it's at. back in the day you had stuff like mars, basara, even the 70s classics like hagio and takemiya...
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Our September edition of From Our TBR PIle is live! Featuring titles from @yenpress.com, @izepress.com, @square-enix-books.com and One Peace Books! @turnarounduk.bsky.social
From Our TBR Pile… New Recommendations! September 2025 • Anime UK News
Recommendations from the book shelves of our reviewers, including titles that you might want to read if you’ve already enjoyed the anime!
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September 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Our September edition of From Our TBR PIle is live! Featuring titles from @yenpress.com, @izepress.com, @square-enix-books.com and One Peace Books! @turnarounduk.bsky.social
Lrt oh no just noticed i forgot to add the excerpt 🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭
September 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Lrt oh no just noticed i forgot to add the excerpt 🥹🥹🥹😭😭😭😭
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Manga Review: NEIGHBORHOOD CRAFTSMEN is a love letter to traditional Japanese craftsmanship
Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou Volume 1 Writer & Artist: Akihito Sakaue Publisher: Yen Press (print & digital) Translation: Ko Ransom Lettering: Abigail Blackman Publication Date:…
Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou Volume 1 Writer & Artist: Akihito Sakaue Publisher: Yen Press (print & digital) Translation: Ko Ransom Lettering: Abigail Blackman Publication Date:…
Manga Review: NEIGHBORHOOD CRAFTSMEN is a love letter to traditional Japanese craftsmanship
Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou Volume 1 Writer & Artist: Akihito Sakaue Publisher: Yen Press (print & digital) Translation: Ko Ransom Lettering: Abigail Blackman Publication Date: Jul 22, 2025 Rating: Teen Genre: Manga (JPN), Slice-of-Life, Drama, Historical Fiction Akihito Sakaue's debut work from Yen Press, Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou, is set in a fictional but historically accurate area (-chou) in Kanda, named Gokura-chou.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Manga Review: NEIGHBORHOOD CRAFTSMEN is a love letter to traditional Japanese craftsmanship
Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou Volume 1 Writer & Artist: Akihito Sakaue Publisher: Yen Press (print & digital) Translation: Ko Ransom Lettering: Abigail Blackman Publication Date:…
Neighborhood Craftsmen: Stories from Kanda's Gokura-chou Volume 1 Writer & Artist: Akihito Sakaue Publisher: Yen Press (print & digital) Translation: Ko Ransom Lettering: Abigail Blackman Publication Date:…
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Can a monster disguised as a person teach how to be normal and make friends to an anxious human girl? Read Common-Sense Monster and find out!
Manga Review: COMMON-SENSE MONSTER is on the hunt for new friends
Common-Sense Monster Volume 1 Writer: Warugi Wanai Artist: Shinobu Shinotsuki Publisher: Yen Press (print & digital) Translation: John Neal Lettering: Alexis Eckerman Publication Date: Aug 26, 2025 Rating: Older Teen Genre: Manga (JPN), Horror, Drama, LGBTQ+, Yuri Common-Sense Monster by Warugi Wanai and Shinobu Shinotsuki is a three-volume horror Girls' Love manga, available now from Yen Press. While none of the other series Warugi Wanai has written have made it to the English market yet, Shinobu Shinotsuki is known as the illustrator for the light novel…
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September 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Can a monster disguised as a person teach how to be normal and make friends to an anxious human girl? Read Common-Sense Monster and find out!
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Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: THE BATHROOM GHOST creeps out
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers RESENTER, ASUMI-CHAN IS INTERESTED IN LESBIAN BROTHELS! and THE BATHROOM GHOST.
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers RESENTER, ASUMI-CHAN IS INTERESTED IN LESBIAN BROTHELS! and THE BATHROOM GHOST.
Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: THE BATHROOM GHOST creeps out
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers RESENTER, ASUMI-CHAN IS INTERESTED IN LESBIAN BROTHELS! and THE BATHROOM GHOST.
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September 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: THE BATHROOM GHOST creeps out
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers RESENTER, ASUMI-CHAN IS INTERESTED IN LESBIAN BROTHELS! and THE BATHROOM GHOST.
This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers RESENTER, ASUMI-CHAN IS INTERESTED IN LESBIAN BROTHELS! and THE BATHROOM GHOST.
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Forgot to share yesterday but Glacier Bay is at SPX!! Table I1 come say hi!
September 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Forgot to share yesterday but Glacier Bay is at SPX!! Table I1 come say hi!
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Imai Arata's ( @arataimai.bsky.social ) new book FLASH POINT /
Glacier Bay edition published NOV 2024. We also reissued Imai's first book F!
Please enjoy the never-before-seen trailer for FLASH POINT created by Zach Godin.
Glacier Bay edition published NOV 2024. We also reissued Imai's first book F!
Please enjoy the never-before-seen trailer for FLASH POINT created by Zach Godin.
September 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Imai Arata's ( @arataimai.bsky.social ) new book FLASH POINT /
Glacier Bay edition published NOV 2024. We also reissued Imai's first book F!
Please enjoy the never-before-seen trailer for FLASH POINT created by Zach Godin.
Glacier Bay edition published NOV 2024. We also reissued Imai's first book F!
Please enjoy the never-before-seen trailer for FLASH POINT created by Zach Godin.
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You need to back this. If I don't get that Yumi Tada book, I will die.
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Finally happened. Preorders are live for 5 new titles + some other goodies! We can't wait for you to see these new books the GBB staff have worked so hard on! Please check out the campaign and preorder some (ALL!) of our new books, they're worth it!
Finally happened. Preorders are live for 5 new titles + some other goodies! We can't wait for you to see these new books the GBB staff have worked so hard on! Please check out the campaign and preorder some (ALL!) of our new books, they're worth it!
Glacier Bay Books Fall 2025 Program
Presenting five incredible new books from Glacier Bay, ranging from political works & dramas to new collections from alt-manga stars.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
You need to back this. If I don't get that Yumi Tada book, I will die.
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we’re back to digging through young magazine, featuring @fujoshiunite.bsky.social, hilary and myself
Beat’s Young Magazine Adventure: Despite everything, STILL YOU
Beat's Young Magazine Adventure returns to cover the manga one-shots STILL YOU, KIKIKAIKAI, GODMOTHER and IS MY LOVE STRANGE?
Beat's Young Magazine Adventure returns to cover the manga one-shots STILL YOU, KIKIKAIKAI, GODMOTHER and IS MY LOVE STRANGE?
Beat’s Young Magazine Adventure: Despite everything, STILL YOU
Beat's Young Magazine Adventure returns to cover the manga one-shots STILL YOU, KIKIKAIKAI, GODMOTHER and IS MY LOVE STRANGE?
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September 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
we’re back to digging through young magazine, featuring @fujoshiunite.bsky.social, hilary and myself
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Hello! We're running a @kickstarter.com campaign for 5 new titles: BAKU CHAN / CURSED BODY / BALCONY / BEETLE / TRUE BLUE
kickstarter.com/projects/gla...
NEW GIVEAWAY ✂️🔍📢
- follow @glacierbaybooks.com
- like+repost this post
- comment which books you're most excited for
Closes SEP 10 11:59pm PST
kickstarter.com/projects/gla...
NEW GIVEAWAY ✂️🔍📢
- follow @glacierbaybooks.com
- like+repost this post
- comment which books you're most excited for
Closes SEP 10 11:59pm PST
Glacier Bay Books Fall 2025 Program
Presenting five incredible new books from Glacier Bay, ranging from political works & dramas to new collections from alt-manga stars.
kickstarter.com
September 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Hello! We're running a @kickstarter.com campaign for 5 new titles: BAKU CHAN / CURSED BODY / BALCONY / BEETLE / TRUE BLUE
kickstarter.com/projects/gla...
NEW GIVEAWAY ✂️🔍📢
- follow @glacierbaybooks.com
- like+repost this post
- comment which books you're most excited for
Closes SEP 10 11:59pm PST
kickstarter.com/projects/gla...
NEW GIVEAWAY ✂️🔍📢
- follow @glacierbaybooks.com
- like+repost this post
- comment which books you're most excited for
Closes SEP 10 11:59pm PST
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
Wait why arent my blog posts automatically shared on bsky 😱
And why am i only realizing now??!!
And why am i only realizing now??!!
September 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Wait why arent my blog posts automatically shared on bsky 😱
And why am i only realizing now??!!
And why am i only realizing now??!!
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Impulsively started a substack for my animanga/comics/etc reviews and other thoughts that don't totally fit anywhere else I post things haha
open.substack.com/pub/mashazar...
open.substack.com/pub/mashazar...
Iwa-kakeru, Deadpoint, and stories about girls who climb
An anime and a webtoon review
open.substack.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Impulsively started a substack for my animanga/comics/etc reviews and other thoughts that don't totally fit anywhere else I post things haha
open.substack.com/pub/mashazar...
open.substack.com/pub/mashazar...
Aww wish it was open to non-us residents as well 😞
Come work with me and the Inklore team! We’re hiring an Editorial Assistant for our list of comics and webtoons from around the world. Position can be remote/hybrid!
Send in your application at the following link by 9/5: bit.ly/4p3Q88b
Send in your application at the following link by 9/5: bit.ly/4p3Q88b
September 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Aww wish it was open to non-us residents as well 😞
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Jeremy Tiang really hits the nail on the head here (as would be expected).
Translation is caught between two forms of capitalist exploitation: using a per-word freelance structure to provide a bare minimum fee, and playing on its artistic nature to compel free ancillary labor alongside
Translation is caught between two forms of capitalist exploitation: using a per-word freelance structure to provide a bare minimum fee, and playing on its artistic nature to compel free ancillary labor alongside
August 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Jeremy Tiang really hits the nail on the head here (as would be expected).
Translation is caught between two forms of capitalist exploitation: using a per-word freelance structure to provide a bare minimum fee, and playing on its artistic nature to compel free ancillary labor alongside
Translation is caught between two forms of capitalist exploitation: using a per-word freelance structure to provide a bare minimum fee, and playing on its artistic nature to compel free ancillary labor alongside
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Dive into this brand new shojo manga that mixes action, humor and romance just the right amount! Mechanical Marie is out from Yen Press.
Manga Review: MECHANICAL MARIE is on her way to grease those rusty gears
Mechanical Marie Volume 1 Writer and Artist: Aki Akimoto Publisher: Yen Press (print & digital) Translation: Eleanor Summers Lettering: Aila Nagamine Publication Date: Aug 26, 2024 Rating: Teen Genre: Manga (JPN), Slice-of-Life, Action and Adventure, Comedy, Romance Mechanical Marie by Aki Akimoto is the creator's first manga to be published in English. It was also recently announced that the anime adaptation will debut on…
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August 28, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Dive into this brand new shojo manga that mixes action, humor and romance just the right amount! Mechanical Marie is out from Yen Press.
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