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Another month has come and gone. I'm still recovering from winter, but I am feeling more motivated to work on Ouendan Blue. I will admit, I am a bit tired of talking about scanlations and the industry...

Posted by: @jessinbooks They also look like much of Sublime's early lineup, so I wonder if that's just what Libre offers to new publishing partners. Feels like...hey if you'll license Dakaichi we'll b...

oh man I was just griping to someone the other day how I wish some of the stuff June has been sitting on would get rescued by another publisher, fingers crossed!

Posted by: @allthefujoshiunite TM has so many good titles in their library so I'm very very excited. If they can rescue titles from June/DMG that would be wonderful...

I guess miracles do happen now that Tokyo Mangasha's licensing stuff to Futekiya. Great decision to start with Natsume Kazuki too... (Now all bets if Blue Sky Complex will ever be in print or not)

god Kenji is such an asshole lol. Yoshito you can do so much better!!

@midgeyu I honestly like reading older titles even when they don't quite hold up because I feel like the give some perspective into how things were in the past. It can sometimes give you new perspecti...

This also gets rid of the 'it's too old, it's never going to get licensed' arguement. I've seen multiple publishers take the chance with older titles that were never given a chance so it is refreshing...

It's really cool to see some older titles like this coming out! I'm also curious about how well it will hold up to modern scrutiny...even if it's a mess, it will still be refreshing to get something d...

Posted by: @jessinbooks @blue I do think it's interesting that, even though Tokyopop intentionally gathered all the romance titles under that label, the line still manages to be primarily bl - there'...

Posted by: @jessinbooks But gay manga could encompass a pretty broad area beyond just bl - geicomi, non-romantic titles centering on gay characters, etc. This totally makes sense and puts into words...