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The way cool yaoi with a mature rating that usually has a lot of kissy and many other things...

Well. It was awkward seeing Love Mode at Borders. Wrapped in shrink-plastic, of course. Second volume by Blu is out. Kinda happy to have it in my hands, but I can't help but feel that it's not the same.

I'm glad I saved all of the scanlations. I still reread it to this day. I still have the ones I bought in Japanese, but they just collected dust. Has anyone read Madness yet?

edsgirl - No never whats it about anyways?

Madness by Shimotsuki Kairi

In 3000AD, mankind is in chaos after a series of natural disasters. It's up to the Catholic priest Izaya and his mass-murderer companion Kyou to save the day... somehow. Beautiful Soup brings you yet another pretty apocalyptic romp with plenty of crosses and gore thrown in for good measure. We're not quite sure how the whole story goes, but it's a staff favourite so far...

Taken from Beautiful-Soup

Lol, I'll post more yaoi later XD Oh yeah thanks edsgirl for the manga you sent me! XD

In order to download 'Bean of the Military' and 'Bean of Roy', I downloaded a whole package of scanlated doujinshi, which turned out to be all Roy/Ed, and surprisingly, were not too bad. As a non-liker of Roy/Ed, I found some of them to be quite good reads. 'Cept I deleted 'Blue Flame' right off. Rapist Roy makes me sad. It's so... not Roy.

'Est Est Est', a three part series with decent art, makes a good effort at developing their relationship. 'Raison' had a lot of short stories, in which it's kind of hard to differentiate between, since they just kind of cut off and move on without any title or indication (And the omake... I didn't get most of them...). I liked the first story in Raison best, just because it was adorable. Restraint was pretty cool too; a projection of a grown Ed and Al, apparently several years after being completely restored (Which is interesting, since most fanworks seem to focus on Al being restored and Ed keeps his automail). It shows Ed with super long hair (liek whoa), and some really cute Al/Winry which made me squee.

whoopee..i got some new pics..
and some of them from FMA..
these are from haruka sena-san's webby..
apparently..she is a royXhavoc fan...
hope you gys like'em..
Enjoy!!

I tend to be uke, with random outbursts of seme. I tend to be drawn to seme type people...I wonder why?

edsgirl, I'm not too impressed with Gakuen Heaven, but can't help but fall for the two hackers. That relationship's just hot.

-pop-
'Eeeey guys. While I've been away, I've developed a liking for the edxenvy pairing. Does anybody else here like it?
-silence-
Anyone?

*waves hand*
Me!
and there's a few others here as well.

You may want to check out the sounen ai section in the gallery as well.

Yay! That's exciting.

I have a bunch of edvy pictures that I may post later.

Oh. This thread had died? o_o

Our queen has abondon us.

.....
-gasp-

I refuse!

This thread isn't allowed to die!

Hi, it´s the first time i see this topic, and i´m glad that someone had posted this topic, and i wanted to meet someone that likes yaoi and stuff, if you want to talk, send me an e-mail to george2524@hotmail.com

Hey there, Knight!

-Doesn't want this thread to die...(again)-

So....anyone read gravitation Remix?

No, i haven´t read any gravitation, i just can´t find it

Oh, well....bummer. You're really missin' out then.

Gravi Remix is just random smutt made by the author. Maybe kinda like a continuation? It kinda has a plot. But it's basically just all the couplings that might, possibly, maybe could happen.

It's great.

Me either. It's pretty cheesy, but I love the Omi/Hide pairing myself and the bishies are worth watching it. I'm just scared that the anime will end differently than the manga did.Have you read the manga for Gakuen Heaven yet? It's not as cheesy, but it's really short.



Shindo/Hiro/K/Tatshua all at once. Poor Shindo. The remixes are pretty tame compared to the megamixes. Now that's pure smut at it's finest. Muramaki's Gamerz Heaven dj are on the same level as the megamixes. Even I, a seasoned yaoi veteran, blushed at some of the content.

I'm sorry for neglecting this thread. It'll never happen again! Did you get a chance to read Love Mode, Celes?

I love shounen-ai! I'm actually kinda new to it. I've heard about Gravitation, is it really that great? The main character seems so young.

I also heard about Haru wo Daiteita, anyone knows if it's any good? It is beautifully drawn, but I can't find very much from it.

I really need some good shounen-ai/yaoi anime

Edsgirl, I have read the megamixes, and I swear, I passed out from bloodloss. XD Those things.....way crazy.

Ah, Welcome, Galorfilinde! Before I say anything else, I've noticed you in the fanart thread. You have amazing drawing/coloring skills.

Yes, gravitation IS amazing. It's about a young boy who becomes an international singer. It's reeeaaallly funny, but is still really touching at times. You should check it out!

If you want another good shounen-ai, then you should look up "Loveless". It's adorable, the style is to die for. It's so cute it makes me bleed from the nose. Really.

Yay! I seem to have brought back a "dead" thread!

@ Jaganshi - Thank you for the welcome and for the comment about my art! I'll sure look up Gravitation and Loveless then. Thanks for the recommendation!

And good job on bringing this thread back to life! I've been looking for a thread like this for some time.

You are very welcome. Most of the regulars have stopped visiting this thread, and our Queen has disappeared, so It's hard to get any type of conversation going.

I'm glad that you enjoy this thread!

Step into my office, my dear. I'll PM you shortly with links. Anything else you having trouble finding?

As far as the anime goes, it's not really a big selection, but Aarinfantasy has pretty much every anime in the shounen-ai/yaoi genre. I highly recommend joining this site.

Actually, if I may offer an opinion about Gravitation, it sucks.

Not really as a manga, but definitely as a romance. The story and comedy in itself might be itriguing if it wasn't for that annoying impractical and abusive gay relationship in the way.

'Awww, Yuki is being a total cruel jerk and now he's almost-raping Shuichi. Soooo kawaii~!'

Not.

Agreed. I was always more of a Shuichi/Ryuichi fan myself. In Gravitation 2, there seems to be some hope for another pairing. [Spoiler] Ryuichi has just confessed his love for Shuichi, and it was leaked to the press, so yuki found out and now they're marriage is on the rocks. Yea, the hope is still alive for the moment, but I have a feeling that he'll go back to that sadist, Yuki. [/spoiler]

Thank you for the links! I've joined Aarinfantasy today. Looks like a great site to me.

And well, about Gravitation: everyone has their own opinion, so I guess I should just check it out

I prefer fictional pairings between heterosexual characters of other series than yaoi series

Shounen-ai is love. <3

My favorite yaoi doujinshi is Blue Flame and Highhanded Affection. <3 Rape yaoi makes me happy.

I've read Blue Flame too! I can't really remember which one it was, because I read a lot doujinshi's. But I remember I liked it ^^

BTW, I watched 'Haru wo daiteita' today. It was way too short! I liked it very much. I wanna see the movie now! But it's licensed, so I don't think I'll be able to download it.

Haha, I wasn't very much "for" Yuki/Suichi, but I accepted it. I was actually kinda secretly rooting for Hiroshi/Suichi, because it seemed to make more sense...but whatever works.

Galorfilinde, you silly girl, you can find anything on the internet if you search hard enough!

I'm sure somebody here has the movie that they can send to you. Sadly though, I, do not.

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[spoiler] If that's true, that'd be the not suckiest thing ever! Although it's likely as you said that Shuichi would go back to Yuki, since he seems to have a battered wife complex of sorts... But... *meeeeeeeble* RyuichixShuichi? THA BEST! [/spoiler]




I hated Blue Flame. It made me feel ill and rather dirty. Quite out of character for Roy there, too. I sort of liked how Ed's reactions were portrayed in the companion to it, "Deep Reverb", but still... yech...


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Also! On a completely out of the blue note, I've suddenly sprouted a small fondness for Breda/Fury.

Breda love! I just love that pairing. Poor Breda often get's overlooked, but I wish more fanfics with him would pop up.


I really need to stop reading so much smut, but I haven't come across anything that doesn't involve graphic sex. I think I've read almost every shounen-ai there is. I can die a happy woman now.

Breda/Fuery? Nope, not for me I like them as characters, but as a pairing... no

Yay, I'm downloading Loveless ^^ I've read the story, and it sounds like a good shounen-ai anime. Thanks Jaganshi for the recommendation. Well, I'm gonna watch Ai no Kusabi now.

BTW, Edsgirl: I love your sig ^^

Yay for Galor! (<---Is that okay?)

Out of all the shounen-ai that I have seen/read, I think that loveless is one of my faves. The only bad thing is, it's kinda short.

Sure, that is okay!

I finally managed to see Ai no Kusabi OVA 1 and 2. I really hate the ending! But the story was good, I liked it very much. Best yaoi anime I've seen so far. And I think Iason is hot! ^^

I've seen one of the weirdest things a few days ago. It's called 'Princess Princess', I found it at Aarinfantasy. It's about a boy who goes to a boy's school, and it's a tradition there that the most beautiful guys from the school go dressed as a girl to keep all the boys satisfied. Is that weird or what? Anyone heard about this anime? It's not really shounen-ai or yaoi though, maybe a few hints. I've only seen the first episode, and I'm not planning to seriously watch the entire anime XD

BTW, I can't believe there are so few yaoi/shounen-ai fans. Where are all the yaoi lovers? I'm sure there are more fans on this forum

I think everyone really likes Gravitation because the yaoi genre has always been extremely taboo. You could never get yaoi manga from your local bookstore; you just read yaoi fanfiction from non-yaoi series and that was that. (Or download fansubs of yaoi series that would never ever see American television.) But then suddenly now you can walk into Barnes & Noble and see these manga sitting on the shelf; the brain shuts down and is filled with, "Oh my God they're actually selling yaoi manga here I can't believe it when did this happen oh look at them they're two men together and its canon and squeee!"

Gravitation seems to be popular because it's a forerunner; it's one of the first yaoi manga that's being sold in the mainstream. I bought the first five or so volumes because the novelty was just too much of a temptation. I don't really think I'm going to buy more, though; the storyline just isn't holding my attention. Yuki is a bastard because of his angst, and Shuichi is the sensitive, tortured uke that just keeps coming back for more. If I wanted that, I could go read some pre-game Sephiroth/Cloud; and it would probably be better written, as well (depending on the author).

I'm not hating on Gravitation; I love it for the fact that it's proof. It's a sign that times are changing; that homosexual relationships are okay. That young men in love can walk down the streets holding hands without worrying about being assaulted; that being a homosexual won't get you disowned by your entire family; that a straight girl can walk into a mainstream bookstore and buy comic books about two men without having to feel like she's commiting a crime.

I think that, once the novelty wears off, each one of us will decide what kind of yaoi she likes. Don't be fooled; there are as many types of romance in yaoi as there is in the heterosexual series. You may start off watching Gravitation and Loveless and Haru wo Daiteita and Yami no Matsuei; what do they all have in common? They're all yaoi. But that's all they have in common.

You may start off watching all the yaoi you can get your hands on, because it's yaoi, but I think eventually you'll find what you like best. Maybe it's the energy and drama in Gravitation; maybe it's the angst and hurt-comfort vibe to Loveless; maybe it's the sheer smut and scandal of Haru wo Daiteita; maybe it's the action/suspense/twisted-obsessions of Yami no Matsuei. Maybe you will end up prefering all of them. But most people won't, and that's perfectly all right.

The main point is that, these days, you can gain more and more access to all of it. The world is your oyster; go find those yaoi pearls.


(If anyone would like to discuss yaoi with me, or even just disagree with me, I'm fully open to it. Also, I can provide links to all episodes of Loveless and Yami no Matsuei, as well as the two OAVs of Haru wo Daiteita, if anyone is interested. All you have to do is PM.)

My favorite yaoi fanfic would be 'A River Runs Out of Eden' (hieixKurama, YYH) but, then again, I've hardly dipped a pinky toe into the fangirl nest that is Yaoi. I'm more inclined to shoujo-ai and shonen-ai...

Speaking of which, does anyone know of anywhere I can find good shonen-ai, PG-13 EnvyxEd backgrounds? (I've been looking for a layout to go with 'Tainted Love,' and somehow I think EnvyxEd works perfectly for that)

XD I'm glad that you found some good yaoi/shounen-ai's that you like.

Well, there was a lot of us at first, but little by little, people just stopped signing on and posting. It makes me sad.

MonsterEnvy, I have lots and lots of EnvyxEd pictures on my compy. If you have a specific request, I can make a background for you.

Have you read Dark Humor?
It's long but worth the read. Toby turned me onto this fic a while back and it's well written. Not graphic but some hints of shonen-ai.

I think he's looking for art.

Well now he has a fic recomendation.

Jaganshi
Well if your in a sharing mood with your EnvyxEd don't forget about your humble mod here.

I'll be gone for a while, so this should sustain you guys until I get back.

EnvyxEd!

Annnnnnd...Go!


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And, just because Ed is a pimp...

Nice!
Thank you for sharing, I think the second to last is my favorite.

Thanks for sharing Jaganshi! I like the 3rd best, with their hands tangled ^^ So cute.

I suddenly feel like drawing a shounen-ai picture too. But I'm always afraid my mom or little sister will catch me When I'm watching yaoi, I always turn the sound down, too. How will I explain 'Ai no Kusabi' to them? I'd better avoid that XD

Do your parents or friends know about your love for yaoi/shounen-ai? I don't know if it's been discussed before, but I'm just being curious. My older sister is the only one who knows it about me.

If anyone has the time (I would if I could, but i have *no* skills in this area) I'd love to see a background using the second to last one.

The first one creeps me out

I don't think it'll be easy to make a background with pics of that size...though it depends on the size of the background. I think I have the cover of a doujin that'd match pretty well. I'll scan it...

I didn't realize some people disliked Gravitation plot too. <3 I'm so happy I'm not alone.

@ Jaganshi - Oooh~ <3 I like the 2nd one. (: Very kinky, I adore it.