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November 16, 2015
Persona: A Strange New World
Alright. So someone requested Junpei and Kanji waking up in the TV World and getting spanked. i’m not sure if I did that all too well, but, what the hell, I actually finished it and I like it enough to post it on here. :D
I hope it you like, dude!
8-bitadonis:
indivisiblerpg:
Don’t think we’ve forgotten about...
Don’t think we’ve forgotten about the Incarnation reveal for the $1mil mark!
Meet Tatanka!
A shaman renowned for his passionate drumming which brought forth departed spirits, Tatanka’s life was forever changed by a simple errand boy. Mistaking his nameplate for that of the Great Warlock Tanaka who lived next door, the hasty courier delivered the wrong package of mystical ingredients - with disastrous results.
Attempting to summon the spirit of his next client’s dead wife, Tatanka instead called forth an ancient spirit of mysterious origin. Though the two have since forged an uneasy alliance, neither is happy with the current state of affairs. Unable to rid himself of the irritating specter alone, Tatanka travels the world seeking an exorcist skilled enough to sever the bond.
1.5 mil doesn’t seem so far off now, does it? Let’s make this week a good one!
indiegogo.com/projects/indivisible-an...
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indivisible-rpg-from-the-creators-of-skullgirls/
Here’s a clickable link. Click it.
superhealthclub:
Hi guys,
We promised it a while ago, so here...
Hi guys,
We promised it a while ago, so here it is… A new version of Super Health Club, and all the vocals are included!
But besides the vocals, a lot of other things have changed as well.
Perhaps one of the biggest change is that the oonyx starter program is no longer needed to download Super Health Club. So everyone can now simply download the updated demo (or beta if you pre-ordered Super Health Club) from the super health club downloads page directly.
While we had originally planned to also release the MAC update at the same time, that version unfortunately is being held back by technical difficulties. And as we didn’t want to keep everyone else waiting, we’re releasing the windows version now. The mac version will follow a.s.a.p. So stay tuned for updates about the Mac version.
So… Why don’t you give the updated Super Health Club a try and meet the voices of all the guys :)
Read the full post here: http://bit.ly/1PJNHC7
November 12, 2015
On the Term: Bara
(This has been cross-posted from my twitter.)
In reference to the use of the word Bara: There is a blog post with an interview from gay manga artist Gengoroh Tagame going around thatmany people in the online community are interpreting as meaning that the term “bara” is a slur. To give some history on it and to bring clarity, please know that it is not a slur in the sense of it being a discriminatory term. It is an antiquated word that is not used among contemporary artists or even the general community, but does have a history associated with it. The post, whose author posted a portion of an interview with Tagame, is correct in that its usage used to be close to the term “pansy” in English, but in 1971, had become reappropriated with the release of the gay magazine Barazoku.
Contemporarily, the term is used by English fans of the genre and has become a loan word that, at worse, is misused as a category to inapplicable things but is more commonly used to refer to Japanese manga the features “burly men.” It’s is rarely if at all used by Japanese artists but does not equate to a slur against the gay community. Some artists however, as is the case with Tagame, prefer the term “geikomi” ゲイコミ to describe their works due to the antiquated history of the word “bara”.
Their wishes deserve to be respected, but you do not need to panic over the use of the term in regards to the collective idea of a genre. Having spoken with friends from Japan and reading over follow-up posts from the blog that many people are referring to, this has become a case of people misreading and completely over exaggerating the context of a word that is antiquated and rarely used in modern Japan.
If you are looking for more accurate terms to use to describe art or gay men featured in gay manga, there are definitely words that help.
gachimuchi 「ガチムチ」- muscle-chubby
gachidebu 「ガチデブ」- muscle-fatty
gacchiri 「ガッチリ」- muscular
debu 「デブ」- fat
TL;DR: Bara has become a loan word and is not actually a slur. It is antiquated and some artists prefer not to use the term for their works. Respect the artist by not mis-catergorizing their works. Do your research, and avoid applying the term liberally.
The more you know.
November 11, 2015
How big is your peen?
Dude, no. Why does anyone think this is an okay question???
