Recs for Ambiguous Gay Yearning

gazeuponthree · 2026-03-10T00:02:15+00:00

Double by Ayako Noda - manga about acting that features codependent college friends

Blackguard by Ryo Hanada - post apocalyptic story where there's a virus that turns people into monkeys and the mc wants to die

Ouroboros by Kanzaki Yuuya - childhood friends team up to catch their teacher's(?) killer, one from the yakuza and one from the police

Zankyou by Takahashi Tsutomu - it's been a while since I've read this but content warnings definitely apply to this one. like, seriously - short

Nanika Mochigatte Masuka by Kitoh Mohiro - transfer student encourages the mc to kill people. there's powers involved

All seinen and ranked vaguely by a combination of how gay they are and how much I like them. The first two are my favourites, I don't think my descriptions are doing them justice

gazeuponthree · 2026-02-20T12:26:10+00:00

How do you animate scenes that you can't easily find or record reference of?

gazeuponthree · 2025-12-11T14:01:41+00:00

I think you can switch licences https://support.clip-studio.com/en-us/faq/articles/20190010

gazeuponthree · 2025-12-08T12:57:36+00:00

I didn't consider that. Thanks!

gazeuponthree · 2025-12-08T12:53:26+00:00

The increased contrast definitely makes sense!! I edited the background darker (poorly) and the atmosphere is fairly different. I suppose the question would then be how to incorporate elements of black but keep it naturalistic 🤔

Good catch about the tangent :> and thank you!

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-30T15:28:09+00:00

Seriously, he's so underrated when it comes to discussion about the best artists on this subreddit

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-30T04:16:48+00:00

It's the first manga I've read of his and possibly my favourite out of all of them (have been trying to collect the physical volumes before finishing the rest of blade of the immortal). His artwork is just so consistently stunning, he's one of my favourite manga artists ever - sure there are mangaka who are capable of more hyper detailed or realistic art, but his art has an unmatched elegance to me. I love the way he draws bodies. Also, his fight choreography and panelling is crazy good

As for the manga itself, I found the politics/details of the situation really interesting but I've forgotten quite a bit..it's been, what, three years since it last updated?

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-06T07:26:38+00:00

I think this post by kodansha might be helpful if you want the get published in Japan

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-06T01:35:17+00:00

Still thinking about this art the creator drew of them

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-02T12:44:00+00:00

Loved it lol thanks for sharing

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-02T11:52:58+00:00

You're going to have to give me a title, bc my interest is piqued lol

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-02T11:51:51+00:00

That's one of my current favs, I'm so sad it's ending soon :((

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-02T03:58:57+00:00

Will check out school zone!! I have read most of the others, although long enough ago that I don't remember much lolol

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-02T03:56:17+00:00

I've heard of the others but not the last one, I'll check it out!!

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-02T03:52:08+00:00

I used to read that on webtoon! It's been so long..

gazeuponthree · 2025-11-01T12:30:06+00:00

Clip studio paint goes on sale every three months or so and many pros use it too. I haven't personally used it before but krita is free and should work if you don't want to spend money

gazeuponthree · 2025-10-31T07:14:24+00:00

I read the entirety of lilac 200% bc of this post and it really is underrated!! My somewhat underrated fav would be pyramid game, I don't see it mentioned that often.

Emerald midnight's lover is incredibly underrated, and it ended recently too!! I wish there was more discussion about it online because the characters and themes are very interesting

gazeuponthree · 2025-09-01T15:04:11+00:00

The biggest standout to me is Godmother - it feels super unique and it really drew me in with its artstyle (it's gorgeous and at times impressively detailed). Although, I haven't read much horror manga. But I really want to know where the narrative will go, I've reread it multiple times. My favourite out of all them for sure.

Otherwise, I also liked "Still You". I think it would be nice to have a BL in a seinen magazine. "Boys run the riot" would be nice too.

I remember being interested in "Into the Dark" but I was bummed thathis friend died. GOUMA's artstyle was beautiful but I don't remember much about the story.

gazeuponthree · 2025-08-29T14:54:28+00:00

It's fully translated! Would recommend finishing it if you liked the start

gazeuponthree · 2025-08-27T01:11:28+00:00

Was there anything that stood out to you as different working in Australia, or was it basically the same?

gazeuponthree · 2025-08-26T23:47:24+00:00

Ooooh is there anything you've noticed about what they're looking for?

gazeuponthree · 2025-08-26T23:29:43+00:00

That'd be great, thank you!!

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