[INTEREST] Interview with Mitsuru Si on Chil-Chil About Volume 5 (Link)
Si-sensei was interviewed by the BL Info Site, Chil-Chil about the release of volume 5.
You can check it out yourself: https://www.chil-chil.net/compNewsDetail/k/801authors108/no/36282/
Interview is text-based and in Japanese.
I will look into releasing a summary at a later time. I just wanted to make note of it for now!
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MJM/BSM#30: Space by @zalo_music 🎧 http://bit.ly/BiteSizeMoments30 Bite Size Moments ( @bitesizemos ) single #30 is live on digital platforms. This time we feature producer and Clarinettist ZALO. His track 'Space' is a fully composed (no samples), downtempo, easy listening lounge number. It's smooth and dreamy, laced with some jazzy elements, and of course has parts with ZALO on the Clarinet. Check it out and enjoy!! http://bit.ly/BiteSizeMoments30 http://bit.ly/FollowBiteSizeSpotify #zalo #milenniumjazzmusic #bitesizemoments #singleseries #chillchill #abletonpush2 #nosamples #instrumentalhiphop #instrumental #beatsforlove #producteurdemusique #lofijazz #lofijazzhop #clarinettist #beatsmaker #lofihiphopedit #lofiaesthetics #lofihiphopmusic #chillvibesonly #clarinette #clarinet #lofiphotography #chillintheair #chillhiphop #lofiproducer #lofihiphopmusic #lofiradio #clarinetplayer (at Space) https://www.instagram.com/p/CheyAnsIPZt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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gen, you are literally a precious creature the universe put into our lives, someone made to be loved and appreciated, who deserves all the good in life. the one who made me fall for united, because they are so euphoric and passionate about things, makes your heart warm, and makes you want to feel part of something.
when i think about you i think about the songs of a band called SOJA, idk if you know them but they just give off the same good amazing vibes as you. goddess bless you, i love you! <3 (and i hate doing this, i hate sending anons, but per your request, i will);
yo bro? please? iloveu? ik exactly who this is and i just wanna tell you WTFFFFF . i will listen to that band. and hold these words so close my heart. bc i love u and these words r so kind what do i with them 😭😭 im just know seeing this bc ive been off tumblr 2day but... 😮💨😮💨💞💞 man thank you so much just know i feel the exact same way about you. im just so happy rn u have no idea
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ramblings on japanese fandom
i normally don’t post stuff like this in public, but this account has basically zero followers i feel like it’s okay, maybe. i’ll put it under a cut though so the post won’t be preserved in reblogs (should there be any).
i've been collecting bond dojinshi for a while now. in case anyone is unaware: broadly speaking "dojinshi" is the japanese word for self-published magazines and books, and narrowly speaking it's the word for fanzines, i.e. self-published magazines and books of fanfic and fan comics. this format of fan works is largely obsolete in english-speaking fandom, but dojinshi still thrive in japanese fandom even in this digital day and age.
anyway i've been collecting bond (and adjacent fandom) dojinshi for a few years now. the vast majority of bond dojinshi feature top craig bond x bottom whishaw q, which honestly holds zero interest for me (sorry), but i've browsed through hundreds upon hundreds of books and found some gen comics, a few mallory books, bottom bond books, and such.
i knew, by word of mouth, that dojinshi more focused on goldeneye existed. nothing really popped up in my searches though, and i'd figured they'd be so rare i'd never find them on the second-hand market; selling dojinshi second hand is considered somewhat of a faux pas in japanese fandom to begin with, especially so in fandoms for movies and tv shows, so i knew from the get-go that i'd never find everything published in the bond fandom.
BUT THEN i found it. the holy grail. the dojinshi ALL ABOUT 006 and featuring both beautifully drawn comics and fic by a writer i love (= the alec/craig bond fic i mentioned in an earlier post). honestly it was a stroke of luck; the book wasn't listed under goldeneye or even james bond, it wasn't in stock, it didn't have a cover on the site, and i only found it because i was looking through a listing of a specific artist's dojinshi and my spidy alec-detecting senses tingled. you see, this artist had previously published a dojinshi featuring various bean characters (like boromir and sharpe and a bit of alec) with a title taken from an oasis song... and this mysterious book ALSO had a title taken from an oasis song... so i was literally like
and clicked the "notify me when this is back in stock" button on the site. i didn't expect much to come off it, because i'd have to be pretty darn lucky for a fan to sell THIS particular book from 2005 to a used online bookstore so i could get my hands on it. but then, back in august, i received a notification e-mail. and when i clicked the listing and saw the cover i absolutely LOST. IT.
because um that couldn't be anyone but manga-style alec?!?!?!?! honestly half the reason i'm writing this post is to brag about my acute alec-detecting senses. are you impressed with me? i'm impressed with me. so with shaking hands i ordered it, received it, read it, and now this books sits on my shelves as probably the most priced dojinshi in my collection. (it was like 400 yen)
but that's only half the story. the real reason i decided to write this post is, a while back when i was home sick and bored, i decided to look through this dojinshi artist's professionally published manga. i knew she was a pro, and i knew she'd published mainstream bl (boys love, japanese genre of m/m fiction for a mainly female audience), and although i normally don't read bl i liked this artist's style, so why not. i went to chillchill (a bl release info and review aggregator site) and clicked through her pro works, reading the summaries and reviews... and um.
basically the plot of this particular manga from 2016 is that a green-eyed (!) blond (!!) special agent (!!!) of an unspecified european (!!!!) spy organization (!!!!!) goes undercover in an exclusive sex club for the world's elite and has, uh, stuff done to him. like. it cannot be anything but alec trevelyan woobie fanfic of the sort you'd find on ao3 (or won’t find, because this fandom is weird like that). and i'm not saying that in a "how dare this artist file off the serial numbers and make money off fanfic!!" way, i'm honestly so pleased she published this for me to read and treasure for the ridiculously cheap price of 697 jpy (= five bucks!!!!!!) for the ebook edition?!?!
also at the end of the book she had written a note about this manga having a sequel she’d published years ago in an extra issue of gush (a bl magazine that’s on the sleazy side), so of course like the alec stalker i am i went to mandarake (japanese second-hand otaku goods seller) and tracked it down and ordered it, and i am now in possession of this ridiculous anthology of dozens of bl one-shots i’m never going to read:
lol this cover is the diametrical opposite of anything i’d ever buy out of my own free will and i honestly feel a bit embarrassed having this book on my shelves. the things i do for alec, man. (the artist’s one shot in this book is interesting but all over the place plot-wise, you can really tell she has a sprawling alec trevelyan au epic in her brain that she really wants to express but would need 1000 pages to flesh out properly)
honestly this type of thing isn't that rare, if you follow bl publishing a large chunk of it will be thinly-veiled kakashi/sasuke au fanfic or whatever*, and i've heard about stuff like numbers-filed-off mcu and sherlock popping up in pro bl because those were huge fandoms in japan too, but it's WILD that a movie from 1995 with a pretty small fandom should inspire a pretty well-regarded original bl publication in 2016. the artist isn't all that prolific, but i'll cross my fingers that we might get a sequel or prequel one day.
* loveless
and in case you’re wondering if any of the other bond dojinshi i picked up were any good, this artist’s q x bond stuff is right up my ally and i want to collect it all:
(she’s also published a hannibal x craig bond book i’m eyeing although i intensely dislike both hannibal and mads mikkelsen. what can i say i will do a lot for bottom craig bond content)
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[BLOG UPDATE] Where to Purchase is Done For Now – What's Next?
The Where to Purchase page is now complete. It links to posts that contain links on where to exactly purchase the series in English or Japanese.
Here is what is upcoming in terms of pages/posts:
• Posts linking to all the artwork I can find on Si-sensei's social media accounts to make it easier to locate older pieces (NOT reposts – just links);
• Guide to using Tenso to purchase Japanese goods;
• Guide to using Renta! JP to purchase manga;
Additionally, I am looking to do the following soon:
• Post summaries of the ChillChill interviews (there's 3 of them);
• Post detailed chapter summaries for the Megumi & Tsugumi chapters from the start of volume 5 to the most recent chapters;
I have other ideas for this blog, but those are probably the most important ones.
Oh, probably some sort of update round up as well.
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(#REPOST )May 18 | Tangible Purge : Goodwill is Contactless now, but fortunately I have a clean car trunk so that doesn't matter... Packed it tight rolled thru ...popped the trunk...rolled out. • • I still have a ways to go but getting the equivalent of 7 moving boxes worth of stuff outta the garage felt good and motivated me to continue the mission of relinquishing all things in 2020 not meant for my 2021 and beyond. • • I didn't get as much day as I'd have liked...but I got so many things done that I needed to be done that I'm not mad at it...PLUS a great convo introduced me to some great books that when this Tangible Purge is over will be great for sitting back and indulging in....#NeverStopLearning • • Also to find out more about the garden pics -- follow @maxgardengalax 😉 • • www.BuyMartian.com | #ClickLinkInMyBio • • Follow the Buy Martian Merch ™ Brands : @nerdgirlmax | @buymartian | @thesaucymartian | @journeyjanes | @maxgardengalax | @wearebrosis97 • • BUY | POST | WIN ! • • © comp735 ™ LLC. All Rights Reserved. Shareable On Social Media. Unauthorized use not permitted. • • #BuyMartian #NERDGIRLMAX #MaxGardenGalax #MartianMusic #vibewithme #chillz #sundaystyle #chillnation #mellowexperience #mellowme #chillinlikeavillain #chillchill #chillmood #mellowmood #mellowhype #chillinit #chilling😎 #mellowmusic #weekendvibes✌️ #chilloutmusic #mellowgroove #chillen😎 #mellowvibes #chillstep #chillhouse #chillzone #chillvibe (at Planet Mars) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAWoaVsjRFo/?igshid=1vmu4y67q2pbl
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