This week the team takes a decidedly NSFW dive into the surprising world of gay manga, with the MASSIVE Anthology! How does it compare to BL? How does it compare to their ‘regular’ reads? How will they do the show notes for this one? Find out inside! Plus, in a...
The book we’ve been threatening to cover for two seasons is finally here. You have arrived… at Dick Fight Island! This pinnacle of BL manga is the talk of the town, and now it’s here in a very spicy, NSFW episode of Mangasplaining. Powered by RedCircle
It’s about to get pretty steamy on Mangasplaining, as the crew travels to an unnamed tropical island to visit with The Birds of Shangri-la, our first venture into verrry spicy BL territory. In this NSFW episode, we learn the ins-and-outs of more explicit BL manga stories, talking about genre conventions...
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