I don't get it: YBC Author
Ogeretsu Tanaka (author of YBC) clearly has the ability to tell meaningful stories and handle complex emotions based on their other works so why the hell did such a decent author suddenly produce something so questionable and shitty As I'm writing this I'm starting to feel like they were affected with the same thing a lot of authors suddenly got hit with way back in the 2010s which is the trend of more people reading over sexualized BLs rather than meaningful ones idk I srsly don't get it you were so good until that one happened what went through your mind to create that abomination
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Yaribu is a parody lmao
ybc was indeed made as a joke on yaoi tropes, hence why its super sexual for no reason and its treated as the "what the fuck" joke of the series. From the characters itself they're stereotypical and the setting of the story.
I actually think she intended YBC to be a parody of popular "yaoi" tropes. Behind the exaggerated premise, YBC is a character-driven story. Its core depends on the troubled relationships between its characters and not on the weird, crazy sex scenes that most ppl get hung up on.
That’s pretty interesting I always assumed the author was just some weirdo and never knew they had more works other than YBC. This made me wanna read their other works, also it’s depressing to know there’s amazing writers and artists out there who can make amazing stuff but choose to follow trends in hopes they’ll get really popular and make a lot of money which I can’t really blame them for
Neon Sign Amber is an easy one to get into. I liked it and the general consensus from others seem to be positive.
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/neon_sign_amber/
https://www.mangago.zone/read-manga/lonely_to_organdy/
Wait they also wrote lonely to organdy?!
looks interesting def gonna read !
I forgot all about this one! I reread it just now and I'm in tears! Thanks for reminding me about this!
From what I've heard, they originally made it back in like 2012 as a mock of other bls & over time it kinda just developed
Damnn that sucks that the work they got recognized for is that random mock they made instead of their other works
thats the irony of it