So, Apparently I've Got A Rep

[przed]

The Sweetie frequents The Beguiling, the coolest comic store in Toronto. One of the guys who works there, Chris, is both gay and wise in the ways of yaoi manga, so he's always reccing stuff to the Sweetie that he thinks I might like. (Pete, the owner of the store, doesn't get the whole yaoi/homoerotica thing, but he's also a willing enabler.)

A couple of weeks ago, the Sweetie's in the store and Chris has a new rec for me...

Chris: Hey, I think your wife might like this manga, Antique Bakery.
Sweetie: Oh yeah?
Chris: Yeah. It's not as dirty as most of the stuff she likes, but it's better written.

Let's stop and contemplate the fact that the gay comic dude thinks I'm dirty. (Am I proud or ashamed? I have no idea.) Not to mention the fact that he doesn't think much of the writing in the ones I do like.

So, next time I'm in the store, I flip through Antique Bakery and it's not my thing. Three guys running a bakery and nary a gun or a sword in sight. (I may or may not like my yaoi "dirty" but I definitely like it with violence and mayhem involved.)

Tonight, the Sweetie makes his weekly trip back to the store. Both Chris and Pete are there...

Chris: So, did your wife check out Antique Bakery?
Sweetie: Yeah. She doesn't think it's quite her thing.
Pete (Yelling from the back of the store): I told you. It's not dirty enough!

Okay, so now the straight guy and the gay guy think I'm dirty. Plus, the Sweetie was laughing so hard he failed to defend my honour and inform them that it was not the lack of said dirt but the lack of swords and guns that failed to float my boat.

Good thing I'm not easily embarrassed or I'd never show my face in the store again.

Comments

[przed.livejournal.com]

On the gun end of things, I highly recommend Yellow. It's four volumes and develops into some serious hurt/comforty fun.

On the sword side, there's Black Knight (the uke's a bit on the cute side for my taste, but his seme is fab), Gorgeous Carat and White Guardian.

Then there's Gerard & Jacques, which has neither guns nor swords, but is set before and during the French revolution and starts off as a rent boy story which I cannot resist. (The uke is a bit young to start in that one, but they grow him up fast.)

I like Kizuna and the Finder ones too, but wasn't sure about Jazz. You think it's worth checking out, then?

[beledibabe.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for the suggestions! I've only read Jazz 2, but liked it enough to look for Jazz 1 and 3.