Howdy!!!
Administrative updates
The World Cup gets the best of me every 4 years! So I’ve been away for a while.
Summer is here though! For the most of us, anyway, for some it’s winter and that’s a pretty good season too, me thinks. I actually prefer winter O_O… call me crazy if you will
We are approaching 800 watchers! 783 now! Domo arigato gozaimashita!!!
But there are some really naughty watchers who keep adding the club’s subs to their favourites. PLEASE DON’T DO THAT!. If you liked the art enough to add to your fave, then go to the artist page and fave it from there! Make them happy with a nice comment, with a fave, with a pageview… ok? Please? *begs*
Yaoi News
Yaoicon
Look for our lovely staff ~
korotoni at Yaoicon in 20th October 2006. I can’t go because I’m in Britain

. Just to call your attention to a competition that is taking place there. It’s a writing contest and if your story is good enough, you get it published. Check out their website. The deadline for that is the 7th July, so if you think your story is good enough, get it to them SOON.
Their special guest this year is Ajia Watanabe ^^. I don’t think you will find any of her comics or publications in English. But her art is brilliant. Works include Candy and Chou yo Hana yo and lots more, since she’s been publishing professionally since 2002.
More info about YaoiCon here:
[link]
Bankruptcy
As you know, Biblos was one of the biggest boy’s love publishers in Japan, and it declared bankruptcy recently. Apparently the artists wont be affected and the licenses with American publishers like Tokyopop (Fake), Kitty Media (Skyscraper of Oz), Be Beautiful (Finder Series), DMP (Our Kingdom), etc will continue until the contracts are over.
EDIT Our member ~
Kiyone1989 just informed me that Biblos was bought. However it won't run under the same name, but the important thing is that they are still active.
*sighs* Said that… Be Beautiful also filed bankruptcy, which closes the American boy’s love publisher. This is nothing related to Bibles though. Be Beautiful holds license for titles like Golden Cain, Kizuma and Finder Series.
Shameless Appeal
I should make this section constant in the journal. As you know to keep the club as subscribed costs money, sometimes it would be nice if someone helped with the it… 3 months, 1 month… anyway T_T
You can get the clubs t-shirt here
[link] , but only until the end of June, after that, there won’t be a shop anymore.
New Contests DEADLINE POSTPONED
In the end I had to delay the deadlines of the contests. Many people were taking exams, travelling back home for summer holidays etc. So we have almost nothing coming in. The deadlines changed to 30th August for all 3 contests!
As usual, if you have sent something and would like to work a bit more on it, let me know and I will ignore the work you sent.
Here they are:
... Tropical Fruits ...

This will be our summer contest, so I’ll give you until mid July to send in your work.

RULES
> The central theme has to be one or more tropical fruits and, of course, shounen-ai.
> Has to be 2 original characters
> Fanart is NOT accepted in this contest.
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Deadline is 30th August.
Reminder: Not every fruit is a tropical fruit! So research!

PRIZE
> Feature Deviation up to the end of the summer!
... Naughty Cosplay ...
Here is your fanart contest, but it’s a little different. You have to choose a character from a series and make him cosplay another either from the same series or from another one. Remember that it’s still shounen-ai, so you will need either 2 characters or something really powerful to show it’s shounen-ai related.

RULES
> One or more characters from a series cosplaying characters from the same or other series/
> The cosplay has to be obvious, of course. So work hard!
> Only fanart accepted
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Deadline is 30th August.
Reminder: If you are playing to draw one character, work hard on the theme to make sure it’s shounen-ai somehow!

PRIZE
> Feature Deviation in the club until the voting of the Tropical Fruits contest
... Take Out Your Pens! ...
As the title says, let’s get writing! Finally a literate contest

… You thought you would get away with only drawing uhm? Well, you were wrong. Now you have to write. I decided to have an exclusive contest for writers because it seems unfair for them to participate with drawings.
The theme is free! Yes, of course, it has to be shounen-ai or yaoi… if you want to write something explicit, is up to you. Just make sure you are legal

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To avoid votes from people who hasn’t read the story/poetry , this contest will be voted by SSS’s staff.

RULES & GUIDELINES
> Fanfic or Original accepted
> Theme: Shounen-ai or yaoi
> We will be looking for creativity, writing skills and yummy ness XD
> Free genre! Humour, drama, action, pure naughtiness… you decide!
> Judged by SSS staff only, so no voting.
> No more than 10 pages, font 12.
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Deadline is 30th August.

PRIZE
> 1 month subscription!
Remember: Check your spelling before sending it in!
IMPORTANT NOTE: To enter any of the contest you have to note the club and the title HAS TO BE THE NAME OF THE CONTEST, otherwise I wont accept it.
Manga News
Guys, Yellow wasn’t been released yet! I don’t know what DMP is up to!
If been buying some great boy’s love manga recently.
Shout Out Loud by Satosumi Takaguchi (Blu):
Whether this is or isn’t considered shounen-ai, we will have to see in the next few books, I’m not sure how long this series is, but Blu has the license for volumes 1 and 2.
The story is about this young man, Shino, who’s a 33 year old voice actor. His long lost son, who’s 17, just shows up one day after his mother’s death wanting to move in with the father he was meeting for the first time. Shino is a cry baby and happily accepts. However, the anime series he is voicing is ending and he needs more money, since his son will be staying over. Super responsible, he tells his agent he is going to do whatever job there is… and funnily enough the only job is yaoi CD drama!
. At first Shino feels weird about it, but then he accepts and start recording. With his soft gently voice, he can only be the uke. A sexy voice actor shows up to voice the seme. All this tension adds with with his son trying to get used to his father and learning how to deal with his own teenage life from now on.
Artwise, I would give it a 7. Is not that good… kinda reminds me a little of Fuyumi Soryo (MARS), but less detailed. It does the job though.
Plotwise, it’s a 10! I loved the idea, and knowing Blu’s comics, there will be something more going on. I know that on volume 2 there will be more ‘semes’ going after Shino, and even his son’s friend will get closer. It’s very funny and entertaining.
My opinion, it’s a ‘must-have’. So go for it.
Man’s Best Friend by Kazusa Takashima (Blu):
Takashima-sensei is so so brilliant! The same creator of Wild Rock, she could only come with sexy semes and cute stories. But this one is so funny. Ukyo finds this stray dog and takes him home. Little he knows that when excited, the dog, who he named Kuro, turns into a human!! Keeping his ears and tail… so for those with a fetish like that, this is the best manga
. They end up spending long time together, but Kuro falls in love for his master and, being a seme, he licks him and wants him all for himself.
Artwise?! How can you wonder that? It’s a 10!! Fantastic, yummy, sexy. All you could want in a yaoi manga. But beware!! This is for 18+… it contains explicit scenes, so, sorry kids ><.
Plotwise, it’s funny, I laughed alone in the train when reading it. It’s also cute, since Kuro can’t speak properly. The idea is silly though therefore the story is quite short, but that gives room for another couple of extras short stories.
Personal opinion… if you are an adult GET IT NOW. If you aren’t… then wait ><.
Make Love Maker by B.T. Azuma (Kousai Comics Japan):
Gee… if you are not 18, stay AWAY from this one. It hasn’t been licensed and probably never will. It’s an SM yaoi manga only found in Japanese language I reckon. The art is great though and if you are into hardcore SM yaoi, this is a good one to have. I can’t tell you much about the plot… because I can’t read Japanese myself >.> … It’s about rivalry between companies. This CEO wants to frame the other CEO and he uses his lover, a cute perverted uke who’s up for ANYTHING really. O_O There are some yucky semes there, but the ukes makes up for them. He is really sexy. There is a bit of shouta though. A wee chapter talking about this uke’s past. Azuma’s art is flawless <3 . I loved it.
O_O does that make me a pervert?
Golden Cain by You Asagiri (Be Beautiful):
I’ve been recommended this manga by friends and members of the club and I finally got it! I really liked it… the story is so sexy and somewhat weird. I wont say much or I will spoil the plot. Shun’s lives in the shadow of his brother who had a terrible accident. His life is almost ruins as he tries to live up to his memory. From nowhere this yummy model, Cain, shows up and save him from a very strange situation and from then on he takes Shun into a live of perverted love.
Artwise. I must say it’s not my fave kind, but I would give it a 7. Hmm… maybe 8 for the hot explicit scenes. So, said that, you know it’s 18+.
Plotwise. Very weird plotting, but the twist is kinda fun and naughty. I like all the lust surrounding it.
That's about it for now ^_^
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