Accidentally reading something disturbing. Should take you right back to your teen years. 
Welcome to the 90s. 
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Man, that’s something I didn’t miss.
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You have no one but yourself to blame lmao
Did you not look at the title and think “hmm I might need to be wary of this phenomena”
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No? For some reason, I had in mind that someone said that it doesn’t happen (e.g. he changes back at night or changes into a werewolf or something). I can’t find that post anymore though, so I might have dreamed it?
To be honest, I’ve also never considered that it’s something that may actually happen in media. I only expected it as negative shock value.
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It happens even in children‘s movies, cf. おおかみこどもの雨と雪. Of course, here you could also ask yourself in advance, how these children are fathered, and the actual sex between the girl and the werewolf is only hinted at. Edit: But the werewolf here is not in (total) human form.
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I’m fine with a werewolf, and I’m fine with hinted at. It was sadly none of those things 
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Your memory might have deceived you; that post in question was probably referring to Wolf In The House:ウルフ・イン・ザ・ハウス 1 | L25?? :
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It was! That’s the exchange I had in mind. I mixed the wolf books 
Well, I will either just fly through those scenes or just drop the book itself.
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By the way, there are only 6 weeks left on the current book. Should we start gathering more recommendations before the next poll?
I think we have only 13 active nominations at this time. I can’t remember how far ahead we planned to open nominations 
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Tagging @bibliothecary for this as well
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I don’t see anything in the rules about it, so I say let’s go ahead. Since it looks like it’s been a while since @bibliothecary’s visited, I’ll go ahead and open nominations ahead of time.
Nominations are now open. Unless decided otherwise, I hereby declare that the vote for the next book will start on July 20 and close on July 28. There will be a one-week break after Flesh&Blood, and the new book will start on August 19.
The current nominations are as follows:
Nominations for the 4th BLBC Read
(It’s been seven moths since our first poll, lol.)
https://learnnatively.com/book/411987162d/ has received a spin-off book club since the last poll; I’ll leave it in the noms for now unless @bibliothecary would like it removed.
Edit: I have created a nominations list as well: Natively Boys' Love Book Club Nominations | Japanese list by eefara | Natively
Please let me know if you would like to be added as a collaborator!
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There are already quite a few of my books on the nomination list, but I have a few more, if wanted:
Not 100% sure this is BL:
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This one ran in a BL magazine, iirc, though afaik the author doesn’t consider it so. I think we okay’ed nominating things based on vibes, so I’d accept it.
I’d say go for at least one more nom, since we have the slots, and it’d be good to see some nom activity; might encourage other people.
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Title:
Book type: novel
Available formats: physical / ebook
Summary - Japanese
堂野崇文は痴漢と間違われて逮捕されるが、冤罪を訴え最高裁まで争ったため、実刑判決を受けてしまう。入れられた雑居房は、喜多川圭や芝、柿崎、三橋といった殺人や詐欺を犯した癖のある男たちと一緒で、堂野にはとうてい馴染めなかった。そんな中、「自分も冤罪だ」という三橋に堂野は心を開くようになるが…。
Summary - English
Takafumi Douno was mistaken for a molester and arrested. He claimed his innocence and fought the case up to the Supreme Court, but ended up receiving a prison sentence. The shared cell he was placed in housed men with criminal backgrounds, such as murderers and fraudsters like Kei Kitagawa, Shiba, Kakizaki, and Mihashi, making it hard for Douno to fit in. Amidst this, Douno began to open up to Mihashi, who also claimed to be falsely accused.
Content Warnings
Maybe @bungakushoujo can help out with this but afaik it’s on the darker side.
Reason(s) for nominating: I bought this the first time I was in Japan and still haven’t read it. It’s time. (Interestingly enough, back then, this book had a very different cover and was giving LN vibes but it got a revamp.)
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Content warnings include general plot spoilers so unmask at your own risk: Rape/sexual assault, death, murder, stalking
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Title:
Book type: manga
Available formats: physical / ebook
Summary - Japanese
人生をゼロからやり直すために、君を信じてみてもいいのかな―― 祖父の遺した銀座の老舗テーラー「ギンモクセイ」を継いだ生吹（うぶき）。けれど祖父のいた頃とは違い、今では閑古鳥が鳴いている…!? 焦りばかりが募っていたある日、灯生（てお）と名乗るイケメンが店を訪ねてきた!! 久々の来客に舞い上がるけれど、いきなり上から目線で接客のダメ出しをされてしまう。「お前を一流店の店主に変えてやる、俺に賭けろ」銀座の超一流レストランの元メートルだという接客のプロ・灯生とともに、店の立て直しをはかることになって!? 傲岸不遜な元メートル×自分に自信のない仕立て屋の、スーツ×スーツのアダルトラブ
Summary - English (from Anilist)
Ubuki has taken over Ginmokusei, a long-established haberdashery in Ginza, he inherited from his grandfather. But unlike when his grandfather was in charge, the shop is now dead!
So when a handsome man named Tosei comes to visits the shop, Ubuki is elated! But his joy is cut short when he is told that his customer service is not up to par.
Content Warnings
I tried not to spoil myself, so no idea, sorry 
Maybe power harassment?
Edit: I just realized that Natively has the “adult content” tag, so I assume explicit stuff are going to happen. While not surprising, that feels like a change of tone compared to other picks we had.
Reason(s) for nominating: Dudes in nice suits. That is all.
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I have this on my Amazon wish list *cough* for the same reason.
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Hi. You seem to be running a rather professional university here.
I don’t consider myself to be the target audience for BL. But I have watched an anime or two. And I have a (to me) surprising amount of BL manga on my wishlist. So I’ll try and nominate some. The title says nominations are open, so that’s what I choose to believe. I assume the “
Nominations are currently closed.” in the top post isn’t relevant.
Here is my wishlist. One item there is 女装してめんどくさい事になってるネクラとヤンキーの両片想い 1 | L25 which I see already hada bookclub (that’s probably why I saw someone mention it and putting it on my list). So I’ll obviously not nominate that one. I think the rest should be allowed.
With the end of nominations on July 20 and the one nomination per week rule I should be able to make up to three nominations. But there are only 4 spots open, so I migh better hurry. Right?
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Title:
Book type: manga
Available formats: physical / ebookn/ full-furigana
Summary - Japanese
第1巻の内容紹介: 17歳、高校２年生の能代は転入したクラスで、一人周囲になじまない真田と出会う。いじめではなく、自分から距離をとっている真田。なぜか気になる能代は、真田についてのある噂を聞く。「あいつ、ホモって噂じゃん。」──。とくべつでも何でもない、誰にでもありうる。でも、きっとあなたの未知に触れる青春恋物語、第１巻です。
Summary - English
Volume 1 Introduction: Noshiro, a 17-year-old high school sophomore, is transferred to a new class and meets Sanada, one of the students who does not fit in with his surroundings. Sanada is not being bullied, but is distancing himself. For some reason, Nohyo is curious about him and hears a rumor about Sanada: "He’s rumored to be a homosexual. He’s rumored to be a homosexual. I don’t know… It’s nothing special, it could happen to anyone. But this is the first volume of a coming-of-age love story that will surely touch your heart.
(Translator: DeepL)
Content Warnings
Unknown. I have not read it yet.
Reason(s) for nominating: I’ll restate what I wrote in the what-should-i-read-next-megathread. With all the CGDCT and Yuri I read, I sometimes think of reading more male focused stuff. But I tend to dislike how female authors write male love interests. So I’m nominating this because it has both shounen and BL tags. And its short. And it has a hetero tag? And the author also wrote うちの息子はたぶんゲイ which I read a little bit of and thought it was cute. And I think it might be more to the club’s liking than the cross dressing manga on my wishlist (you already had one of those).
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Hello! Thank you very much! It’s been fun chatting with all the other BL enjoyers here. 
Yes, that’s correct. I lack the ability to modify bibliothecary’s home post, unfortunately, so our messages are a little mixed. 
I’m not familiar with all of them, so unless someone says otherwise you’re probably safe. I can say that, while I thoroughly enjoyed 魔法少年なつき×らびっツ 1 | L24 , any BL present is vibes only, for better or worse. Still definitely nominate-able for the club, though.
The one per week rule was instituted to make sure no one takes over the noms, so assuming there are still slots left next week and the week after, etc, you are safe to post more. Hard to say how quickly they’ll go; we had a lot of initial interest in the club, but due to an (un?)fortunate three-way tie on the very first vote, it’s been a while since the thread’s seen much action.
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