You can have private lists with contributors. That’s intended. I think that’s good functionality?
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Nah, that seems right me to! Just wanted to check!
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Some notes:
- I’ve gone through the list and I’m pretty sure I’ve got all the related items that were available in English at the time linked in descriptions
- I’ve added more info about CLAMP (feel free to add/edit if you wish)
- Written some brief descriptions about the titles I’m familiar with, if anyone else wants to add some context to the items that still need it, it would be much appreciated!
- The その指だけが知っている manga isn’t in Natively’s database - there’s a technical issue with amazon linking the LN and manga that hasn’t been resoved yet.
- I’ve changed Fujimi Orchestra from the LN to OVA since that’s what was available in English at the time, with links to related media in the description
I think I’ve done as much as I can for the current list items, so I’ll have a look at the mangaka we’ve got on the spreadsheet.
If anyone else wants to add new items to the list, please include as much info as you can. Ideally, a new item description should contain:
- A brief description (plot, shounen-ai/yaoi, why it was popular, any other notable context)
- When it was first available in English (official or fan-translated) and the publisher/group that released it
- Adaptions with links to Natively page (if available) and release dates
- Other notable works available at the time by the same author
Just have a look at the current item descriptions for an idea. Then position it based on the earliest release date, and save. 
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I read a couple but they were so bad. 
Let me see if I can remember the names. 
This actually made me come across a manga series I had completely forgotten
and also made me remember some other manga series:
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Then I might have accidentally added contributors? 
I honestly did not mean too
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I’ll just turn it public at this point lmao
I was planning on adding more and then but might as well
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It just means you keep me in your thoughts. 
(Feel free to remove me if I wasn’t supposed to be there though, haha. No hard feelings on my end.)
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I was more surprised then feel any need to hide it 
Can you turn it public or only me? I can’t find my own list
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I set it to public! Check and see if you can see it now.
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Thank you!! Finally found it!!
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I listened to the drama CD of 凛-RIN-! (series) | L24?? just a few months ago, how could I forget it? 
Shout Out Loud, another blast from the past… So many titles I need to revisit! 
That is a very specific list theme! I’ve been meaning to revisit Animal X - I read it aeons ago, but all I remember is that it was wild. And I don’t think I finished Marginal, though I remember loving it…
I must order all these old manga on Mandarake! 
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Good way to wake up to a Friday, eh? I’m curious what will be unearthed for this list; probably lots of degenerate stuff, but hopefully some real gems as well.
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now that is an interesting topic choice.
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Mandarake has thousands of BL light novels (and some manga) for 10 yen each! 
Doesn’t seem like a sale or damaged goods, guess they’re just trying to clear stock? Non-BL stuff may also be reduced, but who even buys that?
Any picks for the next BLU list to focus on? I’ll probably continue adding titles to EWC now and again, since there’s still quite a few names on our to-do sheet (I think these will naturally fill out the gaps at the end of the decade, too). I think I’ve done as much as I can for the other points at the moment.
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Well, we’ve got several candidates that already exist: nonfiction, long manga, long LN, and pre-omegaverse mpreg (I might need to find a different way to refer to that one in polite company, haha). Makes sense to pick from one of those, I think.
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Another one to add to the needs-a-new-name pile…
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What list do we think we’ll work on this week?
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We could focus on the non-fiction list:
I don’t have much to contribute myself, but I think it should be an easy one to curate:
- any non-fiction book relating to BL can be added
- a sentence or two on what the book is about for the item description
- no need for any particular ordering
I’ll have a look at my books to see if anything I have fits the bill, otherwise I’ll probably keep adding to last week’s list here and there. 
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Sounds like a plan to me. 
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Just discovered ただいま、おかえり (series) | L18 is getting an anime! 
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