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Fart Captor

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S BOWLING *YOAI*?? HOW DARE YOU 😤

Sajuuk-Khar

EVERYTHING. ALL OF IT. HE’S YEARNING SO MUCH, JOYCE. AND ALI—KOJI HAS NO CLUE

Andrea Andrew

I didn’t realize Julia and Seth were still a thing in Joyce’s comic. I guess Asma’s comic is a metaphor.

Jamie (QueenofSodor)

asma getting openly gooey-eyed over the character drama in her bowling manga is powerful enough to forgive the fact it's yaoi instead of yuri

Kelly (they-them)

Willis, if you're referencing a real manga you NEED to tell us the name of it. Please, oh please, I want to read 28 volumes of bowling and boy love

MST3K.fan: The Cheesy Movie Essays

This from the strip that didn't have the two leads kiss until something like 20 real-time years in and 16 volumes :)

Harold

I never thought I'd see Asma become the source of so many all-time great DoA faces, let alone in a single strip. Panel 3 is particularly priceless.

Lazuli

asma is making the best face in panel 3

jafortee

koji PLEASE kenji clearly loves you in spares PLEASE

jafortee

see it’s funny because I did a bowling pun and in pro bowling spares are actually pretty bad

Lazuli

a bowling yuri would be called 10 pins to my soul

Jamie (QueenofSodor)

it's closer to 15 years, unless you're somehow counting the 5-ish years of Joyce and Walky! that preceded DOA

Astariel

The last panel is pretty great too.

Michael Flannagan

How are we supposed to make a ship portmanteau for Koji and Kenji? IT WOULD JUST BE KOJI OR KENJI

Astariel

I like that Joyce and Asma can have this kind of low-key but friendly interaction about their interests.

Harold

Joyce still thinking about a rule of three, huh. Yes, Joyce. Three *would* rule. Looks like Dina's shooting for twenty-eight at the moment

GundamBradley

Hehe, I love that Asma is kind of invested, but probably as a bit of a romantic in general, if this manga of hers is any indication. I am loving this.

Harold

KoKenji

GundamBradley

Maybe Joyce also has a buffer, though she also might be letting Julia have both, even if she ended up not being bold enough to ask.

C Bonesmith

So when's Joyce gonna borrow the manga?

Morgan Byrd

Aah, two trash goblins passing in the night

voyager-ngc5195

The thing is, it's not like Koji actually asked Kenji to do that, Kenji did it because he has an unhealthy obsession with Koji. Then they never talk about the obsessive part, so Kenji ends up ruining their life chasing after this recent, fleeting relationship he thinks he wants, while giving up on many years worth of careful planning over what they actually wanted to do with their life. They could certainly talk about this and try to hash something out like adults, but Kenji's probably unsure how exactly to broach the subject with Koji. It's all very complicated and the whole relationship will inevitably fall into the gutters. You know, because bowling.

Andrea Andrew

Maybe these titles: We’re gonna score tonight!! Rolling for a Strike!

Dan Rabin

With the establishment of a common interest of sorts, Asma seems to have disconnected her snark tank.

AE Gonzalez

Only Volume 28? I guess the mangaka is speed running it, typically this much plot development only happens by Volume 110.

AE Gonzalez

Asma subtly revealing she’s into (or at least keeping up with) Joyce’s comic.

Tessea

What's this? Fictional characters causing the readers to have feels?? That's just silly!

Tessea

I get the feeling Asma's looking for _some_ happy romance in her life, even if it's only vicariously through comic and manga characters. ..... Wait. I'm in this picture and I don't like it.

Tessea

I approve of this pun.

Tessea

Personally I hate ship portmanteaus, but I'd say Cookie (Koke)

C.T. Phipps

I think they did a comic where Dorothy points out Joyce had set up Julia with a male character based on Joe and Dorothy was now feeling awkward about it.

Logibear

NEXT BONUS STRIP NEEDS TO BE KOJI AND KENJI!!! PLEASE WILLIS I BEG YOU

Zesstra

Threes may rule 😔

Zesstra

ASMA STATS I thought this would be Asma's new wordiest strip, but "Next time" is still on top with 73 words. This one is just under it with 69. Nice.

Zesstra

Asma is a certified yearner: she's done the reading, she's got the experience, just give her her credentials.

Ed Marshall

does this make koji x kenji available for bonus strip voting? ;)

Shane Wegner

I was today years old when I realized that yaoi and yuri mean slightly different, distinct things.

Shane Wegner

“There is no quantum future in which I actually GO to that URL, so again, I implore you to summarize it for me.”

Packy Anderson

@Shane Wegner: I've always known that yaoi and yuri were different, but even today I still need to look up which is which. I need a good mnemonic.

Lazuli

@astariel its a shame patreon doesnt enable screenshot posting or id put that here. asmas panel 7 face is mine at quite a few queer romances

Packy Anderson

I mean, the two leads kissed before then, but the two leads at that time were Joyce and Walky. 😉 Walky got demoted from "lead" to "sexy boy-toy of a lead" in the transition to DoA.

Packy Anderson

🤣🤣🤣 Because when they drop a ball on their foot, they can put the "OW!" in yaoi.

Shane Wegner

We can always vote for them in the next monthly and see what happens.

Shane Wegner

Did Monkey Master win ever? If so, that’s a named in-universe fictional character. Pretty sure Fuckface has won, which is a named in-universe reptile. Of course, Willis could always veto on the grounds of “I’m the cartoonist and I say so”.

Simon Magid

@Jamie: THERE IS NOTHING TO FORGIVE.

Harold

When I first learned (here) that bowling manga was possibly a thing, the title I came up with was Pinned in the Alley

Harold

Kenji = Keener?

Jamie (QueenofSodor)

depending on which of the boys the fandom thinks tops, presumably their ship tag on twitter/pixiv/what-have you is either KoKen (こうけん) or KenKo (けんこう)

Maude Reads Things

Love that Asma is a fan! Of Joyce's and the manga XD

Harold

@Maude Reads Things: Joyce needs all the fans she can get right now

Harold

@Jamie (QueenofSodor): There's got to be some kind of "Pannen-KoKen" pun that could be made. Maybe they both love pancakes?

Kelly (they-them)

I was afraid that was the case. Thanks for letting me know, haha

Ria

I maintain that lesbians are some of the staunchest yuri enjoyers