18th May 2008
The Yaoi Shrine
July 15th, 2003
Right off the bat, I’m not happy about this site. All the graphics on the index are broken. What the hell? Sahari, honey, fix your damn graphics. Broken graphics are ugly and annoying. And don’t bother “hiding” your link to the main page. It’s stupid. Yes, I’m addressing anyone who has ever made a site. Don’t hide the fucking link.
All right, the main page loads up real quick. I like fast loading sites since I have the ISP from Hell. First, I see this big bold red type that begs for $200/month. $200 for what? What sort of burden? If this domain costs Sahari $200/month, she’s got a really bad deal for a domain. I’m thinking, “Like hell I’m forking over money to someone when I don’t know where the money is going.” I mean, is this going for manga? Or for personal bills? A mysterious “burden” does not get my sympathy.
The color of the site is real nice; very easy on the eyes. The graphics are ho-hum and the font she used is a little hard to read. It screams amature.
I click on “What is Yaoi?”. I know what yaoi is, but I want to know what she thinks yaoi is. And as I read through, I’m pleased to see correct translations, some psychological analyzation and a very basic Japanese vocabulary. Good, good; even though the top graphic is broken. Hell, a lot of the graphics are broken around here. Bad, bad.
I can’t help myself. I skip to the fiction. Did I ever mention I’m addicted? Well, I am.
I go for Kizuna fics; “A Need for Shelter” by Sahari, herself. I must admit, this is a tasty bit of work. Highly recommended. I go for another fic which shall remain nameless because it’s not that great. Some of these fics are decent. The true lemon quantity is low, but the stories, themselves, are quite good. I’m a pervert. I need my smut and a little heavy lime action isn’t going to cut it for this fangirl. At least she has a bit of descriptions for each fic. I hate when I don’t know what I’m getting into.
Back out to the main page and I click on “Scans”. Oh my. Look at all these options… I feel a squeal coming on. Her scans are GREAT. Right now, I’m downloading to my heart’s content. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate great scans. As some of you may know, Cynthia and myself make wallpapers for BND. I think you guys should expect some good looking wallpapers from us because of this site.
I shall say it now. Bless you, Sahari, for offering this on your site.
Yes…heh. Back to the review.
The site, at first glance, is dull. If I stumbled across this and didn’t look any further, I would’ve blown it off. But after some digging around, I find this site to be a real gem. I’ll be coming back to download some more scans and look through the archive of fiction a little more.
I am very pleased to say that The Yaoi Shrine is updated on a monthly basis. I hope it will continue to be for a long time. Perhaps, it’ll become a staple of the yaoi experience. Though, if that is to happen, the site needs a major redesign. And I’m still not quite sure about that $200/month thing…
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