Recent Posts Tagged With 'shoujo'

• Starry Eyes and Rose-Tinted Glasses: Putting the Magic back into Magical Girl

  Posted on Monday October 26th, 2009 at 21:53 in editorial, clamp, magical girl, cardcaptor sakura, shoujo, mahou shoujo, kobato

  [インマR.] There are many adults in this world who enjoy fiction aimed at children. That isn’t news to anyone, and it shouldn’t need justifying. Be it for the magic and excitement or the hotblooded black-and-white combat, stories that ...

• From Me to You with Kimi ni Todoke

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 19:16 in Romance, commentary, fangirl, shoujo, rabu-rabu, kimi ni todoke, first ep

  [110 gou] Kimi ni Todoke doesn’t jump out at me. It doesn’t make my heart go aflutter; it doesn’t make me want to sit in front of my computer with a box of chocolates in hand. And yes, that’s been known to happen. But even wit...

• Moé and the Land of Escapism: The Reality Factor

  Posted on Tuesday March 24th, 2009 at 17:12 in Romance, General, analysis, snow, Emotion, fandom, bishoujo, loli, moe, escapism, tsundere, kanon

  (Part of the Australia project; I’ll respond when I get back) It’s very, very hard to get a good picture of Rika. It all began while I was rewatching Honey and Clover. It’s a beautiful show, really, and I can guarantee that I’...

• Bitter Virgin: An Uninhibited Tale

  Posted on Saturday March 7th, 2009 at 19:45 in review, sex, Romance, manga, rape, completed, seinen, shoujo, bitter virgin

  It’s an interesting phenomenon when a fictional story makes you figuratively cringe with pain. No, not the kind of cringing that seems to so often occur while watching the likes of Akikan or hundredth filler episode of Naruto: I’m talking...