Shoujo Manga - Blog Posts
Okay? I believe in disciplining. I am gonna isolate myself from web tomorrow outside of uploading the rest of toubou videos on my channel. I was thinking about few other stuff… in short, I have 4 more non-touhou videos to upload, a bunch of touhou videos and few schizobabble nonsense that I probably will chose not to upload till later.
I was thinking of uploading the other shit with erotic novel reviews but I’ve reconsidered it to be awful and shameful to large extent. I am sure people can tolerate stuff like that but only if I look normie already. Anyway, review of taimanin will probably never be uploaded any time soon.
It is my duty to return chudpol.ru to its original glory.
I just made @sillydelusionnight watch the first episode of Ouran Highschool Host Club and OML IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TEXTING THOUGH IT I LOVE YOU BBG
*At the dinner table*
Tamaki: Mommy, can you pass me the salt?
Kyoya: here you go, Daddy.
Haruhi, in her head: Am I the child in this situation?
Haruhi: Tamaki, I wasn't aware when I married you that we also married Kyoya
Tamaki, dramatically: don't tell me you didn't know Kyoya and I are a two in one package?
Kyoya: I thought I couldn't leave you alone with this idiot, so I strung along. There is no better motivator than self interest.
Haruhi: eh? Whatever.
I feel like Fruits Basket had a missed opportunity to write a great arc for Yuki instead of him ending up with Machi. And I LOVE Machi and their romance is really cute but I didn't feel satisfied with that ending for Yuki.
When I first watched Fruits Basket I was sure that Yuki was supposed to be queer-coded and his arc about self acceptance and love was him coming out of the closet.
The reason for that is because of the way Yuki is constantly presented and the way he reacts to other people.
Yuki always gets mad at Kyo for calling him "girly boy" or "pretty boy".
He tries to put up at tough persona to try to appear more masculine.
He has a fanclub with both girls AND boys crushing on him.
Whenever he "flirts" with Tohru it would come off as awkward (I know it's because he considers her as his mom figure but still!!! And yet he has some unspoken rizz when it comes to flirting with guys tho)
Even his dislike of Ayame and not wanting to be like him was kinda him not wanting to come out of the closet (Ayame also gets a last minute love interest to make him more hetero. I thought he was definitely not straight)
It just made sense to me this was going to be his arc. Especially since Fruits Basket is sooo good at depicting emotions. I thought Yuki's arc was him overcoming his hatred of that part of himself and essentially coming out of the darkness that Akito had made him live in.
When the Student council members were introduced I thought Kakeru was going to be both a foil AND a love interest for Yuki. They just had that dynamic and chemistry that made it seem like Kakeru would change Yuki and help him understand his true self and feelings. I thought Machi was the quiet/ weird side character that would have a similar role as Kimi (comedic).
Then the whole Machi x Yuki happened and I was proven wrong. I didn't hate it but....Kakeru and Yuki just had so much growth in their friendship, I couldn't help but ship them.
I would have been happy with even a Bi-Panic moment for Yuki with Kakeru and Machi (who are both half-siblings)
Yuki just had the perfect personality and backstory for a good coming out arc but it never came to be.
(Ps: I am NOT hating Machi and Yuki's relationship. It's just that Fruits Basket had many opportunities to have gay characters but didn't commit to it)
Me watching Fruits Basket:
What I thought it would be about: Oh it's a typical shoujo anime with two pretty boys falling in love with the main girl. I can watch it and be relaxed. And they turn into animals! Haha, fun.
What it was: Trauma, PTSD, Parental neglect, isolation, self loathing, self depreciation, depression, physical abuse, mental abuse, emotional abuse, psychological abuse, guilt, regret, grief, loss, heartbreak.
Now I need therapy.
(PS: as a girl who loves Girly media and Shoujo manga. I am so happy that this is a Shoujo that subverts a lot of people's expectations and makes you understand that Shoujo/Josei are NOT all the same as well as depict such a good story about familial trauma which is something we don't usually get.
I wish we could get more Shoujo/Josei anime each season 🥲)
One of the best short manga I ever read…
whenever i'm feeling down i find myself going back to my favorite shoujos for comfort. it just feels so nostalgic and comforting!! rewatching all your favorite scenes and even remembering the things you missed is so much fun!! sometimes all you need is some classic romance to make you feel a bit better <33
In this recent chapter 46(spoilers warning), each panels of Izumi-Chan truly protray her beauty and cuteness!
My cringey children
My taste in romance media or romance in media back then:
My taste now:
Kintetsu yamada’s evolution to femdom.
I have once again been stricken with insight
They're just so cute 🥺
A flower that never blooms, will neither scatter nor wilt, but will merely keep on waiting for tomorrow. ݁₊ ⊹ .
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My goddess, this is the game I've been looking for AGES. Like...old shoujo style, with infinite references to well known characters and TAKARAZUKA ??? Plus, so beautifully written also in english with this amazing Phantom of the opera experience (with references also in the background music?!) ... I NEED the full version of it. Can't wait for it.
Thank you so so much for making this, is absolutely amazing.
🖤Exciting news! 🖤
🖤My free-to-play visual novel, "Phantom of the Black Rose Revue," is now available!🖤 This nostalgic yuri game features 19 animated CGs, 13 original music tracks, and an introduction to the world, mysteries, and love interests of the Revue! 🖤
Signal boosts greatly appreciated, especially as this game is entered in the Spooktober Game Jam!
Okay but Skip Beat will live on in my memory as being one of the first major pining stories ive ever read and theres SO much tension (that arc where Ren was acting as Cain...) They're not one of my active ships but Ren and Kyoko have my whole heart and soul and yes the series is ongoing and yes it started in 2002. .....my plot memory is insane why are half of my major investments over a decade old ongoing?? (GSNK, OnS, DetCo, ToG, probs more)