Valentine’s Manga Countdown-Day 2

Hadashi De Bara No Fume

Plot: “Poor Sumi Kitamura… Her irresponsible older brother Eisuke keeps bringing home orphans for her to take care of even though they can barely afford their own basic needs! Just when Sumi’s financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre proposition: he’ll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if she agrees to marry him. But can Sumi fool high society into thinking she’s a proper lady? Moreover, is it worth giving up everything for this sham of a marriage?” (from Viz)

Fourteen Shojo Mangas to Valentine’s day-Day 1

 

Valentine’s day is right around the corner which means its time for another countdown series. This year instead of shipping countdown, I’ve decided to make a list of fairly decent shojo mangas that are still coming out and evaluating them on a plot and romance level.

Day 1 is about Otomen.

When Did The Word “Fangirl” Become an Insult?

Being a Fangirl is difficult, isn't Sanza? (image by Hayakawa)

This is not really an issue that concerns anime in particular, but more something that effects all fandoms- including books, movies, live action television and western animation. It seems more and more though that the word “Fangirl” is getting increasingly negative conatations.

“Just Die Already!”-Or Why do Shojo mangas stay around after the plot disappears.

So you find the cute new series, that charms or least interests you. The series goes along a nice little past, until you reach what seems to be the end.  The main quest or point of the story is completed and there really only needs to be one more chapter to wrap things up. Than the next month you’re greeted with a chapter that doesn’t wrap things up, but also just confuses the hell of out you be introducing a new plot. What the hell?

Skip Beat-Chapter 149

Images to be added later once I get hold of HQ scans that I can properly credit

Most of you probably know that Skip Beat is one of my favorite series. Also, by extent you also probably knows that KyokoxRen is one of my favorite couples. And anyone who still follows the skip beat manga, probably knows that for almost a year now that Skip Beat has been focused around valentine’s day and the love triangle in Skip Beat. This arc  made me excited at first, than bored, than excited (and angry) again at around 145-148, and than I almsost forgot about during a month long break.

Obivously the main message of Skip Beat isn’t romance. It’s about Kyoko finding the self she was never allowed to develop growing up because she was trying to please people (mainly her mom and Shotaro). Part of it has to do with be able to love naturally and giving up her old twisted ideas of love, but that’s a very small part in the long run. At some points of this arc, I kind of wanted it to go back to Kyoko’s advantures in acting.

But I think I should still be allowed to derive shipper glee out of what happens in this chapter. So here it goes:

Miracle Train-Episode 7

Wow. Miracle Train actually had a story this week, besides their standard “customer of the day” thing.

Shugo Chara Party!-Episode 7

*must resist the urge to make dirty jokes*

This was pretty much the best episode of Shugo Chara party. Mainly because it actually focused on the oldsters instead of the next generation. Now, I don’t mind Rikka or Hikaru, but it’s not really the same. -__-

Yumerio Patissierre-Episode 6

Instructions: Bake sugary shojo until fluffy ^__^.

Kobato- Episode 4 wish update

Yay~ A Clamp crossover I can finally approve of.

Hetalia Axis Powers-Episode 40

Although now…..d’aww.