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Jul 28, 2024
Spoiler
Suzume is exactly what I expected it to be. Yet again another rendition of Your Name with ethereal visuals, but a lacking story.

Suzume Iwato looks exactly like the girls before her. Long, black hair, school uniform with a red ribbon around her neck, one around on her hair etc. In this film, she meets Souta Munakata, a college guy, on the street and by the end of the film her love for him is deeper than the ocean. Hah.

The film had 10/10 music, 8/10 animation and 6/10 story. It’s a shame, really, because the animation at least could’ve easily been fixed with a few changes ...
Jul 28, 2024
Preliminary (34/43 chp)
This is a super-hidden gem, I'm afraid. I'm sure you will agree with me, once you start reading it.

“Hello, Innocent” is a manga of Mayu Sakai, a mangaka many of us Shoujo readers know. Since I'm not really a big fan of her older works, I wasn't really sure whether to start this one. In hindsight, I couldn't be more grateful that I did.

This isn't your typical “Omg, I love xyz, they're so handsome and cute!!” kind of manga. The characters feel like actual people. With mixed feelings, doubts, regrets and changes of heart. It was almost physically painful to see the character go through ...
Jul 28, 2024
Preliminary (1106/? eps)
The reason people might not like this anime is that they get into it with the wrong expectations, I suppose. From someone who loves this show and has seen all films, let me tell you what to expect — short and sweet.

The overarching plot, meaning the Black organisation, is just a means to an end to tie everything together. Usually, we don't see or hear from them, apart the occasional mention. It's best described like a piece of candy given to us, whenever it does occur. Other than that, every episode and film bears pretty much the same structure. There's a case, meaning murder, to ...
Jul 23, 2024
The Gender of Mona Lisa is a wonderful piece of media that I recommend to everyone who is even slightly interested in alternate gender identities and expressions. Or just teenagers working through their doubts and feelings, that is.

In the world of Hinase Arima everyone chooses their gender, once they get to a certain age. As time passes, everyone around them has already selected their preferred gender, leaving Hinase Arima behind as the only non-assigned person around.

Being informed that deciding on a gender might be vital for their future (quite literally), Hinase Arima goes on a journey to find their “right” gender.

Hinase Arima's best friends ...
Mar 28, 2023
Okaeri Alice (Manga) add
Preliminary (5/40 chp)
I expected Okaeri Alice to be a deep dive into gender identities and prepubescent chaos, with a touch of sexual exploration. What the mangaka instead delivered was a perverted, superficial piece of media that makes you feel like you just ate a portion of mouldy, fuzzy yoghurt.

The mangaka is confused with his own sexuality, as he states in the bonus chapter 4.5, and that's exactly what you can expect from this manga. Just a confused man with very problematic and vivid sexual fantasies.

He has not grasped the concept of transgender and non-binary people, so he's trying to cover it up with lots of masturbation ...
Feb 27, 2023
Spoiler
Having read Tomie just yesterday, I was delighted to see that Junji Ito had released some more chapters way later in his career.

So, how is it, you ask? It's bad. The art style feels like he simply drew over pre-positioned 3D models. Tomie doesn't feel like Tomie, and she barely gets mentioned, too. It's just this dude in her body being like, "Huh?"

The background and characters are plain. The panel with Tomie sitting cut up on the ground looks like a joke. In fact, it had looked so bad that I just stared at it for a couple of minutes, being like: Which publisher ...


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