Thursday 28 November 2013

Otome Plays: Marriage Contract Prologue

Name: Marriage Contract
Publisher: Arisumatikku/Alice Matic (アリスマティック)
Comments:
It's holidays for me so I've started to pick up this game to see where it takes me. It's seems incredibly cheesy but I got time to kill. Once I finish one character (big if though) I may review it. I'm sure whether this will become a thing for me but we'll see. Sorry I haven't gotten any reviews lately, it's been hard to find something extremely crap or really great to talk about since those are the only things most people (ie me) care about. A lot of average manga or unfinished series on my read list.



Monday 25 November 2013

About this Blog + About Me Updates

So I just updated some details about my blog. I was going to post some personal social media accounts like fb or my personal blog but I don't think anyone is interested though I want more conversation about shoujo :/
So read it you want otherwise you can wait for another review/post.


About Me


Name: Anna
Age: 17
Is:

  • Generally obsessed with manga and bishies. 
  • classified as a tsundere in real life (probably)
  • lazy in terms of reviewing (no extensive in depth reviews here)
  • crass, cynical and blunt in humour
Flaws Include:
  • Unable to correct no matter how much I proofread
  • a weakness to bishies despite crappy storylines
  • somewhat long intervals in between blogging (I'm working on that)

Manga Review: Hotarubi no Mori e + Short Anime Review

Name:  Hotarubi no Mori e aka what fangurrrl tears are made of
Author & Artist: Midorikawa Yuki
Chapters: 1
Genres: Drama, One Shot, Romance, Shoujo, Supernatural, Tragedy
Plot:
 Hotarubi no Mori e tells the story of a young girl named Hotaru and her friendship with Gin, a strange young man wearing a mask, who she meets at the age of six in a mountain forest near her grandfather's country home. Hotaru learns that her friend is supernatural and that touching Gin will cause him to disappear forever. Hotaru returns every summer to spend time with Gin, and their relationship matures as both struggle with its limitations.

Review:
I was recently reminded about this gem of a manga while scrolling down my facebook newsfeed and went a long with fangirling about this manga since I don't have any friends that like manga.

It starts off with little girl meets masked boy in mysterious forest (who turns out to be a spirit btw) and start a friendship together.

Thursday 21 November 2013

Favourite and not so good Smut Mangakas


Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, just finished all my high school exams and I'm officially finished schooling now yaaaay.
Now onto the mangakas.
Private Prince, resident nerd
meets playboy prince.
  1. ENJOUJI Maki
    She makes generally, comedic works with drama and smut as the good old supplement. It''s not always centered around the sex so it's a lot more story driven. Private Prince and Hapi Mari are probably her best works. Her males have a douchy aura but turn out to be sweet lovers once you get to know them type of guys.
  2. OHMI Tomu
    This author is labelled Josei and rightfully so because her overall tone of her mangas tend to be on the serious side and not a lot of comedy involved. This is despite the supernatural themes she implements in her manga. Though her stories could easily become Harlequins with the melodrama, the flow and delivery stop it from being so. They're interesting and enjoyable to read and a bit more smut heavy then most of the mangakas on this list. She only has one prominent work that sticks out which is Midnight Secretary.
  3. YOSHIHARA Yuki
    Her name is synonymous with comedy. It's funny, light hearted manga with smut sprinkled throughout the story. It doesn't feel as "heavy" as the other smut mangas and the protagonist is almost always "thirsty" for a man which is always funny to see (basically the inner fangirl in all of us). It's great for people too afraid to step into the smut genre and looking for a good story. Best work is Chou yo Hana yo.
  4. Shinjo Mayu
    No mean to disrespect her as a mangaka but essentially all her characters are the same and she utilities the same formula every time. Not much substance other then meaningless sex or rape that isn't considered rape because the main female lead begins to enjoy it (which is pretty sickening). Though smut isn't always about substance Shinjo could at least be forgiven if all her stories and characters don't all look the same. Short, weak female lead who barely looks legal and horny, dominant and downward eyebrowed male lead looking to take advantage of the innocent virgin.

    On a totally unrelated note, there's this k-pop idol from a band named EXO who strongly resembles Shinjo Mayu's male leads named Kris.



Yep it's the eyebrows
EXO's Kris, it's probably the eyebrows, isn't it?