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Shueisha ventures into BL with BL-ink
I thought that this has got to be the funniest joke but it turns out, it was no joke at all. I’ve seen this being tweeted for some while but it wasn’t long until I finally saw the commercial for...
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Jin and Takemitsu Samurai wins the 15th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Awards
The winners of the Osamu Tezuka Cultural awards are out and the winners will definitely take us a trip back in time. The Grand Prize was shared by two titles. First one (and the only one I’ve seen… at...
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Spotlight: CLAMP
When I think of April, I think of spring. When I imagine spring1, I think of sakura trees. And when I think of sakura trees, I dream of walking under rows of sakura trees, while a blossom gently falls...
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2012 manga were awesomesauce
Wow. What a year. As compared to last year, 2012 was good to me — very good to me. However, because it was good to me, it also meant it ate my time. Lots of my time. Particularly, my champloo and manga...
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#23: 87Clockers by Tomoko Ninomiya
When I heard that Shueisha’s Jump would start a josei magazine, I was skeptical. Jump may have a following that spans a large age range and influences both sexes but I never felt they had the “josei”...
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#05 – Lovely Complex by Aya Nakahara
Lovely Complex by Aya Nakahara Margaret Comics Shueisha A tall girl. A short boy. Both have a knack for words and together they make the manzai comedy pair of their school. However, our giantess, Risa...
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Barefoot Gen drama special on the telly
Oh dear. Just when everyone of my friends is home from Japan, they show something quite important like this. -_-;; I have to thank Comipress for this. Apparently, FujiTV is releasing a drama special of...
View ArticleLooking forward to Jump Square!
Last week’s highlight for me, other than receiving some great mangas from a friend (and my Touch OST! ;w;) is looking at the line up of Jump Square. To be honest, as much as I owe a lot of my fandom to...
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#10 – One Piece by Oda Eiichiro
One Piece by Oda Eiichiro Published by Shueisha Serialized in Shounen Jump Translated by Viz When friends ask me about a shounen story I’d recommend, the first title that comes to mind is One Piece....
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Jump History and Fujoshi (4): Move aside Son Goku, it’s all about Rukawa x...
This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series History of Jump and Fujoshis1990 to 1994 can be considered by many as one of the strongest periods of Jump. The title that carried this period was an epic...
View ArticleOh My Jump Heroines
How do you like your Shounen Jump heroine? Do you love her dressed in a pristine school uniform, where her smiling face (and possibly panties or if your lucky, cleavage) grace every panel? Do you like...
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My favourite manga reads in 2016
2016. What a year. It’s been a tough year for many of us and personally, it was a challenging one. I was so busy with the last stretch of my dissertation that I hardly read any manga at all! When...
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#04 – Koukou Debut by Kawahara Kazune
Koukou Debut by Kawahara Kazune Published by Shueisha Serialized in Bessatsu Comic Margaret High school’s not easy. For a girl who spent her life in junior high school as a certified jock, the mission...
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