510 – Shojo Showdown 8 – My Love Mix-Up!, In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, Otomen
This week, it’s time for another Shojo Showdown! We discuss My Love Mix-Up!, In the Clear Moonlit Dusk, and Otomen! We also talk about Sanzoku Diary, Komen Fufu, Jungle Juice, and more!!!
Continue reading499 – Manga in Motion 62 – Blue Giant
It’s time to tear our guts out this episode! dakazu won’t shut up about how amazing the Blue Giant movie is, while Darfox says the CG animation is unforgivable! We also discuss Artemisa, the new volume of My Love Story!!, and more!!!
Continue reading267 – Random Readings 1 – The Pits of Hell
Due to technical difficulties we were unable to record the planned Guest Gaiden with Anne Lee this week. So instead Morgana, Darfox, and dakazu do a prolonged Whatcha Been Reading section to talk lots about Chainsaw Man, The Pits of Hell, Yasuko to Kenji, Shiyakusho, and other manga!!!
Continue readingYasuko to Kenji
A manga about a high school girl and her overprotective ex-delinquent older brother.
It’s been a while since I’ve looked at a shojo manga with all the usual troupes but I should’ve known I’d love anything done by Aruko. This series is just as funny and heartwarming as My Love Story!!. The cat & dog dynamic between the siblings is especially hilarious. Unfortunately it ended after 4 volumes and the story didn’t reach a full conclusion but I hear there was a live-action drama so I might hunt that down instead.
~dakazu
My Love Story!!
A manga about a giant high school boy, who has no luck with women, suddenly finding himself is a romance with a beautiful girl.
A wonderful heartwarming romance manga. I love Aruko’s art work and the way draws Takeo as the most manliest of men. The story is filled with great characters and their earnest feelings for each other.
While to focus is on Takeo and his girlfriend Rinko, I think the best relationship in this series is the friendship between Takeo and his good looking friend Suna. Suna cares about Takeo more than even himself and there’s a really touching moment where Takeo supports Suna during a family crisis.
Suna/Takeo forever!
~dakazu