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The most significant cultural differences are often the smallest things. Something as simple as a greeting can reveal ideas and societal behaviors that are worlds apart. Ikoku Meiro no Croisée, an adorable short anime about a little Japanese girl “lo...

I have often thought what separates an anime watcher from an anime fan is that the latter has a frame of reference for her tastes within the medium. She can tell a good anime from a bad one on a deeper level beyond entertainment values. Perhaps even…...

by SnippetTee. As kids, ideally and realistically, we were taught that the prince should always be the one saving the princess and not the other way around. And even in harem genre, regardless of how pathetic the male character is, for some reason t...

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by Ephemeral Dreamer. Love is a strange thing, indeed. From the charming confessions to ginger kisses to steamy sex, love acts are widely varied and allows us to express our feelings in so many different ways. All these cute (or sexy) displays of af...

Over the weekend, with a bit of hesitation and a lot of curiosity, I started reading Usagi Drop. People had warned me against the manga when I first finished the anime adaptation. I was thoroughly impressed by the short twelve-episode series. So the...

by TheBigN. I would be totally fine if they at least showed something like this throughout the show's run. We all know how Homura truly feels about Madoka. On my blog, I think I’ve mentioned that I have some yuri-tinted goggles, but since I like keep...

by 21stcenturydigitalboy. “Some of them want to use you Some of them want to be used by you Some of them want to abuse you Some of them want to be abused”             – Sweet Dreams by Eurythmics A lot of physical abuse happens in Working!!, but it’s...

by AJtheFourth. When in a place that is completely foreign to them, especially for an extended period of time, people tend to seek out creature comforts that remind them of home. This way, even for a small moment, they can be connected with somethin...

by Shance and Yi. Shance: It is so often said that hair is a symbol of a woman’s beauty. It can be styled in a thousand ways, and can captivate men with all but a single touch. That being said, it is no wonder that a lot of us love certain hairstyle...

by 2DT. “They are starved for it; they watch endless numbers of films about happy and unhappy love stories, they listen to hundreds of trashy songs about love — yet hardly anyone thinks that there is anything that needs to be learned about love.” –...

Forgive me for yet another week without any substance. Even this blatant excuse for a filler post is a few days behind schedule. I suppose the last few days have not been so kind on my relaxing ideals.  I feel slightly disillusioned by people and by...

If you regularly follow my tweets, you might find that I toss around “♥” quite often. [1] The heart symbol, or rather the heart, has become quite an indispensable part of our modern culture—a short hand for love, a source for passion, and an organ fo...

As most of you know by now, I am in Taiwan. It has been quite a drastic change at this stage of my life; so drastic, in fact, that I am finding it increasingly difficult to do all the things I want to do. Trying to juggle all these things at this pac...

If you were to ask me in another year whether I had seen Sengoku Otome ~Momoiro Paradox~ (Battle Girls ~Time Paradox~), I would most likely say no. It is not that Sengoku Otome is a terrible anime—although it is certainly not good—the series is simpl...

Just another not-so-small update on my personal life. A lot of things have happened over the past year, and somehow I find myself leaving my home of over a decade in sunny California and liberal SF Bay Area, and ending up in the far east—the lovely...

This summer season has some of the most fashion-forward anime in a long time. The panache of Mawaru Penguindrum and the eye-catching traditional aesthetics of Ikoku Meiro no Croisee are easily apparent. [1] However, there is a little girl who has an...

It has been a while since I last wrote about yuri manga. After having read so many one-shots and short romances, many blander stories just start to blend together, especially, say, those about two young students in school mired in love triangles.[1]...

Mawaru Penguindrum, with its clear attention to fashion and a fairytale-like story, has easily captured my inner little girl. Inherent in fairytales is the idea of destiny—the princess is destined to meet the prince and live happily ever after… etc....

Tenshi no Hanabira Zome opens with the delicate sounds of bristles softly brushing against paper. Surrounded by admirers, Shizuku is a skilled calligraphy writer focused on her art in silence. She is perfect in almost every way: beautiful, smart, ath...

Heading into the summer season, a number of people had correctly told me that I would absolutely love Ikoku Meiro no Croisée, an anime set in the latter half of the nineteenth century about a little Japanese girl in the bustling fashion capital, Pari...

by 2DT. “A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction… [Does] more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part.” - Robert Herrick, “Delight in Disorder” I close my eyes, and there she is again. Another late evening and a girl h...

Guest Colloquium: The Idolm@ster Episode 1 (via The Untold Story of Altair & Vega) 2DT:  Idols in Japan are tautologies of fame.  Sure, sometimes they sing and dance, or do seiyuu work (Apparently Nakagawa Shouko’s star ascended through the sheer dig...

Last night, on a whim, I watched Mawaru Penguindrum with a few friends, and what an incredible visual experience that was. Immediately, the series bombards us with a dazzling, unreal array of bright colors, gorgeous imagery, and above all, brilliant...