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Confessions of a Fujoshi: Realism in fiction.
NB: Fujoshi (腐女子, lit. “rotten girl”) refers to female fans of manga and novels that feature romantic relationships between men. I wasn’t always a fujoshi. Somewhere down the road it just happened;...
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An Introspective Look into the Demography of Inu X Boku SS: Shoujo or Shounen?
A repost from my other blog, Kirakuna. Though its artistic style suggests otherwise, Inu x Boku SS is in fact “shounen”. Note the quotation marks. Originally targeted at male audiences interested in...
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Plagued by the eternal question: what if?
NB: This is an old post by Jacqivarius prior to his retirement from the blog. It’s incomplete but comprehensible nevertheless. Think of it as a commemoration of sorts. There is always a sense of...
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Bleach is coming to an end?
I don’t know whether I should be rejoicing or crying at the fact that the long series will be coming to an end with a “final arc” as the manga declares. I was never a diehard fan to begin with …...
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A Beginner’s Guide to Yaoi
Hello readers! I’m Shrutianime (you can call me Shruti) and I just got accepted as a writer for The Otaku’s Blog. A big hug to the staff here! Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu~ There are surprisingly very few...
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Some things just need to be shared without words.
Ironic as this sounds, particularly with the title proclaiming otherwise, I found my eyes glued to the screen as I watched this dance cover. Just goes to show how WOW POW things can be. Terminology for...
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Downs of Being Semi-Otaku
Hi, I’m SleepySlacker (or Sleepy for short) and one of the new writers on the blog, Doozo Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu! Seeing that this is The Otaku’s Blog, it would be fitting to talk about Otakus. But...
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Is everything coming to an end?
Why are the words ‘Final’ written after Bleach Episode 366? Someone better provide me with a good explanation… It’s been rather peculiar lately, more so, this past week. I’m not to sure if our readers...
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Danshi Koukousei No Nichijou
That is- The Daily Lives of High School Boys. Yes, the title is not apt if you look at it in a scholarly way. Absolutely not. As one of the characters says “They broadcast only the interesting parts of...
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A Not-so-significant Post
Then again, since when was there a rule that said posts needed to be important? Hey guys~ Still remember me? No? D;< Sorry for not updating in such a long time~ I’ve been taking a break from anime...
View ArticleFIRST IMPRESSIONS: Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou 01 – How to pick up girls.
Despite being a surprising collaboration between Square Enix and Sunrise, Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou is as its titles suggests: the daily lives of high school boys. Confined in an all boys school,...
View ArticleFIRST IMPRESSIONS: New Prince of Tennis – How to beat the shit out of your...
My impressions of New Prince of Tennis in short? Chibisuke has gotten taller!! Jokes jokes; he has but that’s not it. It may seem a bit mind-boggling at first, considering that all the third years have...
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