Tag: Romance
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Review: The Ghost in the Shell
The Ghost in the Shell (攻殻機動隊), 1989-1991, Shirow Masamune, Young Magazine Kaizokuban STORY: 7 Meet Motoko Kusanagi, your everyday special-operation-cyborg-elite in a future that massively inspired cyber-punk culture. Take a seat, and enjoy a solid story where technology is about to turn the flow of information into a new form of consciousness, written before mass…
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Review: The Last Cruise
The Last Cruise (The last pleasure boat, 最後の遊覧船, Saigo no Yuuransen), 2020, Sugimura, Shinichi, Big Comic Superior STORY: 6 Meet Youko Kojiri, a screenwriter on the run from the disaster that was her last broadcast show. As she rides a kitsch cruise boat, crossing the lake that leads back to her parents home, her encounter…
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Review: Sundome
Sundome (すんドめ), 2006-2009, Okada, Kazuto, Young Champion Content warning: weird kinks. STORY: 3 Meet Hideo Aiba, a boy madly in love with the frail classmate that took an interest in him. The supposed power of their unique and intense relationship fails to see characters change and progress decently and the dramatic ending falls short all…
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Review: Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho
Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho (Two Shots, 幽☆遊☆白書), 1990-1994, Togashi, Yoshihiro, Shounen Jump (Weekly) STORY: 4 Meet Yusuuke Urameshi, your tough-delinquent-with-a-pure-heart from the 90s, as he embarks with his friends on an adventure that is dated, cliche and inconsistent (from high school delinquents to martial art tournament to demons from hell). One can feel the constant pressure of editors,…
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Review: Drowning Fireworks
Drowning Fireworks (Oboreru Hanabi, 溺れる花火), 2009-2010, Minenami, Ryou, Mobile Man STORY: 4 Meet Eita and Kaoki, a couple in their first relationship at 19 years old. Eita, the boyfriend, is youraverage bland university student. Kaoki, his girlfriend, has a frail body and she has to live in an hospital, potentially most of her life. She…