(I don't feel like thinking up a more creative title so I'm titling it as is for now.)
The manga I'll be discussing in this post is Bitter Virgin by Kusunoki Kei. I've only read this manga one other time. I'm not sure why I never read it again after that. I knew that the story was quite serious, complex and quite worth reading but for some reason I avoided reading it again. Recently I happened upon this manga again and because I was bored with all the new manga coming out while waiting for updates for much anticipated ongoing mangas, I decided to finally reread this manga. Note, the content of this manga is mature and not a topic to be taken lightly. There is, in my opinion, pettiness involved but ultimately the tone is serious drama.
I finished my second read over this manga in about a day or so. It was really intense in the way that the male lead Suwa was constantly walking on egg shells and stressed over Aikawa (the female lead). I can't say much about the story other than how strong it was because I can't actually connect to the experiences of Aikawa but the raw emotion and amount of responsibility that Suwa took upon himself to look after this girl whom he inevitably fell for touched me.
The rest of this post from here on out is a spoiler in relation to the end which prompted me to write this post. You have been warned thus if you read from here on out, you are solely responsible for allowing yourself be spoiled.
The ending of the story is very bittersweet. It walks in the end with reality in mind, that even though they are together now and it is a happy ending, it will not change the realistic future that they will someday split upon finding someone else who they will fall in love with probably. It shocks me how mature both parties are and they realize this realistic side of a relationship going into the story. I like how the mangaka doesn't cover all the bases with this controversial relationship like when Suwa's mother finds out or like when the child of Aikawa possibly comes to seek her out-which would probably contribute to the reality of the future (not happily forever after). It really saddens me in a way though (bittersweet) because of all the mental stress and turmoil that Suwa suffered from this knowledge about this girl he came to love throughout this manga really makes me want to believe that in the end, he will definitely see to it that Aikawa will be happy. I guess the idea is that for Suwa, in the end if they don't end up together, he will still treat her with the up-most care in order to see to it that Aikawa will never have to suffer under those circumstances again (or at least I hope it would be like that). In addition to what Suwa had to go through in this story is obviously Aikawa's physical and mental trauma that she suffered through. It's amazing how much she's been able to step out of the darkness and with Suwa, I hope she'll eventually be able to somehow come to terms with her experience (whatever that means). I hope someday she grows up to be a strong woman like Suwa's sister.
All in all, this story is a definite read. If you get passed the petty and quite hysterical "girlfriend" Kazuki, this manga is really amazing and kind of opens up your mind. For me, I've read more than a few mangas where there is this sort of traumatized character and this other character come together and find some sort of happiness as a couple and usually they end with a happily ever after as though it's saying, "finally, I can be happy and at peace" but this manga strikes through that. This manga brings us all down to reality that no matter if we find happiness, happiness is and can be fleeting and can potentially come to an end. However, I sincerely hope that these two characters will come out strong through thick and thin because if anything, I feel as though they are a much more deserving couple than idiotic happy go lucky love birds.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Friday, March 7, 2014
Quick Post--Increasing licensing on Mangafox
Recently I reverted my original quick post on how to transfer from mangafox to mangahere to view license mangas to draft mode. Well, I don't know if this is a recent thing but I also noticed a pretty large increase in "licensed" mangas on Mangafox and licensed usually means only select countries cannot view (i.e. #1 America and #2 European nations that publish. Not sure about Canada and MX though). After deliberating whether or not to rerelease the post that technically encourages the use of aggregate mangas sites that immorally profit instead of using the scanlator friendly site batoto, I've come to a resolution. Seeing as how there are more and more mangas with such a status, I think it's pointless for me to rerelease that post on how to get to Mangahere from Mangafox. People might as well just use batoto or visit scanlators' sites for their own readers or just download it. It really does seem pointless to me now. Although batoto can be relatively slow occasionally (via my recent complaint), it's better than using aggregate sites like mangafox, mangahere, mangareader, tenmanga, animea, etc. Plus, I bet a majority of people don't even use an adblocker so who better to get all that ad money than batoto? FYI according to what I've learned, the ad money from batoto is sent to scanlators in some scanlator friendly way. I'm not too sure about the gist of it since I only read through the information once but generally, the profits from ads don't go solely into the pockets of the server owner. Well that's all I wanted to share, 'til next.
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Oneshot-Laughter is Good For the Heart
Very short post. Just read a oneshot and it is just so adorable. It's a perfect blend of original "love story" and "childhood friends" plus a great sense of humor (reason for why I named this post as it is). Anyways, check it out. It's short, it's cute, it's funny and it's fresh. Brought to you by Kawabata Shiki, Shueisha Publishing, and Delish Scans: 08:05 no Hengao-san
"If I Were In That Position"
Hello visitors,
It's been quite some time since I've released a more "food for thought" post but here it is. Hope people are thought provoked; it is not so much of a news flash but something to think about if you haven't come to this realization on your own.
All of us (I am sure) have read mangas where the situations are so terrible for the characters that you cannot imagine what you would do if you were in that position. However, that doesn't stop us from imagining. Sometimes there are scenarios in mangas where the characters act with such idiocy according to us as readers yet readers don't hesitate and point out how they would approach the situation-again imagining. What I'm getting at here is that as people read mangas (and stories in general), many can't help but project themselves onto the characters in the story, imagining whilst imposing their ideals and cultural etiquette and values and think, "If I were in that position, I would..." Am I wrong?
I've seen various mangas with similar discussions of "what would you do" and people explain their attitudes towards the situation, attempting to explain their behaviors in that situation. The issue with the projection of readers onto the characters in a story is that attitudes do not speak for behavior in actual experience of the situation. We assume that we will act a certain way in certain situations that the characters are in however this assumption is usually a "I hope this would happen." SIDE BAR: The word "assume": There has been one thing that has stuck with me since I was about 11 years old and that is a tale my teacher told me about the word "assume". I won't get into it but basically, one should not assume because in doing so, one makes an "ass" out of "you" (u) and "me". The moral is that assumptions aren't facts so one should be careful in the use of the word----Now ideally, if the situation is terrible and traumatic, avoiding it all together is preferable but usually when people explain "if I were in that position", they put themselves in that situation. What I'm trying to get at is that true empathy, I would argue, is not possible.
None of us know what the heck we would do if we were in a position as terrible as the character is in unless we have actually experienced a similar situation. We can imagine putting ourselves in the shoes of another but that's all it really is. The most obvious example I can think of that gets hit with threads with people posting what they'd do are usually the trauma-ridden mangas e.g. bullying. Bullying is not something people can empathize with unless they're experienced it themselves in my honest opinion. Sure we can try to empathize through compassion but people who say this and that if they were in a victim of bullying don't know what they're say unless they've actually experienced it.
My hands aren't completely dirt-free of doing this (call me a hypocrite but no one is a true saint). I myself have b!tched about characters being stupid and this and that. I've also argued some points about bullying and traumatic events. However, I didn't come to this realization recently so whenever since I came to the realization, I try, when speaking my opinion, to be mindful that I don't know in actuality what would happen if it were me as well as mindful of the fact that my upbringing in my own culture and society has brought out different values and etiquette that are not exactly conventional for another culture. (Cultural upbringing and socialization of readers versus the targeted audience of manga will be another topic I'll post some other day).
So when one attempts to explain what one's behavior would be in the situation of the character, I don't think anyone knows for certain unless they've been in a very similar situation. I'm not saying that it's completely BS but just keep in mind that it is an assumption and if it's a "worse case scenario" it's more of .an opinion of "I hope if I were in that position..."
That's all for this post I suppose. It's been quite awhile since I've written something like this for my blog. Hope visitors enjoyed and if you didn't, move on =)
Best,
tohukyo
It's been quite some time since I've released a more "food for thought" post but here it is. Hope people are thought provoked; it is not so much of a news flash but something to think about if you haven't come to this realization on your own.
All of us (I am sure) have read mangas where the situations are so terrible for the characters that you cannot imagine what you would do if you were in that position. However, that doesn't stop us from imagining. Sometimes there are scenarios in mangas where the characters act with such idiocy according to us as readers yet readers don't hesitate and point out how they would approach the situation-again imagining. What I'm getting at here is that as people read mangas (and stories in general), many can't help but project themselves onto the characters in the story, imagining whilst imposing their ideals and cultural etiquette and values and think, "If I were in that position, I would..." Am I wrong?
I've seen various mangas with similar discussions of "what would you do" and people explain their attitudes towards the situation, attempting to explain their behaviors in that situation. The issue with the projection of readers onto the characters in a story is that attitudes do not speak for behavior in actual experience of the situation. We assume that we will act a certain way in certain situations that the characters are in however this assumption is usually a "I hope this would happen." SIDE BAR: The word "assume": There has been one thing that has stuck with me since I was about 11 years old and that is a tale my teacher told me about the word "assume". I won't get into it but basically, one should not assume because in doing so, one makes an "ass" out of "you" (u) and "me". The moral is that assumptions aren't facts so one should be careful in the use of the word----Now ideally, if the situation is terrible and traumatic, avoiding it all together is preferable but usually when people explain "if I were in that position", they put themselves in that situation. What I'm trying to get at is that true empathy, I would argue, is not possible.
None of us know what the heck we would do if we were in a position as terrible as the character is in unless we have actually experienced a similar situation. We can imagine putting ourselves in the shoes of another but that's all it really is. The most obvious example I can think of that gets hit with threads with people posting what they'd do are usually the trauma-ridden mangas e.g. bullying. Bullying is not something people can empathize with unless they're experienced it themselves in my honest opinion. Sure we can try to empathize through compassion but people who say this and that if they were in a victim of bullying don't know what they're say unless they've actually experienced it.
My hands aren't completely dirt-free of doing this (call me a hypocrite but no one is a true saint). I myself have b!tched about characters being stupid and this and that. I've also argued some points about bullying and traumatic events. However, I didn't come to this realization recently so whenever since I came to the realization, I try, when speaking my opinion, to be mindful that I don't know in actuality what would happen if it were me as well as mindful of the fact that my upbringing in my own culture and society has brought out different values and etiquette that are not exactly conventional for another culture. (Cultural upbringing and socialization of readers versus the targeted audience of manga will be another topic I'll post some other day).
So when one attempts to explain what one's behavior would be in the situation of the character, I don't think anyone knows for certain unless they've been in a very similar situation. I'm not saying that it's completely BS but just keep in mind that it is an assumption and if it's a "worse case scenario" it's more of .an opinion of "I hope if I were in that position..."
That's all for this post I suppose. It's been quite awhile since I've written something like this for my blog. Hope visitors enjoyed and if you didn't, move on =)
Best,
tohukyo
Monday, February 17, 2014
New Manga--Like Blind Love
I was considering not calling this "Like Blind Love" because I over-thought the possibility of someone getting offended so if you do are offended, please...I don't mean to be. (now onto the post...)
WARNING--CONTAINS SPOILERS!! (read the first two chapters of Nanoka no Kare if you don't want to be spoiled)
This is a newly scanlated manga about a high school girl who isn't that crazy about the idea of being in a relationship. She's not like those people who form shallow relationships for the sake of just wanting a boy/girlfriend like her friend here. In her experience, she once was in a relationship with a boy that was a little too needy. He was the type of guy who wanted the girl to be devoted to the him (typical traditionalist) but she isn't the type of person to do that. She wasn't the type to be devoted and loyal but she still loved the boy. Now...guys being guys, he tried to show-off his "game" and lied to his friends about having kissed her (probably because his friends were teasing him which is so typical). She happens to overhear and gets the wrong impression, confronts him and he gets too pushy about something along the lines of her being distant and almost forces a kiss on her, resulting in their break up. (sorry for that run-on but I don't feel like reliving that explanation). One day she's alone eating at some fast food place and overhears the couple she is sitting behind having an argument. The girl is breaking up with the guy because the guy is being distant. A day or two later, she just happens to walk passed the guy with a couple of his friends and overhears how the guy answers his friends' questions about the break up. Instead of being "typical guy" and trying to show-off, he explains with somewhat honesty but never lying. The way he explains it hits her with an impact and suddenly, she turns around and confesses to him thinking he can "heal" her but much to her surprise, seeing his face for the first time, she's in shock (and awe I think).
Ah..now that I'm done with the long drawn out spoiler explanation of my perception of how the first chapter (and a half?) went, but to sum it up, let's just say I'm excited about this manga's potential. Oh but first off, I'll get out the obvious possible cliche that's to come. Because of the situation, I'm totally calling that this boy is the younger brother of the guy that she dated before (or somehow related like a cousin). If the story doesn't move along that way then kudos but if it does...I hope it doesn't drag on and it strides well with it.
Now onto why I'm really intrigued by this manga--as the title of this blog indicates, I named it "like blind love" and what I mean is that I love the originality in how this mangaka write this story. The girl finds new love in a person whom she's never faced before- instead she falls for the sincerity and patience that she's longed for through his words and actions. What I like more about this manga too is that in a way, I consider this female lead to be quite the modern woman. My reasoning for this is because traditionally in relationships, girls are expected to be really devoted to their boyfriends and husbands and families--leaving their sense of identity such as a career of their own or their own relationships with their own friends. This girl, even though she had a boyfriend, she doesn't conform to popular convention and wants to hang with her friends whereas everyone else seems to think she should be devoted wholeheartedly to the boy. That's very typical shoujo as well (leaving all sense of identity and being totally devoted to love and all that). I feel that there is a lot of potential for this manga and I hope it doesn't flop.
Anyway, so far it's a good start and I like the originality. Praise to Chibi scans for scanlating amazing story (maybe it's about time to drop a few of the others eh? no offense). I hope I didn't butcher this for all of you readers. Give this manga a chance anyways if you were bored out of your mind reading my post. It's awesome and you wont' regret it for sure!
Best,
tohukyo
WARNING--CONTAINS SPOILERS!! (read the first two chapters of Nanoka no Kare if you don't want to be spoiled)
This is a newly scanlated manga about a high school girl who isn't that crazy about the idea of being in a relationship. She's not like those people who form shallow relationships for the sake of just wanting a boy/girlfriend like her friend here. In her experience, she once was in a relationship with a boy that was a little too needy. He was the type of guy who wanted the girl to be devoted to the him (typical traditionalist) but she isn't the type of person to do that. She wasn't the type to be devoted and loyal but she still loved the boy. Now...guys being guys, he tried to show-off his "game" and lied to his friends about having kissed her (probably because his friends were teasing him which is so typical). She happens to overhear and gets the wrong impression, confronts him and he gets too pushy about something along the lines of her being distant and almost forces a kiss on her, resulting in their break up. (sorry for that run-on but I don't feel like reliving that explanation). One day she's alone eating at some fast food place and overhears the couple she is sitting behind having an argument. The girl is breaking up with the guy because the guy is being distant. A day or two later, she just happens to walk passed the guy with a couple of his friends and overhears how the guy answers his friends' questions about the break up. Instead of being "typical guy" and trying to show-off, he explains with somewhat honesty but never lying. The way he explains it hits her with an impact and suddenly, she turns around and confesses to him thinking he can "heal" her but much to her surprise, seeing his face for the first time, she's in shock (and awe I think).
Ah..now that I'm done with the long drawn out spoiler explanation of my perception of how the first chapter (and a half?) went, but to sum it up, let's just say I'm excited about this manga's potential. Oh but first off, I'll get out the obvious possible cliche that's to come. Because of the situation, I'm totally calling that this boy is the younger brother of the guy that she dated before (or somehow related like a cousin). If the story doesn't move along that way then kudos but if it does...I hope it doesn't drag on and it strides well with it.
Now onto why I'm really intrigued by this manga--as the title of this blog indicates, I named it "like blind love" and what I mean is that I love the originality in how this mangaka write this story. The girl finds new love in a person whom she's never faced before- instead she falls for the sincerity and patience that she's longed for through his words and actions. What I like more about this manga too is that in a way, I consider this female lead to be quite the modern woman. My reasoning for this is because traditionally in relationships, girls are expected to be really devoted to their boyfriends and husbands and families--leaving their sense of identity such as a career of their own or their own relationships with their own friends. This girl, even though she had a boyfriend, she doesn't conform to popular convention and wants to hang with her friends whereas everyone else seems to think she should be devoted wholeheartedly to the boy. That's very typical shoujo as well (leaving all sense of identity and being totally devoted to love and all that). I feel that there is a lot of potential for this manga and I hope it doesn't flop.
Anyway, so far it's a good start and I like the originality. Praise to Chibi scans for scanlating amazing story (maybe it's about time to drop a few of the others eh? no offense). I hope I didn't butcher this for all of you readers. Give this manga a chance anyways if you were bored out of your mind reading my post. It's awesome and you wont' regret it for sure!
Best,
tohukyo
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Irrelevant Randomness
This is completely irrelevant to manga and I should be studying/reading (midterm paper to do and exams) but whilst reading, my mind can venture off into random thoughts. I suddenly thought, I want to see episodes of Pink Lipstick, the South Korean Drama (I don't know why I specified when NK doesn't release any of the dramas it makes if it does make it) with Ha Jae Bum (actor Park Kwang Hyun) in it. Even though the drama was just excruciatingly long and also very soap opera-y Ha Jae Bum who wasn't the main character, totally made the drama lighten up with his heartiness and loving character. It really pulled me through a few years ago when I watched all 149 (30 minute) episodes with a prologue that was extremely long and painful to watch (was really bored and just felt like suffering through it). My sister was smart and just skipped episodes. The episodes with Ha Jae Bum really tugged at my heart strings. I can just remember how emotional I got when I go to the more heart breaking episodes towards the end. (As well as the disgust when his old man uncle/dad was cozying up to the young woman Jae Bum fancied....) Anyways, it's be awesome if there was some way to easily find those episodes starring him.
OH and a little environmental spiel for the sake of irrelevant randomness.
People have to realize that the world is disintegrating. In the last half century or so, we're killed more of the earth than ever before like cancer on high (if that makes sense). I hope people are more environmentally aware. Every little bit helps-recycling, reusing paper and such, (esp) conserving water, and all that knick-knack. Now what brought this on? Well here where I live, we're in drought conditions. Even though it's been raining some, our water supply is on the down low (way below, like almost 10%) and we produce a lot of commodities. Do you know how much water paper uses? How much water is used to make a single sheet of paper? I got really irked when my coworker (also a student like me but he does the more menial stuff and doesn't get the job done as well as I did when I was in that position last year)...when my coworker was printing a shit load of stuff for some undergrad or grad student and didn't even bother printing back to back. I don't care if it takes longer to print back to back. It's a sheer waste of paper and water when we're in emergency conservation right now!! Being a college student, for many, makes us hermits in a closed world (unless we let ourselves remain in tact w/ the rest of the world) so I realize my colleagues may not know what the rest of the world is up to but seriously, we're in the 21st century, it's time to clean up our act even if you contribute a little. Haven't you seen An Inconvenient Truth? (If not one of the most memorable quotes that is a requote:) "The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences." Sir Winston Churchill. Well that's it and that's my spiel =D Please be as environmental as you can. Also recycling-you can't recycle containers contaminated by food. People don't know that in my school apparently which makes it totally useless to have recycling bins in dining areas IMHO.
OH and a little environmental spiel for the sake of irrelevant randomness.
People have to realize that the world is disintegrating. In the last half century or so, we're killed more of the earth than ever before like cancer on high (if that makes sense). I hope people are more environmentally aware. Every little bit helps-recycling, reusing paper and such, (esp) conserving water, and all that knick-knack. Now what brought this on? Well here where I live, we're in drought conditions. Even though it's been raining some, our water supply is on the down low (way below, like almost 10%) and we produce a lot of commodities. Do you know how much water paper uses? How much water is used to make a single sheet of paper? I got really irked when my coworker (also a student like me but he does the more menial stuff and doesn't get the job done as well as I did when I was in that position last year)...when my coworker was printing a shit load of stuff for some undergrad or grad student and didn't even bother printing back to back. I don't care if it takes longer to print back to back. It's a sheer waste of paper and water when we're in emergency conservation right now!! Being a college student, for many, makes us hermits in a closed world (unless we let ourselves remain in tact w/ the rest of the world) so I realize my colleagues may not know what the rest of the world is up to but seriously, we're in the 21st century, it's time to clean up our act even if you contribute a little. Haven't you seen An Inconvenient Truth? (If not one of the most memorable quotes that is a requote:) "The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close. In its place we are entering a period of consequences." Sir Winston Churchill. Well that's it and that's my spiel =D Please be as environmental as you can. Also recycling-you can't recycle containers contaminated by food. People don't know that in my school apparently which makes it totally useless to have recycling bins in dining areas IMHO.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Future topics
So as my title says, this is just a list of future topics that I'll be writing about with a few notes. It's more for my use than yours but just so people can see what's to come (maybe).
There are things from every genre that I like (almost every) and I haven't even gotten to the stuff that I really like (other than the gender bender posts-crossdressing and physical transformation). Here are a few topics I'll definitely want to write about:
1) (Fine) Arts
Notes: I have a fondness for the classic fine arts which has to do with how I perceive most mainstream pop culture manga seems to lack substance or is inferior in terms of substance when compared to the classic fine arts. There are subgenres that go into this category but for this post itself on Fine Arts, I'm probably going to include graphic art like drawing and painting, traditional dance, theater/acting, and classical music related (I may do pop culture music at some point but there's not much there). However, depending on how long the posts get, I'll probably cut stuff out and post it another time.
2) Ballet
Notes: I have a separate category for this compared to Fine Arts because I absolutely adore Ballet mangas specifically. It is also because the subgenre ballet is more concrete in the sense that I can easily think of mangas that fit in the category. I already have a list of the mangas I'm going to recommend in this category because this subgenre is limited in the scanlating world
3)Time Skips
Notes: This is different from time travel mangas. This topic will be more about mangas that start out with characters in youth. They'll have a story developing but then years past and their story continues with their reunion. I'll admit that this subgenre I have set out is quite vague and I'm going to be flexible on the time skip part but I won't recommend anything that I think is shallow or superficial.
4)Shounen
Notes: I'm not a huge fan of shounen so this is a "maybe" topic but I do have a few that I enjoy reading and rereading every so often. Since I'm not a huge fan of shounen and I identify myself as more of a shoujo/josei (now seinen-ish) reader, I think it'll be easier for me to write about the few favorites I have in the shounen genre. Compared to Shoujo and Josei which I read a lot more from, it's more difficult to write a whole post just on each of those genres whereas shounen, it's limited so it's easier. Well this is a maybe post.
5)Authors
Notes: There are quite a few authors I want to write about. So far I only have Yoshizumi Wataru (which I need to finish) and Wann. There's quite a lot actually than a few. Some to list: Maki Youko, Emura, Arina Tanemura, Saitou Chiho, Souryo Fuyumi, Ogawa Yayoi, George Asakura, Lee Hyeon-sook, Narita Minako, Sakai Miyu, Yoshino Aki, etc.
6.) Historical Fiction
Notes: This is my one of my favorite genres of all time. I don't want to elaborate right now but I give anything a chance to win my favor that goes back to the historical periods in any world (well not anything) so I know a few good ones under my belt included Japanese history which I think some people aren't as fond of compared to other historical fiction.
7)Mangaupdate polls
Notes: I like popping into Mangaupdates once a week at least for their weekly poll. Some are interesting, others aren't so much but there have been more than a few polls that are total starter topics as "food for thought" posts. I've been thinking about doing it for some time but because it's quite time consuming to write a whole "food for thought" post, I thought I'd just move it to the side
8) VS [Versus]
Notes: I said almost a year ago (still a few more months til it's a year), I said I might work on scanlating VS [Versus] because I find it a wonderful and amazing story. I'm not so sure when I'll get to that since currently I'm not using a laptop with Photoshop functions. My other laptop shitted up so when I came back down to school, I brought another laptop for personal use. The way I'm going to do it is probably clean as much as I can and later typeset.
9) ETC
Notes: I think this is good enough for topics wise. I have a few drafts posts in my blog that I haven't looked into in a while. So I may start on releasing those depending on how much time for school, work, life, and this =)
'Til next. (midterm seasons now til the end of the quarter, work is at a busy deadlines season too ack....)
There are things from every genre that I like (almost every) and I haven't even gotten to the stuff that I really like (other than the gender bender posts-crossdressing and physical transformation). Here are a few topics I'll definitely want to write about:
1) (Fine) Arts
Notes: I have a fondness for the classic fine arts which has to do with how I perceive most mainstream pop culture manga seems to lack substance or is inferior in terms of substance when compared to the classic fine arts. There are subgenres that go into this category but for this post itself on Fine Arts, I'm probably going to include graphic art like drawing and painting, traditional dance, theater/acting, and classical music related (I may do pop culture music at some point but there's not much there). However, depending on how long the posts get, I'll probably cut stuff out and post it another time.
2) Ballet
Notes: I have a separate category for this compared to Fine Arts because I absolutely adore Ballet mangas specifically. It is also because the subgenre ballet is more concrete in the sense that I can easily think of mangas that fit in the category. I already have a list of the mangas I'm going to recommend in this category because this subgenre is limited in the scanlating world
3)Time Skips
Notes: This is different from time travel mangas. This topic will be more about mangas that start out with characters in youth. They'll have a story developing but then years past and their story continues with their reunion. I'll admit that this subgenre I have set out is quite vague and I'm going to be flexible on the time skip part but I won't recommend anything that I think is shallow or superficial.
4)Shounen
Notes: I'm not a huge fan of shounen so this is a "maybe" topic but I do have a few that I enjoy reading and rereading every so often. Since I'm not a huge fan of shounen and I identify myself as more of a shoujo/josei (now seinen-ish) reader, I think it'll be easier for me to write about the few favorites I have in the shounen genre. Compared to Shoujo and Josei which I read a lot more from, it's more difficult to write a whole post just on each of those genres whereas shounen, it's limited so it's easier. Well this is a maybe post.
5)Authors
Notes: There are quite a few authors I want to write about. So far I only have Yoshizumi Wataru (which I need to finish) and Wann. There's quite a lot actually than a few. Some to list: Maki Youko, Emura, Arina Tanemura, Saitou Chiho, Souryo Fuyumi, Ogawa Yayoi, George Asakura, Lee Hyeon-sook, Narita Minako, Sakai Miyu, Yoshino Aki, etc.
6.) Historical Fiction
Notes: This is my one of my favorite genres of all time. I don't want to elaborate right now but I give anything a chance to win my favor that goes back to the historical periods in any world (well not anything) so I know a few good ones under my belt included Japanese history which I think some people aren't as fond of compared to other historical fiction.
7)Mangaupdate polls
Notes: I like popping into Mangaupdates once a week at least for their weekly poll. Some are interesting, others aren't so much but there have been more than a few polls that are total starter topics as "food for thought" posts. I've been thinking about doing it for some time but because it's quite time consuming to write a whole "food for thought" post, I thought I'd just move it to the side
8) VS [Versus]
Notes: I said almost a year ago (still a few more months til it's a year), I said I might work on scanlating VS [Versus] because I find it a wonderful and amazing story. I'm not so sure when I'll get to that since currently I'm not using a laptop with Photoshop functions. My other laptop shitted up so when I came back down to school, I brought another laptop for personal use. The way I'm going to do it is probably clean as much as I can and later typeset.
9) ETC
Notes: I think this is good enough for topics wise. I have a few drafts posts in my blog that I haven't looked into in a while. So I may start on releasing those depending on how much time for school, work, life, and this =)
'Til next. (midterm seasons now til the end of the quarter, work is at a busy deadlines season too ack....)
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