Pretty self-explanatory! It's that time of the year again where I feel like I'm ready to take up the challenge of writing a short piece every day, why not make it easier and write about BL? My choices heavily consist of Japanese manga with a dash of Korean manhwa and doujin. I'll include proper links, …
Starting off with a blast from the past(-ish). Definitely not because of, for some reason, it was hard to find a series I liked and that also happened to start with the letter A. That's totally not the case.... Title: Ameiro Paradox, tr. Candy Color ParadoxArtist & Author: Natsume IsakuRelease Year: 2010Status: Ongoing, 5 volumesLicensed? …
Hope everyone's enjoying their day! I was tagged by the sweet KS Blogs in this fun tag and if you still haven't read their titles, please do check the post I linked. The only long titled novel I'm familiar with is Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Come wa Machigatteiru; which perfectly qualifies as an example. …
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"Science-y types are always like that!" Every field comes with certain occupational hazards, stereotypes that outsiders come up with that has no actuality, stereotypes that you grow up hearing to a point you end up becoming that very stereotype, misunderstandings and all that, and STEM people are not exempt from any of it. There's no …
It's been a long while since I was this active on my blog in terms of interaction with others even though I have posted something here and there. Getting this award right after my return made me feel happy and motivated! A big thank you to alsmangablog for being kind enough to add me on …
This is for those people who go "Wait, you like those cartoons, right? Recommend me some!" to their anime-lover friends. I'm glad that we, as regular consumers of animation, have finally reached a consensus that getting into anime with Naruto, Bleach or One Piece is not "it". It took us some time, but better late …
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Adaptation is a tough ordeal. I'm sure we all have our sweet and sour experiences when it comes to the adaptations of our favorite story. Reading is a very private and personal form of engagement, not just the interpretation of the meaning of the text but almost everything else is up to our imagination and …
Continue reading "WHERE LITERATURE AND ANIME INTERTWINES: PART 1"
Greetings! First step towards change is, I assume, always the hardest. That's why I wanted to start with easy changes, with a new layout, and now taking the actual step on continuing writing. Current anime season, although there were a lot of cancellations due to the virus outbreak, is coming to an end with a …
