Posted in Modern/Contemporary, T-, tagged BL, Tuzuki-Shun on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Title: Going to Hell
Author: TSUZUKI Shun
My Evaluation: C (Good)
Though I usually avoid “BL (Boy’s Love)” comics, I ran across this title in the very category, simply because it was digitally offered free for a limited period of time by the publisher. And guess what? I was rather moved by the story, in spite of the [...]
Posted in H-, Modern/Contemporary, tagged hijiri-chiaki, manga, shojo on October 26, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
AUTHOR: HIJIRI, Chiaki (Chiaki Hijiri)
WHY GOOD:
It’s not a coincidence that this title is the same as Gene Kelly’s famous musical. One of the numbers in the movie, “I Like Myself”, is used as a symbol of this love story. Here, a girl with the lonely heart struggles to find the key to open the tight [...]
Posted in K-, Modern/Contemporary, tagged kuramochi-fusako, manga, shojo on July 13, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
AUTHOR: Kuramochi, Fusako
WHY GOOD (Kuramochi’s works at large):
Well, let me talk about the traits of this author’s works as a whole, before talking about the title above.
First, Kuramochi is a very aggressive artist in terms of the expression method of manga. Each of her stories deals with love of boys and girls, the ubiquitous theme [...]
Posted in Comedy, H-, Modern/Contemporary, tagged hikawa-kyoko, manga, shojo on December 9, 2004 | 5 Comments »
TITLE: Onnanoko wa Yoyu (Girls Need To Be Self-Composed) and its seaquels
AUTHOR: Hikawa, Kyoko
Note: This work takes a form of trilogy with its two sequels, “Otokonoko mo Yoyu(Boys Also Need To Be Self-Composed)” and “Mata Ashita(See You Tomorrow)”. Here I treat them as one work of art all together.
WHY GOOD: The story seems to be [...]
Posted in H-, Modern/Contemporary, tagged Hagio-Moto, manga, shojo on November 25, 2004 | Leave a Comment »
TITLE: Toma no Shinzo (The Heart of Thoma)
AUTHOR: Hagio, Moto
WHY GOOD: Girls’ comics are derivatives of a boy meets a girl stories in most cases. This story is different. It talks not about romantic love but about love to forgive. I don’t know whether the author Hagio is a christian or not, but it seems [...]
