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Hal @ watching Comet-san
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今ハマってる漫画：波ホリ、ぼっち侵略、ZIG☆ZAG、エースをねらえ!
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"Perfectly balanced, as all things should be"
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Tournament head-to-head statistic for twin Canadian AoE IV players Wam01 and 1puppypaw. The series count between them is 16-16 and the game count is 62-62.
January 6, 2026 at 6:40 AM
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Some things change, some remains the same
A bonus manga depicting a what if scenario where Kan Tae-jun becomes king, but Su-won is still essentially in control. A bonus manga depicting a what if scenario where Kan Tae-jun becomes king, but Su-won is still essentially in control.
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Doesn't Yoiko no Kokoro e has predominantly male main characters, though
Kusanagi Mizuho's author's notes about introducing a female pirate captain making her aware that the manga's characters have mostly been male. She notes that one of her previous manga, NG Life, has many girls.
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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So, does tareme works as eye design for masochist character?
Kusanagi Mizuho's author's notes about Jae-ha's masochist personality and his design with his distinctive tareme.
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Even a native Japanese does not necessarily know what a raiju alegedy looks like.
Short strip recounting how Kusanagi Mizuho found out that the mythical raiju is actually often depicted as a small mammal rather than a as a tiger.
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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The age difference is only about one year, but still...
Some panels from Indonesian edition of Akatsuki no Yona vol. 4 where Yona praises Yun's analysis and rubs his head, to which Yun tells Yona to not treat him like a child since he is already 15 years old.
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Tsundere boy🥰
A page from Indonesian edition of Akatsuki no Yona vol. 3 where Yona puts on the clothing Yun made. Yun cynically says he made it only because there are some pare cloth and assumes as a princess Yona would not like it because it's not made of silk, but he blushes a little when Yona compliments it. Some panels from Indonesian edition of Akatsuki no Yona vol. 3 where Yun overhears Ik-su commenting that while Yun has a sharp tongue, he's actually affectionate for Yona. Some panels from Indonesian edition of Akatsuki no Yona vol. 5 where Yun and Yona chat at night about their experience in the cave. Some panels from Indonesian edition of Akatsuki no Yona vol. 5 where Yun apologizes to Yona for his harsh attitude when they first met, and asks her to let him call her "Yona" instead of "princess".
January 5, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Watched Whisper of the Heart. The source material is a shoujo manga from Ribon, so in some ways it feels kind of different from other Ghibli films I've seen. Like, much emphasis on depicting the mundane modern (for its time) urban Japan setting.
Netflix desktop app with the page for Whisper of the Heart open.
January 4, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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The iron law of romcom is whatever stereotypical romantic situation you're planning, it's not going to work in a straightforward way
Pages from Indonesian edition of Inari Konkon Koiiroha where Inari expecting to use her group's visit to a haunted house attraction during the school trip as a chance to cling to Tanbabashi, but Tanbabashi's male friends end up clinging to him while Marutamachi clings to Inari. Pages from Indonesian edition of Inari Konkon Koiiroha where Inari expecting to use her group's visit to a haunted house attraction during the school trip as a chance to cling to Tanbabashi, but Tanbabashi's male friends end up clinging to him while Marutamachi clings to Inari.
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Yoshida Morohe's way of doing seinen manga
Some panels from Indonesian edition of Inari Konkon Koiiroha where Keiko complains about menstrual pain while on a school trip, forcing her to stay at their lodging with Sumizome. Sumizome asks her if she would rather have been a boy, but Keiko rejects the notion.
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Marutamachi literally looks thicker than Inari
A panel from Indonesian edition of Inari Konkon Koiiroha showing Inari and Marutamachi looking unconfident in swimsuits. Marutamachi looks more plump than Inari.
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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Comic Frontier's staff launched a zine documenting the panels presented in the event.
The material from my panel is also in this inaugural zine, with some additional details that I didn't get to convey in the panel like why gekiga needs to be covered.
Title, header image, and opening paragraph of the article "Menyelami Dinamika Kategorisasi Manga" A paragraph from the article: "Saya rasa latar belakang ini penting untuk dipahami karena deskripsi gekiga sebagai komik dengan muatan ‘lebih dewasa’ mungkin dapat membuat sebagian orang dengan mudah menganggapnya sebagai manga seinen. Namun, asumsi seperti itu mengabaikan sejarah gekiga yang memposisikan dirinya berbeda dari manga, dan juga mengabaikan kenyataan bahwa pengaruh gekiga pada manga tidak terbatas pada manga seinen saja."
January 1, 2026 at 10:39 AM
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Also, I actually read this book last year, but Anime Fan Communities: Transcultural Flows and Frictions could still be an important work as fans are increasingly interconnected and frictional.
Cover of Anime Fan Communities: Transcultural Flows and Frictions
December 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams: Japanese Science Fiction from Origins to Anime
Also a book not just about manga and anime, as half of the book deals with Japanese science fiction outside of those media. ...
Cover of Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams
December 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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The Art of Censorship in Postwar Japan
This book isn't strictly about manga and anime, but even if it focuses particularly on cases of works that has been brought to obscenity trials, ...
Cover of The Art of Censorship in Postwar Japan
December 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Manga in America: Transnational Book Publishing and the Domestication of Japanese Comics
With the concept of 'domestication', the book elaborates not only on how manga are adjusted for publication in North America, but also how manga publishing has transformed comic book publishing in that market.
Cover of Manga in America: Transnational Book Publishing and the Domestication of Japanese Comics
December 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Anime: A History
Reading early histories of animation is fascinating 'cos the field had not really been well established that you'd find works that would not easily fit into familiar modern categorisations. Kind of feels like stem group organisms in evolutionary terms.
Cover of first edition of Anime: A History
December 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Milky Subway is actually quite popular. Like, the episodes have average views of 4.175 million.
A playlist of Milky Subway episodes on YouTube. Thumbnails for episodes 1 to 7 are visible. The view counts range from 3.5M on episode 5 to 7M on episode 1.
December 31, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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I should at least watch The Lenticulars a second time
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Excerpt from the interview with The Lenticulars' director Akira Amemiya and the theme song performer Scenarioart about the anime. "The word “lenticular” refers to those pictures that look different depending on the angle you view them from, right? Amemiya: Right. A long time ago, when I was in elementary school, they handed out these rulers with lenticular pictures, and I just kept looking at mine. Maybe that’s what set me on the path to making anime. I started out by thinking that if you want to take a primitive approach, the way to go is with two images. Another reason I picked that name was the way the story changed depending on your perspective, and the way you could see things going as the story progressed. Like “What else is happening while this is happening?” or “I used to think that, but now I think this.” I really like that kind of approach." Excerpt from the interview with The Lenticulars' director Akira Amemiya and the theme song performer Scenarioart about the anime. "The song ends with the line “I’ll sing it in the mirror.” What’s the concept behind that line? Hayashi: I heard from Akira that THE LENTICULARS had two sides. There was an “A side,” streamed on YouTube, but also a “B side.” So when I found out that the anime had these two opposite sides, I wanted to express the feel of the B side in the song, too. The darkness of that B side. I wanted to include that point of view in the song, too. So what’s on YouTube right now is the A side of THE LENTICULARS? Yamashita: So, the anime doesn’t actually directly show it, but there’s actually a deeper side to the story, which we hope people will be able to pick up on, and that’s what Kosuke touched on in the lyrics. That’s what he said he wanted to come through."
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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This line goes hard, though.
Intertitle from Cecil B. DeMille's Carmen containing Carmen's final line in the film: "You have killed me, José -- but I am free!"
December 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Eugh, membayangkan bau rokoknya aku malah eneg
Screenshot from Cecil B. DeMille's Carmen showing Carmen reclining while blowing smoke from a cigarette as Escamillo looking at her. Screenshot from Cecil B. DeMille's Carmen showing Carmen embracing Escamillo and their faces are touching each other near the mouth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Introducing the film's cast in the intertitles is a new one for me.
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Intertitle from Cecil B. DeMille's Carmen introducing the character Don José and his actor, Wallace Reid. Screenshot of Don José's first appearance in the film after the previous intertitle. Intertitle from Cecil B. DeMille's Carmen introducing the character Carmen and her actress, Geraldine Farrar. Screenshot of Carmen's first appearance in the film after the previous intertitle.
December 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Did Marinelord jinx himself?? lol
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Screenshot of Twitch chat in the pre-game of Puppypaw vs LoueMT showing chat from Marinelord addressed to Puppypaw's brother Wam01: ""IM GONNA GRAB YOUR MEAT WAM IM COMING FOR YOU *gets banned*" "*lose 3-0*" Screenshot of the result of Wam01 vs Marinelord match from Liquipedia with Wam01 victorious on 3-0 score.
December 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Classicals help drive the European representation
December 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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The newer songs I like came a bit later this year...
December 30, 2025 at 12:12 AM