Category Archives: MANGA

A Beginner’s Guide to Yaoi

Posted on February 27, 2012 by shrutianime

Hello readers! I’m Shrutianime (you can call me Shruti) and I just got accepted as a writer for The Otaku’s Blog. A big hug to the staff here! Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu~ There are surprisingly very few posts on Yaoi and as … Continue reading →

Posted in Yaoi | Tagged Abe Miyuki, bl. suggestions, Doushitemo Furetakunai, fujoshi, Himegoto Asobi, junjou romantica, Komatta Toki Ni wa Hoshi ni Kike, Merry Checker, Nakamura Shungiku, sekaiichi hatsukoi, Suzuki Tsuta, terms, yaoi, Yaya Sakuragi, Yoneda Kou | 10 Comments

Bleach is coming to an end?

Posted on February 8, 2012 by SilentSerenata

I don’t know whether I should be rejoicing or crying at the fact that the long series will be coming to an end with a “final arc” as the manga declares. I was never a diehard fan to begin with … Continue reading →

Posted in MANGA | Tagged action, aizen, bleach, burichi, end, final arc, finale, kankura town, kubo tite, kuchiki rukia, kurosaki ichigo, manga, shinigami, shounen, Shounen Jump, soul society, the final holy war | 2 Comments

Confessions of a Fujoshi: Realism in fiction.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by SilentSerenata

NB: Fujoshi (腐女子, lit. “rotten girl”) refers to female fans of manga and novels that feature romantic relationships between men. I wasn’t always a fujoshi. Somewhere down the road it just happened; symptoms of fanaticism had stricken me after much … Continue reading →

Posted in Yaoi | Tagged bara, BL, fujoshi, grell sutcliff, homosexuality, Jigoku Meguri, Konbini-kun, Kuroshitsuji, manga, Nitro+chiral, nosebleeds, realism in fiction, Seinen wa Ai o Kou, shoujo, smut, yaoi | 6 Comments

Kuroshitsuji Theories: Sebastian-Mephistopheles and the Two Ciels.

Posted on January 11, 2012 by SilentSerenata

After much research, I’ve managed to condense and mingle a few ideas of my own relating to the Sebastian-Mephistopheles and Two Ciels theories. Though extremely questionable – as they are after all, only theories – there have been some notable … Continue reading →

Posted in MANGA | 13 Comments

Thoughts on Kuroshitsuji 64: Fandom gives way to plausible, mindfuck theories.

Posted on December 29, 2011 by SilentSerenata

This is no joke; when have I ever typed the f-word in the sacred space of a post title without screaming through each letter the utmost seriousness of a dangerous, eye-popping discovery? If you have read thus far and am … Continue reading →

Posted in Shounen | Tagged 13 july 1866, black butler, claudia p, Kuroshitsuji, manga, phantomhive, toboso yana, undertaker, yana toboso | 4 Comments

Thoughts on Kuroshitsuji 59: Who would have thought.

Posted on July 21, 2011 by SilentSerenata

Spoilers ahead. Surprise, surprise! What do we have here? Yana Toboso has bewildered us all with her latest and utmost shocking – and not to mention, humorous – addition to Kuroshitsuji. We’ve yet again, stumbled upon another one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Shounen | Tagged action, anime, black butler, ciel phantomhive, elizabeth middelford, grell sutcliff, Kuroshitsuji, manga, ronald knox, sebastian michaelis, supernatural, undertaker, yana toboso | 6 Comments

[Completed] Dou Danjo!? // A short love story

Posted on July 19, 2011 by baka-neko

Despite being only a 3 chapter long story, it’s turned me into a fangirl. And yes, I rage for more – BUT IT’S COMPLETED… and they didn’t even *lahh ♪ lahh ♫* So enough of me ranting and spoiling everything, … Continue reading →