Tag Archives: manga

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

An Introspective Look into the Demography of Inu X Boku SS: Shoujo or Shounen?

Posted on February 1, 2012 by SilentSerenata

A repost from my other blog, Kirakuna. Though its artistic style suggests otherwise, Inu x Boku SS is in fact “shounen”. Note the quotation marks. Originally targeted at male audiences interested in the romance genre without having to resort to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011/12 - Winter | Tagged anime, Ayakashi Mansion, demography, fantasy, fujiwara cocoa, gangan joker, inu x boku ss, manga, Ririchiyo Shirakiin, romance, secret service, shoujo, shounen, soushi miketsukami, Square Enix, youkai, youku x boku ss | 5 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

Irrasshaimase to Yorozuya!

Posted on January 14, 2012 by tobguestwriter

By shrutianime To all those otaku who haven’t started drowning in Gintama land yet, I have two things to say; firstly, you’re missing out on one of the best anime out there and secondly, watch it now and come back … Continue reading →

Posted in ANIME | Tagged anime, comedy, edo, Gintama, gintoki, manga, more, otaku, parody, silver soul, yorozuya | 4 Comments

5 THOUGHTS: Bleach Chapter 479

Posted on January 12, 2012 by SilentSerenata

1) And thus the arc comes to close. The next question is, what’s next? 2) I wish Kubo-sensei would focus more on the setting and issues of Soul Society. I mean, that is where the majority of the cast lies. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2011/12 - Winter | Tagged bleach, bleach chapter 479, hitsugaya, hyorinmaru, kubo, kurosaki ichigo, manga, toushiro | 2 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 →