As fun as it can be to pore over the adventures of will-they-or-won’t-they couples in the world of yuri, sometimes it gets a little ridiculous. If you’re not in the mood for silly love triangles, almost-kisses, or nonsense where two lifelong friends never work up …Read more »
What’s Your Sign? Ask any shojo fan that hungrily devoured anime and manga in the 2000s what one of the greats is, and you’ll undoubtedly get the same answer: Fruits Basket. Natsuki Takaya’s emotional roller coaster of a shojo series quickly became one of the …Read more »
Love can often bloom in the most unexpected places. It’s a trope that romance fans know all about, how the meet-cute between two protagonists at a café or some sort of once-in-a-lifetime event transforms into a beautiful love story. It becomes clear the couple in …Read more »
World’s End and Apricot Jam: © Rila Kirishima / Kodansha Ltd. Teenage Hina, whose family manages an apartment building, is fed up with the noisy, unseen occupant of apartment 304. Breaking in to investigate, she smashes the keyboard of an adorkable guy named Anzu and …Read more »
Peach Girl NEXT: © Miwa Ueda / Kodansha Ltd. Miwa Ueda’s Peach Girl, launched in the late 90s and published in English by Tokyopop a few years later, was one of the early shojo manga available in the US about ordinary, nonmagical teenagers and high school …Read more »
True Confessions! I think it’s safe to say that whoever said that all is fair and love and war clearly never met Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane, respectively the vice president and president of Shuchiin Academy’s student council. Rumors fly by here and there, and …Read more »
The Ideal Sponger Life: © 2017 • Tsunehiko Watanabe • Jyuu Ayakura / Shufunotomo Infos Co., Ltd. © Neko Hinotsuki 2017 Office drone Yamai Zenjiro is summoned to a strange fantasy world by the hot woman from his sex dream. For some readers, the fact …Read more »
The TV anime adaptation of Soichiro Yamamoto’s romantic comedy manga Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san is about to continue with a hotly-anticipated second season this July. With just a couple months to go, the official website updated with a new teaser visual and info on the opening theme …Read more »
Wit Studio’s anime adaptation of Kore Yamazaki’s The Ancient Magus’ Bride manga was a delight to watch unfold, and fans can now see a little more. It might not be as substantial as a full return to television, but the staff and cast have united …Read more »
We have learned the premiere date of We Never Learn. The series, based on the manga by Taishi Tsutsui, will hit the airwaves April 6. It centers around Nariyuki, a high school student who agrees to tutor two fellow students in exchange for a scholarship. …Read more »
It’s been a while since we posted about the live-action Hollywood remake of Makoto Shinkai’s wildly popular your name. anime film. While a release window has yet to be revealed, the film officially has a director in Marc Webb, who previously helmed movies like 500 …Read more »
Things are getting pretty awkward in the Why the hell are you here, Teacher!? anime, based on Soborou’s ecchi Nande Koko ni Sensei ga!? romantic comedy manga. The series is full of ridiculous, red-faced situations, and you can see some of them for yourself in …Read more »
Yuri Fair 2019 is an exhibition celebrating love between women, and it’s coming to five cities throughout Japan this March. The exhibit—which first began in 2016 and has Village Vanguard on board as a sponsor—will feature around 30 artists celebrating the yuri theme, from books …Read more »
If you’re a really big fan of Pokémon, you might eventually want to tie the critter-collecting franchise into your nuptials. Japanese wedding planning company Escrit has you covered in the event of true catch ’em all mania, because they’re now offering Pokémon wedding plans all …Read more »
Haruka was only hoping for a simple “yes” when he asked out his classmate Akiho, but he ended up getting much more than he bargained for. The romance that ensues is anything but ordinary in the My Girlfriend is Shobitch anime, coming to Blu-ray in …Read more »
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