Tag: Japan
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Does ‘Boys Love/Yaoi’ Manga Have A Gender And Sexuality Problem?
‘Boys Love’ manga presents gay men for the pleasure of straight women – so why does it represent both so badly?
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“You’d Better Become Aware That You’re Just a Woman”: Your New Favourite Feminist Manga.
Seinen stories are primarily characterised by soft-core sexual content and a female protagonist, but rather than rely solely on the usual fan service to satisfy male readers (panty shots, accidental nudity, nosebleeds, etc.) Sacred Blacksmith uses its genre trappings to instead highlight the causes and consequences of sexual violence with chilling realism, and handles it…
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Godzilla vs. MUTO vs. Humanity: Who are the real monsters?
SPOILERS AHEAD. Ye have been warned. I love the Fantasy genre and I love the Sci-Fi genre. But….Sci-Fi holds a special place in my heart. This isn’t because I think it is inherently better than Fantasy, it’s a personal opinion. A personal opinion that I think stems from the general but fundamental difference between…
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Anime and Cartoons: East vs. West
Anime and Cartoons: East vs. West So, this is all started when I tried to find a DVD of the brilliant but sadly forgotten anime series The Big O. I say ‘tried’ because to my surprise I discovered that not only were there barely any copies up for sale on both eBay and Amazon, but…
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