Romance: Shoujo Manga Style
At the moment: Relaxed
Gin from Love Celeb: epitome of being lust-worthy
In traditional romance novels, the woman's role is a crying, desperate mess. Then the prince with unbelievably well-maintained hair goes over and makes her a princess. (I still think SHREK is the most realistic fairytale) Some may find this whole scenario sickening especially those who are die-hard feminists but if you don't like this type of romance then most probably you wouldn't like shoujo.
To those who aren't familiar with the term shoujo here's a simple definition from good ol' Wiki:
Shōjo or shoujo is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a young, female audience;
I have grown to love shoujo manga despite the rather predictable story. Aren't everything that's meant for women predictable? I have a growing collection of it right now and I don't see myself stopping from liking it. In the land of knights and princesses, the princess is a beautiful girl who is exceptionally brilliant and has all the traits of perfection. In most shoujo, the girl is usually dumb, clueless and average. She's not good in schoolwork and usually needs help in Math. But she does have one saving grace.. she has a smile that can instantly make the leading hot guy go crazy over her. (lucky bastard.. >.<)One of the things that people don't like about shoujo is that the girl usually gets bullied around by the guy. And the guy usually gets his way. The girl of course resists but after a while, she succumbs to the charms of the hot leading man and gives her virginity in the process. I don't really find this disturbing. I find it very real and straight to the point.
But what I like most about shoujo manga is the traditional "save the princess" scene. It gets me everytime.
Bullying is very prominent in shoujo mangas and not only is the girl bullied around by the lead guy but she is also harassed by the fangirls jealous of the attention she gets from the lead guy. At this point, when the girl gets cornered by these fangirls, the guy who seemed to not care about her, shows up and saves the day. After which, this guy leaves the girl again and bullies her back to normal.
You've probably seen this kind of sequence somewhere before (it's not the most original idea anyways) but I prefer seeing it in shoujo manga. The characters look so good that it's ridiculous, the possibilities are endless, the emotions are exaggerated and magnified.. Oh well heck, it's a lot better than the crap I see on local television.
Let me recommend a few titles:
1.) Hot Gimmick by Aihara Miki
2.) Nana by Ai Yazawa (sex, drugs and alcohol included)
3.) Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa
4.) Teacher's Pet by Aihara Miki (this one has a lot of sex so if you're not into that, then stay away)
5.) Parfait Tic by Nanaji Nagamu
It's quite obvious that I have two favorite mangakas.. haha!!
Gin from Love Celeb: epitome of being lust-worthy
In traditional romance novels, the woman's role is a crying, desperate mess. Then the prince with unbelievably well-maintained hair goes over and makes her a princess. (I still think SHREK is the most realistic fairytale) Some may find this whole scenario sickening especially those who are die-hard feminists but if you don't like this type of romance then most probably you wouldn't like shoujo.
To those who aren't familiar with the term shoujo here's a simple definition from good ol' Wiki:
Shōjo or shoujo is a term used in English to refer to manga and anime aimed at a young, female audience;
I have grown to love shoujo manga despite the rather predictable story. Aren't everything that's meant for women predictable? I have a growing collection of it right now and I don't see myself stopping from liking it. In the land of knights and princesses, the princess is a beautiful girl who is exceptionally brilliant and has all the traits of perfection. In most shoujo, the girl is usually dumb, clueless and average. She's not good in schoolwork and usually needs help in Math. But she does have one saving grace.. she has a smile that can instantly make the leading hot guy go crazy over her. (lucky bastard.. >.<)One of the things that people don't like about shoujo is that the girl usually gets bullied around by the guy. And the guy usually gets his way. The girl of course resists but after a while, she succumbs to the charms of the hot leading man and gives her virginity in the process. I don't really find this disturbing. I find it very real and straight to the point.
But what I like most about shoujo manga is the traditional "save the princess" scene. It gets me everytime.
Bullying is very prominent in shoujo mangas and not only is the girl bullied around by the lead guy but she is also harassed by the fangirls jealous of the attention she gets from the lead guy. At this point, when the girl gets cornered by these fangirls, the guy who seemed to not care about her, shows up and saves the day. After which, this guy leaves the girl again and bullies her back to normal.
You've probably seen this kind of sequence somewhere before (it's not the most original idea anyways) but I prefer seeing it in shoujo manga. The characters look so good that it's ridiculous, the possibilities are endless, the emotions are exaggerated and magnified.. Oh well heck, it's a lot better than the crap I see on local television.
Let me recommend a few titles:
1.) Hot Gimmick by Aihara Miki
2.) Nana by Ai Yazawa (sex, drugs and alcohol included)
3.) Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa
4.) Teacher's Pet by Aihara Miki (this one has a lot of sex so if you're not into that, then stay away)
5.) Parfait Tic by Nanaji Nagamu
It's quite obvious that I have two favorite mangakas.. haha!!
ice cream sold by sorbetera at 12:52 PM
3 Comments:
WEE~ ATE CHIMERA, CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW BLOGGIE ^_^
uh, ive only read three out of those five titles, sob. parakiss, nana and parfait tic ^_^
ako din inubos ng shoujo mangas ang utak ko. sad nga na may bagong chapters ang parfait tic and wala na kong time idownload. last chap ko nga ng nana is 58, sob. wa, this is becoming a rant board na.
anyway, ang lagi kong tanong sa mga nagbabasa ng parfait tic: ichi or daiya? (feel ko alam ko na sagot, ahaha)
Daiya akooo!! hahaha!! Mas gusto ko kasi yung mabait and carefree type kesa sa suplado type.. hehe bakit, ichi ka ba? ^___^
omg! kala ko lahat ng tao sa mundo ay ICHI!! pero ichi ako ^_^" haha.. alabyuu ichi~
hmm, anu pinakalatest na chappie ng nana? have you watched the LA? ang ganda ni mika nakashima ^_^ and angaling galing nung nag play ng Hachi.. haha ^_^
and have you watched the anime version of parakiss? waa, after three episodes, ayoko na, suko na ko.. ang pangit ng chibi/comic forms nila T_T and nawala yung humor, er, parang, nawala.. T_T"
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