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tooruswhre · 1 year

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TSUKISHIMA , INOSUKE , BAKUGO , SANEMI , KYOTANI , DRAKEN & MIKEY , SERO , MEGUMI & SLIGHTLY TOGE , ATSUMU & SEMI , KAGEYAMA , OBANAI , TWICE

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sebbyisland · 8 months

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This is a weird question but you have good vibes so do you know any good shoujos for beginners? If you dont then just delete this lol

OH this is the best question i have ever received! Thank you! I hope this can be a helpful resource for you or anyone else interested in getting into shojo!!!

I’m gonna define “Good Beginner Shojo” as stories with an interesting premise, strong narrative(? this is VERY subjective sorry?), and also lacks some of the more squicky/uncomfortable tropes: predatory romantic relationships, borderline sexual assault as flirting, or incest**. This list is split between short and long series. I’ll also try to keep the genres diverse! These are all stories I’ve personally read/watched and are popular enough that they’ve been officially translated in different languages.

Good Shojo for Beginners, Short Term Investment

Princess Tutu: A dark fairy-tale-esque anime about a young girl who studies ballet in the day and fights demons at night using ballet + emotional intelligence. The deeper plot is that the entire cast are treated like puppets by a grand and elusive storymaster, and they all must struggle to escape being doomed by the narrative. There’s a lot of references to Swan Lake, the girl keeps getting turned into a duck, many emotions are felt. Complete, one anime season.

From Me to You: shy young girl is a social outcast due to misunderstandings that blew out of proportion. She receives an olive branch from a boy in her class and this gives her the confidence to start making friends and support herself!! The aforementioned boy is also her love interest and is endearingly too flustered to make a move. high school drama ensues. Two anime seasons, manga complete ~120 chapters.

Magic Knight Rayearth: three girls get transported to a fantasy world and have to learn to work together in giant magic mecha suits order to rescue a trapped princess + save the world. They make friends along the way as they try to fight monsters. One anime season, manga complete ~30 chapters.

Kase-san: sapphic high school romance with a jock girl and gardener girl who plants flowers near her practice field… they are both kinda shy and build up confidence as their bond gets deeper. it’s just 100% fluff. anime OVA and complete manga, ~15 chapters, there's also a sequel-series though

Library Wars: what it says on the tin. militant librarians fight the government to stop book censorship. the story follows a soldier in training: a reckless young woman who dreams of meeting the "prince" who inspired her to take up arms to protect books. this is more of an action-comedy than a political drama, so don't expect too much from the plot, but it's fun to watch our failgirl get put into situations. one anime season, 73 chapter manga, live action movie. you'll be okay just watching the anime but obvi the manga expands more on the characters + world building.

Orange: high school girl receives letters from her future self that tell her that a boy from her friend group is planning on committing suicide. She works with her friends to prevent this from happening, but things are definitely more complicated than they seem. An emotional drama, discussion of mental health including depression and suicidal thoughts. It’s a really heartfelt series. One anime season, ~38 chapter manga. (originally published in a shoujo magazine, then switched to seinen probably for marketing reasons.*)

In the Clear Moonlit Dusk: Masculine studious girl feels distant from her classmates who idolize her as a “prince,” but then she catches the attention of the local sparkly bad boy “prince.” An innocent, fluffy high school romance about a prince and her prince. SO many sparkly anime eyes, if that's you're thing. It’s a simple plot, but I enjoy the execution a lot. Ongoing, currently ~27 chapters

Tokyo Mew Mew: Captain Planet but magical girl. group of teen girls get accidentally infused with the DNA of endangered animal species + magic and transform into a hero squad to fight aliens trying to destroy earth's resources! Their cover for their secret headquarters is a maid café, where they all work part time. Manga complete ~30 chapters, anime adaption complete + one season of anime reboot.

Good Shojo for Beginners, Long Term Investment

Yona of the Dawn: historic fantasy setting, coming of age for a naive young princess who grows into a capable leader by abandoning her sheltered life within palace walls for…plot reasons (major spoiler in 1st chapter LOL). there’s a slow but thorough exploration of the political issues in her kingdom, i would say the world-building is an unexpected strength of the story. She’s supported by her hot magical anime boy harem, but the story emphasizes found family dynamics over the romcom. there’s still a primary love interest established early on, it’s just VERY slow burn. one anime season, manga ongoing 300+ chapters

Kageki Shojo!!: Follow the adventures of an all-girls vocational school to train to become members of the historic Kouka all-girls musical theater troupe, where women play roles for all genders. The protagonist is a girl who grew up watching Kouka performances and never lost her sense of childlike wonder. Theater doesn’t come naturally for her, but she’s also very talented. Fun cast, lightly discusses social issues as they come up with sincerity and care. Very reminiscent of 80s shojo. One anime season, Ongoing manga 90+ chapters

My Love Mix-Up! what if there was an ACTUAL high school love triangle. boy likes girl who likes a different boy, but that boy is interested in the aforementioned boy. what if this was all a misunderstanding and actually boy and girl like the same boy. what if that was also a misunderstanding. have you ever been a dumbass high school student trying your best. protagonist is bi king. 120~ chapters, no anime, but a live action show.

Ouran High School Host Club: ah yes a classic romcom. girl gets a scholarship to an elite high school and accidentally falls into debt on her first day to the school host club (boys who professionally flirt with girls during lunch). To pay off her debt, she pretends to be a guy at school so she can work as a host. The comedy is a blend of making fun of shojo tropes and the disaster personalities that make up the supporting cast. it's funnier the more shojo you have read/watched before this one. one anime season, 200+ chapters, complete

BL Metamorphosis: elderly widow accidentally reads a BL manga and gets invested, she bonds with a high school girl who works at the bookstore about it. Very cute parallels between her late husband and the fictional love story. Depicts fandom culture without normalizing the creepy and invasive BL fan behavior. Reminds me a lot of spending time with my grandma, which makes me want to cry.~90 chapters.

Sailor Moon: I know i know everyone is going to tell you this but it's actually a classic for a reason. (Sapphic!!!) magical girls traveling across space and time? Fighting evil with the power of friendship and love? Cute character designs? It's a good time. Protagonist is a total brat (normal 14yr old!!!!) AND a good hero. I'm putting this last because I wanted the other stories to have a chance, but it's honestly so good like please. There technically an inappropriate age gap relationship but it's like the disney movie Tangled where you don't realize it until you literally look up their ages. 150+ chapters, complete.

**When I first read shojo, I was a very young child, basically the target audience, but there are things I read as a child that would make me feel a bit disgusted to read now. Knowing this, I want people who are new to shojo to make informed decisions. There are problematic tropes present in MANY well loved stories--and they are well-loved for a reason!!! These complexities are part of reading and enjoying fiction. I've excluded some of my all-time favorite stories from my childhood thanks to the criteria I set as good "beginner" shojo--but I also don't want to contribute to a world that divides stories as "problematic" and "unproblematic" as if such a binary exists. Ultimately, this list is just based on my PERSONAL taste, what I deem more comfortable to read than other stories, so I can't guarantee that you'll have the same experience. I can't even promise I would have the same experience re-reading some of these, since the stuff that made me comfortable/uncomfortable in the past has changed in the present. It's all very subjective. That's why I'm intentionally specific about the tropes I've excluded. Note that this doesn't mean the stories listed are not littered with their own flaws. I hope this disclaimer didn't seem too excessive, haha.

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lionofchaeronea · 1 year

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Moon over Arakawa River at Akabane (from the series Twenty Views of Tokyo), Hasui Kawase, 1929

#art #art history #Asian art #Japan #Japanese art #East Asia #East Asian art #shin-hanga #woodblock print #Hasui Kawase #Kawase Hasui #landscape #night scene #Tokyo #Showa period #Showa era #20th century art #National Diet Library

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blueparadis · 11 months

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fashion icon inui seishu <3

#library.#not a day goes by when i don't miss him #inui seishu #tokyo revengers #seishu inui #tokyo revengers inui #tr inui #loml #breaks my heart to clear my gallery like this #he isnt even aware that he is so handsome and perfect lol

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7-tek · 1 year

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Dishonored crossover arts for fun

first two : Library of Ruina middle : The Blackout Club bottom left : Ghostwire: Tokyo bottom right : Undertale

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#7tek's art #my art #fanart #dishonored #library of ruina #the blackout club #ghostwire: tokyo #undertale #daud #corvo attano #teague martin #the outsider #in-her-teeth #frisk (undertale)

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hatsuhotate · 3 months

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美味しいご飯と素敵な旅

#japan #photografy #photoofday #tokyo #cafe #japanese cafe #picture of the day #restaurant #bistro #japanese food #art museum #books & libraries #foodphotography #sleeping beauty

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oldhagtournament · 3 months

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PRELIMINARY ROUND OF THE OLD HAG TOURNAMENT IS UPON US

the matches will be held in 2 groups so that voting will be more evenly spaced. group A will go live on Jan 26 and group B on Jan 27.

polls remain open for one week each.

the match ups are:

Group 1:

Big Mom (One Piece) vs Hamako (Yakuza)

Lini Eltring (Wheel of Time) vs Dr. Kureha (One Piece)

Madam Razz (She-Ra) vs Faragona (Winx)

The Golden Girls vs Kokoro (One Piece)

The Sanderson Sisters (Hocus Pocus) vs Avagon (Pirates of Dark Water)

Tsuru (One Piece) vs The Witch (Into the Woods)

Kaede (Inuyasha) vs Sadie Croaker (Amphibia)

Group 2:

Grandma'am (The Hunger Games) vs M (James Bond)

Yamagata Tsumugi (Tokyo Ghoul) vs Gothi (How to Train Your Dragon 2)

Nikolai (Library of Ruina) vs Kumasawa Chiyo (Umineko)

Gloriosa (One Piece) vs Salem (RWBY)

The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives In Your Home (Welcome to Night Vale) vs Marcia Roy (Succession)

Reiko (Yakuza) vs Ahab (Limbus Company)

Wendy Oldbag (Ace Attorney) vs Legendary Hero Erina (Guardian tales)

Morrigan (Critical Role) vs Morgan Fey (Ace Attorney)

submissions and the ask box are open to send propaganda. best of luck to (lovers of) hags across the globe!!

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tokyo-daaaamn-ji-gang · 5 months

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Spoiler warnings!

Girl, I just realised that at the end of manga, we see everybody healthy and happy. Mikey and Takemichi saved everybody in the end. But we don't have any information about only one person. Inui Akane. What happened to her? Did they prevent the fire? Seishu doesn't have the scar at the end.

Ah that is one of the big mysteries about the ending! Just because she isn't there doesn't mean she's dead since there's also no Luna or Mana and we don't even see Yasuda or Yumi. And as you said Inui doesn't have his scar so that means either Takemichi and Mikey completely prevented the fire or they made sure Inui wasn't at home during the fire.

I feel like this comes down to if Takemichi and Mikey purposely tried to stop the fire or not. See obviously they would if theu knew but the problem is at no point do we see Inui or even Koko talk to them about the fire and even if they did they'd have to know the house location and the specific date at the very least. Though obviously they could've been told this at some point that we didn't see. We're also never told the cause of the fire so I'm not sure how you prevent that exactly so just getting Inui out of the house would've been the easier option. And of course Mikey and Takemichi would've somehow made sure Akane didn't go home too if they knew. But if they didn't know? If they changed the timeline enough meaning Inui wasn't home that night and it was all a coincidence? That of course raises further questions too though like if Inui wasn't home would Koko have searched longer and found Akane and rescued her???? It's a mystery!

#I've also got theory no3 where koko himself prevented it similarly to how chifuyu can remember things who's to say the others can't?#though with them i feel like it wouldn't be full memories but kinda like anxieties about specific things?#like koko insisting inui come with them to the library that night and insisting they all stay out longer #koko not even knowing why he wants that himself but getting this strong urge to not let them go home idk could be kinda cool #tokyo revengers #tokrev #tokyo revengers spoilers #akane inui

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ihaventleftmyroomintwoweeks · 3 months

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Tokyo Ghoul was so good bro eleven year old me was hitting up the library like a dope addict. i don’t even remember what the fuck was going on I just remember Juuzou.

#im just a girl #i hate tagging #public libraries #tokyo ghoul #juuzou suzuya #tokyo ghoul juuzou

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neasoxi · 23 days

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Just finished this book, honestly one of the best books I have read so far this year. The writing style was impressive and intimate, she had such a vivid way of depicting pain. it felt like I was next to him throughout the whole book. I liked the ending wasn’t expected but very realistic. (5/5)

Favorite quotes:

“When I was writing, I realized something. Your voice reminds me of a 6B. I'm not sure if this is going to make sense, but it's like they're soft and rigid at the same time. Almost unbreakable.”

“I remembered how she wrote once about when you send someone a letter, how it's out of your hands. It's not yours anymore, even though you wrote it.”

“You think about how other people feel. You're so kind. It makes sense. Because we're always in pain, we know exactly what it means to hurt somebody else.”

“Then it hit me: dying is just like sleeping. You only know you’re sleeping when you wake up the next day, but if morning never comes, you sleep forever. That must be what death is like. When someone dies, they don’t even know they’re dead. Because they never see it happen, nobody ever really dies. This hit me like a sucker punch.”

“But I wasn’t crying because I was sad. I guess I was crying because we had nowhere else to go, no choice but to go on living in this world. Crying because we had no other world to choose, and crying at everything before us, everything around us.”