Hey oh y’all,
While Sumi was out shopping, I decided to take the day off
and read some manga. I would be remiss if I did not talk about manga at least
once during my Japan trip.
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| Why am I here? |
Here is a bit of overview: I generally prefer shonen (boys)
manga – this is the stereotypical stuff with explosions, fights, panels of angry
faces, (the occasional uber cutesy pretty girl), and whatnot. You may know this as the
Dragonball/Naruto/One Piece/etc. stuff. You can say Shonen Jump and just about
everyone here will know what you’re talking about (whether or not you want to
admit you know it is up to you).
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| Ok...I guess this is better reading. |
But it is not the only type of manga: just like Americans
have the “Twilight” series and its various spin-offs, there is popular girly girl manga, shojo. And it’s pretty
much summed up as “Twilight” in various settings, usually a Japanese high school.
Not really my cup of tea (but I will plug Ouran High School Host
Club since, while it is a shojo anime, it’s satirical and funny).
And Sumi (despite what she says about otaku culture) likes
manga/anime too. She likes Shirokuma Café (an animal based manga that stars a panda-kun).
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| Yay! Shirokuma Café! |
If I pick up some more manga sometime, I will continue in
the future (oh and I’ll be taking a class on Japanese pop culture so stay
tuned!).
-DC
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| Shhh...Sumi actually likes video games. |
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