Last week, (or thereabouts, time seems to slip away from me quite easily and quite quickly, amazing what procrastination can do), I wrote my disorganized shtick on Shoujo mangas, highlighting some of my favorites from the traditional image we have of Shoujo, which is very romantic and with plenty of humor. This week, as I continue to put off editing my Kenzaburo Oe piece, which possibly contains too many spoilers, (albeit it’s the kind of novel where that shouldn’t ruin anything), I’m writing about Shoujo that blur the lines between mangas oriented towards girls and boys and have a slightly different, more subtle formulas.
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