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Peaches and Cream

Flown by Mithlin At August 7, 2006, 12:47 PM

This was requested by Haa-san. I interrupt regular programming for a review on Genshiken (The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture), a great series by Kio Shimoku.

This series does not involve any paranormal activity, nor is it about 15-20 year-olds attaining special powers and saving the world. It is simply about a group of otakus, and how their love (or obssession, to some) for anime takes them through life. I especially loved this series (well, only the manga, since I've yet to watch the animation. I have youtube for that, hehehe) because well - one gets tired of watching mechas blasting each other out of the sky (in pink explosions, yeah!) or of teens being able to summon ghosts and assimilate their abilities to be able to use them in a tournament. And as for romance.. I can only watch sappy-ness so much before flipping the remote to another channel. ~~Yes, I am talking about Fushigi Yuugi. I mean - there's no one that ditzy..right?~~

Looking at it, reading the manga, and putting myself into the position of one of the characters, I realized how utterly silly we otakus can be to those 'normal' people - how childish we look when we go to cosplay, and speak in Nippongo, no matter how much we butcher the accent. And putting myself back to otaku mode, I realized how much I shake my head on the utter close-mindedness of the 'normal' people - Japanese animation, hentai, ecchi or wholesome, is a different thing entirely from those Saturday children cartoons.

Also, it struck me as funny when I realized one of the characters was cosplaying one of the characters she loved in a manga - I wondered, if I cosplay her cosplaying, would that strike the judges as ironic? Lol.

But hey, that's just the otaku talking. Moving on, here are some illustrations:

Genshiken Cast

Genshiken Gang

I'll post about the anime the Genshiken gang is hung up on tomorrow. Sore ja~!

9 flew with me

Currently flying to the music of Up Dharma Down
While reading Anne Rice's The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
And feeling surprised
Currently sightseeing Genshiken Episode 11

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zeniram_anibru (guest)

Comment posted on September 18th, 2006 at 04:06 PM

i haven't attended a cosplay before but i really find it cool. especially when the costumes fully resemble that of the characters portrayed. :)

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mithlin

Comment posted on September 18th, 2006 at 04:57 PM

Oh, you should -it's fun to watch. :) It's very cool, most especially if the costumes were really intricate to begin with. :)

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strider_hiryu

Comment posted on September 15th, 2006 at 12:36 AM

genshiken! haha. my friend reads the manga and i've browsed through one.. the story's really funny, the art's awesome too.. hehe

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mithlin

Comment posted on September 15th, 2006 at 11:51 AM

Oh, it's a very good manga indeed - the anime series, I've heard, are also nice. :)

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fuuko

Comment posted on August 9th, 2006 at 07:17 PM

cool. ma-DL nga 'yan. *evil laughs*

*puts in manga DL-ing list*

:-D

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mithlin

Comment posted on August 10th, 2006 at 10:18 AM

Hee~ It's kinda nice. Also, it's only around.. what? 10 or 13 episodes? :)
I especially loved the episode where they got the non-otaku to cosplay and she unconsciously snapped into the character she was cosplaying..

*watches it again on youtube*

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hatori

Comment posted on August 9th, 2006 at 01:17 PM

oooh. I'll wait for it ^^

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hatori

Comment posted on August 7th, 2006 at 03:04 PM

I did? ^^

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mithlin

Comment posted on August 9th, 2006 at 01:06 PM

Nyuuuu... Actually, you requested for Kujibiki Unbalance doujin game, but since it's directly connected with Genshiken, I decided to go and review Genshiken first, then Kujibiki Unbalance later. ^^;

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