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I'm so ready for 4th April!
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Sometimes when I scroll on Tumblr to the pandemic years, it feels like a different life. Honestly, the Tumblr community I had here was so good. I miss that sometimes. Especially how active we all were and talking to each other. ❤️
If we used to talk here, like this post or comment. 🙂
I miss old school shoujo anime so much. The new shoujo shows just doesn’t hit the same as it used to. I don’t know if it’s because of the new animation style, I really have no idea. I feel like they lack substance. If you have any recommendations on shoujo animes worth checking out that give the 90s and 2000s vibes, please let me know.
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Endless Sailor Moon: 4/?
Boiling Hot Iron vs Lukewarm Water
Maomao's Way of Affection Part 2
[LN 12 spoilers]
I AM ACTUALLY FOAMING AT THE MOUTH. I mean I read it somewhere, but apparently yes, Maomao does initiate the kiss in the light novel. Even if she did accept his feelings, I always thought that it might have been too fast the way she was ready for a night visit already, but I always chalked it up to her upbringing in the pleasure district and her being fifty-fifty that Jinshi wouldn't actually try anything. But the fact that she is the one to actually instigate a kiss, and quite a sweet one at that, while Jinshi was sleeping. This scene in LN 12 really is in contrast to the scene in LN 5 where it was Jinshi who forced the kiss, and even to later on when Maomao ends up falling asleep and Jinshi restrains himself to a kiss on the forehead for replenishment.
It's hard to be coherent with my ramblings but one of the reasons why I love this series is the slow burn on Maomao's part which is really fulfilling, and the slight angst we get because of that, and not just on Jinshi's part.
Below is a translation from the Spanish translation of LN 12:
She just doesn't get it. He wants to step down from his position near the top of the country for a purpose. If that purpose was MaoMao himself, he would definitely have gone mad.
It's as hot as cast iron.
Maomao is not interested in such blazing heat. The only thing she can give back is a warm temperature.
Slowly puts his hand on Mr. Jinshi's cheek and feels his body temperature, which is the same as warm water. Her cheek was slightly colder. His eyelids were completely closed and he rubbed his cheek against my hand like a kitten to be pet. Looks like he sleeps, like he feels safe.
Maomao seems to struggle with the inequality of Jinshi's feelings and hers. She compares Jinshi's feelings to hot cast iron, and hers to warm water. And no wonder, to her, Jinshi willing to give up everything, including his position, for her, seems to be such a passionate love. As much as she snarks and would rather say that she could just do without all of Jinshi's gestures (*cough branding himself for example, this damn masochist cough*), she recognizes how much Jinshi has given up and is willing to give up for her, not to mention all that he has in fact given her.
She even goes to say, "I don't even have anything in return for you." When she says this line, I think that she isn't just referring to being unable to return the depth of Jinshi's feelings, but even their difference in position. As Suiren observes, despite Maomao's forthrightness, perhaps because of the environment they're in, she is very much aware of her station.
It's such a melancholic line coming from her. It seems to me as if she really is afraid of hurting Jinshi. She already doesn't like the thought of Jinshi being hurt like Luomen, but now she also doesn't want to be the one to hurt him. On top of that, for the normally aloof Maomao, it may be that she's starting to feel unconfident precisely because of the difference in position.
Maomao strikes me as a person who wants to be used. Even when she wasn't in love with Jinshi yet, she always seemed to want to be praised for doing a good job. So for her to think that it's just her who keeps receiving and receiving, while not being able to give anything back, the inequality (this time going in the reverse direction) must bother her a lot. She never used to care so for her to feel different from how she usually does because of Jinshi - caring about him, being unsure of herself because of him - oh she must hate how that feels so no wonder she wants to remove herself from the equation. But alas, it's too late.
Unlike Maomao though, I don't think that there's such a disparity between her feelings and Jinshi's despite that she describes his feelings as boiling hot and hers as warm. Yes definitely I feel that Jinshi's feelings may be stronger, but I feel that Maomao's is actually closer to his than she thinks. I think it may be because the nature of their feelings may be strongly influenced by their past.
Jinshi has always had the things he's loved taken from him. He wasn't allowed to prioritize a single thing or a single person because of the responsibilities he's had to assume from such a young age. Sure he's childish now but that may be because he had to grow up fast. Of course he would be desperate and slightly bit manic when it comes finally falling in love. He'll always feel that Maomao will be taken away from him unless he does something about it with his own hands.
Meanwhile, because of Maomao's complicated past with her birth parents, it's no wonder that Jinshi's passion unnerves her. Remember it was that same passion that caused her mother to hurt her. No wonder she doesn't want it. But when it comes to that feeling called love, that's the only version she recognizes because that's what she's been surrounded with in the pleasure district and even in the rear palace - lust imitating love, or even if it was love, a passionate and all-consuming love that destroys everything in its path.
But what does Jinshi make her feel? Trust. Safety. Even if her rational mind tells her that people's feelings change, Jinshi's constant proclamations that he will make everything be ok so that the both of them can be together may in fact actually reassure her. Heck, perhaps that was why Maomao goaded him to make that verbal confession a while back, precisely so she could have that assurance. She doesn't recognize it because she's never seen or had it, but perhaps this stability is something she's wanted her whole life. And I would say her feelings for Jinshi are nearly as strong as his for her, precisely because she feels for him the same way he makes her feel. Nothing passionate but also uncertain. But rather something warm and can be relied on. It's a feeling that pushes her to want to see him safe and healthy. It's a comforting and homey feeling that allows her to relax. And for Maomao who's always considered herself frigid, for her frozen heart to feel that warmth is also a tiny miracle in a way.
Jinshi is childish. Maomao is weird. But apart from their extremes, they're actually a lot alike - engrossed in their work, willful, but ultimately just. Apart from anything else, they're at ease when they can talk to each other. It's actually interesting for me to see how those emotions develop from Maomao's side since Jinshi is giving her space to take things at her own pace, another slow burn in a way. But while Jinshi's love is loud, Maomao's love is quiet. Even before this admission, it was always there, in the soft touches to the hair or cheeks, in being a refuge for rest and sleep, in her worry when he was overworking himself. The moment I would pinpoint that Maomao had actually already fallen in love with Jinshi was when she was contemplating Enen and Yao's relationship. She thinks to herself, "the more you cared for someone, the more you wanted a say in how they behaved - especially if that behavior involved hurting themselves." Now doesn't that sound familiar?
*Note - because I loved it and I'm impatient I'll share the translations for that particular scene in LN 12 in the comments section. One is translated from the Spanish version, while the other is translated from the Korean version. I got all of this from facebook. I'm quite interested to see how it'll come out in the English version.
I think by now all of us in the anime, or even in the non-anime community, know about Akira Toriyama’s passing. The creator of the legendary series, Dragonball.
It shocked me to read he passed away so young, it was very unexpected. The day the world found out, my social media feed was instantly flooded with posts about him and this beloved series. Dragonball is the king of shounen anime!!! Toriyama-san inspired so many mangakas who created our favourite series like: Naruto, One Peace, Bleach and more.
I believe that his series, along with the most famous shoujo anime, Sailor Moon, were the reason why anime was discovered by western world.
I discovered Dragonball Z when I was 14 or 15 years old. I’ll be honest, at first I didn’t like the animation. I wasn’t used to it but as time when on I learned to appreciate it. Then I watched Dragonball GT every Friday night, I always looked forward to it. I know it’s not his work, but he did supervise it, and it is part of that universe. His passing left an entire anime community in mourning but his legacy and work will live on forever. Newer generations will watch the show and the cycle will continue.
Toriyama-san, rest in peace and us older fans promise to play your show for our kids. Your work will live on forever!
“I leave Sarada to you, Boruto”, Sasuke have spoken to his pupil!
KISHIMOTO REALLY COOKED IT! 🔩🥗😭🔥
This was the greatest gift to wrap up the year.
Hug💕
✨The reunion and embrace of Borusara✨
We got so many panels draw of this hug from different points of view and I love it so much. These two are end game!
Apparently according to some people it's shonen therfore therfore progatagnist can't so affection to there love interest
Me looking at boruto and sarada
The only ship in naruto franchise where the male hugs back
Naruto and hinata didn't even get a hug
Sure, in shounen, romance is never the focus and in some series it is barely mentioned .
However, let’s look at Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Edward admitted to loving Winry, they had heartfelt moments, and at the end, Ed proposes to Winry. An example of a shounen where romance or so called affection exists.
Then you have the King of Shounen anime, Dragon Ball. They don’t show it but there is scene in DBZ where ChiChi and Goku kiss. Here is a link for anyone’s reference: https://youtu.be/f6VYk_GO0x8?si=UWnloj3XVtylu5u7
Obviously, they won’t turn Boruto into a shoujo series but I find it refreshing that Boruto is so affectionate towards Sarada. He’s been through a lot of hardship, he has managed to survive all of this time because Sarada convinced Sasuke to go help Boruto. Boruto feels safe with Sarada and of course, he would hug her back after being shown affection by the one person who continuously fought for him for three years. Let’s normalize some form of affection and slight hints of romance in shounen.
Hi all!
I haven’t posted anything in ages on my Tumblr page. I think after the group chats got removed, I sort of lost interest being here but I want to be active in here again to blog about my fave show, movies, books and music.
I kept in touch with many of you here, how many of you are still active? I’m curious to know.