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ellebastonart · 11 months

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💻Opere Shoujo👾 My team of Y2K-inspired magical girls, Cookie, Chip and Cypher!

I made a blog post on my character design process for these three on my Patreon and Ko-Fi too~

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shoujo-dreamland · 1 year

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#operation true love #mangacap #shoujo #manga cap #manga #shojo #cute #love #romance #manhwa #art

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pearlietomb · 2 years

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Obviously I didn’t draw this, but it’s such a pretty screencap from the webtoon. I was tempted to drop the comic because I couldn’t bear how pathetic the FL was, (sis had ZERO self-respect😭) but it gets so much better. She grows, which is always nice to see. Also, the ML is hot. So there’s that too.

#webtoon #romance webtoon #operation true love #shoujo #comic art

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metanarrates · 9 months

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would you say shoujo boys are a Character Type in a distinct manner from the way shounen girls are?

oh, absolutely. while of course the overall character trends present in both genres can be very broad and leave room for a lot of variation, much like how the archetypal shonen girl is defined by her potential romantic relation to the protagonist, the archetypal shoujo boy is perhaps even more so. this is because while shonen absolutely includes romance as a component of its frequently-escapist storytelling, shoujo almost ALWAYS includes romance as a main focus.

(disclaimer that I'm talking very very broadly with trends I've seen in the genres, and not about specific individual works. there's a lot of shoujo with mainstream popularity that deals with telling different types of stories, and the same is true for shonen. it's just also true that it's been very rare for me to encounter a shoujo work that isn't romantically focused, and I spend a LOT of time scrolling manga sites to find shoujo when I want to read something chill.)

for the shoujo boy, the specific archetypes he's drawing off of tend to be what's currently in fashion at the moment, but the common denominators tend to be that he is older, usually more "worldly" than the protagonist, and possesses great social, political, or magical power. if he's in a fantasy story, he is either a duke or a prince. if he's in a more modern story, he is likely considered to be at the top of a social hierarchy. you'll notice that all these factors translate to him being more powerful than the protagonist. this is for a very specific reason! a critical component of shoujo romance stories is that the hero almost always needs to be capable of protecting the heroine in some way.

you could make an ENTIRE gender studies course on this, but I won't digress into that very interesting tangent. here, I'm just attempting to identify the common archetype and the fantasy underpinning that archetype. for now, it's enough to say that the fantasy of having a boyfriend who can protect you is nearly universally shown in shoujo romances. these tropes are usually true of both main male leads and any secondary love interest that the protagonist picks up, btw.

another critical component of the archetype is that the shoujo boy has a wound that only the female protagonist can heal. whether that's physical (guy undergoing a magical transformation into something, guy with rare magical disease, etc) or emotional (usually the guy's got some trauma,) there is almost always something uniquely healing about the protagonist that draws him to her. if he's a womanizer, she can make him faithful to only her. if he's brooding, she possesses the ability to make him smile. he is always thinking about her. it's difficult for him to take his eyes off her when they're in a room together. and if he isn't someone who is usually gentle to others, somehow he is capable of being gentle to the protagonist.

honestly, i would say his actual personality is way less important than his story utility. whether he's a sweet childhood friend, an overbearing romantic pursuer, a brooding loner, or anything else, it's almost always true that a major male character will present some traits of an idealized male love interest as mentioned above. his personality traits outside of that will just appeal to varying and more specific types of fantasy boyfriend.

the shonen girl, by contrast, often requires a very specific personality type to be the object of desire (and usually the object of plot) in her story. while there are exceptions, the most common shonen girl archetype that I've seen is just kind of generically feminine and sweet. if she fights, she often loses. if she tries to be active, her attempts at agency will end with her being damselled. think kairi from kingdom hearts or orihime from bleach.

on that note, that's also a major point of divergence between the two archetypes. while the shonen girl frequently exists as a plot macguffin and object of desire, the shoujo boy is very frequently a driver of plot. whether he's swooping in to save the protagonist from an evil dragon, fighting the protagonist in an academic rivalry, or the protagonist's arranged-marriage husband with a big secret, he usually moves the plot forward with his actions. though the honor of main plot driver either goes to the protagonist herself or to outside forces such as a villain, every major male lead in a shoujo story will contribute to the plot momentum in some way. again, you could write a gender studies thesis on this.

but that's my broad analysis of trends! I'll note that the bulk of both shoujo AND shonen I've read are almost always fantasy, so my perspective of big trends might be a little skewed to those genres. I'm not too sure what usually goes on in shoujo with contemporary settings, for example. feel free to add on with any thoughts of your own, especially if you think I'm off base about something!

#narrates #escapist fiction tag #<- I will use this broadly when talking about the shoujo genre since i feel a LOT of shoujo qualifies as escapist #note: my analysis of these genre trends almost always is rooted in what fantasy they appear to be catering to #so if im for example examining a male lead archetype i will be asking 'why is this appealing? whats his value as a fantasy bf?'#just sort of a note to make it clear what perspective I am operating under

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magicalgirloftheday · 1 year

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✧・ﾟ:*Today’s magical girl of the morning is: Vividyellow from Vividred Operation!✧・ﾟ:*

#Vividyellow #Vividred Operation #fusion #yellow #blonde #maid #magical girl #magical girl of the day #mahou shoujo

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nanaosaki3940 · 2 months

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Ha Seungmin, the man you are!!! 😍🤩🥰💘💖

(My weakness for 2D glasses guys is increasing, y'all!! 😭🤧💘)

Ha Seungmin from My First Love Hate 💖💖💖

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shojohideout · 1 year

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🚨SPOILER 🚨

YOU’VE GOTTA BE FUCKING KIDDING ME

#operation true love #romance #drama #comedy #webtoon #manhwa #shoujo #fantasy #school life

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wuvari · 11 months

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hai !! ⭐️

i’m ari <3 and i’m still pretty new here despite having an acc for years now 😭 (barely used this app before) but bc twt is in flames i decided to move here :D

i am 🌙

- ‘04 || 19yo

- she/her

- filipina 🇵🇭 (tho i moved to the us when i was very young </3)

some of my interests r 💫

- romance anime/manga/webtoon (horimiya, skip and loafer, wotakoi, your smile is a trap)

- kpop (lesserafim, new jeans, twice)

- apex legends (loba my gf 🫶🏼)

- honkai star rail (recently got into it !!)

also i am NOT spoiler free so beware ‼️

i hope to befriend y’all 🫶🏼

(i luv the creative liberty i have in here omg)

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runawaycarouselhorse · 1 month

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#Little Memole #Wee Wendy #ميمي الصغيرة #classic anime #Lamees' screencaps #classic shoujo #Marielle #religion #mention #operations *#hospitalization *

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agnezhwalist · 1 year

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Operation : True Love

Plot : 9/10

Artwork : 10/10

Status : Ongoing

Author : kkokkalee

Artist : Deuldeom

Genre : School, sci fi, romance, mystery, slow burn

Alternative title : Pure Love Operation

Verdict : Don’t miss it!

Surprisingly engaging school romance with a scifi twist. The character are clueless about their feelings at times, but given their young age, very understandable. Small seemingly (as it is still ongoing) plot holes, but may be explained well later on. There is an element of mystery, the romance is slow burn. It seems that there will be two main leads for the female lead and heading towards a love triangle.

#ongoing manhwa #pure love operation #operation: true love #check update #shoujo #romance #scifi #scifi romance #artist:deuldeom #author:kkokkalee #school setting #love triangle #cheating boyfriend #handsome mls #kind fl #cute fl #funny fl #slow burn

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thedevilsrain · 11 months

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tangled web in my mind trying to think about how team eroica operates

#becuse like. okay. the two main ones we have is james as accountant and then dorian as leader #bonhams role is not specified bc hes like an overall handyman but to me he would be the second in chief #like james orders all the men around but bonham is the one who makes the plans with dorian on the very least #because especially in the latter volumes he takes much more charge of operations than james (which yknow flanderization but #hes also more of an actor compared to james)#john paul is like in charge of communications in glass target and to me he stays there forever #and theres also separate teams for like actors and the actors who cross dress and the people who forge paintings #i cant remember who first came up with it but i love the idea dorina has a stylist as well #and thats the stuff thats in the manga #whos in charge of transportation?? who helps dorian with his research before a heist???#led zeppelin shoujo yaoi manga tag

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pearlietomb · 1 year

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So now I’m stuck reading this because it’s popular, a Shoujo, and I’m basic 💅

Also, Eunhyeok could step on my neck tyvm 😌

AND… the art is STUNNING

#operation true love #eunhyeok #su ae #eunhyeok x su-ae #suae x eunhyeok #romance webtoon #webtoon recommendation #shoujo recommendation #shoujo webtoon #comic art #shoujo

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stil-lindigo · 2 months

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ARTISTS FOR PALESTINE 🇵🇸 - ROUND 2!! On the 16th and 23rd of March, I'll be doing art requests on stream with other notable artists to raise money for Operation Olive Branch and Project Watermelon.

This round's roster is very lucky to include notable webcomic artists like explodikid, Graveweaver, Curryuku and Speremint who respectively create Covenant, I'm The Grim Reaper, Not So Shoujo Love Story and Brimstone and Roses on WEBTOON. We also have Onstamonsta, an artist, streamer and Kiryu fan who Drawfee fans might recognise and the exceptionally talented Jessie Lam!

Last fundraising event was a great success, and I hope some of you might show up for this next round of streams. All money will be donated directly to Palestinian escape funds as the situation of Rafah is becoming exponentially worse (and if you'd like to donate directly, here's a link to a spreadsheet of over 750!)

As always, these fundraisers will always be available to watch over on my twitch channel. Thank you all and free Palestine!

#its just for escape funds this time bc personally i think that atp getting palestinians out of there is the most effective use of money #which isnt to discredit donating for e-sims or to other aid orgs like the PCRF #this is just personally my decision #also putting a direct link to operation olive branch there bc its the most direct way to help!!!#a lot of funds on there have stagnated #have a look #palestine #free palestine #free gaza #free rafah #donations #fundraiser

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magicalgirloftheday · 1 year

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✧・ﾟ:*Today’s magical girl of the morning is: Vividgreen from Vividred Operation!✧・ﾟ:*

#fusion #Vividgreen #Vividred Operation #green #green hair #ponytail #magical girl #armour #magical girl of the day #mahou shoujo

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mahou-furbies · 3 months

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57 years of magical girls!

List of series they're from:

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Row 1: Sally the Witch, Himitsu no Akko-chan, Cutie Honey, Mahou Shoujo Lalabel, Minky Momo, Creamy Mami

Row 2: Persia the Magic Fairy, Magical Emi, Pastel Yumi, Sailor Moon, Magic Knight Rayearth, Wedding Peach

Row 3: Nurse Angel Ririka SOS, Saint Tail, Cardcaptor Sakura, Mahou Tsukai Tai, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne

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Row 1: Ojamajo Doremi, Corrector Yui, Time Stranger Kyouko, Tokyo Mew Mew, Cosmic Baton Girl Comet-san, W.i.t.c.h.

Row 2: Pretear, Princess Tutu, Mermaid Melody, Kamichama Karin, Sugar Sugar Rune, Winx Club

Row 3: Futari wa Precure, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Uta Kata, Fushigiboshi no Futagohime, Happy Seven, Shugo Chara!

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Row 1: Futari wa Precure Splash Star, Powerpuff Girls Z, Nanatsuiro Drops, Yes! Precure 5, Balala the Fairies, Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel

Row 2: Fresh Precure!, Invaders of the Rokujouma!?, Umimonogatari, Heartcatch Precure!, Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Row 3: Wish Upon the Pleiades, Suite Precure, Magical Lollipop, Symphogear, Smile Precure!, Magical Girl Ore

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Row 1: Vividred Operation, Doki Doki! Precure, Day Break Illusion, Magical Girl Site, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita.

Row 2: 6 Hearts Princess, Kill la Kill, Samurai Flamenco, Happiness Charge Precure!, Magica Wars, Machikado Mazoku

Row 3: Yuuki Yuuna is a Hero, Lolirock, Go! Princess Precure, Miss Guillotine, Mahou Shoujo Nante Mouiidesukara, Sleepless Domain

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Row 1: Punch Line, Apricot Cookie(s)!, Magical Girl Spec Ops Asuka, Concrete Revolutio, Miraculous Ladybug, Magical Suite Prism Nana

Row 2: Myriad Colors Phantom World, Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R, Mahou Tsukai Precure!, Flowering Heart, Mahou Shoujo? Naria☆Girls, Magical Girl Raising Project

Row 3: Matoi the Sacred Slayer, Flip Flappers, Balala the Fairies: Over the Rainbow, Pop in Q, Acro Trip, Kira Kira Precure a la Mode

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Row 1: Märchen Mädchen, Twin Angel Break, Re:Creators, Magia Record, Cloudy Wondrous, Strawberry Seafoam

Row 2: HUGtto! Precure, Balala the Fairies: Ocean Magic, Tsukurotte Piature, Gushing Over Magical Girls, Star Twinkle Precure, Stellar Witch LIPS

Row 3: Healin’ Good Precure, Catch Teenieping, Mewkledreamy, Dame Daffodil, Sasaki and Peeps, Tropical Rouge! Precure

Pic 7

Row 1: Blue Reflection Ray, Magical Mom, Magilumiere Co. Ltd., Tea Tea Cherry, Delicious Party Precure, Balala the Fairies: Magic Star Fate Castle

Row 2: Hirogaru Sky! Precure, Magical Destroyers, Magical Girl Tsubame: I Will (Not) Save the World!, Wonderful Precure!

#thought it'd be a time to update the one from a few years ago #magical girls #my art #long post

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centrally-unplanned · 9 months

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Another big stop in Tokyo for me was Jimbocho Book Town! It is a neighborhood of, depending on who you ask, up to 400 generally-secondhand bookstores flanked by some of the major universities in Tokyo. The local government even prints out maps of the stores to help people find them all:

Which, you will note, is not 400 stores, because the process of becoming an "official" Jimbocho Town Bookstore is an intensely political operation run by local stakeholders with tons of fights over what should qualify and what rights that entails - never change humanity!

"Book Towns" used to actually be quite a common thing, and they peaked during the literary boom of the late 19th century. Figuring out "what books existed" was a hard task, and to do serious research you needed to own the books (you weren't making photocopies), so concentrating specialty bookstores in one area made sense to allow someone to go to one place and ask around to find what they need and discover what exists. It was academia's version of Comiket! Modern digital information & distribution networks slowly killed or at least reduced these districts in places like Paris or London, but Jimbocho is one of the few that still survives.

Why it has is multi-causal for sure - half of this story is that Tokyo is YIMBY paradise and has constantly built new buildings to meet demand so rents have been kept down, allowing low-margin, individually-owned operations to continue where they have struggled in places like the US. These stores don't make much money but they don't have to. But as important is that Japan has a very strong 'book collector' culture, it's the original baseball cards for a lot of people. The "organic" demand for a 1960's shoujo magazine or porcelainware picture book is low, but hobbyists building collections is a whole new source of interest. Book-as-art-collection powered Jimbocho through until the 21st century, where - again like Comiket - the 'spectacle' could give it a lift and allow the area to become a tourist attraction and a mecca for the ~cozy book hoarder aesthetic~ to take over. Now it can exist on its vibes, which go so far as to be government-recognized: In 2001 the "scent wafting from the pages of the secondhand bookstore" was added to Japan's Ministry of Environment's List of 100 Fragrance Landscapes.

Of course this transition has changed what it sells; when it first began in the Meiji area, Jimbocho served the growing universities flanking it, and was a hotpot of academic (and political-polemic) texts. Those stores still exist, but as universities built libraries and then digital collections, the hobby world has taken over. Which comes back to me, baby! If you want Old Anime Books Jimbocho is one of the best places to go - the list of "subculture" stores is expansive.

I'll highlight two here: the first store I went to was Kudan Shobo, a 3rd floor walk-up specializing in shoujo manga. And my guys, the ~vibes~ of this store. It has this little sign outside pointing you up the stairs with the cutest book angel logo:

And the stairs:

Real flex of Japan's low crime status btw. Inside is jam-packed shelves and the owner just sitting there eating dinner, so I didn't take any photos inside, but not only did it have a great collection of fully-complete shoujo magazines going back to the 1970's, it had a ton of "meta" books on shoujo & anime, even a doujinshi collection focusing on 'commentary on the otaku scene' style publications. Every Jimbocho store just has their own unique collection, and you can only discover it by visiting. I picked up two books here (will showcase some of the buys in another post).

The other great ~subculture~ store I went to was Yumeno Shoten - and this is the store I would recommend to any otaku visiting, it was a much broader collection while still having a ton of niche stuff. The vibes continued to be immaculate of course:

And they covered every category you could imagine - Newtype-style news magazine, anime cels, artbooks, off-beat serial manga magazines, 1st edition prints, just everything. They had promotional posters from Mushi Pro-era productions like Cleopatra, nothing was out of reach. I got a ton of books here - it was one of the first stores I visited on my second day in Jimobocho, which made me *heavily* weighed down for the subsequent explorations, a rookie mistake for sure. There are adorable book-themed hotels and hostels in Jimbocho, and I absolutely could see a trip where you just shop here for a week and stay nearby so you can drop off your haul as you go.

We went to other great stores - I was on the lookout for some 90's era photography stuff, particularly by youth punk photographer Hiromix (#FLCL database), and I got very close at fashion/photography store Komiyama Shoten but never quite got what I was looking for. Shinsendo Shoten is a bookstore devoted entirely to the "railway and industrial history of Japan" and an extensive map collection, it was my kind of fetish art. My partner @darktypedreams found two old copies of the fashion magazine Gothic & Lolita Bible, uh, somewhere, we checked like five places and I don't remember which finally had it! And we also visited Aratama Shoten, a store collecting vintage pornography with a gigantic section on old BDSM works that was very much up her alley. It had the porn price premium so we didn't buy anything, but it was delightful to look through works on bondage and non-con from as far back as the 1960's, where honestly the line between "this is just for the fetish" and "this is authentic gender politics" was...sometimes very blurry. No photos of this one for very obvious reasons.

Jimbocho absolutely earned its rep, its an extremely stellar example of how history, culture, and uh land use policy can build something in one place that seems impossible in another operating under a different set of those forces. Definitely one of the highlights of the trip.

#Ash Japan Adventures #Jimbocho #anime culture discourse

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