Today, Mr. Mousie and I went to an amazing AMAZING exhibit, 'Tutankhamen and the World of Pharaohs.' It was completely worth over two hours drive each way
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I was reading Red River for a while...the first 6-7 volumes I think-but then it started to fall into "we want to have sexsexsex but is she ready yet?" territory and i forgot about it...that usually(but not always) makes me lose interest(because, really, whether or not the characters have sex before the series ends rarely matters to me and if it's a major plot point or device, it needs to be near Mars level of import) But, yeah, the story was good. Didn't care a lot for the art, though.
The Kyo part sounds odd, but think of Yamapi in Kurosagi, only replace the feigned indifference with grabby hands and repressed possessiveness/obsessive overprotectiveness.)
No, it makes sense. Should I start with SDK anime or manga btw? Because I am really interested.
I don't mind sexcapades btw: heck, I own Kare First Love which is volumes and volumes of that stuff.
It was just that, at the time I was reading it, it was 3 or so volumes of both brothers lusting after her, one kidnapping her to have his way with her(though, iirc, he was being controlled?) "EEK!!! NO NO! I WANT TO BE WITH KAEL!"(I think that was his name) obsessing about getting her in bed and such and didn't show any signs of stopping and I was all "uhm...what about the REST of the story?" and my "sidetracked for sex-capades" level was reached.
heh. Well, depending on what you're posts are like after that point, maybe I'll give it another chance(because I did like the story) And it probably wouldn't have bothered me if it hadn't been so early on.
High brow? Pft...I've given entire dissertations about deep intrinsic meaning and on the english language in replies before. But I do completely get what your saying. If it'd been going on later in the series as opposed to near the beginning(isn't the series between 20-30 volumes?) I likely wouldn't have noticed, but it seemed to be too much, too soon in that department.
And as far as it being shojo...IMO, a LOT of shojo series, esp. the ones that get put out over here, often feel like allegories for growing up and learning. The girl sent to another time/world setup has, to me, always felt like an allegory for getting married...you leave your comfortable, safe world and enter a new and scary one and your one foothold tends to be this one guy and you have to have faith in him.
I was reading Red River for a while...the first 6-7 volumes I think-but then it started to fall into "we want to have sexsexsex but is she ready yet?" territory and i forgot about it...that usually(but not always) makes me lose interest(because, really, whether or not the characters have sex before the series ends rarely matters to me and if it's a major plot point or device, it needs to be near Mars level of import) But, yeah, the story was good. Didn't care a lot for the art, though.
But yes, I am jealous.
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Hmmm, art. I checked it out and it looks OK enough, if not breathtaking.
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No, it makes sense. Should I start with SDK anime or manga btw? Because I am really interested.
I don't mind sexcapades btw: heck, I own Kare First Love which is volumes and volumes of that stuff.
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And apparently (according to wiki) the story does move forward after that...
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And as far as it being shojo...IMO, a LOT of shojo series, esp. the ones that get put out over here, often feel like allegories for growing up and learning. The girl sent to another time/world setup has, to me, always felt like an allegory for getting married...you leave your comfortable, safe world and enter a new and scary one and your one foothold tends to be this one guy and you have to have faith in him.
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