Otaku Champloo

Month: July 2012

  • My Life in Manga

    I think there are times when we dreamt of having lived in a manga.

    Erin F. posted on tumblr this funny post of two characters from Nana with a caption on how you should think twice on living in an Ai Yazawa manga. Just imagine your life in Nana, where you may possibly fall with a rock star, get played, get preggers, find a hot not!girlfriend as your roomie and live the dream with great tears.

    No. I’d rather live in Gintama where life is carefree and I can hire someone for the price of sugar.

    The image eventually sparked a wonderful exchange with twitter folks! Some wouldn’t mind living in an Ai Yazawa title while others had their own suggestion. I ran down a list which isn’t enough since I’d like to live in most of the manga I enjoy until a friend turned the question around and asked “Which mangaka would you pick to illustrate your life story?”

    Now, isn’t that a dream? Now who out there can make my most “boring” life amazing?

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  • #20 – Breathe Deeply by Yamaaki Doton

    Breathe Deeply by Yamaaki Doton
    Published by One Peace Books

    Given a choice to defy all laws of humanity and saving your loved one, what would you do?

    Loaded questions like this often make me uneasy. It’s different when you read it in shounen titles. It makes sense to break human logic in fantastic worlds but when it’s closer to reality, it’s a lot harder to swallow.

    For Sei and Oishi, the choice to play God became more apparent when the love of their life, Yuko, announced that she had few months to live. It was a difficult to accept that news however the boys seemed determined to do everything in their power to save Yuko’s life.

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