In Eureka’s Fujoshi Manga Compendium, there’s this interesting section where they list down the things a fujoshi must read. They called it the Fujoshi Manga Bible. I thought it’d be best to share the list down here for fujoshi to check what these women think are titles […]
“What is BL?” A question I ask fujoshi who I meet here and there. “Schmex,” is always the immediate answer that often comes with an almost mischievous laugh. “Boy’s Love and everything that comes in between” is the most straightforward answer. “Is that the same […]
Ladies and gents! I’m happy to announce that finally the 801 Manga Moveable Feast is officially open! 😀 As host of this month’s MMF, I would like to invite all you enthusiastic fujoshi with so many feels to participate in this BL manga feast! Or, […]
Fujojos, wat do? I’ve been stuck in a limbo trying to find some few titles to write about without knowing, what do you fujojos exactly want? Well other than SCHMEX, I know you fujojos can get specific. A kink meme is a litany to our […]
I’ve done this last year and we’re doing this again! 😀 Last year was so much fun and with all your recs, all of us spent some sweet time reading those awesome BL recs. But we know that that there’s more out there. And there’s […]
801. Yaoi. Boy’s Love. Tanbi. Shounen-Ai. BL. Pr0n. Call it whatever you want. Fujoshi. Fudanshi. Fujojo. Call us whatever you want. We probably wouldn’t care because all we know is that 8/01 is our special day and here in Otaku Champloo we’ll be celebrating a […]
War is a victorious, perhaps bitter, maybe a painful playground for adults. In war, we imagine soldiers moving to shoot their enemies, nurses rushing to heal the injured, politicians and generals posing in front of battle plans, and civilians running away from the crossfire. Our […]
Tudors England is quite tricky — especially when you have a king who’s been hacking off his wives’ heads. One can only imagine the level of distrust in a royal court filled with intrigue and political turmoil. Ooku no K0, Child of the Kingdom, by […]
This chapter’s quite interesting as I’m receiving diverse reviews for the MMF! So here’s a recap on some of the things written this week! First! Ash has reviewed Vagabond, by Inoue Takahiko, a retelling of Miyamoto Musashi’s life. He dwells on the themes found in […]
Whenever I submit proposals to my old university, professors will always ask me “Why historical manga?” The whole world believes that comics are just comics. They are a shallow form of entertainment that exists to amuse us and that in itself is not bad but […]