#geopolitically it's all over the shop (i mean the first volume is literally called 'jihad')
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There is a lot about the Jenny series by Kawasou Masumi that hasn't aged well, but I'll be damned if it isn't bursting at the seams with badass moments like this featuring everyone's favourite artistocratic mercenary MILF.
When I think about what's missing from Hana to Yume today vs. the magazine during the late 80s/early 90s it's not just Hollywood-esque action series, but the way titles like the Jenny series would follow up heart-stopping explosions or fire fights with moments of palpable attraction between characters (per above).
Which isn't to say I dislike the magazine now (it has some great series running in it at the moment), but I do miss the sheer variety of content we saw in the lineups from 30-40 years ago. I also miss heroines like Jenny who was always compelling even though her moral greyness made her difficult to root for at times.
#jenny series#ramblings#yeah idk the first volume was free on ebook japan#i was like 'wow i wonder if this holds up'#and like so many things from that period not all of it holds up#geopolitically it's all over the shop (i mean the first volume is literally called 'jihad')#but idk what it is about jenny#kawasou draws her and i cannot avert my eyes#nobody cares etc.
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