#jitsu wa watashi wa

[yuribuny]

[orange-s-mario]

[do-you-ship-it-polls]

Do you ship it?

[hurtmemoreplease]

[joshconfirmed]

august 2024.

[nomgeonmunchie]

would the party eat the ox king from jitsu wa watashi wa

https://imgur.com/a/Ua7Z4T1

[readtilyoudie]

MY MONSTER SECRET VOLUME 2

[weeb-polls-with-pip]

Anime Horse Tournament Round 1 Match 29

Propaganda:

Zebstrika -

"zebras are equine, so it counts, right?"

Pegasus -

None submitted.

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

[daily-orange-character]

Daily Orange Character #65:

Akemi Mikan from Jitsu wa Watashi wa!

requested by @maxnarcisse

[greenhairandpronouns-tournament]

The Green Hair and Pronouns Tournament: Round 1, Match 6

[thelreads]

Well she seems like a friendly person

[orange-s-mario]

cinematic parallels

[do-you-ship-it-polls]

Do you ship it?

[daily-red-character]

Red Character of the Day

day 138

Shiho Shishido

From: Actually, I am...

Divider cred: @/k1ssyoursister

[regarding-stories]

Silly things I read: My Monster Secret

Here's a long-running comedy for you indeed - it finished at 22 translated volumes. It's a rather quirky high school story about a boy falling in love with a vampire. With none of the glitz you'd expect.

See, every single character in this story is really stupid. Our main protagonist is supposedly incapable of keeping secrets, which he rapidly improves upon, making him stand out among a cast which is completely incapable of protecting their own secrets.

Each of them happens to be a girl. Oops, spoilers...

The vampire? Fails at being a cool beauty (growl) and has only minor vampire blood. The alien? Let's say her "military training" is... lacking. Each of our heroines is somehow flawed or stupid... or both.

Characters that get introduced in a way that makes them too unlikable get gradually remade into something else, even with a different core trait. The werewolf? Now struggles with her nympho nature. The "evil queen of gossip?" Gets a "god of fortune" tsukumogami. All to ensure they have something to contribute to the ongoing wackiness while justifying remaining as core cast.

The series is entertaining enough that I keep going through the volumes, but it also has some flaws as well.

One thing is that it has a lot of formulaic filler. We get a lot of "crazy hijinks caused by the devil principal" episodes, same for "crazy hijinks caused by triggering the spinster teacher." The principal is a character that due to her behavior is borderline unlikable - and everything she instigates in terms of plot is usually of lesser quality than the rest. You tend to feel like half the series is made up of that, really.

The art is a bit below par but can really get to you, especially in the standout moments (which all are romantic or at least emotional). Then the comedy drawing style gets taken up a notch.

Another thing probably not sitting well with today's reader demographic (outside Japan?) is that there are several installments where male characters have a near-mental breakdown over being on the receiving end of affections from a man (though the man in question is justifiably a creep). It's hard to see these scenes as anything but people freaking out about "gay" (neither of the involved actually is) and the joke usually hinges on a man being in a woman's body at the time (can't see that part going down well, either!)...

Otherwise it's a harem comedy in the sense that a lot of the females harbor a crush towards the MC. This aspect is actually quite well done as it involves people coming to terms with their feelings (mostly) and the MC being monogamously attached to the initial heroine. It moves back and forth between comedy and being (at times) rather touching as people come to terms with who they are and find acceptance with others and deepen their bonds.

That's a weird mix to pull off for sure!