#shoujo ai light novel

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My favorite girls love manga & light novels!! ❤️👭❤️👭❤️👭

I’ve been reading GL manga & light novels for a long time now and just thought I’d share my favorites. Take these as a recommendation list, if you will. ❤️

(Note: I have not finished all of the mangas & light novels on this list, but I have read enough of them to get an opinion on them.)

(Note #2: this list will change over time, so come back every so often to see if things have changed!)

“Strawberry Panic” light novel by Sakurako Kimino

“Adachi and Shimamura” light novel by Hitoma Iruma

“Sweet Blue Flowers” manga by Takako Shimura

“Our Teachers Are Dating!” manga by Pikachi Ohi

“Bloom Into You: Regarding Saeki Sayaka” light novel by Hitoma Iruma

“Yuri Is My Job!” manga by Miman

“I Married My Best Friend to Shut My Parents Up” manga by Kodama Naoko

“A Lily Blooms in Another World” light novel by Ameko Kaeruda

“Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry Blossom Pink” manga by Milk Morinaga

“Secret of the Princess” manga by Milk Morinaga

“éclair orange: A Girls' Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart” manga by multiple authors

“A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow” manga by Makoto Hagino

“Beauty and the Beast Girl” manga by Neji

“Cocoon Entwined” manga by Yuriko Hara

“Syrup: A Yuri Anthology Vol. 1” manga by multiple authors

“Even Though We're Adults” manga by Takako Shimura

“Run Away With Me, Girl” manga by Battan

“Tadokoro-san” manga by Tatsubon

“Handsome Girl and Sheltered Girl” manga by Majoccoid

“She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat” manga by Sakaomi Yuzaki

“I'm in Love with the Villainess” light novel by Inori

“I'm in Love with the Villainess: She's so Cheeky for a Commoner” light novel by Inori

“The Magical Revolution of the Reincarnated Princess and the Genius Young Lady” light novel by Piero Karasu

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Part 27

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Began Writing Yuri!

Introducing "My Doll and Me" a yuri light novel about a lonely doll obsessed girl and her newfound doll. The first two chapters are out now! The next two will be out in a timely matter as well. Please check it out :D

Artwork by Niko Goat https://x.com/dangangoatidiot?lang=en

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Love Stories vs. the Romance Genre in America and Asia

I was brought up by women who went through romance novels like candy, and I read several people's share of them growing up. I love a good love story, but I find most romance stories not merely bad but downright disturbing. Let me explain by telling you my favorite love story:

"Once upon a time there was a very smart young man with good prospects. Everywhere he went, people said, "That is a young man with a future!" There were many neat, graceful, lovely girls at his college who wanted to be part of that future. They would come up to him and promise to be his ideal helpmate, allowing him to make all the decisions in their lives and do whatever he wanted without ever thinking about talking back to him.

"He couldn't run away fast enough. The idea of spending his entire life with someone who would never talk back to him was terrifying!

"On the edge of the campus social set was a smart, messy, cranky girl. She didn't always talk, but when she did she would either toss off something disturbingly insightful about the most uncomfortable subjects, or on rare occasions talk for hours on end about some obscure and not widely accepted topic. She was frank about her personal problems in the hope that this would drive people away, for she was deeply troubled by things that she did not know how to speak of and the culture she was a part of did not want to hear about.

"He found her fascinating.

"She was very resistant to the idea of being courted and put up all kinds of barriers, but he was patient. She had every reason to fear people, especially men; but she was also desperately lonely, especially for someone who could hold up their end of a conversation.

"They would talk all night.

"People became alarmed when they realized the pair were getting serious. Such a damaged young woman was the worst possible choice for such a promising young man! All sorts of people put up all sorts of arguments to dissuade him, to no avail. Finally they threw their hands up in the air, convinced the marriage wouldn't last six months.

"That young man and young woman were my husband and I, and we have been married for 35 years."

Now I'm prejudiced, but that's still a pretty good love story. But it would never fly in the romance genre. Far too many of those stories are written for, and ostensibly about, the neat, graceful young ladies in the first paragraph. They sincerely believed they could get through a marriage by not thinking and by being like their favorite stereotypical romance heroines, passive and conventional.

But real life isn't like a romance novel. It doesn't stop throwing problems at you once the wedding bells ring. I saw every one of those girls marry out of college, and every one of them divorced within five years. Once they hit the first problem that couldn't be solved by being passive, unthinking, and conventional, that was it.

A sobering number of them went through three or four marriages without questioning their basic life choices.

Consequently I find stereotypical genre romances alarming on many levels. They're not just boring. They encourage impressionable young people to BE boring, to hide all their interesting quirks, under the impression that being boring will get them married. Even worse, given the associations I've seen, I can't help but wonder if they promote an unrealistic view of married life that contributes to divorce.

So while I love in good love story, I want it to be about non-stereotypical people actively figuring out how to deal with the problems they've been handed together instead of trying to stuff themselves and their problems into some conventional formula. This combination isn't always easy to find in American fiction, especially in romance stories. But one unexpected place turned out to be a treasure trove of such stories, and that was gay romance, especially slash fiction. Not all, but the very best of those stories ask, "Since we're not heteronormal, why should our romance be heteronormative?"

(Also being full of amorous hot guys is a bonus.)

Then I got into Japanese pop fiction. While they can tell many wonderful stories, unfortunately unconventional love stories isn't something they're good at. All too often at the end of the day every effort is made to force the relationship into a conventional path. That's a turn off.

But if I was turned off by what I found in Japanese straight romance stories, I was repulsed by what I found in Japanese gay romance stories. When I first encountered those stories in the late 90s and early 00s, they seemed to exert an enormous amount of pressure to violently force the characters into a grotesque parody of heterosexual relationships. Why does everyone have to be "seme" or "uke"? Why can't they just be people?

Cut to the present day. I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss showed that there have been small but significant changes in the Japanese pop culture romance area. These changes are coming out of the web novel/light novel corner, where more women writers work under less supervision than previously. This less restrictive medium has also had an effect stories from other Asian cultures, and on gay romance stories.

I took a dive into romantic web/light novels recently, and I'll be posting about some especially interesting ones shortly.

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Anime 2023 review

Now this year has been peak cinema guys!! Here are some of the anime I watched and loved in 2023:

Oshi No ko

Tengoku Daimakyo

Demon Slayer: swordsmiths village arc

Jujutsu kaisen: Shibuya district arc

Zom 100: Bucket list of the dead

My Happy marriage (+manga)

My love story with Yamada kun at lvl 999 (+ manga)

Akatsuki no Yona (+read the entire manga till date!! And still following)

Spy X family: Cruise ship arc (following manga too)

The Apothecary Diaries (manga + light novel also)

Usually when I like the story, and my curiosity gets the best of me (like MaoMao) I check out the manga as well, and when I like it, I start following it as well!

In 2023, Oshi No Ko, Tengoku Daimakyo and the Apothecary Diaries was an absolute gem ❤️🔥 These anime left such a huge impact on me!! I was left hooked for months and I cannot wait for Oshi No Ko season 2!!

Demon Slayer and JJK were alright. Peak cinema, yada yada what everyone says. The animation was no doubt phenomenal, however the story was a bit lacking in these two (but that's just my personal opinion)

Zom 100 was surprisingly good. Its irregular schedule was its downfall, as it reduced all the excitement we had and then it went on an unexpected hiatus...but anyways, it came back on Dec 25 and it was nice. I'll give it a go if they publish season 2.

PEAK SHOUJO

With My Happy Marriage, Yamada kun at lvl 999, and the Apothecary Diaries, this year was carried by Shoujo!! And I haven't watched it yet but "Frieren" I have heard was also an absolute banger!!

Plus there was My Hero Academia and its final war arc TogaChako, Spy X family with Yor and the Cruise ship arc, I felt like the female representation was pretty good this year.

Like hands down these beautiful ladies!!

Ochako, Yor, Yona, MaoMao, Akane (loving Yamada), Ai Hoshino, Ruby, YOU MADE MY YEAR!!!

Thank you!!!

Fairytail 100 Year Quest was a bit disappointing after its great build up till the Selene arc, let's hope it gets better.

I haven't been able to post in a while cause my MCA exams are going on, but after those are over (on Jan 5) damn sure I'm gonna be posting tons of analysis, predictions and whatnot posts on my blog!!

Till then, love ya guys!! ❤️

~See yaa

Also, thank you for reading my posts in 2023!! Make sure you check them out on 2024 too!! Bye🤗🤗

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Recently started falling down the "reincarnated as the villainess" rabbit hole and tho I haven't really been able to get into webtoons/manhwa all that much (it's the panel formatting I don't care for), I'm ngl shit is addicting; especially for GL/shoujo-ai. Currently collecting "My Next Life as a Villainess..." and "I'm in love with the Villainess". Fingers crossed "The One Within the Villainess" gets picked up by Seven Seas or anyone bc shit is straight HEAT and I ADORE Remi so much ♥️♥️♥️♥️

I really wanna get into light novels as well bc apparently there's so many more options that way but maybe it's a translation thing or I'm just a snaob after reading copious amounts of Hugo worthy AO3 fic over the years, but the few LN I've tried read like old Quizilla, "choose your own adventure" 1st person fic and I can never get past the first chapters lol.

But maybe I just need to find the right one;;;

Anyways, if y'all are also into Villainess shit hmu with some recs yeah! I'm really fond of the GL leaning ones though I'm mainly just looking for intelligent MCs or one is that are genuinely funny ♥️

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My Shoujo Sphere

Magical Girls

Kamichama Karin (Manga + manga-only sequel)

Acro Trip (Upcoming TV anime adaptation of the manga of the same name)

Fairy Idol Kanon

Kilala Princesss (Manga)

Magical Hero Hour (Manga one-shot)

Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch (Manga)

Mistress Fortune (Manga)

Powerpuff Girls Z (TV anime adaptation of The Powerpuff Girls (1998) & manga adaptation)

Pretty Cure (Original TV anime franchise)

- Fresh Pretty Cure!

- Smile Pretty Cure!

- Mahou Girls Pretty Cure!

- Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure

Princess Ai

Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura (Manga)

Sailor Moon (Manga)

Time Stranger Kyoko (Manga)

Tokyo Mew Mew (Manga + both manga sequels & 2nd TV anime adaptation)

Urahara (TV anime adaptation of the webcomic; PARK: Harajuku Crisis Team)

Zodiac P.I. (Manga)

School Stories

Baby and Me (Manga)

La Corda d'Oro (Manga)

Hana Kimi (Manga)

Kimi Ni Todoke (Manga)

Kitchen Princess (Manga)

Megane-chan to Akai Ito (Manga one shot)

Yumeiro Patissiere (Manga)

Slice of life/other

Happy Happy Clover (Manga)

Kanojo Ni Naru Hi (Manga)

Magical Pokemon Journey (Manga)

My Happy Marriage (TV anime adaptation of the light novel series of the same name)

My Love Story!! (Manga)

Nukoduke (Manga)

Shounen Dolls (Manga)

Sora Oto (Manga)

Spirited Away (Original anime film)

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Mon bingo des animes 2023

Critères

01. Un anime sorti en 2023 : Otonari no Tenshi-sama 02. Un anime sorti en juillet 03. La troisième saison d'un anime 04. Un anime où le personnage principal est un yakuza 05. Un anime où le personnage principal a moins de 20 ans : Amagi Brilliant Park 06. Un anime adapté d'un light novel : Spy Kyoushitsu 07. Un anime qui se déroule dans un pays qui n'est pas le Japon : Sugar Apple Fairy Tale (en cours) 08. Un anime où l'histoire est centrée sur un couple mais n'est pas un shoujo : Tasogare Otome x Amnesia 09. Un anime parodique 10. Un anime où le personnage principal a des pouvoirs : Tokyo Mew Mew New 11. Un anime recommandé par un autre participant (qui sera tiré au sort) 12. Un Shoujo Ai ou un Shounen Ai : Tensei Oujo to Tensai  Reijou no Mahou Kakumei 13. Un anime sur le thème des idols (hommes ou femmes) : UniteUp! (en cours) 14. Un anime avec plus de 30 épisodes 15. Un anime tiré au sort par la gérante 16. Un anime de sport 17. Un anime où le personnage principal n'a pas de père ou de mère : IDOLiSH7 saison 2 18. Un anime au choix : Buddy Daddies (en cours) 19. Un anime sorti avant votre naissance 20. Un film d'animation : Mushishi Zoku Shou: Suzu no Shizuku

Premier Bonus : Genre du mois

01. Janvier : Supernatural : Itou Junji: Maniac 02. Février : Drama : Hisone to Maso-tan 03. Mars : Fantasy : Divine Gate 04. Avril : Slice of Life 05. Mai : Romance 06. Juin : Suspense 07. Juillet : School : Skip to Loafer 08. Août 09. Septembre 10. Octobre 11. Novembre 12. Décembre :

Deuxième Bonus : Un anime conseillé par un participant

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I Favor the Villainess

(Watashi no Oshi wa Akuyaku Reijou)

Claire-sama!!!

This novel started as light and fluffy, but somehow spiraled into some quite dark places.

And it's got the most heartbreaking first kiss scene I've ever known...

Honestly I cried..

The story is about Oohashi Rei who got transmigrated into her favourite otome game. She used all her knowledge of the game to save her one true love, The Villainess Claire François-sama, from her original fate of being beheaded as a noble.

There's a lot of lesson to take from the series, and I would like to reread it all from the beginning when I have time.

There's also a lot of extra contents after the epilogue, so be sure to read it all!

Check out the creator at twitter @inori_narou

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Part 23

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So pure 😍😍😍

Adachi to Shimamura Vol. 8

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Unblinded by Nostalgia's VALENTINES DAY SPECIAL!!!

IMPORTANT NOTE:

The English version of Stawberry Panic' is in an omnibus format containing three books. This review contains the Japanese light novel above only. Thank you for your patience.

The Story

The story 'continues' from the cliff hanger of the second volume.

The story in this novel takes FOREVER to get anywhere, and the ending is rushed beyond belief! There are too many plot holes to count and when we finally get to the story, it is overall very dull.

In fact, we are never told what the Étolie actually does after they win and why are the fangirls getting their panties wet for some of the most unlikeable girls I have ever seen in a light novel!

The Characters

The characters are just as uninteresting and unlikeable as in the previous novels. In fact, some are just hypocrites!

In one scene, it is shown that Nagisa is being bullied by the other girls because she left the competition, even though they nagged her to leave. Aren't we supposed to like these characters?

The Illustrations

First off, I want to talk about the coloured illustrations in this novel. What they do is introduce the characters and show scenes in the novel to get the reader excited about what they are about to read. The coloured illustrations in this novel LIE!

The first illustration has the girls changing into there summer dresses, which never happens.

The second illustration shows us a play which looks like the perfect place for a romantic confession scene, never happens.

The third Illustration has two of the girls deliver Christmas presents to three little girls, and the older girls look at the little girls lustfully (which thankfully) NEVER HAPPENS!

There are only 5 illustrations in all and they look TERRIBLE! There faces look wonky and the backgrounds are just white voids!

The Yuri

There are very little no no Yuri scenes in this novel, we almost get a sex scene, but it ends for no reason. And the other is a creepy dream scene with a girl she had an affair with! What the FUCK!?

The actual relationships aren't that likeable, either. Amane's partner never tells her about her affair, she even LIED to her about it and the main couple is far worse!

After Shizuma makes a shitty attempt to look for Nagisa, instead of trying to find and talk about the situation, like any loving couple, she goes off to have casual sexual activity with all the other girls without Nagisa knowing. Do readers of yuri really find NTR sexy? I'm pretty sure MOST don't!

Final Thoughts

Overall, this final novel was HORRIBLE beyond reason! Seven Seas didn't even release the third novel on its own, you can only get it by buying the omnibus, thus, the people who have only the first two novels had to buy a large, expensive omnibus to read the final book!

No wonder Seven Seas light novels did so poorly! If they are anything like Strawberry Panic, then no wonder people didn't want to go near them, and neither should you go near this novel! It is just HORRIBLE!

The Story 0/5 The Characters 1/5 The Illustrations 1/5 The Yuri 1/5

Overall 1/5

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Oh my, December can’t come fast enough...

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End Blue (light novel)

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My light novel just updated so if you like fantasy or slice of life stories please check it out!