Monday, August 27, 2012

Anatomy of a Shoujo Manga

Shōjo, shojo or shoujo (少女) is a Japanese word originally derived from a Chinese expression written with the same characters.The Chinese characters (少 and 女) literally mean young/little and woman respectively. In Japanese, these kanji refer specifically to a young woman approximately 7–18 years old. Shōjo can often be translated with the English word girl.

Shoujo Manga's target market are female audience. Story focuses on strong human and romantic relationships and emotions.

Honestly when I was a bit younger, I am a big fan of shoujo and it never fails to make my heart skip a beat.
And as a long time reader of shoujo manga, there are lots of similarities in one manga to another.

Here are list of the common character, event, etc in a shoujo manga (I'm still a fan):


1. FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ENCOUNTER


= Main protagonist (usually a girl) late in the first day of school and hurriedly running down the streets. Then bumps into a stranger,got irritated and turned out to be her classmate (worst=seatmate)

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Being an Otaku

OTAKU is a term use to describe people who are fans of a certain hobby, person, stuff, etc. Being an otaku doesn't relatively means you are an anime fan. They are overly obsess to something.

Otaku is the honorific word "Taku" (home). In Japan, it has an extremely negative
meaning to refer someone who stays at home and have no social life don't forget love life. Though 
western countries uses the term otaku as an anime fan.

Friday, August 24, 2012

Intro to blogging~

Hello, I am a newbie here.
I have so much free time that having  a blog came to my senses. I have to find a channel where I can express all the thoughts that bugging me and to speak out my opinions about certain things. And blogging is just an awesome way for it, My daily activities includes long hours of spending in front of my computer so I guess this new hobby can help me to feel a little "productive" hahha.

Though I'm not good at introductions, here's brief information about who I am.