Paradise kiss. Ediz. speciale

Got all the way to the end only to find out it's a sequel series lol. I'll have to see if I can find the one that came before it. I really do enjoy Yazawa's work, but it's a little problematic. She writes toxic romances very well, and I think it's made obvious that the romances are toxic, but they'r Leggi tutto

This one is really tough for me to wrap my head around. Nana is my all time favorite manga and anime, so I think that I just lost some of the charm of Paradise Kiss due to not having read it before Nana. The characters seemed like replicas of characters I already loved, but worse versions. And that’ Leggi tutto

favorite manga of all time ai yazawa you will always be famous!

I picked up a cute, girly manga and it turned out to be various shades of fucked up - but I really like it :)) Yukari is a high school student and she's just about burned out. She's worked really hard to get into one of the best schools, but her academic abilities aren't that great, so no matter how Leggi tutto

i will never recover from this

My issue is romanticizing toxic relationships (more than one). As a teen I’m sure I would have been right there in the headspace to justify the male characters and the female response… but not now. And it more than once has unconsensual sex… no thanks. I was also disappointed in the treatment of the Leggi tutto

I really should've stopped reading in the beginning but I thought the story would take a turn and it never did 😭 I hated every character especially the male ones, there's so many instances of literal abuse portrayed as young love being hard and I just can't get past that, also everyone just acts SO r Leggi tutto

PLEASE CHECK THE TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING THIS BOOK. Some here that I can remember, TW: abuse (physical/emotional); sex; rape/sexual assault (mostly mentioned, but there are flashback snippets); biphobia (in the way it is both treated/portrayed); emotional manipulation; nudity; transphobia (i Leggi tutto