Fujoshi Kanojo.
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elwenSo I've discovered this new series and I desperate need to get the books. I should wait until I get my Kinokuniya postcard from last time's special orders, but I really want to run there right now so they can start shipping them from Japan as soon as possible. Maybe I'll call them and ask if they take special orders by phone. ._.
Anyway, the series is called "Fujoshi Kanojo" and was originally a blog. I'm assuming they just compiled the blog posts without major edits into the two books. (I guess that's how Densha Otoko came about, too, but I don't know anything about that series.) There's also a manga now, but I can't imagine how it could capture the same spirit.
From what I can gather, "fujoshi" basically means yaoi fangirl. And "kanojo" means girlfriend. So it's a blog by a guy whose girlfriend is a major otaku and in particular a yaoi fangirl. Though so far I haven't read any posts that show off the yaoi side, really. And she reads Shinjou Mayu, which is about as un-yaoi as you can get.*
I guess that summary has probably scared off more of you than it has interested, but I encourage you to give it a try. There are a few posts translated here. The way the guy writes, the story is just so cute!
Most of the posts have been taken down from his blog, but you can at least check out some of the illustrations he did. They're cute, too. (His pen name is "pentabu" from the Japanese pronunciation of "pen tablet", which is what he used to draw the pictures.)
* Actually, if you pretend Shinjou Mayu's girls are guys, you pretty much get yaoi, and if you pretend the ukes in most yaoi series are girls, you end up with Shinjou Mayu. Hahaha. I guess I should say "most yaoi series that I would read", as there is a wide range of yaoi sub-genres out there, I'm sure. (Shinjou Mayu plotlines, not so much.) Certainly Finder and Junjou Romantica could both be Shinjou Mayu series with a gender-swap, and those are my current BL mainstays. So I guess it's unsurprising that fujoshi would also like Shinjou Mayu.
Anyway, the series is called "Fujoshi Kanojo" and was originally a blog. I'm assuming they just compiled the blog posts without major edits into the two books. (I guess that's how Densha Otoko came about, too, but I don't know anything about that series.) There's also a manga now, but I can't imagine how it could capture the same spirit.
From what I can gather, "fujoshi" basically means yaoi fangirl. And "kanojo" means girlfriend. So it's a blog by a guy whose girlfriend is a major otaku and in particular a yaoi fangirl. Though so far I haven't read any posts that show off the yaoi side, really. And she reads Shinjou Mayu, which is about as un-yaoi as you can get.*
I guess that summary has probably scared off more of you than it has interested, but I encourage you to give it a try. There are a few posts translated here. The way the guy writes, the story is just so cute!
Most of the posts have been taken down from his blog, but you can at least check out some of the illustrations he did. They're cute, too. (His pen name is "pentabu" from the Japanese pronunciation of "pen tablet", which is what he used to draw the pictures.)
* Actually, if you pretend Shinjou Mayu's girls are guys, you pretty much get yaoi, and if you pretend the ukes in most yaoi series are girls, you end up with Shinjou Mayu. Hahaha. I guess I should say "most yaoi series that I would read", as there is a wide range of yaoi sub-genres out there, I'm sure. (Shinjou Mayu plotlines, not so much.) Certainly Finder and Junjou Romantica could both be Shinjou Mayu series with a gender-swap, and those are my current BL mainstays. So I guess it's unsurprising that fujoshi would also like Shinjou Mayu.
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Date: 2008-12-31 05:04 am (UTC)There's a certain amusing recursive nature about a manga about an otaku. :)