memory of the future

Last one! Full alphabet here.

( N, P, S, T, W to Z )

Haven’t really done a fannish journal in a while, might as well!

I’m rereading Nervous Venus: I started page-flipping bc I was trying to put together my Yuletide letter and it made me want to reread it. Dropping out of anime fandom for years really took a toll on my Japanese skills, oof. I’m one volume down, five to go. I’m always surprised by how much this manga (and Tokyo Babylon) have managed to hold up despite my tastes changing and maturing.

I finally finished Demian Syndrome. As I mentioned previously, the last scans group that was doing it dropped off the face of the earth roughly 7 years ago, but I recently discovered that someone else picked it up and finished it! I just didn’t get around to reading that last volume and a bit until I had to write my Yuletide letter and reread it from the beginning. No spoilers but can I punch everyone?

I also went down the entertainment industry BL manga rabbit hole again. (Pray for me if I start putting futekiya on my CC bill.) I enjoyed Koi ni wa Mukanai Shokugyou especially, bc Kanai Kei is incredible at using panels to frame things and to visually show emotions rather than tell them.

I’m also playing Hades bc my friend campaigned for it (ʘ‿ʘ)✿ I am so so so bad at it. I’ve always been bad at games involving aiming and dying, and for some reason I am very bad at bullet hell when I need to do anything other than dodge.

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The big news of course: new Tokyo Babylon anime! Everyone’s commented on the younger and slimmer-shouldered seishirou, but my main worry is the seeming setting change. Tokyo Babylon is deeply tied into themes about societal changes and anxieties due to technology in the early ’90s. I can definitely see how it would translate well to 2021 but at the same time, it would be a very different footing for this story. At least it looks like we’re getting an animation budget!