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maximilianjenus
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about mushoku tensei if you ave read old dragons tale it's amazing to discover how something. that is presented as a small sexual kink goes all the way to be fundamental lore.
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Stelman257
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At the same time I feel like there comes an inevitable cutoff point of missing the bus for this series once you pass a certain age or level of maturity. I tried watching Bakemonogatari for the first just a few years back and all the wonderfully unique animation and zany style could do nothing to save the series from just being so completely bloody irritating, and often times, boring as hell to sit through. With one of the worst protagonists I've had to watch in anime. I almost feel like it lowered my opinion of Hiroshi Kamiya as a seiyuu because THAT's what he got typecast as, of all things. (Though even someone like me can admit Chiwa Saito is good in it at least) Then again I've never been a fan of the women fixer type harem animes where a milquetoast protagonist goes around solving the problems of a bunch of girls who then get horny for him, so that definitely didn't help my experience with the series either. I still finished the first Bakemonogatari anime but I had absolutely 0 interest in seeing more. |
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Casval Rem Deikun
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So glad to see Sponger Life on here. It's such a great series, and as you said, it's not real a really sexual but deserves it's praise. It deserves an anime adaption so more people can see how fantastic it is. Far better than it's influencers such as Realist Hero and the like.
Edit: Would like to add the series, 'Might as Well Cheat: I Got Transported to Another World Where I Can Live My Wildest Dreams!', is also one. Seven Seas is doing the manga adaption but the light novel series is also really fun. It's got fantasy, mecha and sexy all in one. It's a bit of a slow but fun burn at first but once the mecha comes in it's a good time. Last edited by Casval Rem Deikun on Mon Apr 25, 2022 1:06 pm; edited 3 times in total |
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Princess_Irene
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Labyrinth Angel is another sexy one aimed at a female audience that Cross Infinite World published. I didn't like it quite as much as Beast Blood, but it's still worth reading.
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TarsTarkas
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Like the call out to Mixed Bathing in Another Dimension. Still an ongoing series, if on a slow burn. Six volumes out there.
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tintor2
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Can't tell if the comedy Konosuba counts. The animators from Deen had a lot of fun with the animation style not only with Darkness but "underwear" but it often got way too awkward with the youngest girl especially because there was almost a sex scene with her and Kazuma. I heard that the author also has a thing for homophobic humor only due to the "villain" from the movie but also another work he wrote.
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Key
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Always glad to see a call-out for JK Haru, as it's a novel I badly wanted to review for this site when I was still on staff.
While I'm not familiar with all of the other titles on the list, JK Haru is probably easily the most explicit of the lot, to the point that I have to think the author either has personal experience with the sex trade or knows someone who does. Despite that, it will surprise you with how much impact it carries and some of the twists it packs in its later stages. There's also a follow-up novel which mostly uses the viewpoints of side characters but still somewhat continues the story of the titular character. Both are big departures from typical isekai stories, and I highly recommend them. |
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BlueAlf
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I want to post a reminder that High School DxD has some of the best shonen action scenes in an LN.
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thadec
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On "The Ideal Sponger Life"'s alleged
Ummm ... not for males with ambition, goals and require equal status and autonomy in a relationship it isn't. Consider that Mato Seihei No Slave gives its subjugated protagonist: A. a harem instead of a single woman B. a war hero role of just sitting around C. a temporary arrangement (until the war is over) instead of being a lifetime concubine and even with all that it is still controversial in universe (the protagonist's sister is outraged and is planning to slaughter his haremettes to free him). As for "Are You OK With A Slightly Older Girlfriend" ... come on were it about a 27 year old male and 15 year old female there is no way that it would be recommended, but quite the contrary. As I was reading the attempts to justify/spin it I couldn't help thinking: where was this when ANN was absolutely shredding Higehiro and Koikimo just last year? And now we have the controversy over Tawawa on Monday to boot. |
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Shay Guy
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Kim Morrissy's taste is not guaranteed to coincide with that of other ANN writers. |
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Blanchimont
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Who said Higehiro was bad? The Kadokawa translation is bad, but Yen Press volume release with improved translation comes out in July. If you like your light novels with good drama with darker undertones and bits of comedy, slice of life and budding romance, as well as good translation, I recommend checking it out then. |
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thadec
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Yeah but there are some things that ANN is editorially consistent on. 1. Fanservice for the benefit of cishet males is bad. Token exceptions are to works that are outstanding in quality like High School DxD for the purpose of demonstrating sex-positivity. (But fanservice for the benefit of female and LGBT audiences is great, should occur way more often and be heavily promoted and highlighted when it does.) 2. Capitalism stinks. As does the police and the (United States) military and intelligence. 3. The sexualization of middle school and high school girls is wrong. Especially in stories that depict middle and high school girls in romantic or sexual relationships or situations with older and especially adult men. So, as this is an ecchi romance manga involving a 27 year old and a middle schooler (15 is 9th grade which is middle school in Japan) there is no way this gets a positive mention if the sexes are reversed. The best way to kick the hornet's nest? Trying to justify it by pointing out how "the age of consent is lower in Japan." It generally causes a meltdown. So long as the younger party is female I suppose. |
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thadec
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I will give you credit: the ANN reviewers were much more positive about Higehiro than I remembered. So I will concede a bit. But only a bit! Why? Because the only reason why it was giving a passing grade was because the grown guy adamantly refused to even consider any sort of relationship with the high school girl. Even then it was filled with caveats: the entire premise was called creepy and exploitative and there was tons of misgivings expressed about the high school girl fanservice. By contrast - again - ecchi manga about a junior high boy and adult woman who DO enter into a romantic relationship. animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2021/spring/higehiro-after-being-rejected-i-shaved-and-took-in-a-high-school-runaway/.170964 |
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ANN_Lynzee
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Or any other writer vice versa; believe it or not I do try to actively have a breadth of interest here. Some topics are just more generally likely not to sit well with people. This is true for any medium. There are horror movies that some people just aren't going to be able to stomach or otherwise find to be in bad taste but it doesn't mean they won't have fans. You can more or less assume to the same with large age gap relationships, but like Kim, Rebecca has also written positively about anime or manga that feature gap relationships if you actually read her reviews. I get that thadec has a vested interest in...teenage girl fanservice but it might be time to accept that it's a niche interest, makes some people uncomfortable depending on how it's framed, who the male protagonist is, and other factors. Speaking of, man can you chill a bit? You're in here complaining about how Kim's jokey statement about how being a kept man with a sexy powerful wife isn't ideal because you prefer a harem power fantasy and extend that to the idea that that particular fantasy is what ambitious dudes want. It's not anymore stereotypical than what Kim said except she was making a joke. You're in another forum about Dance Dance Danseur, a show focusing heavily on examining masculinity/courage getting upset that I made a somewhat facetious statement about how the main character is realistic because he has typical flaws for a boy his age, only to throw in negative stereotypes about teenage girls as some kind of proof of bias although the insecurities that boys face really aren't that different from girls even if they are expressed in different ways due to socialization. Maybe focus less on trying to "gotcha" the staff and just accept that we (for the umpteenth time) aren't a monolith.
You're literally in an editorial, a positive one, about that exact thing. Who do you think enthusiastically accepted this pitch and published the article you're reading? Jfc. |
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P€|\||§_|\/|ast@
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I for one was pleased with the range and diversity of subjects depicted in this list in terms of character types. Its a bit daring and unorthodox to focus specifically on sexually mature stories which don't only feature (the western ideal of) sexually mature characters. And this is coming from someone whos preferences line up with the kind of stuff that gets banned in Australia.
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