Much Ado About Everything

It seems that Haruhi Suzumiya and Ouran High School Host Club are considered the two best anime shows of the spring season, by anime fandom at large. There are polls everywhere trying to determine which one is better. It’s funny to hear people saying things like “Haruhi Suzumiya is overhyped”. Haruhi overhyped? Uhm, it’s a [...]

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A few months ago there was a discussion between my friends regarding some articles on the web that analyzed the market for
shonen-ai manga (essentially gay love) and claimed that majority of those are straight females. Without going into details and all the philosophical justifications, I decided to test whether the reverse is also true. Do straight guys like shojo-ai (lesbian love)?

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When I first started watching this anime back in January, I didn’t know anything about its background. Apparently, it is based on a role-playing game. But it’s a hentai (perverse, or more accurately, with sexual content) game – and if I’m guessing it right, it has harem and dating sim elements in it. That might not sound so strange, until you realize that the game actually has considerable depth – as much as any average japanese RPG!

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