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saraHow Ai Yazawa’s “Nana” explores themes of friendship, femininity, and motherhoodUnlike your typical shoujo anime/manga, Nana by Ai Yazawa is one of the few pieces of media that center around women and their friendship…Jan 23
The Fangirl HistorianRosalie Lamorlière in ‘Rose of Versailles’: should we use historical figures as reader inserts?Is representation and fanservice worth the cost of lacking historical accuracy?Jan 291
Rowegn90s Shoujo Anime Will Steal Your HeartThere’s no doubt about it, some of the best anime of all time are shoujo. And in the 90s, some of the best shojo anime of all time was…Feb 17, 2022
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