Jul 6, 2024
Himegoto: Juukyuusai no Seifuku
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Not an easy recommend, but I found it an interesting and very earnest expression of angst about battling the feelings of how the inevitability becoming more masculine with age and wrestling with rather wretched feelings and trauma can lead people to finding solidarity in the strangest of places. There's similar works which I think manage many parts better, but I think few of them really lean into the feelings of the sexual manifestations of self-destruction and disgust in the same way that this one does. There's definitely a fair few scenes to roll your eyes at, and the characters in many ways feel flat, but
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Sep 7, 2023
Death Note
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Had Death note ended at episode 10, its story would have been immortal. Had it ended at episode 25, it would still have been a great series but flawed. But then it kept going. Alas, what can one say?
I've generally stopped putting down on my MAL account when I dropped a show because I don't like giving the wrong impression. But I just feel so frustrated with the potential of the show. It starts off with a very engaging cat-and-mouse game in some of the most enjoyable television I've seen in a long time. However, has two decreases in quality: a minor one at episode ... 
Mar 28, 2023
Bokura no Hentai
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Bokura no Hentai is perhaps one of the best trans-related works of fiction I've consumed. Stories about trans characters and crossdressers often feel rife with stereotype and one-dimensionality, but Bokura no Hentai has every character grippling with the trauma that led them to the places they are, with characters both giving into and moving on from their scars as the manga continues. There is no doubt that the manga is dark and not for everyone - but there is a comfort in being heard by the stories of the manga, and the arc of the trans woman character, Marika, provides a beacon of light in
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