The Pursuit of Normalcy: Shoshimin’s Unique Blend of Mystery and Slice of Life
It’s about a sweets obsessed girl and a seemingly ordinary boy, who happens to become friends with each other to help each other break their habits of revenge and deduction respectively and become a “Shoshimin.” It is 60% mystery, 25% sweets and 15% Shoshimin, aka being normal people. (Which is actually one of the definitions in the dictionary)
It is this Shoshimin part that throws some people off as they are perplexed by the pair’s strenuous efforts to become normal. In contrast, I was initially taken in by the story purely because of my
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Jul 13, 2024
Spice and Wolf: A Journey Beyond First Impressions
Having never heard of the original series, I was immediately sceptical when I saw its promotional visual; a cheerful teenage girl with canine ears. It screamed all the red flags. A furry, and a teenage one at that, travelling alone with a middle-aged man? Sounds like the start of some sick pedophiliac fantasy of a Japanese Ossan. Not being a big fan of furries’ often over-sexualised portrayal in the fantasy genre, I shied away from the anime when it initially released. What you actually find is a heartwarming story about a travelling merchant named Lawrence and a wolf-goddess ... |
