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Taishou Yakyuu Musume
12/8/10 20:27I just finished reading the first volume of Taishou Yakyuu Musume, about girls playing baseball in 1920s Japan.
I think it won me over at a moment I never would have expected a seinen manga to get right: Akiko is talking with the boy she's being set up with by her parents and his, and the boy starts talking about baseball. Girls don't need to bother with sweaty things like pain and hardship! Those are the things that boys are supposed to PROTECT girls from! And therefore girls are supposed to be pretty and take care of their husbands and walk three steps behind them BUT NOT IN A BAD WAY!!!! And Akiko is very pleasant and mostly quiet through this whole encounter, but when Koume sees her the next day, she's like, "Hey, there are FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF YOUR FACE."
LOVE.
Hey, I didn't know this was novels originally. I didn't know they were still coming out. Do I need to buy more Japanese novels to read very very slowly? No. I do not. But I'm going to watch the anime for sure.
I think it won me over at a moment I never would have expected a seinen manga to get right: Akiko is talking with the boy she's being set up with by her parents and his, and the boy starts talking about baseball. Girls don't need to bother with sweaty things like pain and hardship! Those are the things that boys are supposed to PROTECT girls from! And therefore girls are supposed to be pretty and take care of their husbands and walk three steps behind them BUT NOT IN A BAD WAY!!!! And Akiko is very pleasant and mostly quiet through this whole encounter, but when Koume sees her the next day, she's like, "Hey, there are FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF YOUR FACE."
LOVE.
Hey, I didn't know this was novels originally. I didn't know they were still coming out. Do I need to buy more Japanese novels to read very very slowly? No. I do not. But I'm going to watch the anime for sure.
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