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On the girls 'side there's tough girl kendo master Kurogane Otome (the sight of the word otome on my screen still fills me foreboding); loli Kanisawa, her quiet long-haired foil Nagomi; rich' princess 'and student council president Erika; photographer Nishizaki; quiet and timid friend Shizuka; president's submissive sidekick Yoppi, and an as-yet nameless busty older woman (as a' bonus ', eyecatches of the girls in various costumes are sprinkled throughout the episode).
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On the girls 'side there's tough girl kendo master Kurogane Otome (the sight of the word otome on my screen still fills me foreboding); loli Kanisawa, her quiet long-haired foil Nagomi; rich' princess 'and student council president Erika; photographer Nishizaki; quiet and timid friend Shizuka; president's submissive sidekick Yoppi, and an as-yet nameless busty older woman (as a' bonus ', eyecatches of the girls in various costumes are sprinkled throughout the episode).
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On the girls 'side there's tough girl kendo master Kurogane Otome (the sight of the word otome on my screen still fills me foreboding); loli Kanisawa, her quiet long-haired foil Nagomi; rich' princess 'and student council president Erika; photographer Nishizaki; quiet and timid friend Shizuka; president's submissive sidekick Yoppi, and an as-yet nameless busty older woman (as a' bonus ', eyecatches of the girls in various costumes are sprinkled throughout the episode).
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Two more provide feminine examples, one for the casual "otome" and the boy's love-lovin '"fujoshi".
Japanator Japanator Staff 2010
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Two more provide feminine examples, one for the casual "otome" and the boy's love-lovin '"fujoshi".
Japanator Japanator Staff 2010
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And as a Shinsengumi fangirl, I humbly submit Bakumatsu Roman Ibun, and older, out-of-print tale of a love triangle (girl x Okita x Saitou); and the otome game-based Bakumatsu Renka Shinsengumi, which I wish had been better.
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Speaking of Hakusensha, though, a friend of mine passed me a volume of Full House Kiss, which is based on an otome game, and I was surprised by how much it charmed me.
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The otaku term "moe" pronounced "mo-eh"--which literally means "budding" and describes the sensation of being blissfully overwhelmed by cuteness or attractiveness, is already a very otome-like idea.
First I bring you radio, now TV the rev. paperboy 2009
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As I have written in this column before, I believe there is a change in sensitivities at the root of the otaku culture in Japan, one that can be described as a fluctuation in masculinity or the so-called otome-nization of boys.
First I bring you radio, now TV the rev. paperboy 2009
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But he has another self, a side that cannot help being attracted to cute and otome-like, or girlish, things.
First I bring you radio, now TV the rev. paperboy 2009
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