5 Best JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Doujinshi

5 Best JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Doujinshi

Mary Lee Sauder
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As befits such a long-running and influential series, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure has a mountain of doujinshi (fan comics) devoted to it. Some explore relationships between characters, some take place in alternate universes where key events happen differently, and others are just fun excuses to make jokes about the franchise.

Today, we’ll point out a few of our favorite JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure doujinshi. All of them are safe for work, so feel free to check them out wherever quality scans can be found. Let’s jump right in!

5 Scariest Moments in Banana Fish (First Cour)

5 Scariest Moments in Banana Fish (First Cour)

Mary Lee Sauder
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The hardcore gangster anime Banana Fish has been going strong ever since its debut in Summer 2018. It gets slapped with labels like shoujo and boys love, but there’s a lot more going on than just the growing relationship between a troubled teen gang leader and a naïve Japanese journalist. In other words, it gets dark. Really dark.

Today, we’ll be taking a glance at five of the scariest moments in the first cour of Banana Fish. But they’re not scary in the horror movie kind of way—these scenes are tense, dangerous, and full of raw emotion that delivers a swift punch right to the gut. The life of a gangster is nowhere near safe, and this anime isn’t about to let you forget it.

5 Matsuri (Festivals) in Anime

5 Matsuri (Festivals) in Anime

Mary Lee Sauder
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Any self-respecting anime has to have a festival episode. If it’s set in Japan and the story can allow for any degree of downtime, there’s no excuse not to dress up the characters in colorful yukata and send them to a festival (known as a “matsuri” in Japanese) to eat junk food and play carnival games.

This Halloween season, we wanted to go over some of our favorite matsuri in anime. They range from fun little diversions to major aspects of the story. Let’s get in our yukatas and enjoy!

5 Kimodameshi (Tests of Courage) in Anime

5 Kimodameshi (Tests of Courage) in Anime

Mary Lee Sauder
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Around Halloween, what’s more fun and frightening than exploring a haunted house or trekking through the nearby spooky forest? It’s a perfect adrenaline boost for the holiday, and if you bring along someone you have a crush on, maybe you’ll have the chance to protect them when they get scared!

The kimodameshi (test of courage) is a Japanese variant of the same concept. It often pops up to provide a tense atmosphere, endless pranks, or just an excuse for two prospective lovebirds to get a little bonding time alone together. So today, let’s take a look at five of our favorite kimodameshi in anime!

The Evolution of Deconstructed Mahou Shoujo Anime Part 2: A New Baseline

The Evolution of Deconstructed Mahou Shoujo Anime Part 2: A New Baseline

Mary Lee Sauder
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In Part 1 of this series, we took a brief look at how mahou shoujo (magical girl) anime grew from its cutesy, harmless origins into a full-fledged genre about realistic girls who kick ass and control their own destinies. But even though certain anime like Mai-HiME (2004) and Heartcatch Precure (2010) incorporated some very dark subject matter, it wasn’t until the release of Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (2011) that the magical girl genre got its big gut-punch deconstruction.

The Evolution of Deconstructed Mahou Shoujo Anime Part 1: Challenging the Norm

The Evolution of Deconstructed Mahou Shoujo Anime Part 1: Challenging the Norm

Mary Lee Sauder
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When you think of kid-friendly anime, mahou shoujo (translated as “magical girl”) shows are probably pretty high on the list. They’re all about young girls conquering evil with sparkly magic and the power of friendship, right? Well, not so much anymore.

Mahou shoujo anime in the classic style still exist, of course, but the staggering impact of shows like Princess Tutu (2002) and Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (2011), among others, has blown the door wide open for deconstructing the typical tropes and expectations of what once was once viewed as a genre strictly for young girls. In this two-part series, we’ll explore how mahou shoujo grew and changed over time, and how certain influential shows turned the entire genre on its head.

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