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![](/contents/020/801/268.mime1) | From: | S.t.A.n.L.e.E | Subject: | [News] Shoujo Manga Smells like Teen Spirit? | Date: | Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:28:03 GMT |
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![](/contents/020/801/269.mime7) | http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=128707
The English-language Mainichi Shimbun's WaiWai section "Smells Like Little Girl Spirit in Raunchy Manga" contends that steamy adult stuff are increasingly creeping into shoujo manga for young girls. On the other hand, some girls fight back that it is just fantasy, that only uncool girls read those, or that it is even educational.
Some excerpts:
Tokyo housewife Yoshimi says she got the fright of her life when she had a look at the type of manga her 12-year-old daughter was reading.
What Yoshimi saw on those pages of that manga was a young schoolgirl, her uniform ripped open to bare her breasts and cords binding her to all limbs were extended. Behind the girl stood a boy of about the same age who was rubbing between her legs and inducing a look of sheer ecstasy on her face.
A third-year junior high school pupil is dismissive of the attacks on shojo manga.
"Before adults get stuck in to attacking comics, they should think about all the dirty sites on the Internet and all the -related spam we get. They're much bigger problems," she says. "You can see people getting down to the real thing in those places. At least with manga it's clearly a fantasy world."
"Cool girls are already out with their boyfriends having and couldn't give a damn about manga," a third-year junior high schoolgirl from Kanagawa Prefecture says. "Just sitting there reading a manga is proof that the girl is not cool, which naturally means she hasn't got a boyfriend and isn't having . Rather than being worried (by shojo manga), parents should feel at ease."
"I'm less worried about when I lose my virginity, but how it's going to happen. I want it to feel good and I suppose I've got to satisfy my boyfriend, too. I don't want to have uncool , but, to be honest, I haven't got a clue about how to do it," she tells Sunday Mainichi. "When I look at the girls in the shojo manga who are doing 'love play,' I'm amazed at how much they know, I feel really jealous."
Laters. =)
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![](/contents/020/801/268.mime1) | From: | Ethan Hammond | Subject: | Re: [News] Shoujo Manga Smells like Teen Spirit? | Date: | Sun, 12 Dec 2004 13:12:44 GMT |
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![](/contents/020/801/269.mime7) | "S.t.A.n.L.e.E" wrote in message > > A third-year junior high school pupil is dismissive of the > attacks on shojo manga. > > "Before adults get stuck in to attacking comics, they should > think about all the dirty sites on the Internet and all the > -related spam we get. They're much bigger problems," she > says. "You can see people getting down to the real thing in > those places. At least with manga it's clearly a fantasy world." > > "Cool girls are already out with their boyfriends having > and couldn't give a damn about manga," a third-year junior high > schoolgirl from Kanagawa Prefecture says. "Just sitting there > reading a manga is proof that the girl is not cool, which > naturally means she hasn't got a boyfriend and isn't having . > Rather than being worried (by shojo manga), parents should feel > at ease." > > "I'm less worried about when I lose my virginity, but how it's > going to happen. I want it to feel good and I suppose I've got > to satisfy my boyfriend, too. I don't want to have uncool , > but, to be honest, I haven't got a clue about how to do it," > she tells Sunday Mainichi. "When I look at the girls in the > shojo manga who are doing 'love play,' I'm amazed at how much > they know, I feel really jealous."
Hmmm, that was kind of depressing, but then again teenagers are stupid.
-- All Purpose Cultural Randomness http://www.angelfire.com/tx/apcr/index.html
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![](/contents/020/801/268.mime1) | From: | Chris Kern | Subject: | Re: [News] Shoujo Manga Smells like Teen Spirit? | Date: | Mon, 13 Dec 2004 07:31:03 +0900 |
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![](/contents/020/801/269.mime7) | On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 00:28:03 GMT, "S.t.A.n.L.e.E" posted the following:
> > http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=128707 > > The English-language Mainichi Shimbun's WaiWai section
This is the equivalent of the National Enquirer or The Star. I don't know why it always gets quoted everyone.
-Chris
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![](/contents/020/801/268.mime1) | From: | Ping Kuo | Subject: | Re: [News] Shoujo Manga Smells like Teen Spirit? | Date: | Tue, 14 Dec 2004 04:25:11 GMT |
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![](/contents/020/801/269.mime7) | In article , "S.t.A.n.L.e.E" wrote:
> http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=128707
it is the same with American teen girls reading hot steaming romance novels, just the prefer medium of the two cultures are different. I certainly think the erotic part are purposely put in the materials to increase sales. this is no different compare to "desparate housewives", an American trash TV program. let's face it, and violence sells, which is what I called the B. and B. factors. (blood and boobs) or why Bay Watch is among the most popular export of American culture in the world.
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![](/contents/020/801/268.mime1) | From: | Ethan Hammond | Subject: | Re: [News] Shoujo Manga Smells like Teen Spirit? | Date: | Tue, 14 Dec 2004 11:18:29 GMT |
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![](/contents/020/801/269.mime7) | "Ping Kuo" wrote in message > > it is the same with American teen girls reading hot steaming romance > novels, just the prefer medium of the two cultures are different. I > certainly think the erotic part are purposely put in the materials to > increase sales. this is no different compare to "desparate housewives", > an American trash TV program. let's face it, and violence sells, > which is what I called the B. and B. factors. (blood and boobs) or why > Bay Watch is among the most popular export of American culture in the > world.
And also the most hated according to some new survey.
-- All Purpose Cultural Randomness http://www.angelfire.com/tx/apcr/index.html
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![](/contents/020/801/268.mime1) | From: | Ping Kuo | Subject: | Re: [News] Shoujo Manga Smells like Teen Spirit? | Date: | Wed, 15 Dec 2004 23:38:37 GMT |
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![](/contents/020/801/269.mime7) | In article <9_zvd.123731$7i4.120987@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, "Ethan Hammond" wrote:
> > Bay Watch is among the most popular export of American culture in the > > world.
> And also the most hated according to some new survey.
and the people who says that in the survey probably are the same one who contribute to the high rating in the first place, it is kind of like reading Playboy from cover to cover, then say it is a low class bad influence junk when asked to give an opinion on the mag.
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![](/contents/020/801/268.mime1) | From: | Ethan Hammond | Subject: | Re: [News] Shoujo Manga Smells like Teen Spirit? | Date: | Thu, 16 Dec 2004 10:37:36 GMT |
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![](/contents/020/801/269.mime7) | "Ping Kuo" wrote in message > > > And also the most hated according to some new survey. > > and the people who says that in the survey probably are the same one who > contribute to the high rating in the first place, it is kind of like > reading Playboy from cover to cover, then say it is a low class bad > influence junk when asked to give an opinion on the mag.
You are probably correct in your assertion.
-- All Purpose Cultural Randomness http://www.angelfire.com/tx/apcr/index.html
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