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Kamikaze Girls: An alternative and queer retrospective

Light spoilers for Kamikaze Girls

Ah, Kamikaze Girls. I’ve shouted a lot in reaction to various Discotek rescues, from Gunbuster to Berserk among others, but nothing had me screaming and shouting around the room like the Kamikaze Girls announcement. I never imagined that Discotek would ever license one of my favorite movies, let alone the movie that completely changed the course of my life, and continues to help me reflect with every watch. The film was formative to me in my high school years, and rewatching it recently with the Discotek release made me realize the impact it had on my gender, my sexuality, my friendships with others, my self-expression, and self-acceptance.

For those unfamiliar, let me get you situated. Kamikaze Girls is a coming-of-age comedy film about two teenage girls in the rural town of Shimotsuma in Ibaraki Prefecture. Momoko, a lolita with a very dysfunctional family with a heart only reserved for fashion brand Baby The Stars Shine Bright, meets Ichiko, an intimidating bosozoku girl with a bike so modified you can’t tell it’s a moped. Ichiko admires Momoko’s defiant independence, even as Momoko is ungrounded and detached; and Momoko learns to admire Ichiko’s dedication to her individuality, even if it drives her up a wall. As they learn more about each other, Momoko and Ichiko grow and change one another as they journey through unrequited love, teenage rebellion, life-changing opportunities, working through their faults, and embracing themselves even more than before. Enhanced by iconic J-Pop and J-Rock music of the era from artists like Tommy Heavenly6, an original soundtrack by Yoko Kanno, super-saturated visuals, and utterly unpredictable yet great acting, you can see why it was impactful for many viewers and myself.

Read it at Anime Feminist!

my favourite part of princess jellyfish was when they protested a greedy property development company showing the common reader that property development and municipal politics are heavily tied together based in conflict of interest and that we do not live in true democracy under capitalism.

The finished product! Pattern by MyLovelyEmbroideryNB on Etsy!

Where are the pretty ladies?

(Rana temporaria)

I love Sangria

Rotten coa7 lizard

I need an official art with these dresses omg✧⁠\⁠(⁠>⁠o⁠<⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠✧🐬 they look so good especially kuranosuke!! Blue-ish colors really suit him

i binged princess jellyfish i love them heres a sketch! except i skipped a book cus i dont like the nerd brother 😾

sorry abt the jellyfish can i dont think tsukimi would approve >_<🙏

Tsuritama Visual Fanbook English Translation Sneak Peek

Yep, yet another one to add to my long term translation projects.

As I promised, I’m offering a translation for the Question&Answer segments for both Haru and Akira.

The idea is that in the future I’ll work on a proper scanlated translation release. I’ll scan in the book and hopefully it’ll look all nice so I can take the Japanese text out and type in the translation, but I will only get started on that in a few weeks if everything goes as planned.

In the meantime, have a sneak peek with our lovely alien and our dashing 25.

Photo resources courtesy of love-courage-ham-and-a-spoon.

Hope you enjoy! ❤

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miss tsukimi ✂️