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Anime Review: Kengan Ashura
Kazuo Yamashita is 56 years old, and it’s been a pretty miserable life. He works as a salaryman in the sales department at Nogi Publications with a manager who’s constantly bullying and belittling him. Kazuo’s wife left him years ago, and he’s estranged from his sons, shut-in Kenzo and delinquent Yasuo. Every dream he’s ever had has been crushed by reality. But he is…
[YAOI] Recently Read: My Demon Boss, Mr. Gokudera, Wants To Be Exposed!
Art&Story: ARATA Licca
Publisher: Tokyomangasha
English License and Official Translation on futekiya
Chapters: 5
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My review below (each rating out of 5):
Art: 🥵🥵🥵🥵
Plot: 😏😏😏
Character Development: 👍🏼👍🏼
I’m going to admit right away that I’m biased towards yaoi that includes sexy lingerie and tops that have a dominating aura but secretly want to be humiliated, so I kinda knew from the title and cover art that I’d probably enjoy this one. The characters fell for each other a little too fast for my tastes but being only 5 chapters, it’s a quick read, and the art is nice, even if, as a lingerie lover, I wished there was a bit more variety in the panties worn by Mr. Gokudera. I’ll be looking forward to reading more of ARATA Licca’s work in the future.
[Verse 1]
Every day it keeps growing
Every time it feels harder than before
When’s it gonna start slowing
Any time and I’m heading for that door
[Chorus 1]
And I know that it takes time to see
And I know that we can’t all agree, yeah
But I need a place that’s safe for me
[Verse 2]
For a moment it’s glowing
A minute later we’re standing toe to toe
No these bruises aren’t showing
I hide them under…
"OFFICE HOURS" is an artbook project themed around the concept of ‘salarymen’, with a focus on original characters. Contributor applications open early March!
I did Karaoke for my birthday a bit back and had a lot of fun, so I got to thinking about what songs these two might do, and of course they'd do Pokemon songs! I immediately thought of OK! 2000 for Kabu since the singer screams at the top of her lungs right at the beginning, haha. Larry's voice is softer in Japanese than I expected, so I thought of something a bit quieter for him - Soko ni Sora ga Arukara. It turned out the lyrics for that kind of fit!
When you become tired from trying so hard,
Look to the sky as you shed your tears.
The wind brushes your cheeks, I'm sure it'll say:
"It's okay if you fall. You are you and that makes you wonderful!"
Those that haven't been hurt cannot see the blue sky.
On a journey you hesitate to walk on, your life will shine.
The OK! lyrics are simpler.
OK! Let's move on
OK! If we're together, we'll be all right
OK! Even if the winds change
OK! Our dream won't!
Since the lyrics were in Japanese I figured I should write them out for real instead of Romanizing them, which made me realize just how long it's been since I've written in Japanese, haha. I bet my handwriting is terrible...
1st character PV for upcoming anime adapted from the manga with the same title: Atarashii Joushi wa Dotennen (My New Boss is Too Scatterbrained) 🍑 by Ichikawa Dan. The series will start broadcasting in October 2023.