Shoujosei (Shoujo and Josei) Anime & Donghua to look forward to in 2024
With the return of Kimi no Todoke after 12 years, I welcome all to the Shoujo renaissance! Let’s roll on the hype train! (MyAnimeList links are in titles)
Winter Anime Season (January - March)
Momochi-san Chi no Ayakashi Ouji Airs January 6th
Loop 7-kaime no Akuyaku Reijou wa, Moto Tekikoku de Jiyuu Kimama na Hanayome Seikatsu wo Mankitsu suru Airs January 7th
Isekai de Mofumofu Nadenade suru Tame ni Ganbattemasu Airs January 1st
Kyuujitsu no Warumono-san Airs January 8th
Yubisaki to Renren Airs January 6th
Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon: Watashi no Shiawase na Katachi Airs March 15th
Gekai Elise Airs January 10th
Akuyaku Reijou Level 99: Watashi wa Ura-Boss desu ga Maou dewa Arimasen Airs January 9th
Wonderful Precure Airs February 4th
Ensemble Stars!! Tsuioku Selection Checkmate Airs March 10th
Spring Anime Season (April - June)
Hananoi-kun to Koi no Yamai Airs April 4th
Vampire Dormitory Airs April 7th
Touken Ranbu Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji Airs April 2nd
Rabbits Kingdom the Movie Airs June 14th
Summer Anime Season (July-September)
Senpai wa Otokonoko Airs in July
Madougushi Dahlia wa Utsumukanai: Kyou kara Jiyuu na Shokunin Life Airs in July
Kimi ni Todoke 3rd Season Airs in August
Fall Anime Season (October - December)
Hoshifuru Oukoku no Nina Airs in October
Rekishi ni Nokoru Akujo ni Naru zo: Akuyaku Reijou ni Naru hodo Ouji no Dekiai wa Kasoku suru you desu! Airs in October
Natsume Yuujinchou Shichi Airs in October
Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi Airs in October
Acro Trip Airs in October
Haigakura Airs in October
2024 Date TBA
Mahoutsukai Precure! 2
Yarinaoshi Reijou wa Ryuutei Heika wo Kouryakuchuu
Mófă gongzhu de xiao fánnăo
Yeosin Gangnim
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie - Walpurgisnacht: Rising
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(Screenshots are from anime: Kyou kara Maou!)
If only modern anime had the same approach to pairings as the old ones, some of those anime would be so much better. I have no idea why isekai became synonymous with female harem, but sometimes those harems are so out of the blue there, just for the sake of being there, that you get the feeling that they serve no other purpose than to pander to young men, while the story suffers, because some male character has more chemistry with the protagonist but will never be allowed to be seen as proper possible love interest for no reason.
People who know me will probably know what I will say now. Yes, Tate no Yuusha is one of those stories. That story is so much better when the protagonist either doesn't have any love interest, or they're from a different world than the one Naofumi was summoned to, as the huge part of Tate no Yuusha story is the fight between worlds for survival that creates a perfect simulation of Romeo & Juliet trope. Especially if you look at L'Arc the disaster bi who couldn't even fulfil the one and only objective he was sent to Raphtalia's world for: killing Naofumi.
Naofumi's harem is so out there, that it could as well just not exist. It seriously works thematically better as a father with a bunch of kids trope rather than harem, especially now in season 3 when Naofumi literally has a gaggle of children in his village that he basically raises.
Raphtalia then fulfills the typical trope of a daughter that idolized her father so much that she wanted to marry him. Her infatuation didn't truly disappear when she grew up, mostly due to the fact that she did grow up so quickly as a demihuman that her feelings didn't have time to fade. Most little girls at some point grow out of idolizing their dad, but Raphtalia as a demihuman didn't have the same chance. And I'm not saying it to dig at Naofumi x Raphtalia shippers. I don't condemn any ship and never will. I'm just stating how I see the story and what I feel would work better for this particular setting than forced harem.
Second on my list of possible suitors for Naofumi, when we assume that he wants any suitors at all or is not aromantic (as aro protagonist is also something that I'd want to see more often) is Therese. Hell, it'd be great to see a canon polyamorous triad in an isekai setting tbh.
Another good example is Isekai Cheat Magician, where one of the protagonists - Rin Azuma has more chemistry with Myura than with the second protagonist that she supposedly has a crush on. And ok, sure, she was in love with him for years, so maybe it's not fair to take it away, but at the same time the romance seems unlikely as Taichi doesn't seem to harbor the same feelings and treats Rin more as if she was his sister than a possible girlfriend. Even if I created a poly couple here, it'd always feel to me as if Taichi was a third wheel.
More obvious example is SAO, where love between Kirito and Eugeo is expressed in symbols as well as Kirito's heartbreak at the end of the Alicization Arc, but doesn't strike the audience hard enough to admit that Kirito is truly bisexual and that he loved both Asuna and Eugeo. It's there if you look at it closely, but people still deny it and call me names when I bring up that both Asuna and Kirito are bisexual and that both loved a same-sex character that ultimately died later on. I feel that the story hits harder when you say it was about queer love, especially in Alicization, because then it'd mean that there was huge romance drama going on (Kirito > Eugeo > Alice > Kirito), where all protagonists' love is unrequited. It's the most tragic love triangle.
I also mentioned a manga before that I feel would benefit from it too. Hero in that story is just such a worrywart in regard to the protag.
I'm seriously starved for some good modern isekai with homo or bi male protagonist. I'm getting some w|w recently, but I feel like m|m will never come, as if w|w were easier to get than actual m|m here.
I'm not complaining. I just have this feeling that isekai is avoiding true m|m and instead is only providing us w|w, which tbh we were starved for and want more obviously, but give us some m|m too if you please.
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Prompt
Original Crossover Isekai: Maou
Relationship Status
Maou Seilah Vs Usopp
Relationship Status: Enemies to Lovers
Demon Queen Seilah of the Chil Moon and the Marksman Hero Usopp were formerly enemies until the end of the war between the demon race and the human race ended in a peace treaty where Seilah and Usopp were engaged to ensure peace and prosperity between the two races.
Of course they didn’t immediately fall in love with each other and treat the marriage as a political stunt to make sure that their individual races keep in line.
But love did come between them and so do the sex when they lose their first time with each other and learn the in and out of each other, with Usopp learning that Seilah was weak again headpats and being kids in the each while Seilah learns her husband was a sex god in spite of his weak-looking appearance.
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