#josee to tora to sakanatachi

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JOSEE TO TORA TO SAKANATACHI ジョゼと虎と魚たち (2020) — dir. tamura koutarou

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JOSEE TO TORA TO SAKANATACHI ジョゼと虎と魚たち —  ch. 03  → 2020 | by: tanabe seiko and emoto nao ←

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If you're looking for a one-shot that has summer vibes, is a shoujo/josei, and has A LOT of heart, then let me recommend the manga Josee, the Tiger & the Fish!

Read this @yenpress title earlier this year and it was so heartfelt and beautiful So very glad I read it!! 🥹

YouTube Video Review: https://youtu.be/BDcyOiyzgkY

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Josee, el Tigre y el Pez, 2020. Kôtarô Tamura.

[vranilla]

Re-view: Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (ジョゼと虎と魚たち, Hepburn: Joze to Tora to Sakanatachi)

is a 2020 Japanese animated romantic comedy drama film, based on the short story of the same name by Seiko Tanabe. The film stars the voices of Taishi Nakagawa and Kaya Kiyohara.

It may be gonna spoiled jadi yang ngga berkenan silakan skip🤗

Dengan peran utama wanita 24 tahun bernama Kumiko Yamamura yang menamai dirinya sebagai Josee, salah satu tokoh dalam buku cerita. Dan peran utama laki-laki 22 tahun Tsuneo Suzukawa, mahasiswa tingkat akhir jurusan biological science kayak ilmu kelautan gitu yang cinta dengan scuba diving.

Mereka accidentally ketemu saat kursi roda yang digunakan Josee blong remnya dan menabrak Tsuneo. Singkat cerita neneknya Josee minta bantuan Tsuneo untuk ngerawat Josee dengan upah yang disetujui. Besides, Tsuneo butuh biaya untuk cita-citanya melanjutkan studi ke Mexico dan mendalami tentang dunia diving serta makhluk hidup dibawah sana.

Yang aku suka dari film gini tuh romancenya dapet tipis-tipis, tapi moral valuenya juga dapet! Both of chatacter lead merepresentasikan kegigihannya, walaupun di tengah jalan mereka ‘kesandung batu’, tapi mereka tetep berusaha buat meraih apa yang jadi tujuan mereka. Keren banget!

Dari film ini aku belajar gaada yang gamungkin kalau kita emang mau usaha. Terus juga gapeduli seberapa 'miss'nya kita, pasti bakal ada kok orang-orang yang dengan tulus menyayangi kita.

Belum lagi si Tsuneo ini kadang ngasih kejutan kecil yang bikin penonton (re: aku) mleyot yaa hahaha.

Ohiyaaa aku kaget banget pas baru selesai nonton, ternyata seiyū nya mas Taishi. Makin baperrrr😭☝️

Dan pastinya happy ending yaaa! Kita mah cari yang bahagia-bahagia aja yekan, real lyf gua udh terlalu sengsara untuk dikasih sad ending🤣🙏🏼

Ohiya satu lagi! OST nya diisi sama Eve yang eargasm banget!! Intinya ini film berdurasi 98 menit ini wajib ditonton deh🤍✨️

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Anime Movies - Seishun Romance Edition

When I was younger (seven to ten years ago?), I tend to read any kind of stories (not gore, horror though), especially those with good reviews. As I'm getting older, somehow I become less interested in romance as main story/plot. I like romance, it's adorable, exciting, heartwarming. I guess, I just become much more selective particularly with romance.

When I was making a list of anime movies I like to rewatch, other than works from some popular directors, there are some that I also considering to rewatch once in a while. Then I realized that they have seishun romance as a big part of their stories. Here they are~

Koe no Katachi 聲の形 (2016)

I really like Koe no Katachi manga. The anime movie is very nice though I vaguely remember after I watched it, I felt, agh it's not that as impressive as manga. Growing up with regrets, past mistakes, and how they handle those. Mending hearts and relationships. Self-loathing. Characters personalities and their growths. Koe no Katachi is compelling. Those X on faces of people around Ishida Shoya also relatable. Love story between two main characters, Nishimiya Shouko and Ishida Shoya, is lovely. Even though romance is a big element, there are a lot to ponder about (other than romance) in this story, and maybe that's why it lingers more. I think I will rewatch this after I reread the manga.

Koi wo shita no wa (恋をしたのわ) by Aiko is a well-match as theme song.

Josee to Tora to Sakanatachi ジョゼと虎と魚たち (2020)

I watched the live action movie of this story years ago (great casts and theme song), the ending was quite heartbreaking which I thought this anime movie would also have similar ending. I was ready for it but turned out it's not. It's sweet~! Finding your true self and not giving up hope. This anime movie has some beautiful scenes, I like Josee's room!

I really like the ending song, Ao no Waltz (蒼のワルツ) by Eve.

Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai 君の膵臓をたべたい (2018)

I watched the live action movie first some time ago, it's so heartbreaking (the first movie I watched of Kitamura Takumi and he's very good), and yet I was still a bit excited to have my heart breaks again when I knew they're going to adapt it as anime movie. Emotional journey and bond between two seemingly opposite characters. When I first knew about this story, I initially thought she might be passed away later because of her disease, but damn that twist. Life really, it can be taken away at anytime, unexpectedly. The title 'I want to eat your pancreas' and Sakura's journal 'Living with Dying' (共病文庫 Kyōbyō Bunko) also thought-provoking. That moment when Shiga Haruki said "Can I cry now?" really ;;__;;

I really like the ending song Shunkashuto (春夏秋冬 haru natsu aki fuyu) and insert song Himitsu (秘密) by Sumika.

May there be many more captivating, wonderful, thought-provoking, encouraging, beautiful stories we can watch in this lifetime~

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Reader’s Corner: Josee, the Tiger and the Fish, The Eminence in Shadow (Vol. 3), and Minami Nanami Wants to Shine

Uncle from Another World, Vol. 4

As Uncle continues his travel with the trio of adventurers, including Alicia, not only will he accompany them on a quest born out of childhood, but he’ll also discover that time spent with the group is part of a grander scheme. None of this, of course, is out of place is a fantasy isekai setting, but how Uncle handles the fights that follow, which feature an old friend and his transformation into a “90’s teacher,” are what continue to utterly amaze Takafumi and Fujimiya. Volume four of this series is as laugh-out-loud funny as the previous ones, not only because Uncle’s inability to “get it” on virtually any level, but also by how unexpected the developments in the story, both through flashbacks and in the present day, are, including the aforementioned transformation and a surreal storyline about dealing with vengeful spirits. I’m also continually impressed by how mangaka Hotondoshindeiru teases us as readers. The fantasy elements are by far the most appealing, but he never stays in that land too long before returning to the present day for commentary and reaction, but that current setting also leaves us wanting more, and he drops just enough tidbits to stir in readers a hope for further character and relationship development, while also hitting us with uproarious and sometimes biting humor involving Uncle, Takafumi, and Fujimiya. Uncle from Another World continues to be an impressive work, all around. ~ Twwk

Uncle from Another World is published by Yen Press.

I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway!, Vol. 2

I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway! is one of my most anticipated reads as I continue to love Mystia’s character and just how kind she is. She really thinks far ahead about not only how the changed storyline will affect her, but the people around her as well. It’s what I really liked about her character in the first volume and something I continue to enjoy about her character in this one. Yet, my biggest takeaway was how I really disliked a certain character by the end of volume one, but caught myself almost saying he was a favorite by the end of this book, which not only one of the potential love interests’ backstories, but a few others as well. In fact, I would say this volume focuses more on backstory due to how much that material fills up this volume. While I deeply loved this volume, there is one backstory I was not fond of and felt uncomfortable with due to the very large age-gap between both parties. For Mystia, it indeed was and is not a romance, but it can’t be said for the other. Overall, I still continue to love this series and have already preordered the third volume. I cannot wait to see what happens next! ~ Laura A. Grace

I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway! is published by TokyoPop, and releases on March 29th.

My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected, Vol. 13

As Iroha and Yukino continue to plan for the prom, they must face the challenge of how to convince the parents’ association, represented by the latter’s mother, that one should even be permitted. Hikki, of course, has his own plans to move forward, but must figure out how to do so and get the assistance of others while working apart from Yukino. In volume 13, this prom storyline drags on and on—it’s not a particularly interesting event for the light novel series, but by this point, the actual activity hardly matters, as Oregairu is now the end game, focused on finishing the tale. Thus this volume is more about what becomes of the trio—Yukino, Hikki, and Yui, who when we last left her was crying as Hikki ran to Yukino rescue. The melodrama is turned way up, but Watari manages to keep it from becoming too unbearable by inserting some lighter moments and because of the care he took in establishing his characters in previous volumes—we care what happens to them, and like the trio themselves, will see it through to the end. A bunch of side characters get bits of time in this volume as well in what’s obviously an attempt to give each one last moment or two to shine as the series approaches its finale. Even Rumi, the most absent of the main supporting characters, gets a mention, though she remains the most conspicuously absent character in this final arc. Ultimately, though, the side characters aren’t given a lot to do, and not much as a whole occurs between the first pages and last of this volume, though it does end with a bang—a very compelling last dozen pages which set up the final full volume to the series. ~ Twwk

My Youth Romantic Comedy is Wrong, As I Expected is published by Yen Press.

Maison Ikkoku Collector’s Edition, Vol. 8

With graduation around the corner, Godai’s anxiety is higher than ever as he misses out on interview after interview, and worries about being able to ask Kyoko to marry him without the means to support her. Meanwhile, Mitaka is put into a situation that puts pressure on Kyoko to determine whether or not she’ll accept his proposal of marriage, and soon! Although these sound like melodramatic episodes, part of what’s mesmerizing about Takahashi’s work—and I’ve mentioned this before—is how subtle her themes and characterization can be when there’s so much noise on the surface, and that’s reflected again in this volume with some pressing and ageless concepts, such as Kyoko’s doubt and worry about losing out on her next chance at love and Godai’s about becoming a man who can support a family. Also shining through (and related) is how Takahashi so slowly develops her characters and their relationships with one another—by this volume, over a five-year period—which speaks to how long it can take for the same to happen in real life, acting both as a reflector of how things sometimes progress here on planet earth and serving as an encouragement when life seems to stand still. This volume continues with the excellence of the series overall (though I will say the closing scenes were perhaps the first time the misunderstandings and immaturity felt too much like backtracking to me), and with the series almost 3/4 done, the plot has become more pressing. An end, for better or worse, is finally in sight. ~ Twwk

Maison Ikkoku Collector’s Edition is published by Viz Media.

The Eminence in Shadow, Vol. 3 (manga)

There’s nothing quite as exciting for a villain in the shadows than to act the role of the perfect NPC during a major event, except for perhaps two such happenings—a school tournament and a terrorist attack! Cid continues to live out his dream without realizing that his fabricated story is actually true, feigning weak and defeating (see killing) the real villains when swathed in his secret identity. I’ve been totally addicted to this series since I first picked it up, and as with the first two, devoured volume three. The Eminence in Shadow mixes isekai, fantasy, action, romance, mystery, and comedy, but at heart it’s the last of those; all situations exist to further the comedy of the tale, with the writer understanding just how to play with the tropes of these manga types. Seriously funny stuff, but developed in such a way that a story is progressing and keeping readers entertained, particularly along the lines of who will find Cid’s identity out, will he understand his true identity, and exactly what is this shadow organization shadowing his own shadow group? In the end though, I’m here for the comedy—and it is non-stop. This manga is HILARIOUS. ~ Twwk

The Eminence in Shadow is published by Yen Press.

Minami Nanami Wants to Shine, Vol. 1

Known as Mimimi to most of her friends, Minami Namami is bright, beautiful, athletic, and friendly, but despite all her talents, she doesn’t feel special. She doesn’t sparkle like her friend, Aoi, who is also all of the above but more, and being less than consumes Mimimi’s mind. But along comes an opportunity to model for her mother’s cosmetics company, and she wonders, is this her chance to finally shine? This short, four-chapter opening volume sets up the tale above, but doesn’t really show us exactly in what direction the spin-off manga will go, other than deviating from the plot of Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki starting in the student council president arc, the one in which all these feelings of envy and inadequacies within Mimimi, who presents herself rather as happy-go-lucky, are revealed in that light novel series. The depth of Mimimi’s personality has made her one of my favorite characters in Bottom-tier, as have recent events in the light novel series, so its with immense disappointment that I point out how lackluster volume one of this manga is. It’s a chore to have to rewind so far back in the Tomozaki story when so much character development has occurred since, especially with Mimimi. But further, the volume closes with what I would say is a disastrous theme, one that rings hallow and untrue. I’m not sure if this is actually the theme of the series, however—we’ll need to await at least another volume to see. And I am glad to see Mimimi get this chance “to shine” in her own manga, complete with appearances by most of the rest of the Tomozaki cast and Fly’s beautiful characters designs. There’s a chance this story will shine, too, and I am hoping that it will, but for one volume at least, it’s a bit like Mimimi seeing Aoi surpass her at high jump—a series that can’t exceed a better one in the same club. ~ Twwk

Minami Nanami Wants to Shine is published by Yen Press.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

The short story which bears the title of this anthology is the best in the collection of eight by renowned author Seiko Tanabe—harsh, inventive, and moving—but all the rest are thoughtful and compelling as well. First published in 1985, Josee‘s stories all center on women, mostly working women, all flawed—some with reason, as with Josee, who is irritable and unable to develop relationships after abandonment by family and establishment due to her disability and tendencies, and some more deeply, like one who flirts with and seduces her teenage nephew—but affected by circumstance, illness, and a host of other violators, and their relationships with men, many of whom refuse to give them the full agency they deserve. And so, Tanabe’s women fight back, through work, by solitary or foundation-shaking actions, or just in their own imaginations. Loneliness, independence, adultery, and decisions about family and the role of women and children in the household are frequent themes among these pages. Most of the stories find a focus on a thirty-something who is thinking of, about to enter, or is in the midst of transformation and change, but a few are outliers, including “Josee, the Tiger and the Fish,” which shares its structure and some of its events and characterizations with the movie adapted from it, but doesn’t work nearly as hard to evoke sympathy for and drop us into the reality of Josee’s life. Tanabe’s Josee is at once crueler and more foul-mouthed than the film’s, but also far easier to empathize with. But all her protagonists are appalling and lovely, but more so the latter for enduring the subtle pains and misogynistic worlds they occupy, and for shining despite. ~ Twwk

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is published by Yen Press, and releases on March 29th.

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Reader’s Corner is our way of embracing the wonderful world of manga, light novels, and visual novels, creative works intimately related to anime but with a magic all their own. Each week, our writers provide their thoughts on the works their reading—both those recently released as we keep you informed of newly published works and older titles that you might find as magical (or in some cases, reprehensible) as we do.

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Josee from anime movie Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

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if you haven’t already watched ‘josee to tora to sakanatachi’ go watch it????now???? what are you even doing?????

[moonlightsdream]

JOSEE TO TORA TO SAKANATACHI ジョゼと虎と魚たち (2020) — dir. tamura koutarou

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JOSEE TO TORA TO SAKANATACHI ジョゼと虎と魚たち —  ch. 10 → 2020 | by: tanabe seiko and emoto nao ←

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Manga the Week of 3/30/22

SEAN: The end of March, and manga is presumably going out like a lamb.

ASH: I’m not so sure about that…

SEAN: From Yen On we get the one-shot Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Joze to Tora to Sakanatachi), a short story collection which includes the title story, which has been made into a movie. For fans of Yen’s other one-shot novels that can be summed up as “beautiful but sad”.

ASH: I’ve heard good things about this one.

SEAN: Also from Yen On: Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! TRPG, which turns the world of KonoSuba into a tabletop role playing game, and features the authors of KonoSuba and Re: Zero doing a playthrough of it.

And we get The Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody 7.

From Yen Press, we see the debut of Cross-Dressing Villainess Cecilia Sylvie (Akuyaku Reijou, Cecilia Sylvie wa Shinitakunai node Dansou suru Koto ni Shita), the manga version of the light novel also published by Yen. It runs in Comic Flos.

Yen also gives us If the RPG World Had Social Media… 2 (the final volume), Let This Grieving Soul Retire 2, Overlord: The Complete Anime Artbook 2, Phantom Tales of the Night 8, Teasing Master Takagi-san 14, and Uncle from Another World 4.

ASH: I really need to catch up with Phantom Tales of the Night.

SEAN: Udon Entertainment has Steins;Gate: The Complete Manga (it got bumped) and Otherworldly Izakaya Nobu 10.

Tokyopop gives us the 2nd volume of I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway!.

Seven Seas has two debuts. Sheeply Horned Witch Romi (Youkaku no Majo Romi) is from Young Dragon Age, a manga where everyone in the world has fallen asleep except: 1) sheep; 2) a witch with sheep horns, and 3) the sempai with a crush on her!

MICHELLE: Here’s the lamb content we’ve been waiting for.

ASH: Ha!

MELINDA: Wait, wait, I’m HERE for the sheep.

SEAN: Yakuza Reincarnation (Ninkyou Tensei: Isekai no Yakuzahime) is a Sunday GX title. A yakuza badass is killed and reincarnated in another world… as a beautiful girl! This will not stop her from kicking ass.

ASH: As reluctant as I am to admit it, I am intrigued by this isekai variant.

ANNA: This does sound amusing.

SEAN: We also get The Ancient Magus’ Bride: Jack Flash and the Faerie Case Files 4, Chronicles of an Aristocrat Reborn in Another World 4, The Dragon Knight’s Beloved 2, THE EXO-DRIVE REINCARNATION GAMES: All-Japan Isekai Battle Tournament! 2, I Am a Cat Barista 2, My Next Life as a Villainess Side Story: On the Verge of Doom! 2, Reincarnated as a Sword: Another Wish 2, and Unicorns Aren’t Horny 2 (the final volume).

ASH: I need to catch up with the various Ancient Magus’ Bride spinoffs, too.

SEAN: No print debuts for Kodansha, but we do see The Hero Life of a (Self-Proclaimed) “Mediocre” Demon! 3, Something’s Wrong With Us 7, and UQ HOLDER! 25.

Two digital debuts. Bootsleg is a Shonen Sirius series from the artist best known for Yozakura Quartet and the Durarara!! novels. A young man whose family – and limb – were taken from him by a seeming serial killer meets up with the one person who might be able to stop them.

HIRAETH -The End of the Journey- (Hiraeth wa Tabiji no Hate) is from the creator of Our Dreams at Dusk, and runs in Morning Two. A woman despairing over the death of her best friend attempts suicide… and finds herself in another world! This is apparently great, though also dark – Kodansha’s blurb comes with a content warning for suicide ideation.

MICHELLE: Hm. The Our Dreams at Dusk link is very compelling.

ASH: That it is.

ANNA: This sounds exactly like the type of critically acclaimed work that I think I will read but don’t get around to because I’m not in the mood for despair right now.

MELINDA: Oh, this sounds perfect for my mood.

SEAN: Also digital: Elegant Yokai Apartment Life 23, The Great Cleric 8, Stellar Witch LIP☆S 5 (the final volume), Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister 2, and Zatsuki: Make Me a Star 2.

MICHELLE: I need to check out some of these.

SEAN: J-Novel Club has some more print editions. We see Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 2 Vol. 2 (manga), Infinite Dendrogram Omnibus 4, Marginal Operation 9, My Friend’s Little Sister Has It In For Me! 3, and Tearmoon Empire 4.

Speaking of Tearmoon Empire, the 7th volume is out digitally next week. We also see Culinary Chronicles of the Court Flower 5, Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start with Magical Tools 3, Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to Be an Adventurer! 2, and Invaders of the Rokujouma!? 39.

Ghost Ship gives us Booty Royale: Never Go Down Without a Fight! 5-6.

A new light novel from Cross Infinite World: Even Dogs Go to Other Worlds: Life in Another World with My Beloved Hound (Isekai Teni Shitara Aiken ga Saikyou ni narimashita – Silver Fenrir to Ore ga Isekai Kurashi wo Hajimetara). Dead salaryman. Huge overpowered wolf. Relaxed slow life. Fluffy headpats. This book knows what the audience these days wants.

Lastly, Airship debuts I am Blue, in Pain, and Fragile (Aokute Itakute Moroi), another tearjerker from the author of I Want to Eat Your Pancreas. This is the early digital release.

ASH: Glad to see Yoru Sumino’s work is still being translated. (Though, like so many things, I need to catch up…)

SEAN: Also out ahead of print: Disciple of the Lich: Or How I Was Cursed by the Gods and Dropped Into the Abyss! 3, Drugstore in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist 5, and The Haunted Bookstore – Gateway to a Parallel Universe 3.

What manga makes you want to go out like a lamb? Or a sheep… lots of sheep manga lately.

By: Sean Gaffney

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Manga the Week of 3/30/22

Manga the Week of 3/30/22

SEAN: The end of March, and manga is presumably going out like a lamb. ASH: I’m not so sure about that… SEAN: From Yen On we get the one-shot Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (Joze to Tora to Sakanatachi), a short story collection which includes the title story, which has been made into a movie. For fans of Yen’s other one-shot novels that can be summed up as “beautiful but sad”. ASH: I’ve heard…

[secretlifeofan-otaku]

Josee to Tora to Sakanatachi

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JOSEE TO TORA TO SAKANATACHI ジョゼと虎と魚たち —  ch. 04 → 2020 | by: tanabe seiko and emoto nao ←