Anime of the day: Pride Watch List
Last Pride I did character spotlight; this Pride, I’m kicking it off with a list. Here is a list of some of anime in the LGBT+ category. Is this all of them? No. Is this a large list? Yes, yes it is.
Yuri on Ice
Junjou Romantica
Sweet Blue Flowers
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Hourou Musuko
Sekaiichi Hatsukoi
Sakura Trick
Love Stage
Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu
Kase-san and Morning Glories
Given
Citrus
Doukyuusei
Yuru Yuri
Hitorijime My Hero
Kämpfer
Yagate Kimi ni Naru
Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru
Strawberry Panic
Ling Qi
Urasekai Picnic
Tonari no Kyuuketsuki-san
Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai: The Clouds Gather
Sasameki Koto
Kono Danshi, Mahou ga Oshigoto Desu
Maria-sama ga Miteru
Kono Danshi, Uchuujin to Tatakaemasu.
Hyperventilation
Dounika Naru Hibi
No. 6
Kono Danshi, Ningyo Hiroimashita
Adachi to Shimamura
Sasaki to Miyano
Akuma no Riddle
Umibe no Étranger
Manaria Friends
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The Story
The story is about a young priest who meets an immortal vampire who wants to die.
The story is definitely original and very enjoyable. It isn't like the usual vampire stories written nowadays, it is taken very seriously and it keeps the original lore intact and it has very original spins on the vampire lore.
Some people maybe put off by some of the BL undertones of this series, it's very similar to 'The Betrayal Knows My Name', so if you've seen that and don't mind it that much, you will survive this no problem.
The Characters
We have only a few characters, but they have been given a lot of development in just three volumes. The character, Yzak, reminds me of Kaname Kuran from the later chapters of 'Vampire Knight'. So no problems here.
The Art
The art in this is really well done. I have only a couple of complaints. 1, some of the characters look to similar to each other, making it hard to tell who is who in each scene. 2, sometimes, the angles in a scene are a bit off, making it hard to tell what is going on in some scenes.
The Translation
I have never talked about a manga's translation before. I have read the original Japanese version of this manga and the English release is bad! The problems I have with the English version is that they butchered the translation very badly. It's very similar to the Fire Emblem:Fates translation where the changed most of the dialogue to make it more simpler and changed the characters personalities, with some of the dialogue sounding stupid.
Another problem I have with the English release is that the coloured pages in this series are in black and white. It wouldn't bother me usually, but another series (The Demon Prince of Momochi House) which runs in the exact same magazine and is also published by Shojo Beat, has coloured pages! Why doesn't Bloody Mary have coloured pages?
If you can read Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana), I strongly recommend that you buy the Japanese version from yesasia.com. It's much cheaper than getting the Japanese volumes from Amazon.
The only good thing that I can say about the English version is that the English volumes are definitely bigger than the Japanese volumes, but if you actually spill some milk onto the English version (like I did), there will be no dust cover to save it! (Luckily, it was spilt on the Japanese version and after drying the dust cover, it was absolutely fine and the manga volume itself made it out okay.)
Final Thoughts
Overall, this series has quickly become one of my favourites! If you enjoy series like Vampire Knight, The Betrayal Knows My Name and No.6, you will definitely want this series in your collection!
I will definitely continue the series, but I'm not sure I will be following the English releases though. But I will definitely be following the Japanese version!
The Story 5/5
The Characters 5/5
The Art 4/5
English Release 2/5
Japanese Release 5/5
Overall*
Japanese Version 4.5/5
English Version 4/5
*The series is definitely a 4.5/5, but the English release definitely ruins the experience, both in paper quality and translation. It even has the cool, calm and collected Maria saying "Bingo" in the English version! That is the most stupid thing I have read in a translational comparison!
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Inktober 2023 Day 2
Another thing I like to point out, is that Luka will be occupying Even Days. While Luze, on Odd Days.
So, as I said on the first day, I will explain how the Crosszeria Twins occupied my time and even years.
Since I have a twin in real life, it was really hard for me not to associate Luka and Luze with us in real life.
My sister is sooo like Luka retrospectively.
First, she is the older twin of the group just like Luka. She has short hair, has more of a short temper than I do (especially on small things), she likes to eat more junk food than I do and just like Luka. There are times where she is more independent at times more than I. Luka is more independent when he left his home world to pursue his own life. Though it may not be the wisest decision, it just reminded of my twin sister when she had to make her own decision to take a break from college.
But more importantly, even though Luka may not show it directly, both my sister and Luka care enough for their younger sibling.
And I do appreciate her a lot. I hope Luze can too when they got back together.
When coping with real life or dealing with conversations that we both have, I like to think: What would Luka and Luze do if they had the same conversations or conflict that we are dealing with in modern day society? And so, I always thought of scenarios that associate them with our real-life situations.
And boy, it's fun to think about if they ever get into a sticky situations or just have a calming moment between each other.
And come on! They are twins like us!
She even said she likes Luka between the Crosszeria brothers.
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I rewatched the betrayal knows my name cause I remember loving the premise and characters but completely forgot how the anime just leaves 13637 unanswered questions per episode then has a completely shit last episode that doesn’t explain a single thing like 90% of the series is just people talking about how tragic Yuki is while he just stands around doing nowt but cry
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