More like this
Memories of His Scent (においが眠るまで, Kahori Higashi, 2024)
A young woman travels Japan looking for the scent of her later father in Kahori Higashi’s gentle summer move.
漫画において重要…！脇を固める役者の描き方 Important to Manga! How to Draw Superior Side Characters
漫画家・浦沢直樹の「浦沢チャンネル」。「あさドラ！」第7集発売を記念して、脇を固める役者たちの重要性と描き方、そして年配の方を描く際のポイントについてお話ししました。 “Urasawa Channel“, a Youtube channel by a Japanese manga artist, Naoki Urasawa. In commemoration of publishing “Asadora!” Vol.7, Naoki Urasawa explains the importance of side characters, how to…
"Can I Say 日本に行く。お土産いる？ Without けど?" #learnjapanese
Learn Japanese with Me - https://bit.ly/4drmyU2
~koto ni suru ～ことにする - Meaning in Japanese
The meaning of ~koto ni suru ～ことにする in Japanese. Examples and grammar.
~koto ni naru ～ことになる - Meaning in Japanese
The meaning of ~koto ni naru ～ことになる in Japanese. Examples and grammar.
Nettaigyo ha Yuki Kogareru, Volume 9 (熱帯魚は雪に焦がれる)
Last week, I reviewed Hana ni Arashi, Volume 10 and it reminded me that I had never finished reviewing this series…and then I remembered why. Nettaigyo ha Yuki…
The Beloved Image/ 顔 / Kao (‘Face’, 1960）
Obscure Japanese Film #129 Machiko Kyo and Ryo Ikebe This Daiei picture opens with young executive Ko (Ryo Ikebe) being seen off at Haneda...
Nettaigyo ha Yuki ni Kogareru, Volume 8 (熱帯魚は雪に焦がれる)
As we reach Nettaigyo ha Yuki ni Kogareru, Volume 8 (熱帯魚は雪に焦がれる), we’ve hit what I tend to call the “storm before the calm.” Summer is winding down and…
Nettaigyo ha Yuki ni Kogareru, Volume 7 (熱帯魚は雪に焦がれる)
The connection between Konatsu and Koyuki is extremely tenuous. They both are aware of this, but whenKonatsu begins to avoid club…and Koyuki it comes to a head. Nettaigyo…
Nettaigyo ha Yuki ni Kogareru, Volume 5 (熱帯魚は雪に焦がれる)
Here we are at Nettaigyo ha Yuki ni Kogareru, Volume 5 (熱帯魚は雪に焦がれる) and Honami Koyuki is putting the brakes on her almost-not-even moving-life. Why would she do that?…
![Featured image for Memories of His Scent においが眠るまで Director: Kahori Higashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20240303/1709504770.80315.118649.jpg)
Memories of His Scent においが眠るまで Director: Kahori Higashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Memories of His Scent においが眠るまで, by director Kahori Higashi, is a gentle and melancholy tale of a teenage girl searching for her late father through smell and visiting…
川のほとりに立つ者は
A young woman named Kiyose was recently promoted to the position of manager at an independent café. She devotes her love and attention to the business, but all…
Duolingo is Unsure About は/が #learnjapanese
Learn Japanese with Me - https://bit.ly/4drmyU2
The Green Music Box (緑はるかに, Umetsugu Inoue, 1955)
A lonely little girl finds herself dragged into conspiracy when her father is kidnapped by spies in Umetsugu Inoue’s bizarre musical adventure.
Yuri Manga: Yagate Kimi ni Naru, Volume 8 (やがて君になる)
Since I cracked open the fantastic Bloom Into You Premium Box Set earlier this week, and plan on finishing it up tomorrow (except for the cheesecake, which will…
Spring In Between (はざまに生きる、春, Rika Katsu, 2023)
A struggling editor at a magazine gains a new perspective while falling in love with an autistic artist in Rika Katsu’s romantic drama.
Koi To Yobu Ni Wa Ao Sugiru, Volume 1 (恋と呼ぶには青すぎる)
Right now on Yuri lists across the Internets, there are a number of Yuri + Food stories. If you are a regular reader here you know two things…
Grown-ups (わたし達はおとな, Takuya Kato, 2022)
A young couple struggle to reorient their lives while dealing with an unexpected pregnancy in Takuya Kato’s intense relationship drama.
Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 9 (おとなになっても)
I am currently reading two Japanese series about adults in complicated relationships. Both series are, in equal part, compelling and interesting and annoying as heck. Today we’re looking…
Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 3 (おとなになっても)
Akari is ready to move on. She’s ready to reclaim her old career in the salon and stop running away from her life. She’s putting Ayano and her…
Otona ni Nattemo, (おとなになっても) Volume 6
In Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 6, Shimura Takako has done something I’ve not seen before in a manga and I think I like it. ^_^ The main plot…
Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 1 (おとなになっても)
Shimura Takako’s work with gender and sexual minorities has been very influential and popular among western manga readers, and series like Sweet Blue Flowers and Wandering Son end…
Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 5 (おとなになっても)
Previous volumes of Shimura Takako’s adult life drama have centered on three adults whose life has been thrown into turmoil by unexpected emotions. Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 5…
Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 8 (おとなになっても)
Akari and Ayano have moved in together. This fact fills this book with all sorts of tensions, both positive and negative. Sure, they have been through ” a…
Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 10 (おとなになっても)
There are a lot of lose strings to tie up here at Shimura Takako’s Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 10 (おとなになっても). And, while the final bow is a bit…
Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 4 (おとなになっても)
In previous volumes of Otona ni Nattemo, we met Akari and Ayano, who met in a bar and spent the night together, Ayano’s husband Wataru, who has wondered…
Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 7 (おとなになっても)
In Shimura Takako’s Otona ni Nattemo, Volume 7 (おとなになっても) a lot happens. We left Akari and Ayano having been carefully not seeing one another for some time, as…
まとめる
Bringing things together - How to Japanese - February 2024
Manga Review: The Essence of Being a Muse
Miyuu used to be an aspiring artist. All through high school, she studied hard, practiced her craft, and honed her skills with pencils and brushes, paints and canvases.…
本田雄が語る『君たちはどう生きるか』- ロングインタビュー
The post 本田雄が語る『君たちはどう生きるか』- ロングインタビュー appeared first on fullfrontal.moe.
Cat, the Great Detective / 猫には推理がよく似合う
Cat, the Great Detective is a mystery novel that, you may have guessed from the title and cover, features a cat. Our protagonist is Kaori T...
Drawing Closer (余命一年の僕が、余命半年の君と出会った話。, Takahiro Miki, 2024)
A young man with a year to live finds new purpose after meeting a girl who is also dying of a terminal illness in Takahiro Miki’s teen junai…
Koisuru Meiga (恋する名画)
Yuri reviews, news and interviews are the primary function here at Okazu. Over the years, I’ve also sneakily (sometimes not very sneakily) found a way to include art,…
山下明彦が語る『君たちはどう生きるか』- ロングインタビュー
The post 山下明彦が語る『君たちはどう生きるか』- ロングインタビュー appeared first on fullfrontal.moe.
~ni suru ～にする - Meaning in Japanese
What ni suru にする means in Japanese. Grammar and examples.
~ni naru ～になる - Meaning in Japanese
The meaning in Japanese of ni naru になる. Grammar and examples.
井上俊之による『君たちはどう生きるか』- ロングインタビュー
伝説的アニメーター井上俊之による宮崎駿の新作『君たちはどう生きるか』についてのロングインタビュー
![Featured image for Visitors – Complete Edition 悪魔がはらわたでいけにえで私 (2024) Director: Kenichi Ugana [Nippon Connection 2024]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20240624/1719206729.86135.125866.jpg)
Visitors – Complete Edition 悪魔がはらわたでいけにえで私 (2024) Director: Kenichi Ugana [Nippon Connection 2024]
Visitors – Complete Edition 悪魔がはらわたでいけにえで私 (2024), by director Kenichi Ugana, serves as an affectionate love letter to splatter horror of the 80s with lots of references to classics like Evil…
My Blood & Bones in a Flowing Galaxy (砕け散るところを見せてあげる, SABU, 2020)
A young man’s attempt to protect a bullied schoolmate leads him into infinite darkness but eventually also to the light in SABU’s poetic teen drama
A Girl Missing (よこがお)
Early on in Koji Fukada’s A Girl Missing (Yokogao), protagonist Ichiko (Mariko Tsutsui) is spying on people from an apartment window. We hear the faint sound of a…
漫画で「迫力ある動き」を描く方法を解説します。How To Draw a Dynamic Movement in Manga
漫画家・浦沢直樹の「浦沢チャンネル」。「Happy!」電子版解禁に合わせて、漫画における迫力ある動きの描き方について説明しました。 “Urasawa Channel“, a Youtube channel by a Japanese manga artist, Naoki Urasawa. In commemoration of the digital distribution of “Happy!”, Naoki Urasawa explains how to draw a dynamic…
Asia is One (アジアはひとつ, NDU, 1973)
The Nippon Documentarist Union explore the destructive legacies of imperialism and exploitation through the stories of migrant workers in the Okinawan islands.
Odoriba ni Skirt ga Naru, Volume 1 (踊り場にスカートが鳴る)
Haruma Kiki is part of ballroom dance club, with dreams of being a champion and leading her school’s famous Quadrille. Tall and stately, she’s always assigned the part…
Odoriba ni Skirt ga Naru, Volume 3 (踊り場にスカートが鳴る)
Like many Yuri fans right now, I long for an action-packed, kick ass sword lesbian thriller. Odoriba ni Skirt ga Naru, Volume 3 (踊り場にスカートが鳴る) by Utatane Yu is…
Odoriba ni Skirt ga Naru, Volume 2 (踊り場にスカートが鳴る)
In Volume 1, we met Kiki, a young woman who dreams of being the following partner in ballroom dance, but due to her height, is always assumed to…
映画祭は出会いと発見 -新潟国際アニメーション映画祭ジェネラルプロデューサー真木太郎インタビュー
The post 映画祭は出会いと発見 -新潟国際アニメーション映画祭ジェネラルプロデューサー真木太郎インタビュー appeared first on fullfrontal.moe.
掌に眠る舞台
Yōko Ogawa’s 2022 collection 掌に眠る舞台 contains eight stories connected by the broad theme of “stages.” Some stories are about the world of performing arts, while others take an…
The Ladder of Success / 夜の素顔 / Yoru no sagao (‘The True Face of the Night’, 1958)
Obscure Japanese Film #170 Machiko Kyo in the moonlight scene 1944. Akemi (Machiko Kyo) is a traditional dancer entertaining the troops at...
You’ll Fall For Me (君は僕をスキになる, Takayoshi Watanabe, 1989)
Two mismatched friends find their relationship strained when they unwittingly end up falling for the same guy in Takayoshi Watanabe’s charmingly absurd Christmas rom-com.
All Under the Moon (月はどっちに出ている, Yoichi Sai, 1993)
Citizens of post-Bubble Tokyo struggle to reorient themselves amid changing realities in Yoichi Sai’s lighthearted comedy.