my love story!!

It's Love Month!  We're gonna cover stuff about love!  Well, mostly just couples or romances that we think are noteworthy.  We begin the month with Ore Monogatari!! (My Love Story!!)  I'm pretty sure all those exclamation points are totally necessary.

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Phil here:  This is another episode mostly guided by our resident non-American expert: Su!  This one was out of my wheelhouse so I'm mostly just along for the ride!

So, what sources did we use?  Check em!

https://natalie.mu/comic/artist/1832

https://natalie-mu.translate.goog/comic/pp/oremonogatari/page/2?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

https://emorywheel.com/ore-monogatari-redefining-sincerity-in-anime/

https://the-artifice.com/takeo-broke-mold-ore-monogatari/

https://heroineproblem.com/2015/11/23/ore-monogatari-their-love-story/

 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-10-20/animax-asia-to-air-hello-kinmoza-cute-high-earth-defense-club-love-my-love-story-anime/.107882

So, what comics were we reading this week?  Find out!

 Ore Monogatari!! (My Love Story!!)
You can find this one on the Viz website for an English translation.  Su highly recommends!  Don't pirate!

Covers all of My Love Story!! by Kazune Kawahara and Aruko

Just how subversive (or not) is this story about an unconventionally attractive hero (Takeo Gouda), his best friend (Makoto Sunakawa), and his cute girlfriend (Rinko Yamato)? What’s up with its purity politics? How does it fit into the rise of shojo with male protagonists? How pleasant is it to see a story about characters in a relationship through 97.892749%* of the story, instead of having a series of miscommunications preventing them from dating? (*This number is an estimate.) And just who IS the better boy in this beautiful manga, Takeo or Sunakawa? (Hint: It’s Sunakawa.) Shojo & Tell host Ashley discusses these topics and more with the hosts of the podcast Manga Mavericks. (This actually isn’t an episode of Shojo & Tell! It’s an episode of Manga Mavericks. If you already listened on their feed, you don’t need to listen again here!)

REFERENCES

• My Love Story!! is available from Viz Media
• Listen to more episodes of the Manga Mavericks podcast
• Outro song: “Smile Its Me!” by Danosongs

CONTACT US

• Manga Mavericks on Twitter: @manga_mavericks
• Colton on Twitter: @sniperking323
• Lum on Twitter: @LumRanmaYasha
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• Ashley on Twitter: @AshMcD00

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