![]() ![]() I also related to it on a personal level. This is one is meant to be hilariously funny because he is shown to be SO different, but I found him kinda charming and the series opener interesting, though not very deep. This doesn’t quite fit, since it features a boy, but it raises similar gender issues. I’m just putting my little toes into the water of this huge manga area for a class I am teaching on comics and graphic novels with kick ass girls for main characters. Will they get together?! In the process, Azuka quietly finds other otomen to befriend. Ryo Miyakozuka, on the other hand, is a girl who can't sew or bake. ![]() ![]() ![]() Which is to say he is the embodiment of stereotypical samurai warrior AND samurai wife! Which is also to say he must hide these interests. Which is to say he likes what society sees as “girly” things: sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals and reading shojo comics. The title, "Otomen" is a pun made of the Japanese word otome, meaning "young lady" or "mistress", and the English word "men". Asuka Masamune is both the epitome of Japanese masculinity - captain of the kendo club, judo champion, academic star-and an "otomen.,” Shoujo manga series about gender and societal expectations. ![]()
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