CATRADORA CANON

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On Friday, light novel publisher J-Novel Club announced that it would be releasing its English adaptation of Miyazawa Iori’s light novel series Otherside Picnic in physical omnibus volumes. The light novel series was original released in English digitally from J-Novel Club last year. Fans predicted the announcement when listing for paperback volumes of Otherside Picnic appeared on Amazon early last week.

The physical release announcement comes after the series critical and commercial success and the announcement for an anime adaptation. The first Otherside Picnic omnibus book will include the first two volumes of the series and is scheduled for release in December this year. It is translated by Sean McCann.

Otherside Picnic is published by Shonen Ganga in Japanese. A manga adaptation by Eita Mizuno has been serialied in Shounen Gangan since 2018, collected into three volumes by Square Enix.

In March, Shounen Gangan announced that a TV anime adaptation of Otherside Picnic was in the works. The anime will be produced at Liden Films and Felix Film. The series will be directed by Takuya Satou (Kase-san and Morning Glories, Fragtime, Steins;Gate) and will star Yumiri Hanamori as Sorawo and Ai Kayano as Toriko.

Ren Isuzu x Rika Ayano

THIS SHIT WORKS OKAY, I AM DEAD SERIOUS.

The last time I saw this on my dash, I didn’t think it would happen, so jokingly I wished I could go to a fun. concert.

AND GUESS WHAT, I WENT TO A FUCKING FUN. CONCERT.

I SAW THIS ON MY DASH THE OTHER DAY AND THOUGHT “ITS WORTH A TRY” SO I WISHED I COULD GET A 3DS

LITERALLY LIKE 4 DAYS LATER MY DAD SENT ME A PICTURE OF THE 3DS XL HE BOUGHT FOR ME WHILE I WAS AT SCHOOL

GUYS.

HE FUCKING CALLED ME 20 MINUTES LATER

20 FUCKNG. MINUTES. LATER.

 Ahh, to be carried bridal style by your giant buff shinny gf

Ships

Week Ending May 18th, 2020

Catradora +9 Catra & Adora, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Entrapdak Entrapta & Hordak, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Supercorp −1 Kara Danvers & Lena Luthor, Supergirl

Harlivy Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy, the DC Universe

Glimbow Glimmer & Bow, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Geraskier −5 Geralt of Rivia & Jaskier, The Witcher

Buddie −4 Evan Buckley & Edmundo Diaz, 9-1-1

Percabeth Percy Jackson & Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson & the Olympians

JonMartin −4 Jonathan Sims & Martin Blackwood, The Magnus Archives

Seamista Sea Hawk & Mermista, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

Reylo −7 Rey & Kylo Ren, the Star Wars universe

WangXian −5 Lan Wangji & Wei Wuxian, Mo Dao Zu Shi

Jikook −2 Park Jimin & Jeon Jungkook, BTS

Kiribaku −5 Kirishima Eijirou & Bakugou Katsuki, Boku No Hero Academia

Ineffable Husbands −9 Aziraphale & Crowley, Good Omens

Reddie −8 Richie Tozier & Eddie Kaspbrak, It

Drarry −4 Draco Malfoy & Harry Potter, the Harry Potter universe

Stucky −4 Steve Rogers & Bucky Barnes, the Marvel universe

Villaneve −4 Villanelle & Eve Polastri, Killing Eve

Destiel Dean Winchester & Castiel, Supernatural

The number in italics indicates how many spots a ship moved up or down from the previous week. The ones in bold weren’t on the list last week.

DreamWorks’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power has already cemented its place among the short but rapidly growing list of children’s animated shows with impactful LGBTQ representation. Showrunner Noelle Stevenson made it a point to push and fight for more diverse characters in every aspect from race, to personality, to sexual and gender identity. However, the finale of the GLADD Award-nominated program delivered on a revolutionary promise built up throughout all five seasons and completed one of the greatest queer narratives ever seen in children’s media.

As She-Ra progressed, Stevenson became more encouraged and inspired to pressure executives to allow more and more explicit LGBTQ characters and relationships. While ever-present in the series, season one only featured a background couple, Sinnerella (Noelle Stevenson) and Netossa (Krystal Joy Brown), and of course, the famous dance sequence between Catra (AJ Michalka) and Adora (Aimee Carrero). While this amount of representation is comfortably leagues ahead of the vast majority of cartoons, the show only upped the ante and the amount of representation from there. Season 2 introduced viewers to George (Chris Jai Alex) and Lance (Regi Davis), Bow’s fathers. The series presents them in a normalized fashion as a happy gay couple in love that built a family together. Jacob Tobia’s non-binary Double Trouble featured heavily in season four, making them one of the first non-binary characters in children’s animation and one of the first to holding an integral role in the show, a major step in representing such identities.

The many achievements and strides She-Ra in LGBTQ representation featured in She-Ra will doubtlessly affect other projects in the industry and help further programs walk a similar path. However, the greatest queer story inShe-Ra is the spectacular series-long arc exploring the relationship and dynamics between de facto antagonist Catra and protagonist Adora. The former friends, who grew up together in the ranks of the Horde, turn enemies at the start of the series after Adora gains the power of She-Ra and betrays Catra, joining the Rebellion.

Fans quickly began speculating on the nature of Adora and Catra’s relationship during season one, mainly because of the Princess Prom dance scene. After the young women shared a charged and sinister dance, fans quickly began supporting and analyzing “Catradora.” The next three seasons would gradually and gracefully define both characters’ complicated feelings for each other. Initially, Catra attempts to rationalize Adora’s leaving as a relief or else forces herself to appear apathetic towards it. She continuously uses the excuse that she is no longer living under Adora’s shadow to gradually build up more power, rising through the ranks of the Horde while stepping on those who helped her.

they are doing lesbianism together

Don’t you get it? I love you