#flower comics

October 12, 2025

Tumblr's ruining my otaku life!! I actually took a break from Tumblr for a while before I decided that I needed to yap about anime. However, since I got started on this blog, I find myself scrolling. I don't want to be scrolling. I want to be watching anime!! Ironically, I feel like I'm completing less series now. Anyways, as for what I have completed...

I finished two of Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly's endings. One was the "true ending" and I don't remember now what the other one was called 😅Anyways, I'm onto Hikage's route now! As for Ephemeral - Fantasy on Dark -, I completed Shiba's good ending romance route and am now continuing on his lover route. And of course I'm still going down Mozu's route in Bustafellows Season2. Unfortunately, I'm behind on Resting Peach Face's Over RequiemZ let's play/live translation.

The couple anime that I've recently finished were Villainess Level 99: I May Be the Hidden Boss but I'm Not the Demon Lord and Code: Realize. I'm still watching and really enjoying Fushigi Yuugi. Meanwhile, I rewatched the first episode of Requiem of the Rose King and that helped me better understand the plot A LOT. Maybe it'd help more if I read Shakespeare's Henry IV, but I don't think I'm that committed...

When it comes to manga, I'm still reading Rin-ne and Tomie. I need to start Hellsing, Noragami, and Skip Beat! soon if I want to complete my monthly goal.

Anyways, there's a used books store called Wonder Books by my sister's house that I often frequent whenever I go to visit. Sometimes I forget that there are other locations. This week, I got to explore a new Wonder Books location! The place is stacked. It could take days to really explore it all. Typically, their manga selection isn't the largest, but you never know what you'll find. There were so many interesting manga there! I was surprised especially to see a stack of old-school Japanese BL Flower Comics manga. At the end of the day, I picked up Fushigi Yuugi volume 9, Ceres volume 9, and the Viz Graphic Novel publishing of Ceres volume 2 (also an Abba CD).

In other news, I'm considering going to Pokefest and/or Nekocon at the end of this month!

Tamura on Tōma no Shinzō (The Heart of Thomas) by Moto Hagio:

"I loved Julusmole. My friends and I talked about going to Germany someday [because of this manga]. Juli's faint smile in the last scene always makes me cry. Even now. I cry. Warm tears. This manga is a world treasure! (It's too much of a masterpiece)"

🌱 now available at my etsy shop 🌱

i made this 4 panel comic a long time ago. sat on these questions, not really pushing for answers. and there could be so many, every one of them different at any given time.

the word of the year i picked in 2020 was CHERISH.

the hard yet relieving part is that there’s no one right way to do it. and in these pandemic times, the challenge to do so seems colossal especially against systems that threaten and force us apart.

i’ve decided on my word for 2021. it’s a secret for now 😂 but i will say it’s building on the lessons i’ve been learning this year, and arguably harder for me. we’ll see how it goes 😉.

Hagio Moto, Star Red