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Two Yuri Manga Get Anime

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Whew! On this Thanksgiving Day, I'm thankful for getting my  Pokemon Sun and Moon review  getting released when I did! Okay, so although my family is over in the kitchen right now, socializing like the social butterflies I somewhat wish I could be like, I'm still sitting at my grandmother's computer, blogging away. (We had our Thanksgiving dinner already.) Well, in the spirit of this holiday, I should probably mention something else I'm thankful for.... but what? What could I possibly be grateful for? The recent announcement of the anime adaptations of not one, but two  yuri manga, that's what! Just for the record, I am not  a lesbian; in real life, I have a guy friend who I have a crush on, and a lot of people know that, albeit few know exactly who. (I'm not going to tell you who it is, either!) I just happen to enjoy yuri and prefer it over yaoi. My yuri fangirl-ness came from a young age, actually; I secretly used to ship May and Dawn from Pokemon. Althou...

Two Skipped Reviews

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In case you haven't noticed, I haven't updated my review blog since September. I'm really sorry about that! I haven't really been able to finish a lot of anime or find anything else worth reviewing lately, so I haven't really been in the reviewing groove. Okay, I lied; I have been writing reviews, but they were not for my review blog. The two reviews I wrote were for class assignments; I considered posting them on my review blog, but ultimately, I decided against it. Why? (WARNING!: Spoilers for "Bakuman." incoming!) You see, in season three of "Bakuman." (which was the best out of the three, by the way; I literally watched the whole season in just a week), there was a character named Tooru Nanamine. He was a fan of Muto Ashirogi, the pen name Mashiro and Takagi went by as manga artists, who wanted to be a manga artist for Shonen Jump (or Shonen Jack, as the anime called it) himself; unfortunately, his inability to take criticism and his onli...