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"I hate white. It pretends to be pure, yet can be dyed any shade. Itโs the most seductive color"
whether it's the manga or the anime, both are excellent. josei by the creator of nana.
yukari's in her senior year of high school, but she feels like she's missed out on life after spending most of hers dedicated to school. she stumbles upon a group of fashion students running the atelier Paradise Kiss, or ParaKiss, who take her off her path and bring her into the world of high fashion. artsy angsty young adult hijinks ensue.
coming of age existential crisis type shit. every flavor of disaster queer. absolutely beautiful art.
this show has meant everything to me since i was a younger and it only feels more resonant with me as i've grown older. whole thing's up on youtube, could not rec enough
whether it's the manga or the anime, both are excellent. josei by the creator of nana.
yukari's in her senior year of high school, but she feels like she's missed out on life after spending most of hers dedicated to school. she stumbles upon a group of fashion students running the atelier Paradise Kiss, or ParaKiss, who take her off her path and bring her into the world of high fashion. artsy angsty young adult hijinks ensue.
coming of age existential crisis type shit. every flavor of disaster queer. absolutely beautiful art.
this show has meant everything to me since i was a younger and it only feels more resonant with me as i've grown older. whole thing's up on youtube, could not rec enough
Apr 15, 2024
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Full series in one thicc novel.
Dramatic but relatable characters all around. And surprisingly progressive for a manga written in the early 2000s.
Dramatic but relatable characters all around. And surprisingly progressive for a manga written in the early 2000s.
Jul 9, 2025
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I watched it when I was 14 and it was the coolest thing ever to me. Its about two young women who have the same name. One is in a punk band and wears a lot of Vivienne westwood, the other is naive and girly. they are best friends and also definitely in love with each other but men and life and stuff get in the way. this and Paradise Kiss are made by the same people and it was a revelation to find that Anime could be girly and cool and not just for teenage boys or kids which is what I had assumed as a teenage girl.
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๐บBest anime๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญย no words can describe the quality of this show. Find on YouTube.
Apr 12, 2022
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"๊ค ๊๊๊๊ค๊๊ด๊ ๊ค๊ค ๊ ๊๊ค๊ค๊ด๊๊ช๊๊ ๊๊
๊๊ ๊ธ๊ฆ๊๊๊ค'๊ ๊๊๊ช๊ ๊๊ค๊ธ ๊ฃ๊๊ฆ๊ฃ๊๊ ๊
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๊ฆ ๊ธ๊ฆ"
mae borowski returns to her hometown of possum springs, and with her return comes some long-time-coming reunions and unsolved mysteries this game broke me
played it the week it came out back in 2017, and in hit me in that way some media does where it comes at a point in your life where it feels all too specific to your circumstances and it opens wounds you didn't even know went that deep. this shit felt like the therapy session you needed but reeeeally didn't want to go to. healing and hurtful, all at once
also just happens to be extremely funny. it's a very specific kind of humor, where even in the rare moments it doesn't land, it still lands because the circumstances around it make it all the funnier. something as simple as a too-long pause in the dialogue will have me in stitches
deserves all the love in the world, and it will forever have my whole heart. WITCHDAGGAH
mae borowski returns to her hometown of possum springs, and with her return comes some long-time-coming reunions and unsolved mysteries this game broke me
played it the week it came out back in 2017, and in hit me in that way some media does where it comes at a point in your life where it feels all too specific to your circumstances and it opens wounds you didn't even know went that deep. this shit felt like the therapy session you needed but reeeeally didn't want to go to. healing and hurtful, all at once
also just happens to be extremely funny. it's a very specific kind of humor, where even in the rare moments it doesn't land, it still lands because the circumstances around it make it all the funnier. something as simple as a too-long pause in the dialogue will have me in stitches
deserves all the love in the world, and it will forever have my whole heart. WITCHDAGGAH
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๐or junk journaling, if you'd like to not perpetuate myths about crows liking to collect trinkets. i just think it sounds cuter
weirdly, as someone who's a writer, i've never really been good at or liked journaling. every planner i've ever owned has remained empty. if i try to write something any time other than when the fancy strikes me, it just feels inauthentic, like i'm trying too hard. this has been the first time journaling actually felt like it had a purpose for me, and actually felt weirdly therapeutic
basically, it's just anything i can recycle, i make into a page. i like a common theme, so places i've visited, media i like, similar aesthetics, emotions i'm feeling. and then we get the qr code page & i'm reminded that this is probably the quintessential depiction of what scoring 121 on the RAADS-R looks like
eh, i'm having fun๐คทโโ๏ธ
weirdly, as someone who's a writer, i've never really been good at or liked journaling. every planner i've ever owned has remained empty. if i try to write something any time other than when the fancy strikes me, it just feels inauthentic, like i'm trying too hard. this has been the first time journaling actually felt like it had a purpose for me, and actually felt weirdly therapeutic
basically, it's just anything i can recycle, i make into a page. i like a common theme, so places i've visited, media i like, similar aesthetics, emotions i'm feeling. and then we get the qr code page & i'm reminded that this is probably the quintessential depiction of what scoring 121 on the RAADS-R looks like
eh, i'm having fun๐คทโโ๏ธ
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"๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ง๐ผ๐ธ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐, ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ
๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ, ๐ฏ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐โ
๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ
๐๐ผ๐,โ
๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ธ,โ
๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ
๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐โ
๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐, ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐"
a genre-bending, cinematic pop debut for the ages
it's a little criminal how good this is. like damn, save some for the rest of us
it takes such a brilliant artistic vision to craft something this airtight. like i'm not sure i could find a flaw if i tried. and she had some stiff competition in 2020 so that's saying something
like it's artsy, but it's fun! but also emotional! but also filled with bangers! and it remains so cohesive! what more could you want??
lightning in a bottle. an absolute star making turn. she was fucking born to do this
a genre-bending, cinematic pop debut for the ages
it's a little criminal how good this is. like damn, save some for the rest of us
it takes such a brilliant artistic vision to craft something this airtight. like i'm not sure i could find a flaw if i tried. and she had some stiff competition in 2020 so that's saying something
like it's artsy, but it's fun! but also emotional! but also filled with bangers! and it remains so cohesive! what more could you want??
lightning in a bottle. an absolute star making turn. she was fucking born to do this