Sunday, 19 August 2012

Reaching You

Kimi Ni Todoke (Reaching You) was one of my earliest manga. Back when I was just discovering the world of shoujo manga, having only read action packed shounen before. The manga had instantly got me hooked. It was a whole new kinda feel. Soft, light romance with refreshing characters and a heroine who constantly made me nervous for her sake.
Recently the manga had a huge development after quite a slow phase. Don't want to possibly spoil anything, let's just say it made a lot of fans very very happy. Now, between this development and the time I started this manga (ongoing manga) I have managed to read some 200+ shoujo and other genres as well. And I thought I'd seen it all. Well to be honest I can't blame myself. A lot of those manga had plots that got very repetitive. I continue reading though since the way they're written differs. oh but some of them are pretty much identical and I was beginning to worry if shoujo simply didn't do it for me anymore. And that I'd grown up and out of it.
Well....any such doubt was put to rest yesterday when I SQUEALED and CLAPPED happily at the development in Kimi Ni Todoke! Now I have a different kind of worry. I'm 25. I'm squealing over a shoujo manga with a high school couple. Shouldn't I be too old for this? Is this normal? After all this time, something like this still does it for me.. Is it something that I can tell people who know me?
I realise one thing though. There's no way I'm gonna stop just yet. I love manga and shoujo is a genre that always lifts up my spirit takes me away to a dreamland for a while. I love shounen, josei, seinen, etc too. But shoujo is that little guilty pleasure that's pure happiness. Its my share of some girly time. So I'll stop worrying for a while...and enjoy while I can!