Saturday, December 8, 2012

After-Effects Reading Shoujo Manga

This article is my mere opinion. I have the rights to speak up my mind, right?
  
Have you ever read shoujo manga? Shoujo manga is japanese comic which addressed to reader group of girls. Mostly, it has romance genre. But not all shoujo manga is about romance. But after reading so many shoujo manga, I've come to realize that the stories is way too good –far from reality. It's too good to happen in our daily life.  Even slice of life genre is a bit too good to happen –but well, I think it's the most realistic genre. Yet, there's also possibilities for that to happen.

Where's the thing about after-effects reading shoujo manga here? Alright, go to the main topic! When I'm reading shoujo manga, it feels like I'm being carried away. I could feel the emotions as the story goes. If the situation is sad, I'll be sad and my heart'll start aching. But if it's funny, I'll certainly laugh like an idiot. But when the story ends or I stop reading, there's certainly something wrong with me. I begin to question everything in my life. How it could be so different with what's on manga. Knowing this is stupid idea to compare the reality and the imagination don't stop me questioning. In the end, I know manga is way too good to happen. And somehow I feel disappointed in a weird way –couldn't put that feeling into words. But why do I keep reading even when I know I'll be strangely disappointed? Dunno.


This is an illustration for chapter cover of Red-Haired Snow White Princess (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime). Kono manga wa suki desu! Zen to Shirayuki wa kawaii deshou. Back to topic, this scene even way too good to happen –of course, you idiot -_-
Alibaba and Aladdin from Magi. Though this isn't shoujo manga, I inserted this to give some refreshments because Alibaba is so damn cool~
Well, I admit reading manga got some positive sides too. It's telling me more information. I get to know many new things from it. And in my case, I'm learning English from online manga I read since English is not my first language. Yet the negative side, maybe it's that you'll start imagining things and when you get back to reality, it hurts. Are~? Is that why I feel strangely disappointed? I thought the other negative side is that once you're addicted to it and cannot control yourself, you'll be in a mess.

The after effects should be depending on what kind of person you are. 

6 comments:

  1. Hha~ The first pic is somehow like.. dream time~_~.
    Kamu tau? Yang tak liat kayaknya kok kamu kurang seneng dan puas sama hidup mu yang sekarang._. Imagining things, almost everybody did it. Tapi biasanya nggak sampe disappointed banget. Tapi nggak tau juga sih, katamu strange feelings~

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  2. Dunno. It's just like I'm still a someone who search for her 'real' self

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  3. Draw! Express your feelings in the best way to express yourself. Your drawings~_~ I have some recommendation(or request?): Make abstract drawing!
    If u're not busy studying, though~

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  4. Well, uh, I suppose I still could even draw in the middle of studying.

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  5. Well, spare some time for it. Draw abstract with thinking your problems, and your thought, overall, what's been troubling your mind. And when you saw the result. Have to be amazing! It's your own thought in the form of scratches. ~_~

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