Hello

[Shinyuu]

I hear ya, shin. I guess there's just a lot of crap out there, and ya gotta deal with the good.

But I guess the "Crappy aspects" of all genres have to do with the creators trying to live out a fantasy, I'd say. But trying to understand -that- would require knowing the creator themselves, wouldn't it?

And of course others *coughbleachcoughnarutocoughonepieceofshitcoughCOUGH* just seem to be made to make money, if nothing else. Bleach btw made me abhor animes longer than 30 eps. Rarely do I stomach more than that, ie. Marimite, but hey, yuri... well more shoujou-ai imo, works for me. To me Marimite will truly end once Yumi/Yoshino/Shimako graduate. Like there'll be nothing left to tell, since it's Yumi's story... even though The one and true Rosa Gigantea will be Sei-sama~... oh but that's off topic isn't it? XD

and thanks for the welcome vella :3

Which makes me wonder what it would be like if you took the most jerk-ish prince from shoujo manga and took the most fanservice-filled girl from shounen manga and put them together.

Strangely, I haven't read or watched Maria-sama (nor did I know it was shortened to Marimite until I looked up what it was). I do know it's one of the flagship yuri/shoujo-ai series, though. I also didn't know that the light novel has been running for 12 (now going on 13) years now (nor that it originally started as one). It's interesting the things that one finds out each day. I do guess we're getting a bit off of topic as you said, though.