User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 41: May 2015/@comment-121.54.54.55-20150602040021/@comment-4449950-20150602043717


 * slinks in behind your shoulder all creepy-like*

Why, hello there anon >:D

I have nothing to say on Bleach, though from what I hear it's far from it's prime nowadays. Apparently it was really great at one point though~

I know what I say here will be seen as biased due to my love for AkaYona, but I can say a few, short things.

First, please don't assume the shoujo tag means "for girls only". I can say with certainty that there is more fighting and politics in AkaYona so far than romance. There is even more focus on platonic, sibling-like relationships than romantic ones. Also ignore the harem tag. Tbh, I don't even know why that's there.

Second, AnY has more gore and blood than Fairy Tail (which I assume you read because you are here, so I'll use it as a comparison). I'm being serious. It's a shoujo and there's less censorship (in terms of violence), which I find funny. Like, I'm talking panels of characters being stabbed and their bodies ripped apart, on-screen decapitation more than once (no, I am seriously not kidding) and all of this with no fanservice. Actually, scratch that, there's a little from both sexes, but nowhere near FT level, so if you find FT overwhelming at times, AkaYona will suit you more.

So, yeah, I can't convince you to, but please give it a chance. I think you will be pleasantly surprised, and, trust me, the art style imo is amazing.

However, tbh, I'm wondering why you don't just follow the advice of the taco ad:

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