Finished Princess Jellyfish

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It was a long time coming.

I wanted a picture to go with this post because I'm an image-loving tumblrinx at heart, so I went straight to my very first tumblr blog to find one. Not only did I find a picture, but I also found the exact dates I first started and finished the anime, along with my (very brief) reactions.

so I just watched ep. 1 of Princess Jellyfish on Netflix
hmm yess I think I will enjoy this anime a lot

- June 15, 2014

I…I finished princess jellyfish…kuranosuke and tsukimi never even kissed or anything…I cant believe this…

- June 18, 2014

Well I have great news for you, teenaged Chris: I just read the manga and they never kiss!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Normally this kind of thing would make me pout, but it's fine here. Tsukimi had three love interests (one of whom she DOES kiss! Kind of crazy Kuranosuke doesn't try to get his lick back, but also very polite of him), and they were all very nice. Okay, Kai was kind of a slut, but he's cute so I forgive him. I'm sure he wanted to court Tsukimi with purer intentions than he has with other women. I don't think I've ever read a manga where there's multiple love interests and none of them really explicitly "win". I can understand why Higashimura ended the story; sometimes I think about how torturous it must feel drawing the same story for years when you have other ideas yearning to be shared. But man... I want to see what life in Amamizu-kan is like now... This is probably what fanfiction is for..........

I am most likely what one would call an otaku. I refuse to call myself that as it reeks of weeaboo, but I'd fit right in in Amamizu-kan. Except... I like clothes and fashion. Sometimes how anti-fashion those girls were frustrated me. If I had a Kuranosuke I would definitely not take him for granted!!!!!!!! In fact, I need one, because even when I gather to will to buy cool outfits I don't wear them out because I don't think they suit me.

I don't know how to write all my thoughts in a way that make sense, so they're all disjointed and random, sorry.

I really like that there's a story about losers and clothes. And I like that there's crossdressing. And I like whatever Kai Fish is. I like straight yuri. It'd be awesome if it was lesbian yuri, but I know when to pick my battles. I like how Higashimura's 70s shoujo manga influence shines through in her art. I like all the outfits Kuranosuke wore. I like the comedy; I suppose because the stakes aren't "the world will be lost to evil"-level high. (If you remember, I have beef with comedy.)

I don't like the venomous jellyfish dresses. I feel like the Singapore arc wasn't long enough or something. We could have had a few more KaiTsuki moments to satisfy me. Sometimes I wanted Mayaya to STFU and sit her ass down somewhere. (The beef with comedy continues.) And Mejiro-sensei having a crush on Chieko made me think "yet another mangaka shoving heterosexuality down my throat with a last-minute coupling," but maybe that's what the outside world is like, since most people are/act heterosexual and are also heteromantic(<- allegedly). And Chieko didn't even respond to his feelings, so...

In the end, the narrator/Clara said "did they get married? Who knows, princesses of the 21st century don't need to get married as long as they have mutual love," which made me shake my head with peak. The motto of Amamizu-kan, that they don't need a life with men, wasn't something that was turned around in the end. Kuranosuke said Tsukimi doesn't need a man, but he does need her. *shakes my head peakly again*

I wonder if those words are somewhat hollow, because I heard that in Tokyo Tarareba Girls (same creator) the girls could just live with each other but they're like nooooooo I need a mannnnnnnn.... or am I mixing that up with something I'm 100% sure oomf said about Nana... I guess I'll have to read it and see on my own. This would be veering into a different topic, but even if you can be successful on your own, straight women are still gonna need love! But do they NEED "love"...? Can close female companionship not fill that hole if they discard of the male-centered view of life they were raised with? This probably isn't black or white...

Either way!! I DID really like Princess Jellyfish, and I'm glad I was able to read it! I did try to read it all those years ago, but it wasn't complete. Time has passed and many things in my life have changed, but my enjoyment of this goofy fashion drama sure didn't. I gave it a 7 on anilist, which I think may look poor to other people. In this case it's a "I thought it was grrrrrrrrrrreat!, but objectively, I know it wasn't anything crazy and it didn't change the game." It was good. I wuv it. I wuv everypony in it. I'm going to add another picture.


Do you think he's cute? Or should I lay on a bed of spikes for one million years?

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