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October 19, 2004
Atrocity Tourism: MasaManiA.
What little I know about Japan scares me.
To be fair, I probably shouldn't be looking at so many Japanese cartoon porn sites. Nostril-fucking and vaginal cannons and naked preschoolers are kind of bound to give you the wrong idea about a country, no matter how pretty their classical architecture tends to be.
Pagoda.
Schoolgirl eyesocket rape.
Buddhist temple.
Bukkake.
The Golden Pavillion.
Poju.
It's not really fair, and I know it's not. Even with my brain blasted to ash and my eyeballs running down my cheeks like apple jelly and my fingers scrabbling at the Go Back button in an effort to GET AWAY GET AWAY OH GOD I CAN STILL SEE IT IN MY MIND JESUS HELP ME A WHOLE GARBAGE CAN WHAT THE FUCK HOW IS THAT EVEN REMOTELY EROTIC, I know I'm getting the wrong impression.
I don't really know Japan. The pigin-Japanese half-pints of Deviant Art who won't shut the fuck up about KAWAII DESU GOMEN SAMA YOKATA AH NO for five seconds don't know Japan. The anime recluse locked in his bedroom, stroking his Rei doll and dreaming of moving someplace where harems of women will fight for the honor of letting him walk in on them in the shower, walloping him with an oversized mallet, and then regretting their deeds in a blush and a shower of cherry blossom petals don't know Japan, either.
So that's why I like MasaManiA.
MasaManiA is a photoblog, written largely for the benefit of English-speakers by a Japanese native who's favorite word in the English language is clearly "fuck." The English is poor, but the author's sense of humor still translates pretty well. And he's just as mystified by cosplayers and trendy self-harmers as I am, which is a really good sign.
Take a look, if you can. I've got this thing bookmarked.
Posted by Spike at October 19, 2004 01:33 PM
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