Candy Boy

[caitlin]

Candy Boy


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Anyone else familiar with this one? I just found it earlier, and watched it. It's a short (a bit under eight minutes) and sweet little love story (shoujo-ai), with a touch of humour. :)
It's pretty new, as well.

Screen shots (all taken by me) under spoiler tags ('cause there's 14 of them).

[purplemo]

I heard of this a little bit back. It's good, considering it's length and the fact that its an ONA. Lately I've found myself liking the shoujo shoujo-ai, as opposed to the shounen or josei shoujo-ai (manga, not anime), so this was a pretty good find.

FYI, for those who like these shoujo shoujo-ai stuff, check out Morinaga Milk's manga . . . and for guys who just like the shoujo-ai stuff because it's two girls, see Shoujo Sect.

[caitlin]

I also thought it was quite good, considering. :)
Although it was quite different from what I expected from the title (even if I'm not quite sure what I was expecting!).
It was released earlier this month, if I recall?
(And I'm the same - I've been getting more and more into shoujo-ai, and am beginning to leave shounen-ai behind a little)

[sothis]

ooo, can you send me an entry? i'd need one scenery shot in addition to those though :D

[caitlin]

Would you like me to email it to you, then? :o

I found a scenery one, and two scenery-ish shots, on the way:

[sothis]

yeah if you can do the usual zip of the screesn and then the pasted synopsis, that woudl be awesome. i could put it up tonight!

[purplemo]

Originally Posted by caitlin

I also thought it was quite good, considering. :)
Although it was quite different from what I expected from the title (even if I'm not quite sure what I was expecting!).
It was released earlier this month, if I recall?
(And I'm the same - I've been getting more and more into shoujo-ai, and am beginning to leave shounen-ai behind a little)

I don't know much about shoujo-ai outside of Milk, HEN, Simoun, Marimite and Shoujo Sect, but if you're interested there's a WHOLE lot of Touhou doujin covering the fan-created love-mess of Youmu loving Yuyuko and Sayuka, Sayuka loving Remilia, Patchouli and Alice loving Marisa, Marisa loving Reimu (yes, it's a complicated mess). The Touhou world is actually quite interesting and comes with some good games too that don't require knowledge of Japanese, so you might want to take a look.

[caitlin]

It's e-mailing now, Sothis! :)

purplemo: The main shoujo-ai I'm familiar with are Kasimasi (that's pushing the boundries of shoujo-ai, though. I also saw a DVD of a similar sounding series, while I was in the States, but I didn't get it), MariMite, and most of the rest I've seen are just series with hints of shoujo-ai in them, though I've got a few shoujo-ai titles on my 'to watch' list, anyhow. :)
That sounds interesting! I'll probably have to take a look, sometime :)

[caitlin]

Update on the story:
From what I hear the girls are twin sisters, but I'm not sure if you can really confirm whether it's sisters or roommates, in such a sort time. They do make a hint or two that they're sisters, but I took the honorifics and that to be nicknames, myself. So they may not be sisters, but it seems to be the populr idea that they are.

[sothis]

big thanks to caitlin:

http://www.anime-planet.com/anirec/1563.html

if you guys watch it, mark status and make recs please! ^_^