Drop Dead Cute - Kawaii for Sexy Ladies

Here are the best shoujo manga (shoujo means girl and manga are japanese comic books) available in the U.S. It is so difficult to find all the shoujo cuteness you have come to be addicted to with a storyline that isn't purely intellectual and creative. These recommendations will make you so incredibly happy. I have picked the manga volumes with cutest thumbnail images so don't think I am recommending these volumes in particular lol. No, you need the WHOLE series!


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These are incredible. The detailing is like nothing you have ever seen. Wow, again, someone please buy me these.

Studio Ghibli is one of my biggest passions in life. I feel overwhelmed trying to convey this! Firstly, kawaii is COVERED. Every Hayao Miyazaki movie that is released in Japan is immediately the largest grossing movie in Japan (FYI Disney just released Miyazaki's newest movie Ponyo in theatres!). These movies are the most heartwarming, life-changing, masterpieces that exist PERIOD. I've listed the most well known and popular (and always phenomenal) movies here. Every Hayao Miyazaki movie attempts to accomplish something so different & so remarkable. The animation is there to give Hayao Miyazaki full control of every emotion, every back drop, every blink of an eye. It also allows him to put raccoons in clothing & show every perfect reaction on an entire city of faces. These movies are for every age, but I can't figure out who benefits from them more. The movies include Graveyard of the Fireflies (possibly best movie ever on earth) which tells the realistic story of a young boy who loses his parents & is forced to care for his baby sister alone to Pom Poko, which is a story of raccoons who are losing their habitat to humans & come up with an amazing plan to scare away the humans. These are not just stories to pull your heart strings and have you care for the environment or wartorn. These movies are innovative, hilarious, frightening, ENTERTAINING... Have I said enough!? I feel emotional already thinking I can't do these movies justice. Just please watch.

There are plenty of cutesy video games out there but these are mind blowing. Many of them happen to be the best video games of all time and miraculously involve so much kawaii it will make your brain bleed. Just trust me. TRUST ME. If you haven't heard of the game, that does not mean it isn't worth playing! Many of these have the highest game ratings out there.

Junko Mizuno captures "Drop Dead Cute" like no other. Her characters are so appealing that you hold on for a ride of disturbing proportions. She not only draws amazing images but she also can tell an incredible story. It's like the divinity of Paul and John having met and started a band. Honestly! You will be amazed at what she does to classic fairytales (books shown below).

Drop Dead Cute is much more than a book, but it was the book, "Drop Dead Cute," that first established the movement. This compilation spotlighted two artists, Chiho Aoshima and Aya Takano in particular, that decidedly have become much more than spawns of any temporary fad. I've included my absolute favorite books that include these artists and as usual I own ALL of the books I mention and can honestly say they are freaking awesomeeee.

Chiho Aoshima



Aya Takano