Otome Youkai Zakuro may be this season’s main shoujo anime, but beneath the sparkly flowery bishies, the Ouran–esque cast of shoujo archetypes, and the fast track to fluffy romance, there also lies a comparative tale of cultural encroachment and admixture. After all, we may be set in an alternate Meiji-era Japan, but it still parallels [...]
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