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Shelf Life: Boys will be...girls?

Started by LostInTime, May 12, 2007, 09:14:29 AM

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LostInTime

May 12, 2007, 09:14:29 AM
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According to Princess Princess, Media Blaster's newest BL title, prestigious, desperate all-male schools in Japan will do a similar thing, giving new meaning to the term "old boys club." Boasting the tagline "boys will be girls," Princess Princess dives into campus life at a swanky boarding school where Tooru Kouno has just transferred in. Pretty and fresh-faced, he learns that the school has an awkward secret—every year, the prettiest boys are given the task of dressing up as girls. These "princesses" tramp around the school in dresses, giving hope to the all-male student body (har) so that they may excel in academics and athletics. To no viewers' surprise, Kouno is next on the list.

Now, creative as this story may be, it inspires many questions. For example, why are all these boys so inspired by their cross-dressing classmates?
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Hazumu

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May 12, 2007, 10:32:12 AM
Ah!-

"Bishounen" (beautiful boys) is what the style is called, and has been around for many years.  It's main consumers are girls, of all things.

The cover art for the DVD gave it away.

...sometimes I'm SO 'o-taku'...

Karen-san
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