Some Retrospect After a Year of Blogging

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Alice, Aniblogging, anime, Anniversary, Himari, Ikoku Meiro no Croiseé, Kanba, Lemmas and Submodalities, Mawaru Penguindrum, Shoma, SnippetTee, Touhou, Youmu, Youmu Konpaku, Yune, Yuyuko Saigyouji

Looking back on how many seconds, hours, days, and months I spent on this site, it’s kind of overwhelming to think that I already reached my first year of blogging. It feels like it was only yesterday when I decided to put up Snippettee’s Blog, and just hours ago that I re-named it to Lemmas and Submodalities.

For some special reason, it’s fulfilling and gratifying to re-visit my old posts and comments of my readers. Every single article pops so many unforgettable anime screen shots and relives the young SnippetTee as she tries to verbalize her ideas. Now, as I write this post, lots of great memories are overflowing in my head that my fingers can’t even keep up with this sudden rush of thoughts.

5th Day of Anime: Cuteness Galore of Ikoku Meiro No Croisée

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Alice, Claude, Ikoku Meiro no Croiseé, Slice-of-Life, Yune

This delightful watch is about Yune, a Japanese meiko, who went to Paris, to work for Claude, who initially reluctantly accepted to take care of her. But overtime Claude learned to like and understand Yune.

Some might say that Ikoku Meiro no Croisée might seem too simple and too laidback, but it actually brought up some interesting political and inner self issues. Here’s the article that I wrote regarding how beauty becomes instrumental in maintaining gender and power relations.

Discipline & Punish — Concept of Beauty in Ikoku Meiro no Croisée

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Alice, beauty, Camille, corset, crinoline, Ikoku Meiro no Croiseé, kimono, obi, Yune

Ikoku Meiro no Croisée must be the cosiest anime of the season. The used of fine art, intricate architecture and detailed clothing add so much flavour to the show. More than anything else, I loved Alice’s yurific thoughts on Yune and the overflowing cuteness galore of the characters. Also, something that we can take away from this series is the fact that in every culture, cuteness is never for free, beauty has always a price to pay—discipline and punish.

It’s a fact recognized throughout history that what you wear determines how people perceived you. As perfectly shown by Yune, the foreignness of the Kimonoinvites exoticness to almost everyone who sees her, particularly Alice. Also as exemplified by her clothing, it’s not the body, but the codifying of the body into composition of appearance, that culturally outlines and forms what it means to be ‘feminine,’ and to embody nation and culture.