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What is Mihiraki (見開き)?
Mihiraki, or “double-page spread,” is a manga technique. It consists of left and right pages facing each other. The purpose…
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What is Lemon?
Lemon is a type of fan fiction with erotic content. Any readers should expect the material to have purely pornographic…
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What is Kabedon (壁ドン)?
Kabedon is the act of pinning down a love interest against the wall. The receptive gets cornered in the wall…
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What is Guro (グロ)?
Guro is a Japanese artistic genre that focuses on the unsettling, eerie and bizarre. It discomforts the readers and viewers…
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What is Gensakusha (原作者)?
A gensakusha is the scriptwriter for manga. Typically, a mangaka both writes and draws their own manga series. But not…
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What is Gekiga?
Gekiga is an obscure manga genre aimed at adult readers. It has a more realistic art style and grounded plot…
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What is Galge (ギャルゲー)?
Galge or “gal game” is a subgenre of Japanese simulation games. It features attractive female characters. Players can interact with…
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What is Mecha?
Mecha is a Japanese fiction genre that focuses on giant humanoid machines called mecha. Most mecha series is science fiction…
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What is Fan Service (ファンサービス)?
Fan service or service cut (サービスカット) is a risque scene from popular Japanese media. It provides “service” to the viewers…
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What is Eyecatch?
Eyecatch or internal eyecatch is a brief illustration that flashes at the start or end of a commercial break. They…
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