User:MaxmaxTK

Takashima Kazusa is my all-time favorite manga artist and illustrator. Her art is so realistic, with a healthy addition of comic that makes it an appealing asthetic. Her colors are also fantastic--whether digital or traditional she is a master at blending, light source, and background. Her art feels both organic and fantastical. I truly cannot say enough! Her subject matter may be the only areas in which I struggle to praise her, in all honesty. Though BL is fine with me, I do not enjoy incest and she toes into this territory at times (or even crosses explictly) so these titles, though I will read them, do not interest or satisfy me at all. That said, I will read and throughly enjoy all of her work! BL is her predominant subject matter, but she has also done work on straightforward shounen titles (Satomi Ran's Kotodama Tsukai Series or Shinohara Miki's Mystery of Ten Thousand and One Nights Series comes to mind), and shoujo titles (such as her professional debut title Mad Love Chase, or her contributing work in the Female Tale of Genji Anthology) as well as gag comics like her Tribute to Majiochi-kun and her comic of Werewolf. Speaking of Werewolf, her illustrations have not stuck to just manga, with illustrations for the game having been done before the comic, or using her art to highlight endangered species throughout Japan. She has shown to be versitile, creative, and still maintain her own style and signature throughout her years in her profession. Her art has gotten better and better, noticibling improving as the years went on, but is all at once immediately recognized as hers. She also maintains a humble, sometimes depressing demeanor. She never boasts about her accomplishments and often attributes her success to her tireless and diligent editors. She often shares information about local events imploring people to not only help during times of disatster, but also to take care of themselves and does her best to highlight both the good and the bad that comes with it. I'm looking forward to what she has in store for us in the future!

Aside from Takashima, I think I am your average geek. I have interests in all sorts of anime and manga (I love CLAMP's older or shorter works, Furuba, My Hero, Demon Slayer, Dororo, Violet Evergarden, etc.), of course, but also Marvel Comics (Thor, Dr. Strange, and Spiderman are some of my favs) and other novels. Fantasy is my favorite genre and some of my favorite books right now are by Sarah J Mass and Cinda Williams Chima. I used to play video games occasionally, but now I mostly enjoy them secondhand (watching LPs or my relations play). I have dabbled in art, writing, cosplay, photography and videography, but I'm not very good at anything. (A true Jack-of-all-Trades, Master of None type.) I have a degree in Japanese Studies covering all aspects of Japan (economics, population, society, language, etc.) and I am working to become a teacher for Grade School. Of course, I would love to teach Japanese or about Japan, but I'm fond of English, Social Studies, Art, and Religion. I guess that makes me a nerd too. :P I like to have intelligent discorse, but I also can be way too hardheaded and even though I don't like confrentation, I bite back when I feel attacked. That usually doesn't happen with strangers though, since I'm way too socially awkward to talk to people, and intrinsically want people to like me. Any who, feel free to contact me if that didn't confuse you, and I hope you enjoy the page!