A CONDENSED GUIDE TO TOKYO BABYLON
So, at some point I will probably post one of the thousand-odd rants I have about how Tokyo Babylon is this intense, moralising, powerfully nihilistic series that laid the foundations for one of the most tragic love stories in all of manga and was hugely if subtly influential on the rise of shounen-ai in the 90s, also penguins.
Today is not that day.
JAPAN, c. 1990
Tokyo: GIRL LOOK AT THAT BODY~
Babylon: ok could you shut up for two seconds we’re trying
Tokyo: GIRL LOOK AT THAT BODY~
Babylon: to make profound Biblical references here
Tokyo: GIRL LOOK AT THAT BODY~
Babylon: that will explain to the readers why you are SINFUL and HEDONISTIC and a WRETCHED HIVE OF SELFISH FOOLS
Tokyo: Yeah~ I work out~
Babylon: *facepalm*
IN THE HEART OF THE AFOREMENTIONED WRETCHED HIVE
Ghosts: RAWR!
Subaru: But look how adorable I am!
Ghosts: …RAWR?
Subaru: Don’t you want a hug?
Ghosts: *wibble*
Subaru: Hugging~ :3
Ghosts: OH SHIIIIIIIIII – *exorcised*
Subaru: Bye, guys~! Nice to meet you! Have a good afterlife! <3
Hokuto: I am a cheerful, well-adjusted, kickass teenage girl with, sure, a couple of issues here and there, but mostly a pretty awesomely healthy attitude to life!
Plot: …yeah, so, you’re screwed.
WHAT NO HOW IS THIS SO GREAT. READ IT.
