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  • On the left, the back cover. Text from top to bottom: "From Eisuke Naito (director) + Shuzo Oshimi comes the new horror film (character designer). TOXIC DAUGHTER. DEBUTS APRIL 5, 2024 AT THE SHINJUKU WALD 9 AND NATIONWIDE*! *Not currently available in English." "Chi will never allow this home to be happy. STORY: Moving into a single-family house with her husband and daughter Moeka seems like the start of a dream come true for Hagino, who did not grow up in a happy home. But one day. while Hagino is out, she gets a call from Moeka, desperately pleading for help. Hagino rushes back to find her house trashed and Moeka, her clothes in tatters, being straddled by an unfamiliar girl clutching a large pair of scissors. The girl's name: Chi. She had once lived in that house, but was thought to have left town after causing a certain incident. Now she's back to draw out the poison hiding beneath this seemingly happy family's façade and send them into a living nightmare." "Starring: Aimi Satsukawa Sera Uehara Himena Irei Terunosuke Takeza Directed by: Eisuke Naito "Chi" Character Design by: Shuzo Oshimi Screenplay by: Eisuke Naito and Naruki Matsuhisa Score by: Hisashi Arita Executive Producers: King Records and The Klockworx Distributed by: The Klockworx Toxic Daughter website"": https://dokumusume.com/ Toxic Daughter on X (formerly Twitter)**: @dokumusume_eiga **Japanese-language only" On the right, the front cover. Chi-Chan, the titular character, is seen drawn with a grey pencil, whereas her robe is in a bright red. Her long hair goes beyond the page. She's holding a large scissors and looking warily to the reader. Many X's in red of grey cover the rest of the image, while the background is white. Text: "TOXIC DAUGHTER CHI-CHAN. SHUZO OSHIMI WITH EISUKE NΑΙΤΟ AND THE TOXIC DAUGHTER FILM PARTNERS"

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  • A book icon with a photo that shows an art desk with art utensils and the hands of a human who's crafting a sigil/stamp for a letter. Photo by Annie Spratt from Unsplash. A bookmark on the left side of the book, with the Pending Plays logo at the top and "Book Guild" in vertical format below. On the right of the book it says "#15 Handmade Gifts" in a bold font with dripping liquid.

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  • A book icon with a photo of a piece of a rainbow colored and multi-layered cake on a plate. A bookmark on the left side of the book, with the Pending Plays logo at the top and "Book Guild" in vertical format below. On the right of the book it says "#9 Queer Love" in a bold handwritten font.

    Book Guild – February 2025 – Challenge

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  • Gaming

Spotlight On: Mellowrino

Aaron Bird1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

As Pride month comes to a close, we’re running a special “Spotlight On” article, with a focus on an LGBTQ+ streamer, with questions about LGBTQ+ gaming!

Meet Timo (@Mellow1892)!

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  • Comics & Graphic Novels

An Easy Introduction to Love Triangles – Manga Review

Arden Skye2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

An easy introduction to love triangles – or in Japanese Goukaku no Tame no! Yasashii Sankaku Kankei Nyuumon (合格のための! やさしい三角関係入門) – is a GL Manga by Canno, exploring polysexuality. Story It revolves around three girls – Mayuki, Rin and Akira –, who know each other, but don’t know that each knows the other:Rin & Akira…

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The front cover of "hairball" – a black cover with the face of a cat in the middle. Orange eyes and a bit of blood on its teeth.
  • Comics & Graphic Novels

Hairball – Graphic Novel Review

Arden Skye9 months ago9 months ago03 mins

Plot After a young girl, Anna, gets bitten by her cat, bad things start to happen to her parents, who are constantly fighting and blaming her or the cat for everything that went down in their lives. When Anna tries to get rid of the cat, she discovers there might be a greater terror behind…

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The front and back cover of "Ashita Shinu nara Nani Shitai?"
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Sou and Ashiya – Ashita Shinu nara Nani Shitai? – short Manga Review

Arden Skye1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

When a succubus ends up being seduced by their victim… “If You Were to Die Tomorrow, What Would You Wanna Do?” or Ashita Shinu nara Nani Shitai? (日死ぬなら何したい?) in Japanese, is a short manga (Doujinshi) by Ajichi. Plot Sou, a god of death, decides to look through “the black book”, which is said to have…

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  • Gaming

Review: Final Fantasy XVI

DaveyBlahBlah2 years ago2 years ago134 mins

An Eikonic achievement – and bearer of the weight of its 35-year franchise history

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Children of Silentown Review

ivetafox2 years ago2 years ago03 mins

Children of Silentown is a hand-drawn, point-n-click, adventure game about a girl who grows up next to a forest that people keep disappearing into. Our brave adventurer seeks out the truth about the monsters and what happens to the people they take. 

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Is Love the Answer? – Manga Review

Arden Skye2 years ago2 years ago32 mins

It’s not that the protagonist simply concludes that she’s ace, but the fluidity of sexuality also is explained. That asexuality is an umbrella term and that there are so many different kinds of labels underneath it, and everyone feels different about it.

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KinnPorsche – BL Drama (TV) Review

Arden Skye2 years ago2 years ago111 mins

Good changes for the BL genre, but still lots of things to work on. KinnPorsche is a 14-episode TV Thai Drama from 2022, based on the novel of the same name. It centers around Porsche, a young college student, who unknowingly helps the son (Kinn) of a mafia boss in a life-threatening situation and then…

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Reynatis Review

DaveyBlahBlah1 year ago1 year ago010 mins

The Final Fantasy Versus XIII spiritual successor lacks any soul.

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  • Books

Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen

ivetafox8 months ago9 months ago03 mins

Garden Spells is a magical realism novel about two sisters who learn to love each other after a difficult childhood. At the start of the novel, the women have been estranged for over a decade before the prodigal sister returns home with her daughter. This is the first book in the Waverly Family series. This…

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