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Kowloon Generic Romance
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Kowloon Generic Romance
Plot: With its flickering streetlights, moldy back alleys, and noisy populace, the Second Kowloon Walled City, despite the squalor of its already-demolished predecessor, evokes a special kind of…
Kowloon Generic Romance – 05
Let's talk about goldfish.
Kowloon Generic Romance – 03
A sense of nostalgia for a place I've never been, indeed.
Kowloon Generic Romance – 02
What does all this add up to? It's hard to say.
Kowloon Generic Romance – 04
With apologies to disappointed manga readers (of whose number I have often been one), this is still great.
First Impressions – Kowloon Generic Romance
There are a couple of reasons to be cautious but boy, one couldn't ask for a much better premiere than that.
First Look: Kowloon Generic Romance
Reiko Kujirai lives within the Kowloon Walled City, working as a real estate agent and nursing her crush on her co-worker, Hajime. Life goes on as usual, until…
Kowloon Generic Romance – Episode 1
this is a rich premiere that bubbles with a mix of affection and suspicion for that thorny concept of “nostalgia.”
Kowloon Generic Romance Ep 4
There was a big theme going on about the values and purposes of ‘fake copies” this episode!
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W-W-WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!?
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Kowloon Generic Romance #01 — Pulsating Rhomboid
Not sure I was expecting all the bubblegum pop. Impressions: I don't know why, but I chuckled every time they cut to the pulsating rhomboid hovering over…
Kowloon Generic Romance – 04 – Absolute Self
A common tactic with any mystery box show is to provide enough of a trickle of answers to keep the audience engaged, while at the same time raising…
Kowloon Generic Romance Episode 5 Review – Becoming The Absolute Self
You can only trust Kujirai and Yaomay in this story…
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Kowloon Generic Romance Ep 1 [First Impression]
Man this is so trippy, I love it! The importance of quirks, the value of nostalgia, and the goldfish of forgetfulness!
Kowloon Generic Romance – 01 – The Right Prescription
Kowloon Generic Romance starts off pleasingly lo-fi, with its protagonist Kujirai Reiko waking up and starting the day with a breakfast of watermelon and cigarettes on her balcony,…
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Kowloon Generic Romance – 03 – Field of Gazes
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Kowloon Generic Romance Episode 4 Review – Kowloon And Clone Sound Similar
Raise your hand if you’re not a clone!
Kowloon Generic Romance – 05 – Living is Wanting More
Hajime turns his admission of killing Kujirai B into a “what if,” stating he was only joking. Yaomei, who has always been hostile towards Hajime, is certain Hajime…
Spiraken Manga Review Ep 507: Kowloon Generic Romance
In this episode, Xan reviews a manga that takes place in a city that no longer exists and relies on nostalgia. Is it a good romance story? Well…
Kowloon Generic Romance Volumes 7-8 Manga Review
With both anime and live-action drama adaptations promised for 2025, now is unquestionably the right time to discover your Absolute Self and read the original first.
INTERVIEW: Jun Mayuzuki, creator of Kowloon Generic Romance
TCAF 2023 guest Jun Mayuzuki, the creator of romcom/sci-fi series Kowloon Generic Romance talks with Deb about her comics career and how nostalgia influences her gorgeous and genre-defying…
Kowloon Generic Romance – 13 (Fin) – Untying the Ribbon
Shortly after Kudou delcares he’s troubled, the worst “earthquake” yet hits Kowloon Walled City, resulting in unprecedented destruction, including the vanishing of all of the people dwelling there.…
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Kowloon Generic Romance #02 — Grabbing Women By the Head
I think this may actually be too stupid for me. Impressions: Both the start and the end were really awful, in distinctly different ways. She gets called by…
Kowloon Generic Romance – 02 – The Woman With No Past
Still reeling from the discovery that Hajime’s former fiancée looked exactly like her, Reiko gets a call from her friend and client Xiaohei about a noisy neighbor. The…
I Saw the Live-Action Kowloon Generic Romance Movie
ALTThis past weekend, I got a chance to watch the live-action adaptation of Jun Mayuzuki’s...
Kowloon Generic Romance – 12 – The Purgatory of Kudou Hajime
While Reiko wonders whether Yaomei got to talk to her mom, she refrains from calling her—and thus doesn’t find out that her bestie is no longer connected to…
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Kowloon Generic Romance - A Perspective from a Cantonese-Speaking Person
After reading Mangasplaining’s great interview with Jun Mayuzuki and hearing a lot about the series, I jumped into the 1st 3 volumes of Kowloon Generic Romance. As someone…
Kowloon Generic Romance Episodes 1-2 – Analysis and Important Details
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Kowloon Generic Romance continues to be a very intriguing show. There is a lot of content to go through every episode, everything which appears to serve the story…
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Happy birthday to Kujirai’s voice actress Haruka Shiraishi!
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Just who is Kujirai and what happened with Kujirai-B?
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Chainsaw Man – 5 [Gun Devil]
Urge to binge, rising. Really not only wth the anime but the manga has been torture to wait for as well. Part 2 is ongoing and it’s interesting…