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INTEREST: More Do You Like Your Mom? Light Novel Campaigns Ahead of Mother's Day


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zrnzle500



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:07 pm Reply with quote
If there were any doubt as to who they are trying to appeal to with the series, there is no longer with lines like these: "Do you want food? A bath?... Or me?," or "You seem sleepy. Want to sleep together with me?" (Not from the book itself...I hope, but still on the publisher's website). Just what a mother wants on Mothers' Day, knowing your son is thinking of you when they use the term MILF.

I don't even want to know what makes something "Mom-flavored" or how they decided on it.

Sisters are one thing but moms are just....Nooooope.
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DirtyCircle



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:26 pm Reply with quote
"Mom-flavored" candy....

I can't stop laughing. That's so wrong. I thought "You seem sleepy. Want to sleep together with me?" was bad too.
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Hiroki not Takuya



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:34 am Reply with quote
I said before I don't assume the worst about a show without reason, there wasn't one before but now there is! The problem I see is that some good-hearted moms will think their young sons are beginning to appreciate them with kind attention (flowers, notes) but their young pervs will be thinking something else entirely Twisted Evil
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Red Fox of Fire



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:43 am Reply with quote
zrnzle500 wrote:
If there were any doubt as to who they are trying to appeal to with the series, there is no longer with lines like these: "Do you want food? A bath?... Or me?," or "You seem sleepy. Want to sleep together with me?" (Not from the book itself...I hope, but still on the publisher's website). Just what a mother wants on Mothers' Day, knowing your son is thinking of you when they use the term MILF.

For younger children, the sleeping line is one a mother may actually say, but the other line? Yeah...no. Can't think of a mother-to-child context for that.

I suppose this is the natural progression once Japan started getting tired of sisters.
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Arale Kurashiki



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:59 am Reply with quote
those are literally rpg maker RTP graphics..... this promotional campaign is making shovelware
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 3:04 am Reply with quote
I was going to say something about those innuendo-dripping lines, but looks like everyone else thought the same things.

Red Fox of Fire wrote:
For younger children, the sleeping line is one a mother may actually say, but the other line? Yeah...no. Can't think of a mother-to-child context for that.

I suppose this is the natural progression once Japan started getting tired of sisters.


I guess what's next will be grandmothers.
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mc55





PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:24 am Reply with quote
Yah, the premise of the LN is fine but the using that line on that son, just creepy.

I'm wondering what the next big thing after this will be? Aunts? Oi vey!
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Blanchimont



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 7:59 am Reply with quote
mc55 wrote:
I'm wondering what the next big thing after this will be? Aunts? Oi vey!

Minamoto-kun Monogatari
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The main female protagonist, she is Terumi's aunt and a literature teacher at his university, specialized in researching The Tale of Genji. She recruits Terumi to participate in her experiment by seducing fourteen different women, each related to one of Genji's lovers from the tale. A quite beautiful and mature woman herself, Kaoruko shows no bounds in helping Terumi to grow accustomed to the opposite sex, to the point of using her own body to it, despite the fact that they are aunt and nephew. At a young age she chose not to be with a man, but changed her mind in adulthood. There have been hints that she might have feelings for Terumi.

Granted its a harem so it's only a part of it. The manga has been going on since 2011 and is up to volume 9. Scanlations are also keeping pace.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:08 am Reply with quote
This light novel seems quite exciting! Smile What better way to make adventures simpler than having a motherly friend tagging along?

That last quote does seem odd...Perhaps it's a reference of how some mothers let their kids sleep with them when they're frightened by the dark?
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loplop



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 9:53 am Reply with quote
I think that certain doujinshi artists will have a field day with this.
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Droggie



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:05 pm Reply with quote
if the selling point of this novel is the mother figure, a mature woman, then why would I want to see her wearing highschool uniforms? lol smh
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leafy sea dragon



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 1:24 pm Reply with quote
Droggie wrote:
if the selling point of this novel is the mother figure, a mature woman, then why would I want to see her wearing highschool uniforms? lol smh


Because shonen and light-novel moms age extremely well, it seems.
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Hiroki not Takuya



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:23 pm Reply with quote
Red Fox of Fire wrote:
zrnzle500 wrote:
...Just what a mother wants on Mothers' Day, knowing your son is thinking of you when they use the term MILF.
I suppose this is the natural progression once Japan started getting tired of sisters.
Bingo! You have found the engine of pornography and addiction, when people focus on pleasure they become satisfied and after a while move on to find greater stimulation. There are only a small number of permutations when it comes to sex and "forbidden" things add excitement. The "aunt" thing was a little unexpected, but emotional distance tends to relieve fear of consequences so not a total surprise. What's next? Well, there is "snuff" and bestiality (furries?) to name two. I just hope they decide to stop before that gets made.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:35 pm Reply with quote
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"mom-flavored" candy

Ewwewwewwwwwwww
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Blanchimont



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PostPosted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 5:06 pm Reply with quote
Hiroki not Takuya wrote:
What's next? Well, there is "snuff" and bestiality (furries?) to name two. I just hope they decide to stop before that gets made.

Well, between Berserk and Re:Monster, how much more do you need? And those are rather tame stuff compared to some of the others out there...

Older fans might remember Urotsukidoji which certainly qualifies, so none of those things are exactly new..
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