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pachy_boy
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This sounds amusing, so thanks for the heads-up! I'm somewhat of a Yen Press fan, so I'll be sure to check this out.
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FMAvatard
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Oh, this hit home hard.
 I have a close male friend who I confuse endlessly with my BL and yaoi blabber, and he tries his darnedest to understand. Poor thing.
Seeing Yen Press as the publisher was what made me ultimately decide to buy this. The plot itself sounds great (on top of being reminiscent to me), but Yen Press is just an excellent company. Next chance I get, it's mine. 
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asimpson2006
 Posts: 3151 Location: USA |
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I've been curious about this for a while. I've seen the pre-orders for this on TRSI, and next time there is a Yen Press sale, I'll have to get it then.
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BunnyCupCakes
 Posts: 224 Location: The Sunshine State |
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Gotta say, I loved the first volume.
It's pretty damn hilarious. And I feel so sorry for the guy lol. But I'm sort of iffy with the title change. I still think 'fujoshi' would have fitted better. When people think of geek, they think of videogames, comic books, sci-fi & all that jazz. Not yaoi or BL. Just saying. |
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GracieLizzy
 Posts: 551 Location: Sunderland, England, UK |
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I think they were trying to find a term that casual readers would recognise. If they'd called it "My Girlfriend is a Rotten Woman" or something like that it would sound weird (in fact it would sound like it like "I'm Dating a Horrible Person").
I suppose they could have called it "My Girlfriend likes Guy on Guy" but then it probably sounds a lot bawdier than in actually is. |
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Ojamajo LimePie
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"My Girlfriend is a Fangirl", perhaps?
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Pocky Monster
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I adore this manga, being a fujoshi who loves manga about other fujoshi.
I'm looking forward to the release of the light novels as well.
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Myznomer
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I concur. I think they could have just kept it "Fujoshi Kanojo" and had a blurb on the back to translate it. I think the Japanese name rolls off the tongue better. In addition, formatting "Geek" in digital letters on the cover doesn't help keep things clear. Translation faux pas aside, this is a great story, and I agree with the review: it's so natural, so real. No ham-fisted comedy or trite misunderstandings. There's genuine, human interaction going on. |
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IlarSeregil
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This is so great manga! I adore it!
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jsevakis
Former ANN Editor in Chief
 Posts: 1685 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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Sounds very similar to the now-abandoned Media Blasters manga "Fujoshi Rumi," which made me laugh out loud a LOT. I miss that manga, so I guess I'll try this one out.
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poonk
 Posts: 1490 Location: In the Library with Philip |
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I agree that, to me at least, the meaning of "fujoshi" doesn't really carry over to "geek." I would guess that anyone interested in this premise would know what a fujoshi is and if they don't they may be in for a surprise when the titular girlfriend isn't the kind of "geek" most people associate with the term (sci-fi, comics, etc., like BunnyCupCakes mentioned above). Title nitpicking aside though, the positive review and others' comments in this thread (not to mention Rize Shinba's participation) have convinced me to give this a go so I added it to my Amazon order last night.
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DJStarstryker
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Agreed. I thought this was entirely different based off of the title. I thought this would end up being more comparable to my life, but apparently not so much. 
Edit: Though, in all fairness, many US anime fans don't really know the term fujoshi. Heck, I was in Japan last week. Pretty much everywhere that fujoshi stuff was labeled in both English and Japanese, it was called in English something along the lines of "comics for women" or "dojinshi for women" (it was always, of course, shounen-ai/yaoi types of things, therefore, for fujoshi). |
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kyokun703
 Posts: 2505 Location: Orgrimmar |
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This is now on my list of things to look for at the anime convention this weekend, along with a crapload of CMX titles. Good review, although I kinda wish it had been more about a true girl geek, over a fujoshi (I mean, they even put the title in that calculator font). Still, sounds good enough to try.
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Ichigo77
 Posts: 389 Location: California |
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When I was at Borders I read the back and decided to pick it up. I did not find the title too misleading since it did say Fujoshi and to me that is a geek, but than again being a geek my self that could be why. I think the title works because we consider anyone who gets that into works of fiction to be a geek. Does anybody know when vol 2 is coming out? The book didn't give a date and niether does rightstuf.
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LKK
 Posts: 426 Location: Virginia, USA |
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Yen Press' web page lists a November 2010 release for volume 2. |
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