Princess Jellyfish #1 by Akiko Higashimura

The second half of the story is about saving Amamizukan from a land development project. Other than our heroine Tsukimi and acting-landlord Chieko, all the other 'Ama~s' girls exist almost solely for comedy. The only ones with relatively common interests are Jyuon, the nocturnal fujoshi BL manga writer, and Bamba, as railfans existed way before the word 'otaku' became a slang. Tsukimi is into jellyfish, Ichimatsu Dolls for Chieko, 'Romance of Three Kingdoms' for Mayaya, and senile men for Jiji. The 'Ama~s' consists of otaku girls with extremely bizarre hobbies. These girls are basically calling themselves 'bitche~s'' and 'whore~s'. It should be noted that while literal meaning of 'ama' is 'nun', which suits their virgin and hikikomori status in their house, it is also a derogatory slang for 'women' (much like how 'nun' is a slang for 'prostitutes' in English). The first half of the story is mostly about Kuranosuke extending his influence over 'Ama~s' ('Nun~s'), the girls in Amamizukan. These girls are severely repulsed by men and fashionable/successful people, but our heroine Tsukimi one day makes friends with fashionable cross-dresser Kuranosuke and finds out later that not only is he male, he 's also from a rich political family. 'Kuragehime' is about a bunch of female otaku in Amamizukan, an apartment complex in Tokyo. 'Kuragehime', despite being published on a josei manga magazine, lacks any mature characters or themes to really categorize it as one (and it won a manga award in shoujo rather than otona (mature/adult) category). 'Josei' is a minor subcategory of 'shoujo' manga and anime, targeted toward older audiences (18+). 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' (1977)Īlso, major Japanese film producers and distributors were in production committee (Fuji, Toho, and Asmik Ace actually show their real opening credits in an episode)

OP is a parody of a series of famous scenes from Hollywood and Japanese films:ġ0. The first thing I noticed about the series is the heavy influence of live-action movies.Įpisode titles are parody of film titles:ĥ. 'Kuragehime' ('Jellyfish Princess') is a modern Cinderella story featuring the unlikeliest cast of a jellyfish-otaku princess and the cross-dressing prince.

Princess Jellyfish #1 by Akiko Higashimura