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In the four part Japanese essay structure, 起承転結 kishoutenketsu, the third part, ten/転, is the moment of re-contextualization. It's the bit of information he reader requires to finally grasp the author's thesis, because it puts all of the previous information into the proper context that's needed...

I'm a sucker for manga like "Aa! My Goddess." Magical Girlfriend manga are stories in which some ordinary schlub falls in love with an idealized girlfriend-figure, whose origins are supernatural in nature. She might be a Norse Goddess like Belldandy, or an android maid, like "Mahoromatic's"...

To be civilized and human is to care for others - empathy is a mark of one’s humanity. The main character thought he wanted to live among the animals but his concern for them - his desire to help them - reveals that he was never capable of that. His concern for others comes from the same place...

“It is pleasant, when on the vast sea the winds are stirring up the water, to look at the great misfortune of another person from the land; not because it is pleasant to rejoice in another man’s troubles, but because it is a relief to comprehend what types of evils from which you yourself have...

Thank you! Will it some day be possible to search/filter by country of origin? Manga/Manhwa/Manhua?

Aha! The author is Umitsuki Reona; fans of the comedy series, "Yuri Mekuru Hibi" will definitely want to check this one out. https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=16426