Summer season—happened so fast! We hope you all had yourselves blast, ’cause a lot of our staff sure did. Travel plans delayed our recommendations for a few weeks, but here they finally are: the series that kept our staff entertained on all those summer nights.
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![[Versus] How Gokusen’s gangster heroine was softened from page to screen](https://i2.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/7f253e4b81cb3c6308687874c38fe299-gokusen-drama.jpg?fit=474%2C723&ssl=1)
[Versus] How Gokusen’s gangster heroine was softened from page to screen
As Gokusen was told and retold in other forms of media, its sheer audacity was intentionally dismantled and sterilized. Despite being a hardened gangster in the manga, protagonist Yankumi was stripped almost entirely of her gangster characteristics when translated to J-Drama. Her re-characterization allowed the J-Drama to play on gender expectations for laughs without ever challenging the common perceptions that the manga so merrily ignored.
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![[Links] 10-16 October 2018: Disability in Japan, High Death Rates Among Vietnamese Immigrants, and a .hack//sign Retrospective](https://i0.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/twilight5.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
[Links] 10-16 October 2018: Disability in Japan, High Death Rates Among Vietnamese Immigrants, and a .hack//sign Retrospective
This week: living as a disabled person in Japan, high death rates for Vietnamese immigrant workers and students, and a retrospective on .hack//sign.
![[AniFemTalk] What series or subject do you wish there was more coverage of?](https://i0.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/rockets2.jpg?fit=300%2C223&ssl=1)
[AniFemTalk] What series or subject do you wish there was more coverage of?
What series and types of media would you like to see discussed here? (Please keep in mind that we cannot endorse scanlations.)
Podcasts
![[Podcast] Chatty AF 72: BL Manga](https://i1.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/nakamura-banner.jpg?fit=300%2C104&ssl=1)
[Podcast] Chatty AF 72: BL Manga
Vrai talks Boys’ Love (BL) and yaoi manga with special guests Devin Randall and Masaki C. Matsumoto!
![[Podcast] Chatty AF 71: Summer 2018 Wrap-up](https://i2.wp.com/www.animefeminist.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Image-from-iOS-1.jpg?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1)
[Podcast] Chatty AF 71: Summer 2018 Wrap-up
Vrai, Caitlin, and Peter look back on the Summer 2018 season!
