Representing Japan in the popular girl with a guitar category, folk-rocker and bokukko Saori Atsumi penned my favorite J-Pop love song, Mou Sukoshi (”A Little More”). A delicate, sweet but strangely haunting melody, the lyrics tread that delicate balance between teenaged crush and deepening adult relationship. More »

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Let’s face it, everyone needs some love in their life. While the Beatles claim all you need is love, I won’t go as far as to agree but I will say it’s a pretty big deal. With that in mind, I’ve mustered up my inner matchmaker and have compiled a list of japanese icons that would make for some fetching couples. More »

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From Wirebot:

Dating: The infamous “D” word that has a tendency to eat away at the best of us.

Sure, sometimes love can be a little tough, but as soon as your significant other starts talking about shipping out to stop an alien invasion, or talking about rescuing the princess you can be sure of two things: You’re either dating someone delusional, or a video game character. Here a 5 tell tale signs to look for. More »

As a huge fan of Jpop, I’ve definitely heard my share of songs from the land of the rising sun. Even if you can’t understand most of what the singer is saying, the emotion in their voices can still shine through. Let’s talk about love, for instance. More »

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This week marks the launch of CrazySingleLife, a reality blog like no other. So all week here at Rekuru, we’re looking at that silly thing called love. I thought long and hard about what to write about for this week’s installment of Anime You Should See Before You Die and among the teen-angst and high school hijinx love stories, I settled on this. Although perhaps settled is a poor choice of words as Escaflowne is more than fitting for this week, with a deep and involving story as well as enough mech-battling and sword fighting to tide over action fans and shōjo devotees alike. More »

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Okay, I admit to being a huge nerd during the first wave of anime fandom. Granted I can’t claim, with any authority, not to still be a huge nerd; but if you share my unfortunate heritage, perhaps you remember something we used to do called shipping. This involved latching onto a pair in our favorite anime who exhibited unresolved romantic tension (if even that) and posting endlessly on message boards, for example, “TaiXSoraFTW!!!!” Sometimes we’d even create a portmanteau of their names, as in Taiora. Well, the fact remains that some of those were pretty fine couples, and here are my picks for the ones I most regret never became official. More »

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Are you a lover of romance? Do stolen glances and hand brushes make you feel all gooey inside? Then check out my list of top three romantic girls manga. All titles are available in English. More »

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From Ningin: When I first saw the manga titled “Kampfer,” I was expecting something as badass as this (it’s the mobile suit Kampfer from Gundam: War in a Pocket). Obviously, I was disappointed. Until I read the summary for it. Some normal high school boy wakes up as a magical girl. What can go wrong? More »

From Crazysinglelife:

Welcome to CrazySingleLife. We just want you to know that you’re not alone. Had your heart broken? So have we. Unrequited love? Been there too. Feeling alone in this world? We understand. Crazy dating stories? Oh, where to start! This site is for you. CrazySingleLife is a place for the heartbroken, the lonely and those who lost hope in love.

All of us here at CrazySingleLife have had our fair share of crazy single dating stories. We want to share them with you. Each new date that we go on, we’ll share them with you. We’re all looking for love too.

Maybe something you read will give you perspective or maybe you just want to live vicariously through us. Whatever the reason, we’re glad you’re here. It’s more fun to lead a crazy single life when you’re doing it with others. More »

From Ningin: Nana by Ai Yazwa is chock-filled with rock music, love triangles, hot guys, scandals and comedy: A deliciously perfect recipe for drama. More »