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pornographic activity is not openly brought out in the narrative, it is for the
educated in these matters implied, as for some reason Jun has shut himself
off from all society and spends his entire life in his bedroom, on the
computer. One day a mysterious package arrives at Jun’s house, a casket that
contains the dormant Shinku doll accompanied by a key. Jun inserts the key
into Shinku who is then brought to life. While on the one hand this is
symbolically an erotic gesture, on the other it would appear that Jun is in
control of Shinku’s destiny. However, it is the other way around. Under her
spell, Jun is forced to be completely servile towards Shinku, who makes a
vague promise to the boy that if he attends to her every command, assisting
her to win the “Alice” game, she will save him from his hermitic state and
she will eventually be all his. Again, though, as the rules are made by the
female protagonist, the male character may or may not get his own wish but,
if he does, it will be according to the girl’s regulations.
This formula is repeated in Princess Resurrection. In these stories,
Princess Hime possesses all creatures she comes into contact with or takes
them under her control as an ultimate autocratic ruler, if she does not kill
them first. She fights, particularly, the evils of Man~kind and battles against
all competitors who would even dare to attempt to disempower her. Female
enemies, however, are convinced by Hime to become allies and, although no
one is her equal, they join forces with her to create a small army of young
girls against male opposition. The girls come up against some truly terrifying
opponents who prove to be no match for the females’ power and,
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