Ok, let’s see, now. Naisho no Tsubomi (Tsubomi’s dirty secrets) is a manga aimed towards school girls in their teens, which is right now enjoying a pretty good sale in Japan. Simple, because it depicts the „troubles” and misteries any girl will eventually have to deal with sooner or later, such as the first chills of lovu-lovu, or, why not, one’s first period. As quoted from Tsubomi herself, „Sometimes, my heart has started to beat really fast and my panties feel like they've gone all wet. When I had a look, it was all sticky. When it dried up, it went all crusty”. Very interesting and educating.

Moms, dads and other old people are actually applauding the manga, considering it to be extremely educational and... motivational. I also consider it to be motivational, if you know what I mean. But the real reason the sales have gone off the roof is that otakus, lurking from every dark and sidious corner of Japan, have found better uses for such manga than their junior counterparts. Of course, because of ze moe involved.

And it’s getting better, because it seems Naisho no Tsubomi will also see the light of the day from an anime point of view, or at least that’s what we are all lead to belive, from the manga’s latest edition. The data is scarce, all we know so far is that the show will start airing next spring in Japan. Olso, the folks at ANS offer us an unconfirmed cast list, which include:

Director Nobuhiro Takamoto, Composition and Scenario by Imagawa Yasuhiro, Character Design by Ten Nakano, Music Production by Frontier Works and Animation Production by Studio Deen.

I sense Moetan-like censorship.