A few years ago I was asked by some students to be the faculty representative for a new club at my school for Anime, Manga, and Cosplay. I knew what anime and manga was but had never heard of cosplay so I had to do a little research to find out what that was all about. The artwork in this genre can be quite interesting and some of the graphic novels I've read in this style are certainly worthy literature. But it's hard not to be a bit creeped out by the some of the depictions of woman/child characters. I agreed to be the advisor for the group as much because if ever there is a time in a person's life where they need to have a connection with others it is in high school (I didn't have much of one until my senior year) and if ever a group of students needed some place to find a "home" it was the group of "island of misfit toys" that came to my room for that first meeting during lunch. I mean that in the kindest of possible ways because those "kids" were easily some of the most interesting people I encountered teaching high school.
Anyway, I happened across this artwork from a Japanese book via another bicycle site and I thought I'd pass it along. I've clipped a couple of the more interesting pieces of art but if you'd care to see more you can go to this link (with the caveat that it is marginally NSFW). The website notes:
“Bicycle Life with Kawaii Girls” is an excellent collection of gorgeous art work from some of the top manga artists and illustrators working in Japan right now as they pay tribute to the popular bike culture in the country.
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