claudette colbert dressed as the pierrot clown in the 1930s and mai's idol emily (who was a star in the 1930s in.. 80s fashion lol) from studio pierrot's 1985 magical girl show magical emi
80s shojo manga CIPHER has a scene where the love interest seems to be framed as a dead lover the protagonist is sadly remembering when in reality all that's happening is ~*romantic flossing*~
it seems to me that we do not talk enough about vintage horror shojo
japanese girl gangs by Fumiaki Fukuda, 1979
the way hayashi has drawn eiji recently. .. art
doting husband eiji is powerful content!
the way riyoko ikeda's art evolution perfectly captures the style evolution of her medium throughout the 70s-90s
i for one cannot ignore the power of akane's very cute and very soft dreses
love how lum looks like she's floating in a shojo-esque dreamy atmosphere here
swan by kyoko ariyoshi (1976 – 1981)