A fact from Sora ga Suki! appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 January 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the manga series Sora ga Suki! depicted two male characters kissing each other although it was a taboo for manga in the 1970s?
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... that Sora ga Suki! draws from musical theater, with characters expressing their feelings and emotions through dance and song lyrics, despite being a print manga series? Source: Takemiya, Keiko (2019), The Boy's Name Is Gilbert
ALT1: ... that manga series Sora ga Suki! ended serialization because reader interest was deemed insufficient, but relaunched after its publisher received an influx of supportive fan letters? Source: Takemiya, Keiko (2019), The Boy's Name Is Gilbert
Good work Morgan and thanks for the translation! Some improvements:
"The series was to be broadly focused ..." - sounds like she was given a mandate, by herself or by the publisher?
Clarified.
"Sora ga Suki! draws inspiration in plot ... she drew inspiration through ..." - 'drawing inspiration' phrase in consecutive sentences, would you be able to paraphrase one of them? If not, that's fine with me
Revised.
A summary of Shōnen-ai section in the lead would be beneficial, maybe about the atypical of the era and the taboo
I don't think that's strictly necessary, since Sora ga Suki isn't actually a shonen-ai series. I've noted the inclusion of bishōnen and the notability of the mostly male cast in the lede, which hopefully accomplishes some of what you're looking for.
What can I say - I like bishounen, and I like reading about comics history, so here I am again. Should hopefully not take too long, but ping me if I haven't returned with a review a week from now.--AlexandraIDV00:34, 19 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Takemiya selected Paris as the setting for the series; at the time, she had developed an interest in Paris and was collecting film soundtracks of movies set in the city.[5] As Takemiya had never been to Paris, uses the word "Paris" a lot in quick succession - I would at the very least change the last one to "As Takemiya had never been there"
Revised.
incorporate its customs and culture - I would consider switching these around, so that you can link "its culture" rather than just "culture", avoiding the impression that the link might lead to the article "culture"
I guess that this is really more of a question for that article, but I have been wondering: why do we not refer to Sanrūmu Nite as Sunroom Nite? MOS:JAPAN#General guidelines says: For transliterations from katakana, use the English spelling if available (e.g., Thunderbird (サンダーバード, Sandābādo) instead of just Sandābādo)
That's a good question, and I wasn't aware of that specific policy. If that's the case, it likely makes sense to move the page to Sunroom Nite.
The footnote doubles up on "「quotation marks」" - I really don't think you need both, and would remove the inner Japanese marks.
All seem fine - but I would recommend ensuring that all Japanese-language sources have |language=ja added. Similarly, add {{in lang|ja}} to the end of the external link.
Not part of the GA criteria, but it would be nice to give descriptive alt text for readers with impaired vision
Done
Otherwise seems fine
Lovely article! I only had a few minor notes that I would like to see addressed, before I'm ready to promote the article to GA. I will put the review on hold for the customary seven days - please ping me when you have addressed the above or if you have any questions!--AlexandraIDV02:43, 26 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]