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| | Lux Lotus: Little Boy & Bishojo (Beautiful Girl) |
 | | However, the usual optimism of such predictions is notably absent, and the artist's fl, grey and white palette imbues the work with an ominous sterility. |
 | | More amusing are the childish adventures of Doraemon, a "cat-shaped babysitting robot made in 2112," and Nobita Nobi, "an underachieving grade-schooler." Nearby, Bishojo, or "beautiful girl", drawings and figurines are instantly recognizable as the currency of Lolicom ("Lolita complex") and their hyper-stylized fixations. |
 | | Hideki Kawashima's paintings of large, dewy-eyed creatures are boldly realized in that sense but intruiguingly shapeless in other respects, such as Soak, a sort of upright thumb-shape with a sexy mouth and translucent fring of bangs to highlight her red-rimmed, up-turned eyes. |
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