

In episode 21 of _Sousei no Onmyouji_ , Mayura advises Benio to read a manga
titled _Hoshino Hitomi no Silhouette_ ("Hoshino Hitomi's Silhouette") to learn
how to deal with Rokuro romantically.

[![episode 21,
09:38](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pstwNl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/pstwNl.jpg)

After googling around a bit, I noticed that this work is a clear parody of a
work with a homophonous title ― _Hoshi no Hitomi no Silhouette_ ("Silhouettes
of the Eyes of the Stars"), published 1985-89. The author of the fictional
work is "Kaede Akane", whose name means "Maple-tree Red", while the real work
is by Hiiragi Aoi, which can be read as meaning "Holly-plant Blue". I point
this out to emphasize that this is clearly an allusion of sorts.

Mayura describes this manga as a "bible of romance", supposedly read by four
million girls, and shows us these archetypical shoujo-romance scenes from the
manga:

[!["Look me in the eye and" / "tell me that you love me one more
time"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jyuvam.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/jyuvam.jpg)
[![](https://i.stack.imgur.com/webajm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/webajm.jpg)
[![ \("I'm not going to let you go"\) / "until you tell me how you feel about
me"](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Va08om.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Va08om.jpg)
[![lewd](https://i.stack.imgur.com/C7s9am.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/C7s9am.jpg)

I don't have any context for _why_ the author might have chosen to parody this
particular shoujo romance manga, though. Might there be some sort of
connection between Sukeno Yoshiaki (author of _Sousei no Onmyouji_ ) and
Hiiragi Aoi? Or is _Hoshi no Hitomi no Silhouette_ a particularly classic
exemplar of shoujo romance manga?


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