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Yuri Manga: Manga no Tsukurikata, Volume 2 (まんがの作り方)

November 3rd, 2009

In Volume 2 of Manga no Tsukurikata, it’s been a year and Morishita and Kawaguchi are still going out. They haven’t moved past the occasional hand-holding, but hey, that’s okay Kawaguchi’s manga is progressing, so…yay? Kawaguchi’s plan appears to be working; by going out with Morishita, she has stimulated her creativity and her new manga […]

Yuri Manga: Manga no Tsukurikata, Volume 1 (まんがの作り方)

May 11th, 2009

When Kawaguchi was 13, she debuted as a manga artist. But, due to many different things, she stopped drawing. Now she’s 19 and has decided to get back into it only…she has no idea what to draw. After thinking about it, she decides to try her hand at Yuri, since BL and GL seem all […]

Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu Manga, Volume 4 ( 推しが武道館いってくれたら死ぬ )

August 30th, 2018

Here we are at Hirao Auri’s latest attempt to drive me into an early grave. In Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu, Volume 4 ( 推しが武道館いってくれたら死ぬ ) nothing happens. Nothing happens in the most dramatic and frustrating way possible, which I grudgingly admit is the creator’s style, after all. A style I named manga interruptus, in between fantasies […]

Yuri Manga: Wabi-Sabi Hirao Auri Collected Works (わびさび 平尾アウリ作品集)

June 8th, 2017

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This quote is widely attributed to Albert Einstein who was obviously thinking about me and Hirao Auri at the time. I keep reading work by Hirao Auri-sensei and expecting to not want to strangle him. Why? Why do I keep doing this […]

Yuri Manga:Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu, Volume 1(推しが武道館いってくれたら死ぬ)

May 16th, 2016

So used am I to feeling frustration born of absolute disinterest in hideously boring characters in previous Hirao Auri manga series, that reading Hirao Auri’s new manga, Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu, Volume 1(推しが武道館いってくれたら死ぬ)instilled in me a wholly new feeling – frustration because I actually care about the characters! It’s a completely different feeling, I assure […]