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here-and-faraway
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I doubt this will ever get an English release, but I bet it would be fascinating to read!
Anyone know if they will release volume 2 of Poe Clan in English? |
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R. Kasahara
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Sounds interesting; would love to read it, given the chance.
I check Fantagraphics' site every so often but it hasn't been listed yet. They currently have preorders up going into December, so I'm not optimistic about a release date for this year 
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dmanatunga
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It is kinda funny how the third paragraph talks about how Hagio downplays her role in shonen-ai and doesn't want to be grouped together, and then the fifth paragraph talk about how she pioneered shojo and shonen-ai.
The disconnect between how authors view themselves versus how society has grown to view them is always interesting. |
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VampireNaomi
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I asked them about it back in November, and they told me to check again in four months. Still nothing new, so I also have very low hopes. I just hope they'll release it at all rather than just dropping it. |
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ANN_Lynzee
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The translator stated that the delay is mostly due to their schedule. I hope it continues.
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Zimmer
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SHD
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No, it's the concept of "shounen ai" = "romantic m/m" and "yaoi" = "m/m with sexual content" that is a purely Western idea, based on a fundamental misunderstanding of, and lack of knowledge about, both terms. The "shoujo ai" vs "yuri" idea is also a Western idea, based on this dichotomy.
(For that matter, in Japanese "shounen ai" as a term has a fairly restricted use, simply because its primary meaning is pederasty. As far as its contemporary usage in manga context goes, you'll mostly see it as referring to male-targeted shota stuff of the porny kind, aside of discussions of the old shoujo subgenre mentioned above, which is a sort of irregularity.) Last edited by SHD on Wed May 19, 2021 2:50 am; edited 1 time in total |
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shosakukan
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Japanese literary writer Inagaki Taruho had already published a book titled Shōnen-ai no Bigaku (The Aesthetics of Boy-love) in 1968. Works written by Inagaki Taruho influenced shōjo manga-ka whose manga had homosexual elements. For example, in Patalliro! by Maya Mineo, Patalliro mentions a well-known Inagaki Taruho-related term. Thanks to Mishima Yukio's supporting Inagaki Taruho, Shōnen-ai no Bigaku could become a 1968 Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize nominee. (However, no prize was awarded in 1968.) But, again thanks to Mishima's giving support to Inagaki Taruho, Inagaki Taruho received the 1969 Japan Literature Grand Prize for Shōnen-ai no Bigaku. In praise of Inagaki Taruho, Mishima Yukio wrote:
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SHD
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Funnily enough, "Shounen ai no bigaku" is (was?) also a title of a male-targeted manga anthology series with content involving young boys whose nature I'm sure everyone can guess.
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shosakukan
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Manga anthology series 'Shōnen-ai no Bigaku' was published by Shōbunkan from 2003 to 2008 or so. Since Inagaki Taruho's Shōnen-ai no Bigaku is a famous book, probably the staff for Shōbunkan have named the series after Inagaki Taruho's Shōnen-ai no Bigaku. |
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Heishi
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Wait, there's actually male targeted shota stuff?
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