While manga is now a well known entity in the global publishing scene, the medium's international success has its roots in the realm of eros. Japanese media critic Kimi Rito dives into the history of manga's erotic world a genre known internationally simply as - hentai.
What are the origins of hentai? How has it evolved from the days of ukiyo-e to today's modern comics and animation. Who are the people making hentai? And who are the people reading these works? And what is the medium ultimately trying to express beyond sexuality? Rito looks at the content from a number of perspectives covering everything from the indie comics scene (doujinshi) to how hentai's symbolism has extended far beyond Japan and its comics industry.
First Published in Japan in November, 2017 by Ohta Publishing Co.
English Edition published in August 2021 by FAKKU, LLC.
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I came to take a look at this because I noticed this claim on Wikipedia
" Lemon People in particular was one of the first lolicon manga magazines published in Japan, with the first issue's cover stating that it "had the monopoly on lolicon comic content in 1982", expressing the excitement over the word lolicon itself"
This allegedly is supported by page 26 of this book.
What I'm curious though, is what the original phrase was that Kimi Rito translated. Do we have a copy of the cover of the 1st issue of Lemon People so the context can be made more apparent?
I don't know if there's an organized database of Lemon People raws or if anyone has translated them en-masse into English.
Would be very interested in whenever the term lolicon is used in Lemon People given that it features a lot of busty-highschoolers that weeaboos nowadays are saying can't be loli because too old - the are ignoring our history.
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