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Japan Gender Reader, Jan. 2014
Posted in Gender, tagged 47 ronin, Adorno, Cards Against Humanity, cons, diabetes, Disney Princess Lingerie, division of labor, fans, gendered health, gendered weight trends, girl bands, harassment, Japanese underwear, k-pop, Ladies Against Humanity, Lolitocracy, men's bras, stalking, The Grand Narrative, women on the Internet on 2014/01/19| 1 Comment »
Zucca x Zuca I by Haruna Lemon
Posted in Gender, Manga, Takarazuka, Theatre, tagged はるな檸檬, ヅッカヅカ, fans, Haruna Lemon, manga, Takarazuka, Zucca x Zuka on 2012/04/09| Leave a Comment »
While in Tokyo, I decided to have a look inside the bookstore by the Takarazuka-An in Yurakucho and I stumbled upon vol. 2 of Haruna Lemon’s Zucca x Zuca on the “new manga” shelf with a staff recommendation. I can’t tell you how surprised I was to see a manga created by an self-professed “Zuka-Ota” (ヅカヲタ, Takarazuka otaku) about the fandom. Of course manga-ka have written otokoyaku-like characters into their manga before: Oscar de Jarjeyes in Berubara, Haruka/Sailor Uranus in Sailor Moon, the Zuka Club in Ouran High School Host Club (jokingly)–but a manga about fan-life was something I’d never seen, so I bought volume 1 and was not disappointed!