#act-age

[otakunews01]

"Ichi The Witch (Madan no Ichi)" manga vol 4 cover by Shiro Usazaki (Act-Age) & Nishi Osamu (Iruma-kun)

Action Fantasy about a hunter boy who lives alone in the mountains. In this world witches fight with the power of nature spirits. However becoming a witch is exclusive to women. But then an old evil spirit appears who can not be hurt by women. In a desperate situation the hunter boy manages to become... a male witch.

[pochqmqri]

Manga One Scandal: The coverup of the crimes of Shoichi Yamamoto (Ichiro Hajime)

  Shogakukan has released a statement that Joujin Kamen written by Shouchi Yamamoto (using the pen name "Ichiro Hajime"), real name Kazuaki

For those of you not aware, the Japanese publisher Shogakukan, known for publishing manga magazines such as Shonen Sunday, CoroCoro, Ciao, and the MangaOne app, is currently in hot water for covering for two different pedophiles working on manga.

The first pedophile was the writer for Joujin Kamen, Ichiro Hajime, a penname of Shouichi Yamamoto, who, back in 2020, while working as a teacher, was accused of sexually assaulting one of his students and indicted on charges. It was revealed that an editor for MangaOne was involved in the court settlements, eventually buying the victim's silence. Yamamoto was working on another manga, Daten Sakuksen, at the time, which went on hiatus shortly before he was arrested, and then later removed from MangaOne. He would continue to self-publish the title. At some point afterwards, Yamamoto would work under the penname of Ichiro Hajime for his most-recent manga.

Shogakukan responded, removing Joujin Kamen from MangaOne, suspending further publication of books, acknowledging that Ichiro Hajime and Shouichi Yamamoto were the same person, and attempting to apologize for the fallout, claiming that they should have never rehired him. It should also be noted that the artist for Joujin Kamen, Eri Tsuruyoshi, was not made aware of Hajime's crimes, and feels deeply betrayed.

Many manga artists whose works are published on MangaOne were outraged at the revelations, and requested their titles be removed, including but not limited to: Kaeru Mizuho (Magical Girl Dandelion), Sumito Ogawa (Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!), and Ryuhei Tamura (Cosmos). It should be noted that most of these titles are primarily published elsewhere, usually manga magazines and other apps, so the removal of these titles from MangaOne does not necessarily indicate they are ceasing publication outright.

If that wasn't bad enough, a few days later, likely to come clean now that the floodgates were opened, Shogakukan and MangaOne issued a joint statement revealing that Miki Yatsunami, the writer for Seisou no Shinrishi, was actually a penname for Tatsuya Matsuki, the writer for Act-Age.

You may recall that Act-Age was a fairly popular manga that was serialized under Weekly Shonen Jump. In 2020, Matsuki was arrested for inappropriately touching two middle school girls, leading to the cancelation of the manga. Apparently, after serving his sentence, Matsuki was allowed to work under Shogakukan and write for them. For the time being, Seisou no Shinrishi is suspended as the investigation continues. In contrast to the situation with Joujin Kamen, Kaoru Yukihira, the artist for Seisou no Shinrishi, was made aware that Matsuki would be joining them as writer from the start.

And now here we are. It's absolutely fucking disgusting that Shogakukan basically tried to hide two pedophiles in their manga department through pennames, one of whom (Miki Yatsunami) even using a woman's name as one after being charged with groping middle school girls. It's very clear the manga industry protects predators, from Shimabukuro and Watsuki (of Shueisha/Shonen Jump) all the way to these two. We need to demand change.

[animanga-fcs]

YONAGI KEI ICONS

DROPBOX LINK & POSTIMAGES LINK

[selfish-wanderer]

I really, really love this sort of humor. Monke see, monke do is the absolute state of humanity (spoilers for ch 70-71?)

[wrigtown]

She would be a card master with that pose no doubt.

[mastomysowner]

PPPPPP’s Otogami Gakuon by Shiro Usazaki (Act-Age’s artist).

[hypercaring5]

A few years ago, a brilliant manga the likes of which I've never seen before captured my very heart and soul and refused to let go. Then a man stomped all over its legacy and tainted his very own creation.

That is a bit of a hyperbole, but four years later, I still haven't forgiven the man who created one of the best things I've ever read ruining the very thing he created.

act-age: How the best manga ever became the worst manga ever

Or, how the action of a creator ruined a great piece of art.

[thechuppster]

old art dump