#takeuchi sachiko

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ハニー＆ハニー

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Honey & Honey by Takeuchi Sachiko

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I am not pleased with the lack of officially translated Sachiko Takeuchi manga

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the gays have become too powerful

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Friday Flipthrough: Honey and Honey

Friday Flipthrough is where I just gab about something for a little while with a lot less thought put into my comments. Think of it as a weekly reading diary for me. If there's something you want to see in the flipthrough, message me.

Honey and Honey #1 to #17 - Takeuchi Sachiko. 2006 (I think? Can't find a very firm date for original release vs. scan uploads).

First off, yes, I am putting this up because it's Valentine's Day. You heartless unfeeling robot lizard people of the abyss can come back tomorrow, I'll have not-shoujo-ai for you then again. For you lousy romantic saps who have your mind in the gutter and your heart set on love: this is the day to explain to me why this blog needs to just become my ongoing fan diary to Sasameki Koto and Wandering Son.

Honey and Honey is short manga that sets itself out as sort of a light docu-comic for contemporary lesbian life in Tokyo (that doesn't seek to be some sort of "this is EXACTLY how it is for all queer Japanese people" thing). It's part of a series of ongoing autobiographical comics for the author. It draws on the author's own dating life and addresses common queer issues like dating in public, coming out, and, if the latter half of this volume is accurate, discussing all the transguys who hang out in the Tokyo lesbian scene. Seeing as later volumes in this series focus on her shaky relationship with her trans boyfriend Kai this doesn't come as a huge surprise. Just gonna say: apparently the whole thing where cisladies date transdudes and continue to identify only as a lesbian is not some US-exclusive phenomenon.

I like the flat art style Takeuchi uses here. It leads to quick and simple emotional readability, which definitely contributes to the appeal here whenever she toes the line between autobiographical slice-of-life and gag strip. Including what I hope is a memorable moment for other Takeuchi Sachiko fans at the end of a chapter about coming out.

This manga (like many many others) makes me wish I had a reading understanding of Japanese. It's only the first of at least four volumes of autobiographical material from the artist, and the second one hasn't been finished by scanlators yet.

There's no English publisher for this so here's a scan link.

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Honey & Honey