god's strongest soldier

brainrotted an extremely normal amount

[70sscifiart]

Taglines from science fiction covers

[the-fridge-orange]

Shu Itsuki Pomefiore

[yotsubaclover]

"... nothing less would satisfy me." | Occupants (1969), Kuniko Tsurita

allow me to ramble a bit because i love occupants dearly, and i have had to think about it maybe too much LOL. for good reason!

this spread is one of my favorites in all of the sky is blue with a single cloud. i think tsurita, even in her earlier works (see: woman), is very adept at using the mihiraki as visual metaphor for disturbance or rupture. in this case, it works as a climax—sexually, as the embrace of the couple on the first page implies, but also internally/emotionally for the androgyne/butch/tachi, the sole speaker across the pages who we witness vent to their partner. the first page's first panel adds an important layer to their frustration because it is a public place in contrast to not only the intimacy of the couple's position, but also the vulnerability of their identity as lesbians/rezubians. even if they are both positioned in the foreground, visually separate from (the gaze of) those commuters just by color (bnw vs grey), the public remains a phantom threat looming over the tachi and neko's most private moments.

as both sexual and emotional tension builds, it erupts through the second page, revealing a jumbled collection of facial features set against a grey background rendered in the dense way tsurita enjoys her clouds. the color here, however, as well as the ripped page and bodily elements, make the background seem closer to intestines or bubbling flesh. everything is thrown into disarray on this page. the scream seems to drift off into the void yet the reader is undeniably confronted by a raw frustration that demands to be seen in its unkemptness, unsavoriness. in a way this is how the tachi asserts themselves as a subject in the narrative, through the experience of pleasure and anguish that insists on its perception, regardless of how a reader would want to interpret it.

[mangacapsaicin]

kuniko tsurita’s to the other side - kuniko tsurita unpublished works || つりたくにこの『彼方へ―つりたくにこ未発表作品』

[hakonohanayome]

My Wife is an Acrobat - Kuniko Tsurita

[celestialmega]

The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud by Kuniko Tsurita.

[blueiight]

‘max’: the sky is blue with a single cloud, (1975) // interview with the vampire, ‘a vile hunger for your hammering heart’ (2022)

[hakonohanayome]

Yuko’s Days - Kuniko Tsurita

[mangacapsaicin]

kuniko tsurita’s to the other side - kuniko tsurita unpublished works || つりたくにこの『彼方へ―つりたくにこ未発表作品』

[inesperanza]

[riftvalleys]

Artwork by Yumiko Ōshima, influential shōjo manga artist, of her character from 綿の国星 (wata no kunihoshi; the star of cottonland)

[makzmollpol]

McLennon Yaoi manga from a magazine I found on fujochan

[plats-chat]

Crossposting from twitter but here are some more pages on the genderbent Korean Kazeki bootleg . Gilbert and Serge are called Anne and Mary, they go to an all girls school in Britain, Auguste is supposedly a good father figure, and the story takes a more toned down family friendly approach than the original. original tweet here Again, many thanks to Lowell and champ76 for helping out in this search.

[yousei-no-mori]

Justiene Cellier - a light novel short story by Keiko Takemiya, 1979

[runasulienadanika]

come on😀mention my favourite character😀i am well adjusted😀and will act very normal😀i assure you😀

[peachybunnz]

Considering the following... Adam Chiikawa

[bevsi]

I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with relating to characters, “they’re literally me” etc but if that’s the only way you engage with stories you’re kinda missing the whole point of Characters being vehicles through which we can see perspectives outside of our own. and also you’re going to get upset when the Character acts in a way that is not Personally Relatable to You

[bevsi]

doubly for shipping. at risk if biting the hand that feeds me, a well written fictional relationship should ideally be more than a didactic template for how to have a nice relationship