Chinese Mangaka Xià Dá “Too Cute”
- Categories: Manga, News
- Date: Mar 7, 2010 09:57 JST
- Tags: China, Cosplay, Idol, Image Gallery, Made in China, Mangaka, Marketing, Otaku
Chinese mangaka Xià Dá (夏達, or Ka Tatsu as it is rendered in Japanese) has amazed Japanese manga fans by dint of sheer cuteness.
She lives in the city of Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province of mainland China; despite her face and school uniform, she is 28-years-old.
A number of her works are currently available in Japanese, and currently she is serialised in Ultra Jump. A sampling seems to demonstrate she is not lacking in talent either:
Reactions, unanimously approving, range from “She’s a mangaka? Impossible” to “She’s certainly got the kind of face you creepy otaku are into.”
She seems to have a very promising career ahead of her, especially if she keeps wearing a schoolgirl outfit.
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Cute, Mangaka and loli-looking... SHE IS A WIN!!!!
Now THIS is what you call a triple threat.
I wouldnt guess shes a mangaka, let alone that she was of a job-holding age...
I agree. I thought she was 14 and a newcomer... Plus, she IS good at her craft. She is quite a sight.
that's where the triple threat comes in, she'sa legal loli wearing a school girl uniform, and an artist. :)
i can imagine how many guys like her in her school... it must be hard for her to reject them...
And I thought that China only produces trash after seeing all the various anti-China articles on Sancom. Guess I was wrong.
Anyway, a rather cute loli-looking girl drawing lolis. I wonder if she looks at the mirror in nude when studying loli anatomy. Yummy!
Well, in about 5 years the Asian youth gene would burn itself out for her, unless she spends a fortune of facial care.
Beware of cute commies!!!
What if she's married and already has kids? MILF TIEM!!
I just checked chinese wiki, she was born in 4th april 1981 so no more loli now :/
28 years old...?
what is this I dont even.
1981? Noway she looks 29? O.o These must be not that recent?
Loli Milf?
How is that for awesome!
More loli like tho, the schoolgirl uniform helps.
She's a freak of nature. Get back to your crawlspace you attractive-looking Otaku.
"Well, in about 5 years the Asian youth gene would burn itself out for her, unless she spends a fortune of facial care."
lol here in China we talk about "russian beauty gene"...
loli-looking and legal
not in Australia
Man, fuck Australia and their small chest hating government D:
Our government also hates the internet.
It's still jail bait
she not flat chested >_>
she has atleast a double b cup size there
even bigger I'd say look atpic9 3rd part
even bigger I'd say look at pic9 3rd part
hmm you're right looks close to a c cup there
WOah, a legal loli!
Add in another talent it's a Fatal Four Way!!
you accidentaly put a "h" in "treat"
you accidentally put an "r" in "teat"
wow.. just wow.
I'm amazed. Seriously. She's the type women the world over loathe, and men the world over want to take home.
"Alright woman... get your ass into the kitchen and draw me some manga!"
The first thing that came to mind:
Jigoku Shoujo.
Bring in the red contacts...
ippen... Shindemiru??
(Want to see a death once?)
OMG!!! That's what I thought too! XD
She should totally play Hell Girl! XD
yeah..rite..but guys... her art is ... kidna different..
and...shes kuute.. but ..erhm..her chinese look (" -_-) tbh I dont lyk her>>
I could care less about race. Any being that is this cute at 28 is win. No exceptions.
Agreed, her kind are rare these days.
How many people can you say are still cute when they get older? OR pretty?
Beauty beauty beauty. Bah. I'll take cute and pretty over beautiful and sexy any day.
The seifuku isn't needed to fool me, it's amazing that she's 28. I approve of this Chinese goddess, I wish a good living environment for her.
28?(Jaw dropping)
She must have been too cute for father time to lay his hands on. Great art too.
She has the same disease (Growth Cancellation... i dunno..) as Komoe sensei from Railgun/Index
I'm sure the government claims she's 14.
28 and she looks THAT cute (not to mention talented). Nature sure does produce some superior specimens of 3D now and again.
Cute + mangaka + playing PSP = RAMPAGE! XD
Can you say "Holy Loli, Batman!"?
For sure... I thought she was about 14, she must get that alot and perhaps lives it up a bit. And her artwork is quite nice even thou its not my style.
I've dated a 31yr old woman (5'1") very firm body, perky boobs. Even my friends thought I was having sex with a 16yr old... yeah, she could pass for one. Oddly, 3-4 years later after we stopped seeing each other (a few months), she went all fat and not so good, so I've been told.
I've dated a Korean women, beautiful and somewhat scary looking (not the OMG monster! But "I get the feeling she may claw my eyes out if I am on her bad side") who was 40, but I thought she was 25yrs old when I meet her. Her body was in top shape, no kids. She was a model from 17~27yrs old.
Tip guys: if you snag a 9 and you're not rich or famous in which 9~10s comes to you, then you want to keep that girl.
1 more fan.
in Brazil
correction,
2 more fans
in Brazil
sorry,
3 more fans
in Brazil
well,
4 more fans
in Brazil
I didn't know you guys had discovered fire. Welcome to the present.
Sorry, couldn't resist. By the way, I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to Rio some years ago.
Lot's of fans
in China
Let's just say she now have a lot of fans in Brazil, me included of course. ^^
1 more fan in Italy (*＾▽＾)/
5 more fans,
in Brazil.
6 more fans,
in Brazil.
She's banned in Australia
lol
ROFLs.
Very lulsy Anon. Well done, well done.
Fuck Australia.
hahahaa.... yep
Send her to australia.
She is too cute yet we can never meet her...
australia will sort that out like maybe plastic surgery to make her less cute =/
seriously? Why...care to elaborate...none of her stuff looks like it would be bann worthy and surley they don't ban them just on looks now...
They're banning small breasted women and women who look like children because they induce pedophilism in men, in other words women are obscene.
THE CHILDREN!! WILL SOMEBODY PLEEEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?!?!
A sad case indeed. Though luckily since I live in the U.S. I get to lol about it.
Like that's gonna stop any Aussies who attempt to take her home with them.
In other news tonight: My mind.... it is blown. O_O
New fan in New York. Hope they translate her work at some point.
4 more and counting...
HOLYSHIT!! She 28?! Wow!
Cute, yes.
Wow, 28, I know my fellow Asians looks younger than their age, but she's taken it to the extreme (in a positive way).
At a glimpse, I thought she looked very familiar, I thought she was Camille Prats...
But no, Xià Dá is way cuter and looks younger despite being older.
You'll be arrested for having consensual sex with her.
If she were willing, and nearby, I'd GLADLY accept the jail time.
Well yes, but you will get out of it once they figures out her age lol.
*Drolling Caps: What you're not a loli O_o? So it wasn't any rape then? Ekhem, I apologize miss! Can I get yar numbah?*
I like her paintings too (*ﾟ.ﾟ)♡. Sweeeeet!
OMG I thought she was 12-13(15 maximum)
And I thought this only happens in anime(19+ years old girls looking like lolis)
It's good to know reality is not so bad afterall right? Shame that majority of it is...
I really like images 20 and 21.
Strange. Her works remind me of "honey and clover" =D
I think it's nice that China Quality gets to be averted, for once.
...now someone dress her up as Konata, ferchrissake.
I vote for dressing her up as Shana!
hell yea i wonder if she will look like int a shana cosplay
Why does a mangaka have a photoshoot?
Because that Mangaka is cute and shouldn't be ignored?
I... can't stand it... nearly pass.. m..y.. li..mi...t....
>>> fly to China
Because anyone with eyes would want to photograph her. Especially because she's a mangaka (and defying the laws of nature&time)
28 ? This is legal loli :D Heaven's gift to pedobears :D
I bet any man who dated her got arrested.
He probably had a satisfied smile on his face when they put him in cuffs though right?
I believe they would.
Wow! 28? She looks so young.
“She’s certainly got the kind of face you creepy otaku are into.”
now i know that i´m a creepy otaku. a prideful creepy otaku
I'm inclined to think some jealous untalented woman made that comment originally.
But knowing 2chan, it was probably some guy trolling. >_>
Scans of her work NAO!
It's touching that you are so keen to support her.
really did this suprize you..I mean it only suprised me it took this long...now as well if you think she happens to want to move to the united states...(GOD she is hot)
I can't support a move to the U.S. More potential to be whorshipped in Japan or China.
Scans of HER!
NAO!
HER!
NAO!
I concur.
I 3rd this motion.
And some people say that this type of stuff is limited to fiction. Those people have all been proven wrong.
they are afraid of healty people.
When I saw the title, the first thing I thought was, her work must suck, but man was I wrong.
a loli who draws loli. she must have look in the mirror before she starts her work
OTL....nice psp
Her cuteness level is over 9000,need moar pic
She reminds me of Matoko from love hina.
oh wow,i think her hair adds the cuteness.
Pedobear approves.
This woman knows the secret of immortality.
This woman knows the secret of immorality.
Loli face + hime haircut = critical damage. If this was a manga I'd be nosebleeding to death here.
28?!?!?
It seems she's obtained the same blessing as Araki. Quick! Somebody investigate her past lives through history!
Its Prosciutto stand GRATEFUL DEATH!, or they are are masters of the "ripple/hamon"
Either way, cuuuuuuuuute.
komoe-sensei came out of toaru anime and live the life of a chinese mangaka
Good marketing move using a Japanese style sailor uniform. For those unaware, Chinese students wear tracksuits for their uniforms here in China :)
ooo if you are in china can you tell us if you have many 15 year old looking 28 year olds...?
Well...
Not many,at least far less than the number of lolicons we have here in China.
;_;.....that sounds aweful boring for guys...
Holy shit, she looks even younger than that fake, plastic surgery 20-year old girl.
Well, actually, no, that girl looked somewhat like a 10 year old, albeit a fake, synthetic, and somewhat freaky 10 year old.
@_@---sugoi
Damn.. why can't they make them here? 28 here is worn out and past warranty.
汉奸!
Punishment for Traitors.
uragi...
*slap* she is not 2D *slap*
为什么？
looks soooo kawai-----
her hair is just perfect
(anime version)
0_0
Is it just me or am I the only one to notice the huge hump in her nose? The side views are less than flattering despite the gorgeous view from the front.
Still not enough to convince that 2d loli are less preferable to 3d.
http://c1.sankakustatic.com/data/sample/78/66/preview7866a6237f604307ff18051de8fd42cf.jpg
Now that's real loli in school uniform.
There're cuter fake lolis here in China, supposing you won't go for the real ones.
and why wouldn't we...?
Another win from great china.
The force is strong in you padawan
O GOD ITS EVE SHE WILL SET US ALL ON FIRE!
*Happily burns to ashes*
How about someone translating the stuff on picture 004?
introduction:
birthday: April 4 , height: 158CM ,
39KG ,like cats ...
Way of Catharsiswhen angry: keep a hatch before the door
boyfriend: bright,humorous
oh, my English so bad
Thats on the same day as easter! It must be a hint.
c= O_O =3
She is lighter than Hatsune Miku!! Miku=42kg height=158
This....is just adding to her win stats.
I will add on to szy0syz (note, the font is so small i cannot read everything - these are marked by series of X)
Nickname: Xia Da, April
Birthday: April 4th
Height: 158cm
Weight: 39kg (damn, light as a feather, lol)
Birthplace (sort of): Hunan province
Blood Type: O
Horoscope: Aries
XXXXXX: XXXXXX
Favourite Animal: Cat (I'd love to see her in a neko costume)
Favourite Season: All four seasons
Favourite Anime: Too many
Favourite Movie: Too many
XXXXXX: XXXXXX
Way of Expressing Anger: Usually don't talk [to anyone]; if the other person is XXXXXX, s/he will receive a glare, Ha Ha
Qualities the other half (i.e. boyfriend/husband/lover) she looks for: Sunshine boy feel (don't know how to translate her words literally, but this is what she means); brings up interesting conversation
Bad habit that she wants to correct: XXXXXXX
Sorry this is the best I can do.
BTW, I'd love to cum on her face, lol
You and me too, buddy, you and me too
Thanks +1
Nickname: Xia Da, April
Birthday: April 4th
Height: 158cm
Weight: 39kg
Birthplace : Hunan province
Blood Type: O
Horoscope: Aries
Favourite food: Foods of the season
Favourite Animal: Cat
Favourite Season: All four seasons
Favourite Anime: Too many
Favourite Movie: Too many
Aspects you are proud of yourself: energy conservation, when NEET-ing can be food deprived for 3 days and not stepping out of the room for 2 months, no shopping for a whole year
Way of Expressing Anger: Usually don't talk [to anyone]; if I know the person well, s/he will be flamed, Ha Ha
Qualities the other half (i.e. boyfriend/husband/lover) she looks for: clean, bright, clever and interesting
Bad habit that she wants to correct: irregular sleeping time
Favourite quote: owh.....
FF...... FFFAAAAAAPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!
This kinda remind me of the china's olympiade opening ceremony singer strategy .....
You mean Lin Miaoke? The loli in red,right?
http://imgsrc.baidu.com/forum/pic/item/471d379b77a12298c9eaf495.jpg
Yeah,she is popular among otakus here in China,ha ha
Gorgeous girl AND art? We have a winner.
so cute.
i found her blog , [http://april44.blogbus.com/.]http://april44.blogbus.com/.
I read the latest entry. She's too cute. It talks about how she lost her own cell phone by leaving it on the bus. She then visits her mother on Chinese New Years, and borrows her mother's cell to use, but then lost it while passing a crowd three days later. T.T
I want to eat her!
Quotation of the day!
so cute
i like loli
T... T... TWENTY EIGHT?!!!!
cannon sensei!
She looks like Saaya Irie in some pics, only DFC.
She's 28...!? o.O;;
Reminds me of a neat series in Shonen Ace I tried to read in the 90s. Had this busty "Ninja" type girl in a "Semi-Feudal Japan" setting. Lots of bursts into sexy or romance scenes as she got emotional or fantasized. It was drawn by two fairly pretty teen girls and they printed some color pics of them posing for various scenes. And let's not forget CLAMP...
Really cute girl. Can't believe she is my age. wtf is up with her ears?
Wow she is one delicious cutie!
Triple threat indeed. Reminds me of one of the girls I knew in highschool whose still very youthful looking. Hmm... time to get some coffee with a certain somebody.
even if she is a fucking little kid i won't date her.
28?? more like 2 years old.
WTF 28!!?? Awesome
OMG what do they eat to look good AND draw good? Why do asians draw so good?! Is it because their written language is based on pictures?
Damn my non-japanese parents for giving me life!!
Whoa, she is of age?!?!
loli+legal age= WIN
I was certain she was 10-16 MAX.
Another reason SanCon surprises me everyday
"She lives in the city of Hangzhou in the Zhejiang province of mainland China; despite her face and school uniform, she is 28-years-old."
WHAT?!? I though she was 15 or something!
ha, take that australia
Damn she's 28?! Wow.
wowowow!
Pic 3:
Q: Do you normally play games? Do you have contact with video games?
A: I have more contact with the Wii, with a preference towards the Mario series
Q: What kind of products do you prefer?
A: I prefer western fantasy, even better if it's D&D
Q: Is there any gaming product that you would like?
A: I've already quit (hides her face)
Q: I don't think you've had a cover shoot before? How do you feel about the shooting process this time?
A: Even before I seldom take photos. I can count the number of photos I've taken so far in my life. Once the camera is on me I'm so nervous my whole body starts twisting. This time when we were shooting my hands were shivering, and my whole body was frozen. The cameraman (his name)'s technique is too good! He's even able to take the photos under this condition.
wow this all makes her even more cute...a moe bomb in real life I am impressed...
I'd rape that....i mean tap that.....i mean hug that....i mean have sex with my hand
She is adorable.
A cute and healthy 28 year old. Yes, I know it's hard to grasp what a healthy 28 year old is over there on planet USA.
Damn, 28. Imagine if she was doing AV at 18.
heh maybe she was....
Link, please. I needs it!
She is from an alternate universe. It is the only possible explanation.
There are some cute (and handsome) mangaka out there--the law of large numbers means it must be so--but this is just ridiculous.
Fans +1
萌えええ～ （＞.＜）
moe~~~~~~~
Holy Shit!! She's 28??? THIS IS MADNESS!!!
No... this is China!
Two for the price of one, she's uberly as cute and pretty as her drawings herself. Perfect waifu material for me :3
not cute.... avg at best 7/10
PedoBear Approves this!
Wow, so beautiful. Both her and her artwork.
I'm glad to be her (sugar)daddy. XD
She's the perfect woman. Holy shit.
Where do I sign up?
...28?
What the jesus?
Seems I have fallen in love, does that mean I lose?
People seriously have to start understanding that Asians look much younger than Westerners.
My ex-classmates of 18/19 year olds would be deemed 12-14 by Westerners. In contrast, Western high school students look like they are 25-30 plus to us.
We should stop this nonsense of calling people Loli just because of their looks. It's their age that truly matters. A loli is supposed to be a girl of prepubescent age that is sexually active.
Thus, it's discrimination if you call any Manga/Anime character a Loli or deem them pedo-bait if they are of legal age.
holy shit she's pretty good at this
she's a genius, at least in the graphical area..
considering the crap-looking drawing that some japanese manga "artist" are able to sell.
She's 28?! I thought it was impossible for a girl of that age to be loli-looking, but damn. I won't doubt any anime anymore if they had loli teachers.
unbelievable. must be fake.
but if true then she is the most cutest thing on earth at that age.
Better start hiring bodyguards, a wave of worldwide otaku stalkers heading there right now hahahahahaha
Lol she looks like a clone of my Chinese tutor back in Uni a couple of years ago.
She can play with my Son-e PSP Anytime!
I believe she's 28... 10 years after these photos were taken.
28? i thought she was 16. fuck.
so beautiful. :)
I am not one that is into asian girls but DAMN i'd hit that!
OMG. I almost fell for her. X3
What kind of badass suit is Snake wearing this time?
Her artwork is fantastic!
...oh yeah, she is, too.
Chinese version of Yui Horie =)
hi, i'm photoshop nice to meet you
apparently this loli is also a top pvp wow player (ranked 3rd on whatever server she is playing on)
Wow, a manga character has become alive. She is a half-elf.
LOLI SITH!!
still can't believe that she's already 28 years old...
“She’s certainly got the kind of face you creepy otaku are into.”
Sounds like a statement by jealous women of similar age who are looking like they a dried up old bag in their 40s...
“She’s certainly got the kind of face GUYS are into.”- fixed.
28? She looks like 14
I'd say she looks a lil bit "Uighurish".
Maybe she's a Uighur.
How about no.
show tits lil bitch or GTFO!
mai waifu~
I hope she'll grow up to be an av idol
But she's already grown...
combo win
interesting enough in picture 15 she looks more mature
wtf
she's 28??
I hate myself. T_T
Don't sweat it. It can't be helped.
This is not cute, Do not want more.
This has to be the best article about China in this site.
Moe Mangaka ftw! :D
Xia Da moe moe
Do not want.
The real life Aoki Ko????
ew, look at her witch's nose
Do...I smell a jealous femanon?
i also dont like that nose
she could fix it...
(i am not first anon and i am male)
no, just someone disappointed in ugly 3d pig.
picture 14...
the difference between ps'ed photoshoot and real life is too much for me :(
She's 28..? By the Old Ones...
If "Lucky Star" was made into a real-life movie, she could totally play Konata and her mom, Kanata...
Goddess tag?
Wait, what? She's only three months younger than ME? Either these are some old pictures, or she got a double-dose of the of the asian girl youth genes. :P
If that's the case, she'll probably look loli until she hits mid-30s, at which point she'll start looking like she's in her 20s. :P
MUST BE NICE!
Oh well, at least I don't have to feel like a pedo thinking naughty thoughts about her. :3
*fap fap fap fa-*
What? You're all thinking it.
She is amazing pretty! *o* I am dazzled
Times like these I'm glad I'm asian. One of the good asians, mind you, none of that scum cambodian/filipino shit. xD Almost inevitable that I'm going to end up with an asian girl. C: Whether I like it or not. :3
>none of that scum cambodian/filipino shit
Excuse you?
look at his id first, then comment. Yeah, it's pretty tough for us good looking asian guys.. all good looking asian girls are either attracted to bad boys, or really rich bad boys..
nice troll
God damn, she looked 14!
Her cuteness was beyond the edge of the human mind to process when she was 14...
Hence, they had to wait until she was 28 so the human mind can endure her cuteness...
...
...
Damn, her family bloodline must be 300% kawaii...
I MUST MAKE HER MINE!
In soviet China, loli is arrested for JB hitting on YOU!
(yeah, I know that'd be Russia, but still)
She's a pedophile's dream come true.
Hopefully the man that marries and has sex with her is arrested for committing such a horrible sin of defiling that face.
Attention Japanese: Reboot the live-action Jigoku Shoujo tv series and cast HER as Ai!!!
her nose is kinda odd on side angle parrot?
"she is 28-years-old."
..... *cries in the corner*
She is like the Otaku holy grail.
pic 15 reminds me of nelly furtado
goddamnit i'm in love
fuck you internet, fuck you
this is.... IMPOSIBBLe!!!
Her blog
http://april44.blog.sohu.com/
lol ... I just can't believe that she's 28 years old no matter how many times I look at her pictures. It's just so hard to believe.
I know I play bad, but you can learn from me as a person who is not into a do, let's join the clan did not just want to make progress together DOTA do, are filled with love for the game of DOTA, right? I would like to, and we called him a good friend
Darn she's my friend n she's 30 years old now.....
Too old.
Welcome to the HIGHLY UNFAIR WORLD :D
Beauty + Talent
作为中国人 我表示毫不知情
She's 28, I'm like...WTF!!
Haha. I feel bad for the Aussies.
炒作，整俩画师画两张，找个小美女露露脸，提高提高知名度
汉/英语高手来翻一下
Translation:
Hyped by the media. Get a few random artist and draw a few works then throw in a pretty faced girl to boost her popularity.
1st epic win of china in loooong time
WHAT. THE. FUCK!?
I know a Chinese girl around the 22 years and she looks older O_O
What some photoshop, a kiddy face and a seifuku can do... kinda like Kusumi Koharu, in her Koi Kana video she looks like a teenager :S
I can't comprehend that she's 28, man. show me some proof. D:
Loli Milfs ftw.
I am in LUV
I bet she can take a whole fist!
Reminds me of Kanata... Epic Wins
DAMN CUTE!!...... like an idol. maybe she rather become an idol than mangaka.... ups...sory being mangaka is chosen like samurai ways...kakakaka......(but she's damn cute....ehe-he)
I thought she was 8 but she is 28, great scott she is the perfect woman she is absolutely perfect.
She is 28 years old and she looks 8. Also super adorable and has the cutest face I've seen, I can't really find anything wrong to criticize about her no fucking flaw.
Oh, and her works do look good too, she has style.
Well she just won a new fan.
My soul enraptures in thy Heavenly sight!
O cursed spite, that ever was I born to witness such delight.
Is it wrong that I am only interested in the model of the PSP that she is holding?
If it's held by her hands, I want it....
she's just saying that to get publicity, stupid bitch, now i will Dl your shit translate it and throw it on the internet....
I'd hit it.
whaaaaaaaaaaa
kaswaaaiiiii
loli looks
so perfect
shes pretty in the photoshopped/makeup pictures
kinda ugly in the other ones
she very cute for 28 years old....