
A group of girls struggling under the weight of a giant pink phallus in broad daylight have attracted a great deal of attention, not least from eager photographers.
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Eyebrows have been raised at the news that the fourth most popular manga in Russia is apparently one “Lolicon Phoenix,” rather that the usual generic shonen title expected.
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Ne-on is a highly talented artist, generally painting Touhou characters in a gentle watercolor style.
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Three teachers who beat a student who dyed his hair for half an hour have been warned not to do it again.
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Osaka, not to be outdone by rival Tokyo, is considering an original ban of its own – on “yaoi” manga, or “Boys Love” (BL) as the market is generally known in Japan.
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MangaGamer has announced it will be publishing English versions of KiraKira Curtain Call, a sequel to the original, and that it is now up to the 6th chapter of Higurashi.
In addition, for a limited period it is holding a sale with prices on a range of titles reduced by as much as 50%.
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Q: I found a lot of ecchi PC games featuring bondage, confinement and SM hidden away in my boyfriend’s room.
He’s always kind to me, but before there were cases of criminals with these kinds of maniacal tastes, so I was pretty shocked.
My boyfriend isn’t normal is he!? I don’t know how to deal with this…
A 21-year-old female student.
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The case of a Japanese man who committed suicide rather than be deported to a land he never knew and could not even speak the language of has underscored the tragic consequences of Japan’s dubious immigration and citizenship policy.
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The first episode of Angel Beats!, a series whose creator-screenwriter was recently interviewed at length, aired recently, and despite a mixed initial reaction is well deserving of further attention (in particular with regards to its confusing storyline)…
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Fans of Evangelion heroines Asuka and Rei have finally been granted the opportunity to get their hands on the pair’s shapely torsos whilst sucking down their delicious bodily fluids.
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CNN has followed up on its successful resurrection of the RapeLay furore with yet more eroge muckraking, coming out with such gems of unbiased journalism as “It is terribly easy to condemn Japan as a sexist and repressed culture with a government that chooses to look the other way.”
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Railgun’s yuri centrepiece Kurokoto appear very friendly indeed in this splendid piece of fan-art.
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