35 Kusunoki Kei $@Fo7K(B
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This article is from the Manga FAQ, by Steve Pearl starbuck@cybercomm.net with numerous contributions by others.
35 Kusunoki Kei $@Fo7K(B
A young, pretty (enough to compete with idol singers) manga-ka who works in the
horror and comedy genres. She was one of a group of manga-kas (including
Kanzaki Masaomi, Hosono Fujihiko, Kitazaki Taku, Nobe Toshio and Suzumiya Wayu)
who featured on Shonen Big, the now-defunct forerunner of Young Sunday.
Kusunoki Kei's twin sister, Ohashi Kaoru $@Bg6670(B - her real name - is also
a decent manga artist. Their artistic styles are more similar than their
appearance.
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Headbutt Sleeping Beauty $@$V$A$+$^$7L2$jI1(B - serialized on Asuka 1992,
Y390.
This is about a girl who walks around when she sleeps, which becomes a
problem when she falls in love with a guy whose mother was abandoned by
his father because she was a sleepwalker! A comedy manga.
Yagami-kun no katei no jijou $@H,?@$/$s$N2HDm$N;v>p(B [Yagami's family
matters] - serialized on Shonen Sunday Monthly, 1990, 7 volumes @ Y390, 4
wide-ban volumes @ Y680.
"Yagami's mother has an appearance like a 16 year old cute girl and Yagami
was at first embarrassed by this, but then he couldn't help falling in
love (or lust?) with his own mother. He declared himself as "mother-con"
(Oedipus complex). With all his classmates, his teacher, a delinquent
juvenile all falling in love with his mom, and an OL who fell in love with
his father, and Yagami having a cute biker girlfriend, and on top of that,
a schoolmate (male) who looks nearly exactly like his mother. The story
depicts the "normal" life of Yagami-kun and his family matters...
"The manga itself is very well written, with a style distinctively
Kusunoki Kei's. Unique layout and panelling, filled with fun and jokes,
the story is very interesting. Definitely KK's best comedy manga." [CM]
"Well, in short, the mother looks like she's 14, and the kid is "openly"
in love with her - loli x motha-con. His teacher, too, is in love with her
mother, and so the love rivals duke it out in classroom, as well as
plotting the downfall of their common enemy, his father. The father has a
secretary who is in love with him. But once she discovered that he has
such a "young" wife she turned her attention to his son, who is now torn
between his own mother and a naive, motorbike riding girlfriend. Later on
the class gets a new student who looks exactly like the mother, whom
everybody falls for. Except the student is a he....
"This manga managed to remain innocent while pushing the boundary of
family values. In mere 7 volumes, YFA packs more punch than series twice
its lengths. It's the manga of choice on a desert island. For me, that is.
^_^
"Yagami-kun OAV has a good chance of being the only anime of which the
production video (tagged along with some episode) is more interesting than
the anime itself. And they weren't kidding about ``Low budget manga
spinoff anime aimed at exploiting the existing fan base.''" [DM]
Onikogome $B54Kb(B - serialized on Wings 1985, Y910.
Yoshimaru $B5H:W(B - published by Shogakukan, 1986, Y370.
Tatoeba konna Yurei Kidan $@$?$H$($P$3$s$JM)Nn4qCL(B - serialized on Ribbon,
1987, Y360.
Kusunoki Gekijo $@Fo7`>l(B - serialized on Wings, 1988, Y780.
Aishite Frozen $@Nx$7$F%U%m!<%:%s(B - serialized on Ribbon, 1988, Y360.
Momotaro ma iru! $@EmB@O:$^$$$k!*(B - serialized on Ribbon, 1989, Y370.
Gokushado $B9v1jF2(B - serialized on Wings, Y780.
Kusunoki Kei Kessaku Tampenshu $@Fo7K7f:nC;JT=8(B - published by Shogakukan,
1990, Y370.
etc. - published by Shinshokan, 1991, Y1200.
Gomen nasai Power $@$4$a$s$J$5$$$3(B$@$Q$o$"(B - serialized on Ribbon,
1991, Y390.
Akumade Rabucome $@$"$/$^$G%i%V%3%a(B - currently serialized on Ribbon,
1992-present, 4 volumes @ Y390.
Circus Wonder $@%5!<%+%9!&%o%s%@!<(B - serialized on Ribbon, 1991, Y390.
Jinro Kusagami $@?MO5Ap;f(B - serialized on Wings, 1991, 3 volumes @ Y390.
Yoma $@MEKb(B - serialized on Ribbon, 2 volumes @ Y370.
Daitogai ni hoero $@BgET2q$K$[$($m(B - serialized on Asuka, 1992-present, 5
volumes @ Y390.
Onikirimaru [aka Ogre Slayer] $B54@Z4](B - published by Shogakukan,
1992-present, 7 volumes @ Y390.
Migiko Nipponichi!! $B$_$.$3F|K\0l!*!*(B - serialized on Ribbon, 1995, Y390.
Crime City - published by Kadokawa Shoten, 1995, �.
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