No.2648
>How did you hear about Harada?
Hiro Shimono was in Yatamomo's drama CD and I was listening to BL drama CDs with his voice in it
>Who's your favourite couple from her mangas?
Still Yata chan and Momota hahaha
>How about least favourite?
Yoru and Asaichi. Asa's just a shithead that I didn't like in general and Yoru enables him all the time.
>What do you like best about her works?
The way she creates tension in her more horror themed works is amazing, most actual horror manga can't even compare honestly. Also her tear jerking stuff is great
>Do you think there's something to improve?
Although I love her art I wish there was a bit more variety in character designs, it's hard to tell them apart sometimes!
>Have you read any anthologies she took part in?
A few! The one with the love triangle where the protagonist was the third wheel girl was cute, but I did feel bad for her.
>Do you own any merch?
Sadly no…
>Are you familiar with her older works?
I checked out some of her Gintama doujins, but I've never read Gintama so I didn't get much from it.
>Are you going to watch the One Room Angel live action?
It's already out and I watched some of it, but not much. I love one room angel but the acting is pretty off…
No.2649
>How did you hear about Harada?
Found her work randomly on a manga site.
>What was your first manga you read from her?
That train chikan oneshot that's part of Yajirushi.
>What's your favourite manga from her?
One Room Angel!
>What do you like best about her works? Do you think there's something to improve?
The way she draws hair is really beautiful and I love her paneling. I don't think there's really anything to improve. She's an amazing artist and writer, but personally her characters are too whorish for my taste.
>What was your favourite character moment?
Asaichi getting raped, he deserved it.
>Are you going to watch the One Room Angel live action?
I know they can't cast an actual 14 year old, but the guy playing Angel just isn't cute enough, so no.
No.2654
>How did you hear about Harada?
I was looking for 'straight boy gets penetrated' manga and 'Happy Shitty Life' was on the list.
>What was your first manga you read from her?
See above.
>What's your favourite manga from her?
Still, 'Happy Shitty Life' because it's extremely well-drawn, the couple is versatile and both exemplify attractive uke traits, which are well-needed in a vers pairing IMO. Also, the whole 'we are normally straight' thing is a huge draw. They also feel very much like real-life guys.
>Who's your favourite couple from her mangas?
See above. Pretty, petty high-class office workers being made to take cock is a nice one, so is cute scrappy countryside orphan who can be a real ass, in more ways than one.
I also like the guys from Nii-san, which was fucked up, deeply so and I wasn't a huge fan of the story, but 'molested older guy forced to admit vulnerability' got to me hard. I especially love that they eventually go versatile.
>How about least favourite?
N/A, I can't think of one I dislike.
>What do you like best about her works? Do you think there's something to improve?
How she gets the appeal of cocky ukes. Wet blankets are no fun, but a guy who thinks in his heart that he's off to top, like in the Messiah series? Yes please. Cocky fuck who got in over his head like in Happy Shitty Life? Heck yes. She does cocky ukes very, very well, I feel they're often underutilized normally.
>What was your favourite character moment?
Just the entirety of Happy Shitty Life.
>Have you read any anthologies she took part in?
>Do you own any merch?
How do I get merch for Harada?
>Do you know any similar manga artists?
Her art reminds me of one chick who wrote for Gothic Lolita magazine, but that chick did wet blanket, underage looking ukes from what I recall.
>Are you familiar with her older works?
What, the Gintama DJ?
>Are you going to watch the One Room Angel live action?
Not a huge fan of Live-Action, so probably no.
No.2655
Question, I somehow recall there being a doujinshi for One Room Angel out there, anyone know it? Or did I dream it up?
No.2657
>>2654>I also like the guys from Nii-san, which was fucked up, deeply so and I wasn't a huge fan of the story, but 'molested older guy forced to admit vulnerability' got to me hard.Agree. Nii-san fucked me up bad initially but after the story really sunk in I liked how his character was handled (especially how his family tried to "fix" him) and how the trauma he experienced lead him to hound the high of having power over someone smaller than him was done pretty well despite the subject matter. It's probably the most messed up work Harada has done in my opinion but it was poignant to say the least. I also like that she didn't go full happy ending because when it's all said and done the other guy was just as traumatized himself but instead of seeking revenge on someone smaller than him (Like nii-san did) he went for the predator himself. It was an interesting take. I really enjoyed the girl character being a lesbian and the concept of lavender relationships being addressed.
>She does cocky ukes very, very well, I feel they're often underutilized normally.Agree about this too, I wish other mangakas took notes.
No.3748
>>3747What are you talking about, it's on going, right? Harada announced that the 6th volume will be released next week. I'm following the official release in my first language so maybe I'm missing something though?
No.3749
>>3748Maybe anon has read the scanlations and thought it ended in volume 4 or something? But yes, it's ongoing and volume 6 is coming out now.
No.3767
I don't know how many other people fall in to this category, but I feel as if her Gintama doujins have def left more of an impact on me, despite also loving her original works, and despite never having seeing Gintama at the time
I read them before I was ever aware of her other works, and I was too young to be reading them, which is probably part of the impact, but the feeling of them has stuck with me. I've thought of them regularly through out the years.
They are just so filthy and evocative
I like their short lengths, being able to be a very focused expression of a particular fetish. So beautiful, with just enough characterization and emotion. I feel like Harada and I carry and identical set of kinks and preferences, just so lucky lol. I could easily imagine myself in the scenarios presented without any thought or friction
They've really inspired me, I still carry some mementos of them along with me online in some non-obvious ways, I feel like they'll be stuck in my head forever and I'm okay with that
No.3774
>>3767This post inspired me to read Harada's gintama djs, which one is your favorite? It also reminded me to reread Gintama since I never finished it anyway, thanks nonna
No.3778
>>3774Yayy, I hope you enjoy them, and I hope you enjoy your Gintama reread :D For a favorite, I probably have to say "Me Yami Otoko", the one where his eyes get injured. I love the cool tough guy being sooo pitiful, I love how fervent Gintoki is… Also there's almost nothing superfluous about it, straight to the point lol.
(It gets a bonus point for tapping into a specific fetish of mine when he pours water into his lap. Oh Harada, lets meet and talk over lunch LMAO)Runner up goes to "Wakagaeri Hen". Man she draws him so cute and soft. Truly a shotacon's dream manga, not much to say besides that lol
Revisiting them has been very sweet. Oddly, they remind me of the holiday season. Best enjoyed in cold weather under the blanket ♥
No.3849
>Yatamomo finally got released in English like 2 days ago (in my region)
>Go to buy a volume online to support Harada
>It's already sold out
I'm glad we're winning Haradasisters but damn I wish I could've gotten a physical copy before it sold out *cry*
No.3850
>>3849I should check if it's finally out in english, everytime I go to book stores they say it's not out quite yet or it's not in stock currently…
No.3851
>>3849Maybe try to look for them in physical stores, in case they still have them in stock or can preorder them for the next time they will be reprinted?
No.3852
>>3851AYRT, I do check my local bookstore every other week but they don't usually get in Harada's works for some reason (they do have a fuckton of BL in general though, no doubt thanks to me lmao). It looks like they sold out during the initial pre-order, but if they're that popular then I guess they'll have to reprint them. Here's hoping to a quick restock!
No.3987
>>3986She understands that uke and seme aren't just positions, they are also states of mind. And I agree, kuzuya is the cutest manchild who deserves anal everyday ♥. And also I wanna see kasuya get topped by his coworker, we need more kasuya rape, there's been enough kuzuya rape.
No.4067
>>4065>not doing fucked up shit>one room angel???????
Anon if
rape, suicide, and a romance between an older man and a little boy isn't fucked up then I don't know what is.
No.4071
>>4067What rape? There was nothing of that sort.
>a romance between an older man and a little boyTeen x adult is not even controversial. Especially not in the genre.
No.4073
>>4071It's been a while since I read 1RA so my memory is hazy, but didn't angel
get raped by his bully?
No.4074
>>4073No that didn't happen, he was harassing him all the time in school but that's it.
It's vaguely implied the guy bullying him had feelings for him and wanted to confess in the balcony right before it fell and he died. You must be thinking of another manga.
No.4100
>>3767Did she do any doujin that aren't Gin x Hijikata? I never liked that pairing.
No.4105
>>4100she had a single uke gintoki doujin that was Takasugi x Gin + Hijikata x Gin called Hanbunko (Halfsies)
you can read it on mrm:
https://myreadingmanga.info/paraiso-harada-gintama-dj-hanbunko-eng/ No.7433
>>7431Maybe unpopular opinion but I always expected this tbh. Not that you couldn't tell her passion for writing unconventional m/m stories but that it's possible she also felt limited by the genre & she's always made her background female characters interesting/not one-note. Do we know if the long-haired person is a male or female because the title of her new work apparently means:
>evil destiny or connection, unfortunate love、ill-fated relationshipIt would be extremely funny for her to jump from a long history of BL to an extremely hetero work.
No.7435
>>7433>felt limited by the genreHOW
All you need is to include a homo romance somewhere in the story. Where is the limitation?
>It would be extremely funny for her to jump from a long history of BL to an extremely hetero workNah, it would be so predictable that is hurts. Lots of shoujo mangaka who worked on BL before did that (and never returned to BL).
No.7437
>>7431As far as I'm aware, HKL is still running. Asada Nemui had also branches out of BL before with a female focused manga, she's still writing Takatora alongside it. No reason to doompost.
No.7438
>>7435Maybe her publishers were on her butt idk, it could be BTS things we have no idea about. Maybe she just wants to write more about women for a change. Isaku Natsume has made romanceless & m/f works and she still makes BL (sadly candy-colored paradox is coming to an end soon tho).
>Lots of shoujo mangaka who worked on BL before did that (and never returned to BL).If they introduce BL/homo-bait to m/f shojo (like Kiss Him Not Me) I am actually weirdly fine with it, as disappointing as it is. If it's 100% typically m/f shojo romance in every way I do raise an eyebrow because how do you spend ages being entrenched in yaoi just to not even do anything slightly subversive with your het.
No.7439
>>7431Dunno if I should be happy or sad. It’s great that she’s branching out I guess, but I hope she doesn’t forget her day ones…
No.7441
>>7431You seriously scared me nona, for a moment I thought she died
No.7442
>>7431Silver lining, I hope its horror. She can do good horror imo.
No.7443
>>7442Whatever it is I hope someone picks it up for scanlation. Keen to see how she'll work with different genres. Her paneling has always been top notch.
No.7444
>>7431I like seinen so I'm fine with this
No.7445
>>7435>Where is the limitation?Don't BL editors tend to insist on having the characters fuck within the first chapter and that kind of thing? That's why slow burn relationships never happen.
No.7450
>>7431Excited to see where she goes with this since I find her recent works (HKL, ORA) rather stale. I hope she can continue to live up to that 鬼才 label in the non-BL sphere too.
No.7451
>>7431I'm cautiously enthusiastic about this because Harada has enough storytelling skills to make anything work, but as petty as it sounds I don't want it to be a hetero love story. There are so many mangakas already writing all sorts of tragic romances for straight couples and Harada truly is one of a kind for choosing all these unconventional male dynamics. But to be honest she hasn't written any straight romances in her other stories despite making all the female characters active participants in the story. She even made the female lead in Niichan a lesbian and Kasuya's ex girlfriend seemed to miss pegging Kasuya rather than him as a person.
>>7435Others already said it but the genre can be quite limiting due to publishers requiring a certain amount of sex scenes for example. IIRC Harada has said that she wasn't initially interested in making BL because she thought it was limited by tropes, but once she realized she could make anything with it she made it into a career. And thank fucking god she went seinen instead of the traditional BL-to-garbage shoujo pipeline most BL mangakas follow.
No.7452
>>7451>And thank fucking god she went seinen instead of the traditional BL-to-garbage shoujo pipeline most BL mangakas follow.I hope her seinen manga is something like totally-not-BL Hikaru ga shinda natsu where it's BL in everything but the tags on encyclopedia websites.
No.7453
>>7451>the genre can be quite limiting due to publishers requiring a certain amount of sex scenes for exampleOne Room Angel doesn't have a single sex scene though. But I also had to think of Harada's comment on her doubts about BL. I always thought it was weird. While I'm a huge fan of her works, her subject matter wasn't groundbreaking. To me her themes weren't what set her aside from others because BL older than hers already had all themes you can imagine.
No.7454
>>7453>But I also had to think of Harada's comment on her doubts about BLI also felt that comment was a bit suspicious if not ominous. I feel like a lot of authors really self-limit what BL can be.
>her subject matter wasn't groundbreaking.Agreed. And I'm not sorry to say that Harada's work isn't necessarily anything special compared to others. She's enjoyable and fun to read, but overall it's nothing different from others in the genre.
No.7455
>>7453What comment? Did I miss something?
No.7456
>>7455NTA but Harada made a comment in the past about how she at first felt BL as a genre was limiting but then learned to do it in a free-for-all style where she could practically tell any story she wanted. And I get it, in BL you still have to have some kind of a boys love romance thread running through the story. She's also fiercely protective of her artistic vision and literally quit Libre publishing due to them using her work without permission (they published one of her doujins without her permission and edited the content) and switched over to QPA which was a massive gamble but paid off in the end. So she comes off as someone who has a clear artistic vision and doesn't like being boxed in one genre, so I can understand her desire to try telling other kinds of stories than those about relationships. I would imagine her seinen series being an experiment to her, and I think it's admirable that she's not doing it under a different name but the same handle that she has kept since her smutty Gintama doujins kek.
No.7457
>>7454>I feel like a lot of authors really self-limit what BL can be. In her case, it seems more like a reflection on what publishers expected the genre to be based on their readership. Like
>>7456 said, she's happy to have control over her work currently, but I can see why she'd try a story that isn't restricted by the label of being 'BL' even if it has all the elements.
>>7446You're not wrong nona, but it is funny that most of your examples are rather old series, Banban aside. The others I can think of are typically marketed as shoujo or josei (Silver Diamond, Count Cain, CLAMP works) rather than explicitly BL, which kind of points out the problems the genre has from an industry standpoint. I've seen webtoon authors complain similarly that most publishers want you to have something explicit early to grab attention.