#Haruko Kumota

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ITAN (イタン) / Kōdansha (講談社) / Issue #10 (Sep 2012)

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Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Vol.1 (New Edition)

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The TradeWaiters 94: "Descending Stories" Vol. 1&2 by Haruko Kumota

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Poster and celebratory art by Kumota Haruko for the upcoming Shouwa genroku rakugo shinjuu musical!

Sources: stage_natalie, kumoharu

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hello my love it's getting cold on this island

[engshoujosei]

Descending Stories: Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu

10 volumes

Licensed by Kodansha, also on Azuki and INKR Comics

A hapless young man is released from prison with nothing to his name, but he knows exactly what he wants: to train in the art of rakugo comedic storytelling. After seeing an unforgettable performance from one of Japan’s greatest masters, Yakumo Yurakutei VIII, during his time in jail, he will settle for nothing less than to become apprentice to the best. Yakumo, notorious for taking no students, is persuaded to take him on, and nicknames him Yotaro—the fool. Yotaro has no formal training or elegance, but something about his charisma reminds Yakumo of someone from his past. Note: Won an Excellence Award for manga at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival Awards in 2013. Won the 38th Kodansha Manga Award for Best General Manga in 2014. Won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for New Creators in 2017.

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1 Ends at Vol 10

Status in Country of Origin

10 Volumes (Complete)

Tags:

20th Century

Acting

Adapted to Anime

Adapted to Live Action

Apprentice/s

Award-Winning Work

Changed Man

Cheating/Infidelity

Death of Loved One/s

Ex-Convict

Friendship

Geisha

Gender Discrimination

Grief

Guilt

Important Non-Romantic Relationship/s

Japanese Society

Love Triangle/s

Master-Disciple Relationship

Non-BL with Two Male Leads

Pregnancy

Rakugo

Realistic Characters

Regret

Romantic Subplot

Serious/Studious Character/s

Showa Era

Suffering

Talented Protagonist

Theater

Tradition/s

Tragic Past

World War II

[imethirdperson]

Oh konatsu... Ohhhhh konatsu.... We could have had it all....

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#haha there are more works like these u guys just need to move away from works aimed at kids and teens

Hello, could you mention some of these other works? Also, do you have an anilist account?

Hi, sure thing!

As for manga there's Double by Ayako Noda, about two codependent men and their acting careers. Very homoerotic, similar to Sankaku Mado, and although it's published in a seinen magazine and not a BL one like Sankaku Mado was, they might be seeing more relationship progress than Hiyakawa and Mikado did. It's really good and I highly recommend it!

It might be cheating to mention Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu by Haruko Kumota, since the characters age as the story moves forward, but it's also a story about people who are haunted by their past. It has a generational structure which I adore, and is all around a masterpiece. There's also an excellent anime adaptation for it, worth a watch to see the rakugo stories brought to life!

I can't believe I originally forgot to mention Kowloon Generic Romance by Jun Mayuzuki and had to sneakily add it in here. It's a great romance/mystery series set in Kowloon Walled City. The characters are maybe a bit more put-together than the post was talking about, although they each have their struggles, and things get a little existential. Either way, this manga is required reading for anyone, especially if you want to read amazing stories about characters in their 30's. It's helped me come to terms with my own aging (I sound so old when I say that, but I'm just talking about seeing wrinkles as proof you've lived and not your body becoming old and ugly).

Gangsta by Kohske is also cool, although it's on a hiatus due to her poor health. It's about two guys doing all kinds of dirty jobs with a mafia/cop kind of setting. One of the main characters is deaf, and that's been pretty cool to see. It also has an anime, but it's horrible and brought the studio to bankruptcy lmao (not really, but it was the last thing they produced).

Then there’s Uramichi Oniisan, which got an anime adaptation with a stacked seiyuu cast (worth watching just for Mamo’s laugh). It’s a comedy about adults working on a children's tv-show, and how soul-crushing life is when you have to work to live, and nothing to live for. The humour comes from the juxtaposition between adult hardships and how carefree or direct children can be. It’s worryingly relatable at times, but quite repetitive.

Lastly, because I don't know if I can recommend it to whoever, there's Happy Kuso Life by Harada, about two guys who are socially on the bottom (one of them unemployed and the other one recently demoted), who both want to bottom and end up as some sort of sex friends? They're both losers and assholes, and the fact that they're over 30 gets brought up multiple times which always brings me joy as someone who's still younger than them ha. Fair warning though, it's an erotic comedy manga, and can be quite crude.

And no, I don't have an anilist account.

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Kinda late, I've finished this BL challenge in twitter so I want to wrote it down in tumblr too...

Day 1 - My fav BL manga

First started BL in 2020 (yes kinda newbie), I have many fav & know it's a growing list. But if I have to pick BL that's still in my top 5 until now it's BARBARITIES by Tsuta Suzuki. The story is great, art is amazing also love the couple's dynamics.

Day 2- My fav BL author

It's impossible to choose one, because I have so many BL authors & artists that are special to me. But on top of my head here are my top 3 fav BL authors/artists :

- Haruko Kumota

- Fumi Yoshinaga

- Hidaka Shoko

Day 3- BL manga from the 90s that I like for this #30DaysOfBLChallenge

Until now, not many BL from the 80's or 90's that I love and enjoy. But BL from the 90s that is a favorite of mine and I will love to re-read is FAKE by Sanami Matoh. I never bored to read Dee and Ryo....

Day 4 - BL manga that you would recommend to everyone is

- Link and Ring by Tsuyuki Yuruco

It's so good ! Love how the couple got together & how their relationship develop. One of the most healthiest BL couple that I know (until now). Certainly the best start/new in BL...

Day 5 - BL manga that you wanted to read more of it will be

- Double Fake by Jita

An omegaverse but how the story goes is so interesting. The start of their relationship is for business only but of course it develop to become real love between them. It's just too short for me.

Day 6 - BL manga that I liked only because of the sex scenens for #30DaysOfBLChallenge

- Usotsuki Omega by Megane

- Glamorous Lip by Yanao Rock

I was so surprised when finding out that the person behind 1st one is also behind Wotakoi & 2nd one is behind Black Butler, too 🤔

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Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Vol.2 (New Edition)

[lemonidae]

I don't know if you have made this list or not, but can I ask for BL recs with family tags or taking care of child? After rewatching Buddy Daddies, kinda want to read BL with children (can be omegaverse or not)....

Read and loved:

Daraku Kazoku-ron by Tsurukame Mayo

Ibitsuna Bokura no Katachi by Mita Homuro

Read and liked:

Gochisousama by CJ Michalski

Shima-chan Chi no Tsugai Jijou by Mikkamita

Nobara by Kumota Haruko

Terpenoid by Tetuzoh Okadaya

Nichijousahan Bi by Haruhira Moto

Bokura No Shokutaku by Mita Ori

Sekai wa Shippo de Dekiteiru by Honjou Rie

TBR

Ikumen After by Kazuma Kodaka

Sannin Gurashi by Hirakita Yuya

Yozora no Sumikko de by Nojiko Hayakawa

Mabataki no Aida by Neruko Sugu

Tenjou no Shita ni Koi by Ichikawa Ichi

Every Day Is a Good Day by Nishi Noeko

Oh My Hero! by Cocomi

Seishun Catharsis by Katsuragi

One Week Family by Yatsuhashi

Ookami Papa wa Hitsuji Tsura shite Yatte kuru by Kurusu Haiji

Omegaverse - OK Read

Love Is An Illusion by Fargo

Low Tide in Twilight by Euja

How to Chase an Alpha by Kimnyeong

Some lists I found on MAL:

LGBT tag on MRM

[wutaijiemei]

i hate haruko kumota.

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New cover designs & celebratory clear files for the first two volumes of a Japanese omnibus edition of Showa genroku rakugo shinju by Kumota Haruko. The whole 10-volume series will be published as 5 compilation volumes during 2025.

Sources: 1, 2, 3

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

tagged by @phneltwrites and @brofisting !

three ships: fraser/kowalski for sheer duration in my life, dean/castiel judging by the quantity of my reblogs and content of my Blog over the past couple of year, palm/nuengdiao because i'm watching that show and i'm VERY tense about their future. heart in my MOUTH whenever i watch that show.

first ever ship: Strictly speaking. Embarrassing to say this. TMI. Not that i shy away from it !!!! BUT it was I think characters in the Redwall book series. This is a UK childrens fantasy series with anthropomorphic animals who fight battles etc and I was pretty obsessed with it from about the ages of 9-12. I got suddenly very bored of it circa book 13 or 14 (they could be . very repetitive). This was the first fandom I stumbled across fanfiction for . on the FAMILY COMPUTER. because the author's website was listed on the back cover and that website linked to a page that turned out to have some (g-rated non shippy) fanfiction on it. Anyway in a couple of these books there is a heroic girl mouse in one book with a best friend /malewife boy mouse character. I'm pretty sure it was them. And if it wasn't them it was probably Alanna / George from the Tamora Pierce books.

last song: i've listened to very little music over the last few days so statistically it's gonna be . the song in the last ep of My School President or that one Gaspar Nali video. but I have listened to a LOT of the podcast Climbing Gold, which I really enjoy, it's on spotify, apple podcasts, etc.

last movie: “The Wonder”, on Netflix. It's good!!!!!!! Florence Pugh great.... Sebastian Lelio good director..... ireland very beautiful and muddy ..... the framing device maybe made more sense to me at end than beginning

currently reading: joan didion, 'where I was from'. Also the manga 'Descending Stories', Haruko Kumota.

currently watching: The Warp Effect, My School President, Never Let Me Go, The Bear, How To With Joe Wilson.

currently consuming: nothing ... glass of water??? Last ate toast and a leftover sausage and broccoli . normal lunch event

currently craving: i am thinking VERY intensely about figuring out a steamer setup for turnip cake and nian gao, because i really like them, i want to make them this weekend, and the last time i made them my steamer situation was NOT ideal. the subject of which pans fit into which pots consumes me. and I also wish to make various of these nyt cookie recipes..... I'm not usually a cookie person but the picture of the gochujang one really got to me.

tagging @creamataoldotcom @mangoamango @thevvooster @itsmapes @confusinglyamusingly

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I actually read dame bl like five or ten years ago or whatever but I completely forgot the story where the guy falls in love with his air conditioner. I only remembered the foot one by kumota haruko. sorry