The Wild Barcode Battling Trans Rights Mecha Shonen & Its Doujin Sequels
Added 2023-02-23 21:34:30 +0000 UTCWhat if I told you the Barcode Battler toy had a Japan-only manga in 1992 in the same magazine as Doraemon, that's not only an awesome mecha battle shonen, but talks about trans problems, AND has doujin sequels?! It's real, and we're going in deep.
Script: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dlgxih_LWUmfLxUbWLCEoHNc8ctcxp-4XgbTVr5NUno/edit
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoroCoro_Comic
https://archive.is/S23ly
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/小野敏洋
https://nyalra.hatenablog.com/entry/2016/11/16/203653
http://barcodebattler.co.uk/pdf/BB_Instructions(J).pdf
https://www.thepopverse.com/how-lgbtq-stories-have-evolved-and-flourished-in-manga
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/男の娘キャラクターの一覧
https://www.e-ir.info/2019/08/20/japanese-lgbt-boom-discourse-and-its-discontents/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_dysphoria#History
https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/japanese-culture/tw-queer-japan-run-japans-lgbtq-icons-history/
https://twitter.com/zerochan/status/1022962737708642304?s=21
Music list:
Legend of Heroes - Pirate Island (PCE ver.)
Assault Suits Valken - Not for Peace (Album ver.)
Kichikuou Rance - Influence
SRWT - HEATS
Rance 03 - Non Non Rance
Rance 03 - bAttle party
Solatorobo - Air in Airedale (Perfect ver.)
YU-NO - Enigma (YM2608 ver.)
Amazing Grace - BGM004
Atelier Ryza 2 - Hazy Sunset
Umineko - Thanks for being born
Umineko - Far (Piano)
Rance Quest - 幸せな日常会話
Ridge Racer Type 4 - Pearl Blue Soul
Atlach-Nacha - Calm Time
Rance 5D - Don't Be Alone
Rance Quest - Brutal Man's Daily Life
EVE Burst Error - Day (Marina) (YM2608 ver.)
Rance 01 - 過ぎし条理の使者
Rance 01 - The Estimate's Free
Ys - See You Again (Piano Collection ver.)
Comments
https://x.com/starfruitbooks/status/1840900350171365502 Thought you might want to know: Toshihiro Ono's getting a different manga published in English by Star Fruit Books, and they say they'd like to publish more of his work in the future.
James Darling
2024-10-03 20:59:37 +0000 UTC
