竹内佐千子さんの『くされ女子！』 Sachiko Takeuchi's newest manga on sale now!

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竹内佐千子待望の新作『くされ女子！』
Sachiko Takeuchi’s latest manga, “Kusare Joshi!”

レズビアンなのにBL好きなサチコ、「好きな男がヤられる姿が好き」なマイ、百合もガチムチもリアルゲイも好きなしおりが織りなす“くさった日々”を描いた実録コミックエッセイ。

BL小説が原因でセックスレスを責めたサチコと元彼女が大ゲンカしたり、新宿2丁目のゲイバーで腐男子ゲイとBL論争したり、ホストクラブでノンケの腐男子ホストとBL妄想で盛り上がったりと、レズビアンとBLさらに百合との奥深い関係を、お馴染みのキュートなイラストにぶっちゃけトーク全開で描いている。

「レズビアンで腐女子でコスプレイヤー」の竹内さんならではの視点とリアルな体験談が実にユニーク。女の子同士の恋愛を描いた『ハニー＆ハニー』などに比べ、“腐女子”をテーマにしているのでBLネタが中心となっている。そのなかでもボーイッシュな女の子同士がカップルになる“ダナーズ”（=旦那＆旦那）など、BLの世界観に通じるレズビアンにも触れている。BLファンはとくにチェック！

●著者/竹内佐千子
●出版社/ブックマン社
●判型/A5 　
●価格/1,000円（税込）
●竹内佐千子さんのオフィシャルHP

★竹内佐千子さんのインタビューは、こちら。

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Sachiko is a lesbian hooked on BL*. Mai likes to watch guys being done by guys. Shiori is into Yuri**, Gachi Muchi***, and real-life gay boys. In her latest comic essay, Sachiko Takeuchi tells the true story of the "corrupt" lives of her main characters.

Kusare Joshi (lit. Corrupt Girls) explores one lesbian’s deep relationship with BL and Yuri through a series of adorably illustrated adventures. Follow Sachiko’s escapades: an argument with an ex who blamed their sexless relationship on Sachiko’s passion for writing BL comics; a heated altercation with a gay BL-enthusiast in a Nichome gay bar; and some steamy conversation, ripe with BL fantasy, with a straight host at a host club.

Takeuchi’s latest novel is genuinely unique-both for its true-to-life storytelling as well as for the story that only this lesbian + BL-enthusiast + cos-player could provide! Compared to "Honey & Honey" and Takeuchi's other previous works, this essay focuses more on the theme of "Fujoshi" (term used for BL fans; lit. corrupt girls) with much of its humor relating to BL. A "Danaz" couple****, pretty much the equivalent to BL in the lesbian world, also make an appearance. This manga is a must-see for BL fans!

●Author: Sachiko Takeuchi
●Publisher: Bookman-sha
●Price: 1000 yen (incl tax)
●Sachiko Takeuchi’s official home page (Japanese)

★For TW’s interview with Sachiko Takeuchi, follow the link here.

★For an off-the-record chat with Sachiko Takeuchi, follow the link here.

*Short for “Boy’s Love”, or manga and anime depicting homo-erotic romances between men, read mostly by a straight audience; Known as “Yaoi” internationally.
**The female version of “Boy’s Love”, also followed by a mostly straight audience, but with some lesbians too.
***(lit. muscular, stocky men); One vein of “Boy’s Love”
****Butch women into dating butch women. Comes from a pluralized form of the Japanese word for “husband”, i.e. “danna”, so as to give the image of two husbands together.

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