You know, Japan…

13 Comments | Posted: July 14th, 2009 | Filed under: Thinking About Comics | Tags: ,

…when I got my hands on a manga titled Addicted To Curry that’s about a curry shop struggling to get back on its feet after the mysterious disappearance of its chef/owner, I thought I’d be reading a more personal take on stuff like Oishinbo. I was looking forward to enjoying a comic about food and family and how they’re intertwined.

This is what I got before the table of contents on the first volume:


Click to view uncensored.

That’s Yui, the book’s 14-year-old co-lead.

Just once, I’d like for this sort of thing to not fucking happen. Could you work on that, please?

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13 Comments on “You know, Japan…”

  1. 1 Dave Lartigue said at 12:49 pm on July 14th, 2009:

    Class.

  2. 2 Kill Screen 256 said at 12:54 pm on July 14th, 2009:

    and this comes as a shock how? like you said, it’s japan.

  3. 3 Kevin Church said at 1:00 pm on July 14th, 2009:

    Which part of me saying “Just once, I’d like for this sort of thing to not fucking happen,” indicates that I was shocked or surprised in any way?

  4. 4 Matt Algren said at 1:04 pm on July 14th, 2009:

    Jesus Christ.

  5. 5 Jesse said at 1:10 pm on July 14th, 2009:

    But is it just a creepy exploitative inside cover with decent story as with Oishinbo, or does it just go downhill from that picture? Googling it makes it seem 50/50.

  6. 6 Kevin Church said at 1:17 pm on July 14th, 2009:

    This is about 20 pages in.

    Oddly enough, that’s about when I stopped reading.

  7. 7 Dave Lartigue said at 2:06 pm on July 14th, 2009:

    Small wonder geeks so love Japan. Like them, it’s got shiny expensive things and the mind of a 14-year-old.

  8. 8 Just Another Brian said at 2:33 pm on July 14th, 2009:

    O_o

  9. 9 Matthew J. Brady said at 2:34 pm on July 14th, 2009:

    Yeah, I’ve read some of this in scanlation, and that’s pretty much what it is. There is some interesting cooking-related stuff though, in between the panty-fetishes and whatnot. And recipes, even!

  10. 10 ReepDaggle said at 11:36 am on July 15th, 2009:

    Blood type?!

    Is that a fetish for somebody now, too?

    Next stop: … er, I give up … fingerprint patterns?
    “oh man, look at those whorls!!”

  11. 11 Kevin Church said at 11:51 am on July 15th, 2009:

    Blood Types are a big deal in Japanese culture.

  12. 12 KingOblivionPhD said at 10:44 pm on July 19th, 2009:

    She’s not even all the way to 14 yet, according to her birthday.

    Maybe in Japan, “curry” is a euphemism for something?

    Pederasty is what I mean.

  13. 13 KingOblivionPhD said at 10:53 pm on July 19th, 2009:

    Of course, I posted that comment in 1999.

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