Fire! (1969) by Hideko Mizuno

Heliotrope no Koi by Mizuno Hideko (1969)

What can I say? It is known that I am weak for Russian literature and character who run towards their ruin at full speed, so I had to do this Mizuno one shot too... Here is another story by Turgenev, like the previous First Love, to give you some feelings on this cold weekend. Heliotrope Love, was adapted from his Smoke, and I strongly recommend that you read it. Here are some parts that I loved, but that were sadly weren't included in the limited page count of the manga, so I'll leave them here:

‘But I can’t live without you, Irina,’ Litvinov interrupted, in a whisper now; ‘I am yours for ever and always, since yesterday.... I can only breathe at your feet....’

...As though I could complain when you love me, Irina! I wanted only to tell you that, of all this dead past, all those hopes and efforts, turned to smoke and ashes, there is only one thing left living, invincible, my love for you. Except that love, nothing is left for me; to say it is the sole thing precious to me, would be too little; I live wholly in that love; that love is my whole being; in it are my future, my career, my vocation, my country! You know me, Irina; you know that fine talk of any sort is foreign to my nature, hateful to me, and however strong the words in which I try to express my feelings, you will have no doubts of their sincerity, you will not suppose them exaggerated. I’m not a boy, in the impulse of momentary ecstasy, lisping unreflecting vows to you, but a man of matured age—simply and plainly, almost with terror, telling you what he has recognised for unmistakable truth. Yes, your love has replaced everything for me—everything, everything!

God I wish I could love someone like that/someone loved me like that.

DDL MangaDex

This manga was originally published in Monthly Seventeen's issues 30-36 in 1969. I must say all Seventeen manga might be just to my taste.

Thanks go to 5MENP for splitting Edelweiss with me, to phuji and shielshi, my dear Seldom gang, for making this project see the light of day.

And of course, thank you, Attolia, for giving me the push I needed to translate this. I've missed you <3

Fire! and the first sex scene in shoujo manga

No, this is not the first shoujo sex scene, but it is such a pretty and sensual page to look at.

While reading up on the history of shoujo manga, I have come across this piece of information countless times: The very first sex scene in shoujo manga was drawn by Mizuno Hideko in Fire! (1969). It was cool to know it, but I had to see... I kept my eyes peeled during my Fire! lecture, and here I present you my findings, and manga history..

The page above with Aaron and Diana would be first depiction of sex in shoujo manga.

We get yet another scene with Aaron and Marge.

And finally, we have intimate scenes of Aaron and Jewel. I thought I had seen things, but apparently, I was yet to see the bottom left panel in the second image.

It's incredible how those pages can look so symbolic, yet feel so realistic. And they don't come out of nowhere, they all make sense within the story, and contribute to Aaron's growth as a character. They have more to them than "aayyyy, first shoujo sex!".

tl;dr Everyone, just read Fire! Pray every day that it gets published in other languages.

me

every time kashima made hori’s jaw go slack and his heart skip a beat

(This has to be a scam!)

“The things you love will sparkle.”

The poster for the upcoming GSNK volume featuring Wakamatsu, Sakura, Nozaki and Seo!

The Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Volume 14 poster is something like this! I think it should have a summer vibe. It’s super big, so please keep a look out for it in the bookstores!

~ Tsubaki-sensei on twitter

Futatsu no Hanabira (1965) by Chizuko Kiuchi

Aoike Yasuko's Vampire (1969)

We present you another spooky manga for the spooky month!

This time, it's an earlier work of the great Aoike Yasuko called Vampire (吸血鬼). You can find it in this compilation among her other earlier works.

Once again, many thanks to shielshi and phuji for making this see the light of day.

DDL MangaDex

Fire!

WAKE UP! 5menp has just picked Fire! up. You read that right. Fire! FIIIIIIIRE! https://mangadex.org/title/d15267de-2481-4a74-bb3c-7b7504f245d9/fire

The true ally

I love how he's self proclaimed "No one knows the woman heart better than I do" and he put's the ribbon on himself

reading white troika