Let’s Meet In The Movie Version – Morishima Akiko – a Sailor Moon Doujinshi

[leahandillyana]

Morishima Akiko is known in yuri (F/F manga) fandom for her works focusing on adult women rather than schoolgirls, as well as a co-creator of a cult classic franchise “Yuri Kuma Arashi” whose manga she authored. Like Milk Morinaga, before her professional debut she’s been publishing doujinshi (fancomics) for well over a decade, and occasionally co-creates doujinshi of stories both her own and other yuri manga. Below is a short excerpt from a story included in Colorful Moon 8 anthology, where Sailor Pluto intrudes on Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus’ romantic moment. Three pages out of nine. Translated and scanlated by Lililicious group. Trigger warning for an ancient woman in adult body creepily obsessing over a slightly less ancient woman in a child’s body (I really don’t know how to describe it).

Comments

[commodus]

I mean, the art is good, and really expressive, so the characters clearly have a lot of personality, but...*sigh*

It's just that the whole "adult in a child's body" crap is one of those things in manga and anime that needs to die in a ditch. If you want to draw pretty guys or pretty girls, why not just make them adults? Why intentionally try to play these mind games with your readers?

If I create an attractive character, I want people to be attracted to that character - whether they're 18 or 80. Pulling stunts like this comes across as manipulative as all Hell.

[leahandillyana]

It's a parody fancomic based on the meme that Pluto cares about Chibiusa more than her own parents. Plus, manga characters are rarely adults. They are usually middle or high schoolers to appeal to the teenage audience.

[commodus]

Yes. I've heard that said before. And in truth it still bothers me.
I mean, adults still read Western comics, right? You don't hit 18 and immediately stop reading them?
Honestly, all the excuses I've heard just feel like that - excuses.

But maybe it's just me? But I find it incredibly weird how invested people are in defending these tropes, when they seem solely devised to make readers feel like deviants.