Comments | dangermousie: Rape as Romance. I am feeling sick: Haou Airen

dangermousie

Rape as Romance. I am feeling sick: Haou Airen

Apr 12, 2007 21:12

I have finally found a manga that just makes me sick:

Haou Airen.

UGH.

After reading Sensual Phrase I was curious what else the mangaka of that one had done. Browsing around, I came across Haou Airen. I have read some of it and now I want to throw up.

OK, this is totally my fault. I read that Sensual Phrase is by far the tamest and most ( Read more... )

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Comments 27

akathesia April 13 2007, 01:37:15 UTC

Yeah, i made the mistake of reading that manga.
I felt like something trashy and was no way prepared for the degrading pile of filth it ended up being.
The mangaka has issues...seriously.
That manga made me so violently angry!!

dangermousie April 13 2007, 01:39:29 UTC

It started out not too bad, just your usual stuff but then it just...I was literally feeling nauseous. I finally met a character I hated more than Akito from Fruits Basket, only he was supposed to be the hero.

The author should consider seeing a therapist.

akathesia April 13 2007, 01:57:51 UTC

The beginning is deceptive. I thought I was in for some silly fluff w/ a dash of smut...not so lucky.

I think what disturbes me so much is the fans that praise the author as some amazing romantic writer.

How is that romance? arggh...yuck.

dangermousie April 13 2007, 02:00:30 UTC

I thought I was in for some silly fluff w/ a dash of smut...not so lucky.

Exactly.

She has fans who think this is romantic??? Now I am seriously disturbed. It's sick, not romantic. It's like making Kira's stepfather in Mars the protagonist.

meganbmoore April 13 2007, 01:45:31 UTC

what on...what...what...

that's like...incredibly bad 80s romance novel stuff(from someone who owns a number of 80s romances *innocence*)
urm...what exactly is it about and who publishes i *so it'll hopefully stick in my head if i go browsing*

dangermousie April 13 2007, 01:58:49 UTC

OK, short synopsis: heroine is a highschool girl who saves life of young mob lord. He falls for her and takes her with him to Hong Kong. Then he kills someone, she flips, and a lot of raping follows. Seriously, you don't need to know more plot as there isn't any.

Not surprisingly, this hasn't been picked up by any American publisher. Scanlations are all over the place though.

meganbmoore April 13 2007, 02:02:45 UTC

Well, the not being picked up by an american publisher is a blessing at least...

Sad thing is, that plot could be awesome if handled correctly(sans raping)

dangermousie April 13 2007, 04:57:08 UTC

It totally could...

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kikintae April 13 2007, 01:50:46 UTC

i don't like this manga either, i read first few volume, find it okay but then it getting worse and i just stop, i don't like the main lead in here, too violence and complicate. and it get worse as it going on according from some site.

dangermousie April 13 2007, 01:59:20 UTC

It gets worse? OMG, I can't even imagine it any worse.

booknerd14 April 13 2007, 02:10:05 UTC

actually, a lot of shinjo mayu's stuff is kinda like that. mind you not as bad as this one but most of it's with the our male "hero" more or less forcing himself onto the heroine. the maganka's pretty twisted that way, i find. i think the kaikan phrase (sensual phrase) is the sweetest stories she's ever written, so that's saying something. but still... i have to admit to reading a lot of her stuff. the smutness of it.. i blame it on that.

dangermousie April 13 2007, 04:58:46 UTC

After finding out the kind of stuff she normally does, I am shocked shocked shocked that Sakuya never raped Aine. Seriously, how passe, to have consensual sex with the gf :)

booknerd14 April 13 2007, 13:58:38 UTC

ya, i hade read kaikan phrase after reading some of her other stuff, and i was pretty surprise that she wrote something so tame.. and that his one had an actual good story

dangermousie April 13 2007, 22:58:37 UTC

I am so amuse at the fact that Viz bought Haou Airen, probably because of Sensual Phrase, but then backed out of it so fast they must have tripped over their feet :P

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janlake83 April 13 2007, 02:46:01 UTC

i perused that particular manga once and afterwards i felt soo icky i needed to go home and get a mind wipe cause seriously umm not my cup of tea, and i am mind wiping as we speak

dangermousie April 13 2007, 04:57:51 UTC

Just thinking about it, I want to take a shower!

janlake83 April 13 2007, 05:31:53 UTC

yeah the icky factor makes you want to wash it all away and feel less dirty.. and the good kind of dirty like thinking of JJH in a full on nudity??? * umm sorry i saw some pics without a shirt on and now gutter thoughts*

dangermousie April 13 2007, 13:58:15 UTC

LOL