Penguin Revolution!
I only knew Tsukuba Sakura from the (first few) Land of the Blindfolded trades, which have a certain low-key quality. (I have tried to describe it like, "There's this girl who can see the future, & she's trying to stop people from twisting their ankles, & the characters all think it's really important." But that's overstating it by a fair bit.)
When, in the first collection of Penguin Revolution, one of the characters is attacked rather violently in a sort of sexual way (not actually raped, just grabbed menacingly--which is a lot for Tsukuba) I saw this was bit more...something. Risqué? Violent? "Out there"?
Eh, whatever. Also, there is gender-switchery. Indeed, CMX put an E rating on Land of the Blindfolded, & a T rating on Penguin Revolution.
Penguin Revolution, with its rivalries & character rankings, seems to owe something to sport manga (maybe?) but its setting is the entertainment world. The p.o.v. character is the (tiny) manager/confidant to a rising star. (Maybe it owes something to Shaman King, or they have related influences.)
I kind of want to see a movie of this. Or make one.
When, in the first collection of Penguin Revolution, one of the characters is attacked rather violently in a sort of sexual way (not actually raped, just grabbed menacingly--which is a lot for Tsukuba) I saw this was bit more...something. Risqué? Violent? "Out there"?
Eh, whatever. Also, there is gender-switchery. Indeed, CMX put an E rating on Land of the Blindfolded, & a T rating on Penguin Revolution.
Penguin Revolution, with its rivalries & character rankings, seems to owe something to sport manga (maybe?) but its setting is the entertainment world. The p.o.v. character is the (tiny) manager/confidant to a rising star. (Maybe it owes something to Shaman King, or they have related influences.)
I kind of want to see a movie of this. Or make one.