manga: Kaze Hikaru Vol 7-8

[meganbmoore]

So, is there any other manga out there where the manga having a mini-comic detailing the mangaka’s search for information about how Japanese women in the 1860s dealt with their menstrual cycle is actually very important and a central plot point?

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[lady_ganesh]

So how did Japanese women in the 1860s deal with their menstrual periods?

[meganbmoore]

Mostly, they were in bed for 3 days if they could be. But there's this thing called a horse that kinda reminds me of a diaper that they use.

[lady_ganesh]

A cross between traditional undies and those horrible belted pads of the West?

[meganbmoore]

Sounds about right. Maybe I can find scans of that backup piece and post them.

[mistaria]

I second lady_ganesh's question. Haha.

Good to hear about this series. I haven't kept up since they took it out of monthly serialization in Shojo Beat.

[meganbmoore]

*points up*

I dropped Shojo Beat after a bit. I was only enjoying half of what I paid for, so...

[mistaria]

::checks after replying::

I subscribe to both Shojo Beat and Shonen Jump and I have definitely been feeling that way about Shonen Jump in the past year (I only read half the magazine at most since I'm not a Yuugioh GX fan or a Bleach fan... or a Bobobobobo (whatever) fan). I've subscribed to both since the first issue though so it's habit... There are a couple in Shojo Beat right now that aren't really great but they've done a pretty good job of switching out titles (though I wish they had kept Nana).