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NEWS: Kodansha Comics Adds Kousuke Fujishima's Paradise Residence Manga




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doubleO7



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 1:55 pm Reply with quote
Finally! I've been waiting for this to get licensed, although I would've assumed Dark Horse would get their hands on it, considering their long history with OMG.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:28 pm Reply with quote
This looks like Fujishima was transitioning to shoujo/josei.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 2:57 pm Reply with quote
double: That's exactly why Kodansha USA wanted it. 'Cus they know the main series is so popular. Though it makes you wonder if YUA has a second chance.
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John Hayabusa



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:39 pm Reply with quote
I love Oh! My Goddess very much and this one looks pretty interesting to read.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 10:13 pm Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
double: That's exactly why Kodansha USA wanted it. 'Cus they know the main series is so popular. Though it makes you wonder if YUA has a second chance.


IIRC the reason we got so little of YUA [and what we got was the last few episodes of it] was because Kosuke was embarrassed about his earlier art - although to be honest from what i've seen of it its not too bad [more akin to his early OMG episodes].
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Kadmos1



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 11:09 am Reply with quote
doubleO7 wrote:
Finally! I've been waiting for this to get licensed, although I would've assumed Dark Horse would get their hands on it, considering their long history with OMG.


In terms of companies titles that aren't from their Japanese parent companies, there are some other cases: Viz being owned by Shueisha and Shogakukan didn't stop them from having the Kodansha publication of Vagabond, Hakukensha's Skip Beat!, and Kadokawa Shoten's X/1999.

TP's ex-licenses includes Shogakukan's Slow Step and Shueisha's Planet Ladder.

I think one reason why Kodansha Comics or Viz Media mainly picks titles that are part of their parent publishing companies is to avoid potential conflict of interest.
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zensunni



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 13, 2015 4:11 pm Reply with quote
Kadmos1 wrote:
This looks like Fujishima was transitioning to shoujo/josei.

No, this is totally seinen, with is touch of shoujo ai and potential yuri. Far too much of a "male gaze" approach for shoujo/josei. I absolutely LOVE it and can't wait to buy it!
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