Shed that Skin, Ryugasaki-san! is one of the first titles from the new manga publisher Kaiten Books and it certainly is an interesting choice for an early license It's a character-driven high school romance that tries to be sweet with a kinky twist from an author without any other works released in English obviously conceived to have crossover appeal between mainstream audiences and people who may share Yugami's kink This first volume lays all its cards on the table pretty much right away as it begins with a few color pages of Ryugasaki shedding her skin in a shed at school while Yugami peeks in He apologizes mentally for peeping in on a private moment She catches him in the act by scaling his walls Most romantic comedies are either fairly vanilla, or have sadomasochistic undertones, so a series like this about such a specific kink are interesting cases. Many of them, including Ryugasaki-san and Sweat and Soap focus on a character with an unusual characteristic that most find off-putting and another person who finds that exact characteristic attractive it can be a bland story that uses kink in place of good writing or an interesting plot unfortunately falls into the latter category The biggest issue is that for the first few chapters neither Yugami nor Ryugasaki have much in the way of personality calling Yugami a “pervert” but demanding he take her on a date while revealing in her internal monologue that she's in love with him She offers him sex but also runs away in embarrassment when he asks about where on her body a piece of skin came from is intrusively obsessed with her body but shows little interest in the person it belongs to He builds a Pygmalion-style statue out of her shed skin he declines and says he's really only interested in her molt he steals it from her so that he can add it to his statue of her even though she makes it quite clear that she wants to keep it so she can bury it in hopes of having healthy children it's an egregious violation of her boundaries and her personhood treating her more like a fetish object than a being with thoughts and feelings and bodily autonomy All of this together makes him difficult to root for as a romantic lead it turns out the reason Ryugasaki likes Yugami is she saw him being nice to a snake once It seems like a thin reason to not only develop a crush considering that there's a lot of people who like reptiles but to hold onto it despite the fetishistic She is simultaneously repulsed by and attracted to this fetishization so that Yugami never really has to reconcile with his treatment of her Manga artist Kazutomo Ichitomo seems to share a similar fixation with Ryugasaki's female Some of the most detailed panels in the entire volume are close zooms on her underwear-clad butt we see things from Yugami's point of view as she thrusts the sole of her foot toward him and his fingers enter the frame as he pulls off her stuck-on skin All this is made more frustrating by just how much potential Shed that Skin, Ryugasaki-san! shows, especially in the latter third of this installment. Without spoiling the ending, suffice to say that it's comparable to the end of the first story arc/season of Fruits Basket rather than Ryugasaki thinking about how much she likes Yugami while he treats her like an object I had already come to deeply dislike Yugami The art itself probably won't do much to attract readers presumably at least partially so Ichitomo doesn't have to draw backgrounds but anything but the simplest backgrounds are obviously photographs run through filters to manga-fy them Ichitomo isn't particularly good at drawing faces either and mouths especially are frequently misshapen the thing that Ichitomo is best at is bodies The few action shots actually have a decent amount of motion and nothing can match the loving detail he puts into rendering the curves of Ryugasaki's genitals from behind The last few chapters showed real signs of improvement both in terms of character writing and art was a bold choice for a fledgling company's second release and considering the specificity of the subject matter and lack of other appeals the last few chapters show real potential for improvement and I wish Kaiten the best of luck on releasing the next volume Full encyclopedia details aboutShed that Skin, Ryugasaki-san! 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The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser Japanese version but for fans of some good old fashioned drag racing action the amount of drag strips in Japan is far less than their twisty counterparts The Kanto area in particular lacks any real drag strip so most Kanto draggers have to travel all the way up to Sendai Highland in northern Japan's Miyagai Prefecture tp get their fix Fortunately TRUST has come to the rescue with their Zeroyon drag racing events "Zeroyon" is the Japanese term for 0-400 meter drag racing a distance which spans just slightly less than a standard quarter mile The TRUST Zeroyon events are held not a drag strip but at a small countryside airfield in Ryugasaki It's kind of like how drag racing first started in the United States back in the postwar years Ryugasaki is actually located a short distance from Narita International Airport and from the strip you can watch the 747's turn in for their final approach to Narita This weekend I headed out to Ryugasaki to have my first look at drag racing Japanese style the tarmac at the airstrip was filled high performance machines ready to do battle When it comes to popular Japanese drag cars the only three letters you need to know are "GT-R" Ok so GT-R's weren't the ONLY cars at event but I'd say more than half of the cars were GT-R's of some sort The BNR32 model in particular was the most popular by far Normally the TRUST Zeroyon events feature a time attack with a full Christmas tree starting lights and timing devices but for this event unfortunately was there was a problem with timing system they simply turned it into a "street zeroyon" where a flagger was used and the cars simply ran heads up down to the end of the runway It is for that reason that I don't have the 0-400 ET's for any of the cars the "street zeroyon" proved to be quite exciting to see While sticky "S-tires" like the Advan A048 are the choice for circuit events The cars driving in the event ranged from mildly modified street cars like this one… …to purpose built drag cars like this BNR32 from JK Power the Silvia/180SX also gets a lot love from drag racers This further shows its status as the most versatile tuning platform in Japan Big power Toyota cars like this JZX100 Chaser are also popular choices for drag racers in Japan This was one of several JZX's driving in the event automatic transmissions are a popular choice for these high power turbo machines Of course you can't forget about the Supra Both the JZA80 and the JZA70 models were well represented There was a good showing of nostalgic drag racers including a handful of S30Z's and one Hakosuka Skyline They were all powered by heavily tuned NA L-series engines The rotary cars had a smaller showing than I expected but this quick FD was representing the RE crowd well Tokkuri-san and the Garage Saurus crew have the drag scene on lock A lot of people like to talk down drag racing as being "too simple" for them but after seeing an event like this I can't see how anyone wouldn't enjoy some classic "zeroyon" TRUST Zeroyon LOVE in zeroyon......that old school skyline was awesome!!i soo that you like the left angle of cars...can you plese...plese!!...take some photos from the right angle sometimes...for me???thanks a lot for the picturescongratulations from Brazil!!!RacerXXX The launch photo of that strictly-business-slicks equipped red S31 is awesome More pictures of this Skyline R30 against the S15 please! http://ll.dev.speedhunters.com/u/f/eagames/NFS/dev.speedhunters.com/Images/Mike%20Garrett/TRUST%20Zeroyon/trust18.jpg Ohhhh look at that HCR32 with a RB26 (I bet) loving the old nissans and the subbi forester hey in the pic with the BNR32 by JK power is it racing a van Great shots the line of skylines makes me mess my pants And that Forrester is amazing Speedhunters is an international collective of photographers writers and drivers with a shared passion for uncovering the world's most exciting car culture stories Japanese version revealed the remaining five locations of 33 stores that will be closed by February 2025 Ito-Yokado remains mired in a financial slump having operated in the red for four consecutive years through the fiscal year ending February 2024 The company is under retail conglomerate Seven & i Holdings Co Seven & i Holdings announced it would concentrate its domestic operations in the Tokyo metropolitan area partly due to pressure from foreign investment funds to sell Ito-Yokado Seven & i Holdings then announced it will close 33 stores in Japan by February 2024 It later announced that Ito-Yokado will completely withdraw from Hokkaido as well as the Tohoku and Shinetsu regions The five stores to be closed are in Ryugasaki Chiba Prefecture; and Owari-Asahi in Aichi Prefecture The date and time of closure differs for each store The latest announcement means that there will be no Ito-Yokado in Ibaraki Prefecture it was revealed that Seven & i Holdings has received a takeover offer from Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc Seven & I’s low market capitalization due to its inefficient management of businesses such as Ito-Yokado made it easier for the Canadian company to make a takeover offer Seven & i honorary chairman and Ito-Yokado founder Ito dies at 98 ‘Father’ of Japan’s ‘konbini’ motivated by inconvenience Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga in English This riveting samurai series from the acclaimed creator of DAYS shares its setting with Rurouni Kenshin and chronicles the founding of The Shinsen-gumi by handsome and volatile men fighting for justice...and for themselves Yasuda launched the manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in October 2021 Kodansha published the 10th volume on Thursday Yasuda's DAYS soccer manga also inspired a television anime in 2016 and five original video anime episodes from 2017 to 2018. Yasuda's Over Drive bicycling manga inspired a TV anime in 2007 Kodansha USA Publishing plans to start printing the manga in English in spring 2024 Sources: Cybac Ryūgasaki's X/Twitter account, Oasi Mito's X/Twitter account Kadokawa announced on Wednesday that Kazutomo Ichitomo's Benriya Saitō-san, Isekai ni Iku (Handyman Saitō in Another World) manga is getting a television anime adaptation Ichitomo drew an illustration to commemorate the announcement Ichitomo launched the manga on Kadokawa's ComicWalker service in 2018 and Kadokawa will publish the sixth volume on January 21 The manga has 300,000 copies in circulation The "heartwarming another world fantasy" manga centers on Saitō an ordinary handyman who is reincarnated into another world He forms a dungeon exploring party with Raelza a powerful magician who due to his senility keeps forgetting spells; and Lafanpan His handyman experience is helpful for when they need to open a locked chest or fix their armor Kaiten Books is releasing Ichitomo's Shed that Skin, Ryugasaki-san! manga in English Sources: Comic Natalie Kaiten Books announced on Friday that it has licensed Kanko Nakamura's UzaMaid - Our Maid is Way Too Annoying! (Uchi no Maid ga Uzasugiru!) manga for physical and digital release Futabasha began publishing the manga in its Manga Action magazine in August 2016 The company published the sixth volume in Japan on March 12 The manga inspired a television anime adaptation that premiered in October 2018 and had 12 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired the pressure is on as Misha tries to find a way to deal with a maid who's just way too annoying Ryugasakisan) manga debuted digitally on March 31 and May 15 Japanese version A student from Korea University's rugby department collapsed during a training camp in Japan and was taken to a hospital According to Korea University and others on the 23rd a physical education student and rugby player at the school's College of Education collapsed after showing signs of exhaustion during off-season training in Ryugasaki Kim was treated at a nearby general hospital after receiving on-site emergency measures the body was reportedly cremated in Japan without performing an autopsy Students and officials from the rugby department who were training for the off-season were also found to have stopped training and come to Korea Kim's mortuary was set up at the funeral hall of Korea University Anam Hospital in Seongbuk-gu Korea University President Kim Dong-won said "We will simplify the funeral according to the will of the bereaved family but proceed with the ceremony with the best example." ※ This service is provided by machine translation tool