[Yamamoto Arisa] Aiko no Ma-chan

Aiko no Ma-chan is our first non-adult manga. It was originally cancelled by its publisher Comic Zenon two days before its scheduled release for fear that the manga could be considered a "harmful publication" under the Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths. In response to the cancellation the author, Yamamoto Arisa, ran a successful crowdfunding campaign on the Japanese website Fundiy and later had the manga officially published by Kasakura.

At FAKKU we stand against any and all forms of censorship, so this title is especially important to us. We are proud to announce that FAKKU will be publishing the official English edition of Aiko no Ma-chan!

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Aiko no Ma-chan tells the story of Aiko a girl who, shortly after getting her period, discovers she has the ability to talk to her vagina Ma-chan. Ma-chan accompanies Aiko on the path to womanhood while teaching her about growing up and becoming an individual. Unlike other publications, Aiko no Ma-chan does not shy away from 'taboo' topics such as menstruation and female masturbation.

Aiko no Ma-chan is a landmark publication which demonstrates the diversity in how we talk to girls about their bodies. It's a coming of age story of a young girl dealing with the hardships and experiences of getting your period and experiencing sexuality for the first time. Furthermore, it seeks to normalize the natural changes of a woman's body through puberty by using manga as a medium, making it accessible to a wider audience. This is of course in stark contrast to how typical Japanese media fetishizes developing girls while also condemning them for the natural changes of their bodies.




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Yamamoto Arisa was the assistant to Hajime Isayama, the illustrator of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyoujin). She had been an artist since elementary school and worked on Attack on Titan with the goal to create Aiko no Ma-chan once she was finished.

If you're interesting in reading some Japanese interviews with the author, check out Manga Style and Bengo 4 News.

Courtesy of the Japanese publishers website, here are some wallpapers!

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Looks really interesting!

I am not really sure what is happening here.....

This is awesome looking forward to this title this seems a very unique perspective on the various stages of life, way to switch it up Fakku.

Looks interesting. I will prolly be buying.

Wow, this looks really interesting. I hope we get books like this every once in a while.

Good choice, I'm hoping this will pave the way for Henreader's book too someday.

After the successful kickstarter campaign of Kodomo no Jikan, i'm glad there is people willing to stand for freedom of speech by supporting the artists.

This manga's plot sounds both interesting & hilarous, so i hope Fakku is really serious about their anti-censorship policy because you can bet western SJWs will be as loud (if not more) as they were for Kodomo no Jikan.

Yeah the KnJ licensing/funding was a small miracle, glad I caught wind of that.

Next we need the Sakurai Energy Books

Even though I'm in a hospital bed... I'm kinda happy.

Huh, looks pretty cool actually. Seems like a bizarre idea, but hopefully it's well executed. You guys obviously saw some merit in it. Guess I'll look into this one some more, but thanks for bringing it over.

Looks interesting. Quite possibly getting this as well once the wallet allows.

I know stories about talking dicks, but a talking vagina? I will buy that book!



Menstruation I would say...



I seriously thought henreader would be one of the announcements and was a bit disappointed that it wasn't...



Hell yeah!

Stories where genitals are a character, or a setting always have my attention.



Kinda feels like this will be a female version of the series "My Balls". Of course, that was more comedic, and less about coming of age.

Very interesting.

I'm all for challenging taboo so this will be a lot of fun to read.

Oretama by HARADA Shigemitsu

@Jacob this would be another good one for the non-H category

I love My Balls. I also think it's hilarious trying to talk about My Balls to other people because, well, the title is so misleading in conversation lol.