My recently-spiking enthusiasm in India and Hindu deities led me to read two volumes of eccentric comic series Dancing! Crazy JK Kali-chan (2018; JK Kali-chan, hereafter) by Juoku Kawakami as well as Tenjiku Kitan's ABC book concerning the…

The Tokyo Big Sight, Koto-ku, never sees the last day of one year without the Comiket, commonly known as the Comic Market, the world’s largest fair focusing on dojinshi (self-published works including magazines, manga, novel and music CDs)…

Taisho roman refers to a trend and cultural phenomena that remind viewers of the atmosphere of Taisho Period (1912-26) influenced by Romanticism in Europe, and Showa modan (or Showa modernness) to that of the 1930s, which coincides with th…