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market, while pornography composed the remaining 20 percent. Drama and romance titles are typically released by large
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and corresponding economic crisis, leading to the proliferation of smaller magazines focused on erotic and pornographic content. Consequently, ladies' comics developed a reputation as being "female pornography".
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manga by exploring adult topics such as work, sex, and life after marriage, and was directed at a readership of women who were "no longer a
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artists who wished to create manga for an older audience while avoiding the stigma associated with ladies' comics migrated to the category.
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Shamoon, Deborah (2004). Williams, Linda (ed.). "Office Sluts and Rebel
Flowers: The Pleasure of Japanese Pornographic Comics for Women".
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for the reader by depicting a character who is enduring greater hardship than they are, while manga scholar Fusami Ogi considers
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Jones, Gretchen (2005). "Bad Girls Like to Watch: Writing and
Reading Ladies' Comics". In Miller, Laura; Bardsley, Jan (eds.).
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manga magazines often publish special issues dedicated to a specific topic, such as issues devoted to divorce, illnesses, and
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Japanese Ladies' Comics: Images of the Life, Loves, and Sexual Fantasies of Adult Japanese Women
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Ito, Kinko (August 2002). "The World of
Japanese Ladies' Comics: From Romantic Fantasy to Lustful Perversion".
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2114:January 27,
2110:(in French)
1721:Mayu Shinjo
1709: [
1581:Mayu Shinjo
1508:Pornography
1494:transgender
1450:role models
1376:office lady
1362:dramas are
1340:pornography
1303:Chihayafuru
1264:magazines (
1207:Teens' love
1174:Lost Decade
1142: [
1091:Shōjo Comic
1082: [
998:Miyako Maki
977:Josei Seven
854:Terminology
797:pornography
615:MyAnimeList
500:Conventions
417:Teens' love
391:Otomechikku
227:Iconography
190:Alternative
53: [
2866:Categories
1923:References
1818:magazines
1706:Mari Ozaki
1473:soap opera
1418:homoerotic
1414:pretty boy
1297:Bunny Drop
1193:Feel Young
1188:Young Rose
1151:Shogakukan
1102:Moto Hagio
915:wasei-eigo
877:wasei-eigo
817:melodramas
813:soap opera
688:pronounced
605:Anime song
337:Boys' love
237:Manga cafe
232:Scanlation
175:Publishers
2779:Routledge
2745:: 77–103.
2605:: 68–85.
2574:Pham 2010
2562:Pham 2010
2550:Pham 2010
2535:Pham 2010
2523:Pham 2010
2369:March 18,
2302:March 18,
2269:March 18,
2234:Pham 2010
2159:Pham 2010
2139:2552-9900
2078:Toku 2015
2061:Pham 2010
1990:March 10,
1786:magazine
1772:magazine
1538:sex slave
1477:Harlequin
1469:melodrama
1442:catharsis
1420:subtext.
1388:eldercare
1384:childcare
1372:housewife
1186:in 1987,
1183:Young You
1170:porn-chic
1056:Futabasha
867:レディースコミック
713:redikomi
705:レディースコミック
490:Doujinshi
471:Doujinshi
363:Iyashikei
110:Companies
2508:Ogi 2003
2484:Ito 2002
2472:Ogi 2003
2457:Ito 2002
2445:Ito 2002
2426:Ito 2009
2414:Ito 2009
2399:Ito 2009
2384:Ito 2009
2344:Ito 2002
2332:Ito 2002
2320:Ogi 2003
2296:Archived
2263:Archived
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2198:Ogi 2003
2186:Ogi 2003
2174:Ito 2002
2046:Ogi 2003
2025:Ogi 2003
2008:Ito 2002
1954:Ito 2011
1939:Ito 2011
1860:See also
1689:tankōbon
1684:Kodansha
1680:Shueisha
1661:Sho-Comi
1502:furigana
1409:bishōnen
1392:dementia
1306:(2007),
1300:(2005),
1294:(1999),
1134:Shueisha
1124:Kodansha
1037:Papillon
906:ヤングレディース
884:redikomi
799:. While
764:ヤングレディース
557:Glossary
405:Shotacon
272:Children
213:New Wave
206:Heta-uma
2834:: 3–30.
1856:manga.
1761:Saiyuki
1542:Lesbian
1456:Romance
1434:columns
1364:realist
1336:romance
1330:manga:
1288:series
1218:manga.
1119:Be Love
1049:Papiyon
950:History
805:realist
793:romance
591:Nijikon
551:General
515:Cosplay
493:printer
372:Lolicon
342:Cooking
220:Yonkoma
170:History
115:Studios
100:History
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