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Stigma
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First published December 25, 2000
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Kazuya Minekura
212 books190 followersKazuya Minekura (峰倉かずや Minekura Kazuya, born March 23, 1975) is a Japanese manga artist most known for the Saiyuki series. Her other manga series include Wild Adapter, Shiritsu Araiso Koto Gakko Seitokai Shikkobu (Araiso Private School Student Council Executive Committee), and Stigma. Stigma is notable for being a full-color work, unusual as manga is generally drawn in black and white.
She had an illness that affected her writing from 2004–2007, which caused her to have a hysterectomy. On 28 September 2010, she went on Hiatus to undergo surgery for ameloblastoma on the right half of her upper jawbone. On 31 December 2010, she reported her surgery was successful after removing the tumor on her right upper jawbone and is currently resting and being fitted with artificial prosthetics to reconstruct the area where her bones were removed.
She had an illness that affected her writing from 2004–2007, which caused her to have a hysterectomy. On 28 September 2010, she went on Hiatus to undergo surgery for ameloblastoma on the right half of her upper jawbone. On 31 December 2010, she reported her surgery was successful after removing the tumor on her right upper jawbone and is currently resting and being fitted with artificial prosthetics to reconstruct the area where her bones were removed.
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December 22, 2014
(Not so much a review as a bunch of thoughts on this)
I really would like to emulate Minekura's artstyle. I have some complaint with how her characters repeat with no real rhyme or reason (or at the least look VERY similar to each other between series; cross-reference Stigma with Wild Adapter and Saiyuki to see what I mean) but generally the style is very gritty while also being vivid. This short piece being in color shows off the art even more. I appreciate it.
For those concerned about the shota subtext, the subtext is limited to chapter art. The plot doesn't come off very BL; up to interpretation but I didn't read Tit and Stork being a valid ship especially because Stork always talks of the child in a very parental way. (regardless of his own sexual orientation, their relationship is platonic/family) Thus to me the occasional chapter art that started to lean towards shota was rather creepy. (Also because I have no patience for shota.)
This being said, it's easy to read too much into this and sometimes I wish I was an innocent 16yo again who didn't understand which kind of chapter art was meant to be a little shippy. Hah.
I really would like to emulate Minekura's artstyle. I have some complaint with how her characters repeat with no real rhyme or reason (or at the least look VERY similar to each other between series; cross-reference Stigma with Wild Adapter and Saiyuki to see what I mean) but generally the style is very gritty while also being vivid. This short piece being in color shows off the art even more. I appreciate it.
For those concerned about the shota subtext, the subtext is limited to chapter art. The plot doesn't come off very BL; up to interpretation but I didn't read Tit and Stork being a valid ship especially because Stork always talks of the child in a very parental way. (regardless of his own sexual orientation, their relationship is platonic/family) Thus to me the occasional chapter art that started to lean towards shota was rather creepy. (Also because I have no patience for shota.)
This being said, it's easy to read too much into this and sometimes I wish I was an innocent 16yo again who didn't understand which kind of chapter art was meant to be a little shippy. Hah.
July 24, 2017
Che sia disegnato dalla Minekura si vede. Il bambino sembra un piccolo Sanzo, si vede che lei ha un debole per i personaggi con gli occhi viola.
Le prime pagine mi hanno confuso un po', poi la storia si fa commovente fino al finale con un colpo di scena.
Consigliato ovviamente.
Le prime pagine mi hanno confuso un po', poi la storia si fa commovente fino al finale con un colpo di scena.
Consigliato ovviamente.
March 23, 2019
Le doy una estrella y por el dibujo que sí es bueno y además porque la historia está a color. No hay ningún argumento real, el mangaka cree que por poner aquí y allá situaciones sórdidas o emotivas de forma deslavazada ya ha hecho un trabajo profundo y no.
October 19, 2019
j'adore ce one shot ! il s'en degage une atmosphere vraiment a part , un peu (beaucoup ) melancolique ! et le tout en couleur ce qui est extrement rare !c'est bien simple il ne quitte jamais mon sac , heureusement qu'il est fin hahaha!
January 28, 2015
Oh, my heart.
This was gorgeous - it's in full colour, and the drawings are amazing and I would have been happy even if there hadn't been a single line of text. In fact, Minekura always manages to say so much with her images alone that it actually might have been enough.
The text, however, was there, and the story it told was heartbreaking and beautiful and stunning. Before I decided to buy the book I'd read about the shota subtext, and I hesitated because of that comment. I am glad I ended up buying it, though. Because while the subtext is there, it's - alright, interpretations may differ. But the way I read it, Stork realized the power he had over Tit and he could have turned their relationship from something platonic into something non-platonic, but he knows that would have destroyed Tit and so he didn't, even if that would have gained him power. So anyway, if anyone is hesitating reading this because of the shota subtext, I think you can read this without worrying. (Although, really this is a dark book, so you should keep that in mind, at least.)
It's definitely a book that left a deep impression on me, and even though I usually prefer hearts and sunshine in my manga, this was a good change. It's just very different that most manga or books I've read so far. I wish there were more manga like it, but since it's out of print my guess is there isn't really a market for it.
This was gorgeous - it's in full colour, and the drawings are amazing and I would have been happy even if there hadn't been a single line of text. In fact, Minekura always manages to say so much with her images alone that it actually might have been enough.
The text, however, was there, and the story it told was heartbreaking and beautiful and stunning. Before I decided to buy the book I'd read about the shota subtext, and I hesitated because of that comment. I am glad I ended up buying it, though. Because while the subtext is there, it's - alright, interpretations may differ. But the way I read it, Stork realized the power he had over Tit and he could have turned their relationship from something platonic into something non-platonic, but he knows that would have destroyed Tit and so he didn't, even if that would have gained him power. So anyway, if anyone is hesitating reading this because of the shota subtext, I think you can read this without worrying. (Although, really this is a dark book, so you should keep that in mind, at least.)
It's definitely a book that left a deep impression on me, and even though I usually prefer hearts and sunshine in my manga, this was a good change. It's just very different that most manga or books I've read so far. I wish there were more manga like it, but since it's out of print my guess is there isn't really a market for it.
July 8, 2009
This is a novelty: the first and only all-color manga I've ever read.
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