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Kaze to Ki no Uta

A pioneering shōnen-ai manga set in 19th-century France.

It is credited with widely popularizing the shōnen-ai genre and making male homosexuality a common element in shōjo manga.[1] Serialization of the manga started in the magazine Weekly Shōjo Comic on February 29, 1976, and its final chapter appeared in the June 1984 issue of Petit Flower.[2][3]

Quick Facts

Genre
Shōnen-ai

Facts from the source article.

How it changed

Takemiya initially conceived the story in 1970, but faced editorial rejection due to its controversial subject material, including a male–male sex scene in the opening.[4][5] At the time, manga censorship codes forbade depictions of male–female sex but ostensibly permitted male–male sex, which Takemiya exploited to write a sexually explicit story appealing to female readers.[6] She published a "compact" one-shot version titled "Yuki to Hoshi to Tenshi to..." in December 1970, which became the first work in the shōnen-ai genre.[7] Takemiya spent nearly seven years building her profile and influence at Shogakukan before she could serialize the full series.[8]

The series attracted controversy for its depictions of sadomasochism, incest, and rape, with reader letters divided between offense and praise.[2] It moved to the new adult-women's anthology Petit Flower in 1981, where it continued until its conclusion.[9][3] The series inspired Kentaro Miura's "Berserk" and contributed to the development of the yaoi doujinshi subculture.[10][11] The first translation and publication of the series outside Japan occurred in 2018, done by the Spanish-language publisher Milky Way Ediciones.[12][13]

What the maker and period sources say

The publisher states that art historian Jaqueline Berndt discussed the work extensively in her 1995 book "El fenómeno manga"[13]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Suzuki 1998, p. 246; Toku 2007, p. 27; Fujimoto 2004, p. 83; Suzuki 1998, p. 246; Welker 2015, p. 47 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ogi 2008, p. 160; Media Arts Database; Welker 2015, p. 47; Ogi 2008, p. 160; Suzuki 1998, p. 246; Ogi 2008, p. 160; Suter 2013, p. 548; Ogi 2008, p. 160; Tra-Pro.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ogi 2008, p. 160; Mangapedia (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Takemiya Harada Ishida Terayama 2016, p. 49; Takemiya Harada Ishida Terayama 2016, p. 49 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Chino, President Online, May 2, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Orbaugh 2003, p. 114; Ogi 2008, p. 160; Shamoon 2012, p. 102 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Welker 2015, p. 47; Suter 2013, p. 548; Shamoon 2012, p. 102; Takemiya Harada Ishida Terayama 2016, p. 49; Nakano, ZakZak, November 21, 2020; Nakagawa, Gentosha Plus, October 15, 2019; Shamoon 2012, p. 102; Orbaugh 2003, p. 114 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Takemiya Harada Ishida Terayama 2016, p. 49; Ogi 2008, p. 160; Choi 2015; Ogi 2008, p. 160 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Brient 2013 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Matsui 1993, p. 178; Suzuki 1998, p. 246; Toku 2007, p. 27; Fujimoto, "The Evolution of 'Boys' Love' Culture: Can BL Spark Social Change?", Nippon.com, September 24, 2020; Nagaike, "International Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo Manga: The Influence of Girl Culture", Routledge, 2015, p. 65; Mangapedia; Miura, "Berserk Official Guidebook", Dark Horse Manga, 2018, p. 159; Saito 2016, p. 98–99 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Matsui 1993, p. 178; Toku 2007, p. 27; Welker 2015, p. 47; Matsui 1993, p. 178 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Kaze to Ki no Uta" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Izquierdo, "La intensa balada de Serge y Gilbert", Milky Way Ediciones, June 12, 2020 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  13. Izquierdo, "La intensa balada de Serge y Gilbert", Milky Way Ediciones, June 12, 2020. facts only, no text reused. milkywayediciones.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Kaze to Ki no Uta (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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