Comments on: Manga Sutra – Futari H Book 2

By: Ed Sizemore

Ed Sizemore — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:58:31 +0000

I appreciate you coming back and clearing that up. Thanks.

By: Kenshin14435

Kenshin14435 — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:33:04 +0000

Ed,
I’m sorry. You are correct. It is in correct numerical order. I realized shortly after reading #2 that I had read an excerpt starting at 33. Sorry for any confusion

By: Kenshin14435

Kenshin14435 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 15:21:16 +0000

Hmmmmm…..
I take a better look into it.
I will be getting volume 2 in the mail soon so I will let you know when I get it.

By: Ed Sizemore

Ed Sizemore — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:41:16 +0000

I don’t have my copies of Manga Sutra anymore, but what you’re saying doesn’t sound right. I’ve looked at the Japanese editions of the text and Tokyopop hasn’t deleted any chapters. Volume 1 of the Tokyopop edition has the all the contents of volumes 1 & 2 of the Japanese edition and volume 2 of the Tokyopop edition has all the contents of the volume 3 & 4 of the Japanese edition. So Yura is just as unhesitant in the Japanese edition as the American.

By: Kenshin14435

Kenshin14435 — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 02:25:15 +0000

Hi there. I just finished reading volume 1 and it was great. I have not yet read volume 2. I realized what you said about Yura just going at oral sex without any hesitation. I wanted to see what was up with that so I took a look at the tokyopop website and I found something interesting that was pointed out. If you notice the first book ends with chapter 14. Also if you notice, the second book jumps completely and starts with chapter 33. As far as I know there has not been an official statment released on why this is but I would guess that has something to do with Yura’s less than hesitant reaction toward oral sex. It would be interesting to know why that is.

Take car

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Manga Sutra - Futari H Book 3 » Comics Worth Reading — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:21:13 +0000

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By: Hsifeng

Hsifeng — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:33:28 +0000

Johanna says:

“Most US readers will recognize Sutra as vaguely sex-related because of the Kama Sutra title; Kama doesn’t have the same connotations.”

Yeah, that reminds me of a Ranma 1/2 fanfic I saw once involving phone sex. The author titled it “Phoneography” as if (a) he didn’t know that “pornography” is abbreviated “porn” instead of “ography” and (b) had never heard of phonographs. I wonder if he also thought geography meant having sex on a map.

By: Ed Sizemore

Ed Sizemore — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 12:27:12 +0000

I also wonder if it isn’t because kama and manga sound more similiar than manga and sutra. Plus it has the added bonus of putting the buzzword ‘manga’ at the beginning of the title.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:28:54 +0000

Most US readers will recognize Sutra as vaguely sex-related because of the Kama Sutra title; Kama doesn’t have the same connotations.

By: Hsifeng

Hsifeng — Sat, 31 May 2008 14:11:02 +0000

Ed Sizemore wrote: "My main concern/complaint is that the series is becoming less a sex education manual and more a manga about male fantasies of sex and marriage. The first volume of the series definitely had a male slant to the presentation, but I felt the bias was slight enough for females to still enjoy the book and find it useful. However, two changes in this volume made the male bias very blatant and may have so changed the voice of the series that I worry if female readers will find the manga worth reading." Maybe it's supposed to be a manual for mken and housewives who can't afford to not keep their men? Meanwhile, I'm wondering why they called it Manga Sutra instead of Kama Manga. Sutra refers to being a text, not to having a sexual subject.

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By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 26 May 2008 21:44:39 +0000

I agree, Ed, I found this volume more frustrating than the previous, mainly because they pay lip service to Makoto wanting to please Yura, but it’s quickly forgotten in stories better serving his interests.

When he suffers from impotence, she immediately learns about the magic powers of sexy lingerie and is taught to give head. He’s solicitous of her, but he gets what he wants while she’s still waiting.

The reason I’m still willing to continue is that they’re both so good-hearted. That’s fun to read about, especially when put in conflict with the brazenness of everyone around them.