Comments on: Dorothea Book 2

By: Mirth

Mirth — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:23:07 +0000

ETA: Well, no sex that was depicted by anything more than a cut away scene. ;)

By: Mirth

Mirth — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 23:22:17 +0000

I’m guessing it got the mature ratings for a) the burning of live women at the stake, b) the depictions of various forms of torture, and c) a few nudie shots (sometimes combined with the depictions of torture) near the end. None of it seemed tasteless to me, though — it was all very in keeping with the setting and storyline, and there was no sex.

Definitely a series worth reading! There was a lot of attention paid to the society and beliefs of the time, and little details like a prototype of sunscreen being considered “witch’s ointment” really made it for me. The only thing that seemed really anachronistic was Dorothea’s “combat” outfit, ugh. Chainmail miniskirts do not a good defense make.

By: Simon Jones

Simon Jones — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:33:43 +0000

Err, what Sebastian said. I didn’t see the comments. 9_9;

By: Simon Jones

Simon Jones — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:30:26 +0000

I’m not familiar with the series, but she is a popular ero-mangaka, so there is a possibility that there’ll be something down the line to justify a mature rating.

By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Thursday news and reviews

MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Thursday news and reviews — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:59:24 +0000

[...] and vol. 2 of Dororo and pens short takes on a stack of other manga. Johanna Draper Carlson reviews vol. 2 of Dorothea and recommends all of Yotsuba&! at Comics Worth Reading. New reviews are up at Comics Village: [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:31:37 +0000

True, there might be something later on that’s a concern – or in book one for all I know. :)

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:50:50 +0000

“I’m not actually sure why this title is marked Mature.”

Maybe they just weren’t sure how it would turn out, since this is IIRC the first non-hentai series of that author… ;)

Or they know something about the further volumes (4 were probably already done when it was licensed, now there are 6).

http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200707000421