Moyoco Anno continues to have a good run with her manga being adapted into English form as we’ve had several releases over the years from different publishers. Now a trio of her works are appearing on Crunchyroll, with all of them being available to members worldwide, that allows the variety and style she brings to the page to be seen.
The odd one of the group is The Diary of Ochibi-san, which comes from publisher Cork, where the simulpub itself will be coming a bit later as they’re releasing the first two volumes of its run first. Once the catalog side is caught up, they’ll shift into doing new chapters as published in Japan from there.
Crunchyroll has also added Buffalo 5 Girls, a one-shot release that was originally published in 2013.
The other simulpub series is that of Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen, which began last fall. Crunchyroll is bringing out the first chapter and will be doing a simulpub with the second chapter when it becomes available, noting that this series is being published irregularly in Japan.
Diary of Ochibi-san: In Mametsubu-cho, a town somewhere in the ancient Japanese city of Kamakura, Ochibi-san lives a relaxed, easy life. With his friend Nazeni the dog, Jack the naughty kitten, and Pankui the hungry dog, Ochibi-san’s year in Mametsubu-cho is filled with encounters and new discoveries! Flower-viewing in spring, swimming in summer, collecting leaves in fall, and eating yummy food in winter. The changing seasons are drawn with a light touch.
Buffalo 5 Girls: The girls are sold as prostitutes in the towns that dot the arid desert. Each of them is forced to receive the lusts of men for their own reasons, and each of them fall in love. They have men they are in love with, but prostitutes aren’t free to choose who they love. “Love or life, which is more important to you?” “I pick love.” “But you can’t be in love if you’re dead.” Is there a way for these women to survive in a world filled with lust and violence? One day, Candy and Susie run from the brothel, seeking the freedom they can never hand. “We are stronger creatures!” Obey your instincts— the voice from within!
Memoirs of Amorous Gentlemen: Perverts are people who know the shape of their desires. They have carefully traced those contours like a blind man using both hands to measure the shape of a vase. Colette works in a brothel in early 20th century Paris, an occupation she can’t escape. She and the other girls support each other, satisfying the desires of their clients, day in, day out. The one source of hope in her difficult life was her trysts with Leon. But Colette could never be sure if Leon really loved her… The strength of women in their pleasurable confines; the naked desires of the ‘amorous gentlemen.’
