Maka-Maka | |
Genre | Yuri |
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Manga | |
Written by | Torajirō Kishi |
Published by | Jive |
English publisher | |
Magazine | Pent-Japan Special (Bunkasha) |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | 2003 – 2005 |
Volumes | 2 |
Maka-Maka is a Japanese adult manga series written and illustrated by manga author Torajirō Kishi. The manga was serialized in Bunkasha's adult magazine Pent-Japan Special, and released in two bound volumes by Jive. The manga has been licensed for distribution in North America by Media Blasters,[1] in Germany by Panini,[2] and in France by Delcourt.[3]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | 19 December 2003 | 978-4-902314-09-0 |
2 | February 2005 | 978-4-861760-83-9 |
A scanlation of the series was reviewed by The Comics Journal in 2006. Eros Comix did not license it because Eros felt that Maka-Maka did not get explicit enough early in the work.[4] Erica Friedman of Yuricon affirms that "Love Sex Communication" is a "major theme" throughout the manga,[5] though also criticized the male characters in the manga as all being "raging asshole[s]".[6] She has praised the English translations and production of the English volumes.[7][8] Nicholas Demay felt that the inclusion of the sex scenes was organic, arising logically from the experiences of Nene and Jun, but criticised the shiny, latex-like appearance of the girls' skin and the use of screentone as backgrounds.[9] Jason Thompson described it as "a rare pleasure", contrasting it to other yuri about "12-year-old girls holding hands" and to other manga depicting "adult relationships" which portrayed "either emotionally heavy angst or extra-drippy porn".[10]