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Manga series
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1+2Paradise 1+2=Paradise.jpg Manga cover of 1+2=Paradise 1+2パラダイス Ichi tasu Ni wa Paradaisu
manga Sumiko Kamimura Kodansha Shōbunkan Monthly Shōnen Magazine 1988 1990 5
ova Junichi Watanabe Kazumasa Fujiie Kazuo Satō Nobuaki Kishima J.C.Staff February 23, 1990 April 27, 1990 29 minutes 2
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1+2=Paradise 1+2パラダイス Ichi tasu Ni wa Paradaisu is a Japanese manga series by Sumiko Kamimura. The story has been adapted into a two-episode original video animation (OVAs) released by Toei Video, a subsidiary of the Toei Company. http://webcatplus.nii.ac.jp/webcatplus/details/creator/381610.html Kamimura Sumiko Webcat Plus 22 December 2013http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000004-I000207481-00 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224104651/http://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000004-I000207481-00 dead 24 December 2013 1+2=パラダイス 1 1+2=Paradise 1 National Diet Library 22 December 2013
Because of the sexual content the series was one of the manga placed on "Harmful manga" lists by local and national governmental agencies. The negative publicity resulted in Kodansha discontinuing the series. Kinsella Sharon Adult Manga Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society https://archive.org/details/adultmangacultur00kins/page/149 December 20, 2013 January 1, 2000 University of Hawaii Press Hawaii 978-0-8248-2318-4 149ff, 211 registration Takeuchi Osamu ja:戦後マンガ50年史 50 Years of Post-War Manga http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/product/9784480052018/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131224115142/http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/product/9784480052018/ 2013-12-24 December 20, 2013 5th April 5, 2002 first published March 30, 1995 Chikuma Shobo Tokyo ja 978-4-480-05201-8 186 live Murakami Tomohiko ja:まんが解体新書 手塚治虫のいない日々のために Dismantling Manga(A New Text on Manga Anatomy): A Day without Tezuka Osamu http://www.seikyusha.co.jp/wp/books/isbn978-4-7872-7098-6 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224094659/http://www.seikyusha.co.jp/wp/books/isbn978-4-7872-7098-6 2013-12-24 December 20, 2013 first published August 8, 1998 1998 Seikyūsha Tokyo ja 978-4-7872-7098-6 212 live
Plot
The story focuses on Yusuke Yamamoto, the teenage son of two gynaecologists. As a boy, he was almost castrated by his two childhood friends, the twin sisters Yuka and Rika Nakamura, his neighbours, which is why he is afraid of women. Also as a child, he saved the twins from an attacking dog. They grow up with a dream that turns Yusuke's life upside down. At the beginning of the story, they re-appear at the home of Yusuke. His father invites the young women in, to live with them, hoping they will heal his son's gynophobia. The therapeutic benefits of this intended treatment are not entirely clear from the series of, sexually tinted, events that unfold.
Manga
The manga was serialized in Monthly Shōnen Magazine, published by Kodansha, from 1988 to 1990 but discontinued after it met opposition due to the depiction of nudity and sexually tinted content. The manga was re-released by Shōbunkan in 1994 to 1995.
Characters
Yuusuke Yamamoto 山本優介 Yamamoto Yuusuke
Kappei Yamaguchi
Yuka Nakamura 中村結花 Nakamura Yuuka
Riyako Nagao
The elder twin who keeps her hair down, and is more modest and reserved.
Rika Nakamura 中村梨花 Nakamura Rika
Chieko Honda
The younger twin who keeps her hair in a ponytail, she is more playful and is more direct and shamelessly presents herself to Yuusuke in lewd situations.
Yuusuke's Father
Kei Tomiyama
He is the owner of a gynaecology clinic.
Episode list
70 30px 150px 1 Around here, there, pudding, pudding あっちもこっちもプリンプリン 1990 2 23 CCCCFF
2 Clash! Momoiro Sisters against lascivious queen bee 対決!桃色姉妹 V.S.好色女王蜂 1990 4 21 CCCCFF
Reception
In a preview for the February 23, 1990, release of the OVA, the reviewer for the January 1990 issue of Animage magazine notes that 24-year-old Kamimura's popular manga is a little naughty but that the female creator has also attracted a loyal fan base among women despite its erotic content. ja:女流マンガ家の描く、 ちょっとエッチな物語 Drawing of female mangaka a little naughty http://animage.jp Animage Tokyo Tokuma Shoten 139 December 10, 1989 ja 80 December 27, 2013
Writing a review for Asian Trash Cinema, Jim McLennan observed about the first part of the video adaptation: "The delight of this episode is its sheer, unrelenting, cheerful tackiness. Yes the girls are utter airheads but charges of sexism must be partly countered by the fact that the original manga was created by a woman, Junko Uemura. In addition, Yusuke is just as socially inadequate in his way, which is doubly amusing given that he is a parody of the likely intended target audience."http://asiancult.com/product_info.php?cPath=64_65&products_id=5869 1+2=Paradise; Another look at trash Animation McLennan Jim Asian Trash Cinema 1 5 1994 Asian Trash Cinema Kingwood, Texas 26–27 22 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113554/http://asiancult.com/product_info.php?cPath=64_65&products_id=5869 24 December 2013 dead
References
External links
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