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HEN #1
HEN: Chizuru & Azumi, Volume 1
Chizuru Yoshida is not your typical high schooler and she's all too aware of it! She has a talent with getting what she wants from her male lovers and often comes across as cold and manipulative...
In truth, despite her experiences with guys, she has never been in love. That's until the fateful arrival of newly-trasferred student, Azumi Yamada, at her school. It was love at first sight for Chizuru--indeed an unexpected turn of events for the story's vixen!
Not only was she in love, but with all things...another girl. Chizuru goes through a brief stage of anger and denial and tries to convince herself that she couldn't possibly be attracted to such a simple-looking, shy, and naive girl! To her despair she finds herself constantly thinking of Azumi, so she finally resolves to become friends with her, but it's not too long when she starts to push things along with Azumi...
In truth, despite her experiences with guys, she has never been in love. That's until the fateful arrival of newly-trasferred student, Azumi Yamada, at her school. It was love at first sight for Chizuru--indeed an unexpected turn of events for the story's vixen!
Not only was she in love, but with all things...another girl. Chizuru goes through a brief stage of anger and denial and tries to convince herself that she couldn't possibly be attracted to such a simple-looking, shy, and naive girl! To her despair she finds herself constantly thinking of Azumi, so she finally resolves to become friends with her, but it's not too long when she starts to push things along with Azumi...
- GenresManga
205 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 1995
About the author
Hiroya Oku
254 books350 followersHiroya Oku (奥浩哉 Oku Hiroya, born September 16, 1967 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka) is a mangaka who is the creator of Gantz, Zero-One and HEN, all of which have been serialized in Young Jump. He has finished working on his most renowned manga, Gantz, which began in July 2000. His manga often contain explicit violence and gore, as well as sexual situations.
He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.
He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.
He won the second prize of the Youth Manga Awards in 1988, under the penname Yahiro Kuon.
He designed a character for Namco Bandai's Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 fighting game, Soulcalibur IV named Shura.
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October 25, 2020
2.5/5 estrellas.
Ehhh... No es la gran cosa. Ni sé por qué lo empecé, tampoco sé si lo voy a seguir.
Ehhh... No es la gran cosa. Ni sé por qué lo empecé, tampoco sé si lo voy a seguir.
February 12, 2014
This review is for the series as a whole, which I read at the beginning of the month. Overall this isn't a bad series, although the ages of its protagonists will likely be the main reason this will probably never gain an official English release anytime soon.
The problem is that while there is a story to be found here, it isn't the strongest one and you can see where this sags at times under its own weight. If this was compacted a little more it probably would have been stronger for it. Of course, I haven't read the prior HEN series so I imagine that it's probably better if you've read the previous incarnation. You don't have to have read it to really understand what's going on, though.
As long as you don't expect any actual character growth (Chizuru does little to actually merit Azumi eventually returning her affections) and like tons of fanservice, which hits you across the face like someone smacking you with a tuna filled with ketchup.
Kinda like that, actually
The problem is that while there is a story to be found here, it isn't the strongest one and you can see where this sags at times under its own weight. If this was compacted a little more it probably would have been stronger for it. Of course, I haven't read the prior HEN series so I imagine that it's probably better if you've read the previous incarnation. You don't have to have read it to really understand what's going on, though.
As long as you don't expect any actual character growth (Chizuru does little to actually merit Azumi eventually returning her affections) and like tons of fanservice, which hits you across the face like someone smacking you with a tuna filled with ketchup.
Kinda like that, actually
February 12, 2018
La fantasía de un pajero. Este manga tiene otro nombre ni merece otro calificativo. La trama es inexistente, sólo es una sucesión de excusas absurdas para sexualizar a las mujeres y a Chizuru, una de las protagonistas, en especial, que es la típica mujer voluptuosa de tetas monstruosas. No hay sentido ni lleva a ninguna parte.
Además es un insulto a la gente LGTBIA. No os creáis que hay ninguna representación más de la que tiene el porno lésbico para hombres:
- La relación lésbica entre Chizuru y Azumi es pura excusa para verlas desnudas y/o manoseándose. Además que sacan de pronto de la manga que si Chuziru es lesbiana es porque de pequeña la educaron como un niño, algo que dicen una vez de pasada y ya no vuelven a mencionar (lo dicho, trama sin sentido que sólo son excusas).
- Hay también una personaje que al principio creía que era un chico trans: y habla y socializa como hombre y dice que lo es. Pero no que es una chica, sólo estaba haciendo el paripé porque patatas, para que avanzara la trama. Y al final aclara que es una chica porque tiene vagina por ello es absurdo seguir diciendo que es un hombre, y termina con un tío. Toma transfobia y burla a las identidades de género.
- Una relación entre dos hombres (cis) se pinta como algo repugnante y, en el caso de la personaje anterior, sólo termina con un hombre tras aclarar que es mujer (entendido como tener vagina), si no el tío no quería saber nada aunque le gustara la persona porque, lo dicho "es que eso es asqueroso y antinatural".
- A los hombres no se los sexualiza ni se ponen ni de broma escenas gay, no como con las chicas. Supongo que las primeras le alegraban el pene al mangaka, pero ya los segundos que asquete, igual rompen su virilidad.
Además es un insulto a la gente LGTBIA. No os creáis que hay ninguna representación más de la que tiene el porno lésbico para hombres:
- La relación lésbica entre Chizuru y Azumi es pura excusa para verlas desnudas y/o manoseándose. Además que sacan de pronto de la manga que si Chuziru es lesbiana es porque de pequeña la educaron como un niño, algo que dicen una vez de pasada y ya no vuelven a mencionar (lo dicho, trama sin sentido que sólo son excusas).
- Hay también una personaje que al principio creía que era un chico trans: y habla y socializa como hombre y dice que lo es. Pero no que es una chica, sólo estaba haciendo el paripé porque patatas, para que avanzara la trama. Y al final aclara que es una chica porque tiene vagina por ello es absurdo seguir diciendo que es un hombre, y termina con un tío. Toma transfobia y burla a las identidades de género.
- Una relación entre dos hombres (cis) se pinta como algo repugnante y, en el caso de la personaje anterior, sólo termina con un hombre tras aclarar que es mujer (entendido como tener vagina), si no el tío no quería saber nada aunque le gustara la persona porque, lo dicho "es que eso es asqueroso y antinatural".
- A los hombres no se los sexualiza ni se ponen ni de broma escenas gay, no como con las chicas. Supongo que las primeras le alegraban el pene al mangaka, pero ya los segundos que asquete, igual rompen su virilidad.
December 25, 2015
(Review is for whole series)
Eeesh... this was a weird one. Not sure what I expected. I still don't know what gender Satou is lol
I think the story kinda took a dive in the second half... basically after that building collapsed I was done. Eeeh.
Eeesh... this was a weird one. Not sure what I expected. I still don't know what gender Satou is lol
I think the story kinda took a dive in the second half... basically after that building collapsed I was done. Eeeh.
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