Youka Nitta - Last chapter of Haru o Daiteita to be published!

Youka Nitta

Last chapter of Haru o Daiteita to be published!

26th-Jun-2009 11:39 pm

Over at YN@LJ, a poster links to Nitta-sensei's post here.

Nitta-sensei announces the upcoming publishing of the last chapter of Haru (in BBoy Gold - which probably means #8, the tankoubon #14 will be out in the fall 2009 although the date is not set yet) and apologises for her wrongdoings, the long wait and thanks the readers for their support and mails during her hard time. I am not sure whether this means that Nitta-sensei is back - as I read it, it seems as if she is allowed back only for this to finish Haru. There is some talk about all her manga being pulled, and of the delay of the next BLCD in the series. Maybe Geri can shed some light over my wonky translation?

ETA: I've gone over the info that seemed most important again and got it to something like "Essentially, at this point in time the intention is to end Haru o Daiteita drawing the last part (in exchange) for the long support recived from the reader-sama (who are able to) distinguishing between right and wrong. The full/ended work will come with apology and gratitude."

Sounds like this is the end, both of Haru and of Nitta's work.

OMG! I so don't want Haru to end!!! *wails*

Tags: type: info, type: lj repost

Comments

29th-Jun-2009 06:34 am

akuma_river

She should come over stateside...I'm sure we have a few yaoi comps that would absolutely love to steal her talent. Can you imagine the press and the rabid fans buying her work? It would be the first time that an English printing of yaoi would get licensed in the Japanese for scanlations!

Except I'm not sure she will be able to get away doing doujinshi...but it looks like she's not doing anything at all...

29th-Jun-2009 06:56 am

snapelike

She should. But I think the main obstacle is that she probably thinks she has done something very bad, and has hence lost face, and is shamed. It is not done with just a deepfelt apology - it has happened to other mangaka before, or something similar, and usually it has taken a couple of years before they could return - those of them who did.

But I am all for Nitta-sensei moving to US.

29th-Jun-2009 07:32 am

akuma_river

You think we should bombard the US yaoi comps and beg them to pick up Nitta-sensei?

Can you imagine how big the US market will explode if we pick a genuine yaoi mangaka to do En publishing first? Especially, Nitta? We could save the industry.

Start a really big movement in the GloBLal manga and bring OEL to forefront.

We just need to figure out what to do with the time lag. Do we try the magazine route again? Online? Or manga volume exclusively?

29th-Jun-2009 07:40 am

snapelike

Hehehe... I am sure June is standing in line to pick up the US Nitta licenses that were freed when BeBeautiful went down the drain...

One thing that could be done was to see if one of the manga cons could be as lucky as to lure Nitta-sensei to visit, it might encourage her - if her publishers would let her.

29th-Jun-2009 07:46 am

akuma_river

Wasn't there rumors that they were in trouble because of 'they don't how far back it goes'? And that 801 still hasn't picked up the second volume of Secret Diplomacy?

If I was her PR/agent I would. They know they have a market here. Japan may snub her but we would welcome her. Our laws I think would have let it pass, especially, since the Company in question didn't mind it. In fact we could market it in a way. Get advertisers for the company if she would incorporate some of the dress designs.

In a shrinking market in the magazine industry...this can boost sales for everyone involved.

Do we know if she frequents the LJ com like how Yamane Sensei does? Can get messages sent out that can reach her ears?

29th-Jun-2009 07:54 am

snapelike

Unfortunately Nitta-sensei know only a little English, which is also why I think it is unlikely that we'll get her out of Japan except for a visit... She doesn't read the LJ comm, or anything else Western fan related, as far as I know.

I am not sure how far she had worked on PM2, or Boku - I think she was caught up in Otodama when the shit hit the fan. The problem is mainly that there are copyright issues when it comes to reprinting earlier volumes - which means that Nitta-sensei has to redo them all if they are to be sold anywhere. It is more than one company and I know many of them couldn't care less, but if only a few actually do, then... *sighs*

Again the problem strands in Japan because both agents, publishers and mangaka see this as something she has to atone for. But carpet-bombing the publisher with letters that we want to see Nitta-sensei in US/elsewhere might actually help... Now I probably have to arrange a BL con in UK, just to make it happen... :D

29th-Jun-2009 08:01 am

akuma_river

Yamane-sensei knows little english as well, we have Japanese fans on there who are translators for her and funnel messages back and forth.

On mangaupdates it lists the other works as to still be continued but that Otodama was canceled.

The copyright issues, are you talking about licenses or the artwork? Companies are companies and if they think they can make millions I think they will license them.

I was also thinking of having Nitta sensei do 'original' new work exclusively for the US/UK (if we can bring here) that can then get licensed out to the world. Thus a first OEL (technically) that is a global hit.

I say we carpet bomb them.

They will be idiots to let millions of dollars go down the tube because of a little mishap like this. Besides, it has been a year already.

29th-Jun-2009 08:15 am

snapelike

The copyright issues are because of the images Nitta-sensei used for tracing. I'd be very careful if I was a US publisher...

I agree that GloBL manga would get a boost, but still... If Nitta-sensei thinks her punishment needs to be longer, it might be hard to convince her to even continue drawing.

29th-Jun-2009 08:18 am

akuma_river

I thought it was just the closes and poses. Not the characters themselves.

That's workable. Especially since the mag didn't mind. All we need is to talk with the mag editor and work with have advertising for the mag within the mangas. That way we work out an agreement that helps both sides.

29th-Jun-2009 08:18 am

akuma_river

Clothes*

Damnit why can't I edit a comment?!

29th-Jun-2009 08:40 am

snapelike

I think that is what the publisher has been doing this year; I think it was around 130 pics from various sources. If it was just one or two... much easier.

29th-Jun-2009 08:48 am

akuma_river

Where did you hear the 130 from?

I hope she's really back... I still think we should recruit her. Authors of other mediums have found our shores sanctuaries before.

29th-Jun-2009 08:56 am

snapelike

Because I saw all the pics and the ads they were supposed to be traced from, and I think there were around 130-150. A "helpful" person who thought the public should know put it all on the interwebs, just to be certain Nitta-sensei's career and reputation were irreversibly ruined. *rages*

29th-Jun-2009 09:02 am

akuma_river

Dear god.

...okay can we say that they were omages(sp)?

Perhaps we should campaign to get her back.

I don't see how come she lost her career when that one bitch who plagerized that wild rock mangaka got off scot free and got to keep her manga series but the original mangaka lost hers. That was more blantant a stealing then this and EVERYONE knows she did it.

It's gotta be because of the BL content. It has to be.

This is discrimination(sp).

29th-Jun-2009 09:10 am

snapelike

I think sending letters to the publishers continuously actually makes an impression. One of our first posts here is the addresses to the various companies, so on with the writing! I usually send a letter when I remember to, and a few crazy gifts for Nitta-sensei too. :D

And I think the BL thing might be a smaller factor - mostly because it is not something one talks about in Jp, reading BL manga = social suicide.

29th-Jun-2009 09:12 am

akuma_river

You know...the Japanese allow gays in their armies...

And yet in other ways they discrimiante...such a complex country.

So should we bombard just the Japanese publishers or add the english ones as well?

29th-Jun-2009 09:37 am

snapelike

Sounds good to me. :) I'll send them some postcards from London. :D

29th-Jun-2009 06:19 pm

akuma_river

Postcards...hmm small, able to covey our messages in pretty terms.

I wonder how many we can get on our postcard crusade?

23rd-Oct-2009 06:00 am

meowerz

OMG!!!! I WAS INFURIATED WITH THAT INCIDENT WHEN IT HAPPENED TOO!!!!! But that particular knock-off of Wild Rock was done by a mangaka whose parents had strong authority in the field (for whatever cause I have no clue). But I definitely agree that Nitta sensei has been treated disporportionally harsh...

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