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Irodori Comics will be reporting on topics we believe to be interesting for our audience. We will be reporting on a lot of “manga/ anime industry” news and updates, as well as some interesting topics that aren’t covered by other news sites.

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Hentai Mangaka Yumeki Banana Gets “Railed”

Yumeki Banana is a hentai mangaka who publishes her works at Irodori Comics. She recently got the Japanese internet’s attention because of a particular post she tweeted. On December 15th, 2022, Yumeki Banana tweeted an...
An image with the text "Kadokawa Chairman Arrested for 2020 Tokyo Olympics Bribes" with Kadokawa Corporation's logo and Olympics logo in the background.

Kadokawa Chairman Arrested for Olympic Bribes

Kadokawa Corporation is in huge trouble as its Chairman gets arrested for involvement in Tokyo Olympics 2020 bribery case.   On September 14, Kyodo News reported that the chairman of the Kadokawa Corporation, a Japanese media...
A cover image for the blog titled, "Crunchyroll Voice Actor Pay. How Does it Compare to Japanese VAs?" featuring a illustration of voice actor and the logo of Crunchyroll.

Voice Actor Pay in the US and in Japan

Crunchyroll has been in hot water over voice actor pay, but how does the US Voice Acting (VA) industry compare to the Japanese VA industry? In the past few months, the Voice Acting industry has...
A person playing a video game on their computer with a colorful text, "Gaming Penis!?"

Gaming Penis!?

Japanese Twitter users are having a field day, putting chaotic prompts into AI image generators. On October 24, 2022, a new Twitter trend broke out in Japan.  What was the trending topic? The phrase ゲーミングちんぽ. It...
A picture of a person being lightly choked by another person. There is a text over the image which says, "Choke play is surprisingly common in the US."

Choke play is surprisingly common in the US.

A lot more people are saying, "Choke me, Daddy," than we first assumed WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: Choking or asphyxiation play is an EXTREMELY dangerous form of kink play. This article is NOT written to condone choking...
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Artist Consent Doesn’t Matter for AI!?

Japanese Artists saying, "I don’t grant permission for my art to be used in AI learning," has no legal power, a Japanese lawyer says. Earlier this month, a new Japanese website called mimic came under...

The Start of AI-Generated Doujinshi?

AI-generated hentai being sold on DLSite? On October 6, 2022, a certain Japanese tweet became viral and has accumulated over 28,000 likes (and counting). https://twitter.com/sarasiru/status/1577966988206301184 In this tweet, user Sarasiru alleges that there seem to be people...

Japanese Sex Workers’ Guide to Stroking the Male Ego

Japanese Soapland Manual Leaked!? A Japanese Twitter user, Madokamarusuisan, had a viral tweet on August 18th, when they posted a few pages of what is alleged to be customer service manuals given to women working...

Salary for “Read for free” Manga Authors

If you’re a reader of free web manga on official publisher platforms, you may be wondering how much an author makes. In this article, we will focus on Shueisha’s web manga platform Shounen Jump+...

GANTZ Creator Oku Hiroya buys a model gun. Cops show up.

Oku Hiroya, the manga artist who is known for his iconic manga series such as GANTZ and Inuyashiki, tweeted on September 2, that the cops called him to inform him that they were going...

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