This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
#1 | Back to Top06-28-2007 11:58:48 PM
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The Utena Doujinshi Archive
True to my word, I had nothing to do today and put this together.
The Utena Doujinshi Archive
Soon-to-be nexus for all of my doujinshi; one is up so far, "Koinojyumon wa Zettai Unmei", under the "gag" section. As I'm thoroughly exhausted from a day of coding, scanning, and retouching, I've decided to let you all decide what doujinshi I'll scan next so as to insure that my efforts aren't in vain.
The choices:
- "Sweet Nails" A movie-universe Juri and Shiori doujinshi. One of my favorites, as the visual symbolism used is simply arresting.
- "Memory of Fossils" Juri-centric, with eventual Juri/Anthy. Definitely not my favorite, and the art is rather awkward.
- "Dahlia" Another Juri one with several stories of varying degrees of seriousness. Some explicit Juri/Shiori. Decent artwork.
- "There Will Be Love There" Yet another Juri, though this one is mostly novels that I won't be scanning. The insert art is quite nice, though.
- "Tenjou Kakumei" Porn, basically. Utena/Anthy, Touga/Utena, Nanami/Utena/Suzuki/Yamada/Tanaka.
- "Kinema no ????" Bizarre gag set. Utena has a "Through the Looking Glass" experience and shrinks, much to Miki's bemusement; there's a Miki/Kozue one-shot, and an odd cosplay segment. Nice artwork.
- "Utena Movie Anthology" An enormous, tankouban-sized compilation from many artists with movie-centric stories. Really nice, though its size and tight binding will make it hard to scan.
- "Potato Masher" Quite possibly the most hilarious porn I own. Juri and Shiori/Salarymen feature in the first story, and the second retells all the duels as sexual experiences. There are some absolutely (unintentionally) hysterical panels in this.
The "Anatomic Angel" set:
The circle Anatomic Angel released a compilation of all their Juri/Shiori work called "Mosaic". Four doujinshi in one, essentially. However, I also have two of the compiled doujinshi on their own, and they feature Utena/Anthy "B-sides" to complement the Juri/Shiori stories, and aren't featured in "Mosaic". So, we have:
- "Mosaic" Large Juri/Shiori anthology. I'm quite fond of the artist's unique style, but it may not be for everyone. She's amazing with hair, in any case.
- "Capsule Cherry" B-side with Miki and Kozue, Utena and Anthy, and Mikage and Mamiya.
- "La croix chocolat" B-side with a generic movie story by a guest artist.
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Let me know what you'd like, as well as your thoughts on the site itself.
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#2 | Back to Top06-29-2007 12:24:57 AM
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Thanks for doing this! 
*downloads*
My choice would be "Potato Masher". Based on your description, it seems a lot of fun. 
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#3 | Back to Top06-29-2007 12:42:05 AM
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Wow, Juri is popular. Um, I'd also love to see "Potato Masher" because I'm a huge fan of hilarious porn.
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#4 | Back to Top06-29-2007 01:18:34 AM
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Re: The Utena Doujinshi Archive
I'll third "Potato Masher", just for the retelling of the duels as sexual experiences. 
If I can vote more, I'd also love to see "Tenjou Kakumei". Lots of variety of pairings.
Since most of your doujinshi is Juri-centered, I'll vote for one of those too.. "Sweet Nails", please!
(I don't think I'm supposed to vote that much, but they're mostly for suggestions. 
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And thank you so much for doing this! I love the layout too.
Edit: Also, do you accept doujinshi donations?
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#5 | Back to Top06-29-2007 01:25:54 AM
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Re: The Utena Doujinshi Archive
SleepDebtFairy wrote:
Also, do you accept doujinshi donations?
Yes; I'd meant to put something about that in the FAQ.
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#6 | Back to Top06-29-2007 01:37:49 AM
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Re: The Utena Doujinshi Archive
I'm also someone who really likes to share my doujinshi with others, (as few as I may have) especially for SKU. I've only bought one, though, and I sold it because it didn't grab me enough to keep it, and because I was in need of money. 
However, I scanned it before I sold it. I also touched up on the scans a little in photoshop. Sadly, the two-page images didn't come out so well because of the tight-binding, so I'll probably have to try to fix it in photoshop, but I doubt I can. The rest of the scans are pretty big and have pretty good quality, though. Should I email the scans to you? (I also saw the thread about Gio possibly making a secret doujinshi gallery, and said I could donate it there, as well. Today is a good day for SKU doujinshi! 
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Also, I really love the first doujinshi posted on your website. It's so cute, and I adore the art-style. I'll probably make a lot of icons/graphics from it, but I will credit the doujinshi artist and link back to your archives. Thank you again for all of your work into this.
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#7 | Back to Top06-29-2007 02:37:06 AM
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Re: The Utena Doujinshi Archive
E-mail is fine. I'll see what I can do about extra retouching, but, unfortunately, unless one completely removes the binding, there will be issues with "gutters" and distortion in two-page images. I wouldn't worry about it, though.
As a note to everyone, I'll scan Potato Masher tomorrow (technically, today). You all can look forward to a weekend of gratuitous sexuality.
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#8 | Back to Top06-29-2007 02:40:12 AM
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Yay! We love you. Seriously. Here have a 
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#9 | Back to Top06-29-2007 05:27:14 AM
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Re: The Utena Doujinshi Archive
"Sweet Nails"
"Kinema no ????"
"Potato Masher"
Those three call to me most.
But can I just quickly tell you....that is a class avvie you have there, is that Juri cosplay?
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#10 | Back to Top06-29-2007 06:19:48 AM
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Re: The Utena Doujinshi Archive
Coco Melancholy wrote:
But can I just quickly tell you....that is a class avvie you have there, is that Juri cosplay?
It's actually just a photograph of me from a few years ago, but thank you. 
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#12 | Back to Top06-29-2007 06:28:34 AM
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Archambeau wrote:
Coco Melancholy wrote:
But can I just quickly tell you....that is a class avvie you have there, is that Juri cosplay?
It's actually just a photograph of me from a few years ago, but thank you.
Wow....thats hot....
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#13 | Back to Top06-29-2007 07:05:10 AM
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Re: The Utena Doujinshi Archive
GOD YOU HAVE MOSAIC? O___O
I was looking for this one for ages... 
thank you T___T *moved and speechless*
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Archambeau wrote:
I'll scan that one after tacky porn, just for you.
god If you do that I' love to you to bunches
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#16 | Back to Top06-29-2007 06:40:09 PM
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Re: The Utena Doujinshi Archive
Just an apology to everyone, as I wasn't able to get "Potato Masher" scanned today. Tomorrow will find me busy as well, but I foresee an update within the next week. SleepDebtFairy was kind enough to donate a doujinshi to the Archives, so that will show up as well.
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#17 | Back to Top06-29-2007 07:44:34 PM
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This is awesome! It's was immediately put in my favorites list within three seconds! Yay for Juri doujin!
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#18 | Back to Top06-29-2007 09:59:13 PM
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Ohh, this is so COOL. 
You = Win.
EDIT: Also, Kinema no ???? sounds brilly.
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#19 | Back to Top06-30-2007 06:20:50 PM
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I'd love Mosaic. I'm a huge fan of the art style and until now I didn't even know that doujin existed.
I keep saying I'll go through my collection and own up to what I have, and now's a good a time as any. If you need any donation doujins I'd be willing to contribute.
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#20 | Back to Top06-30-2007 08:36:25 PM
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I just love how in Koin--- the first one up Juri in the typical uniform is radioactive. 
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#21 | Back to Top06-30-2007 11:56:28 PM
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Mai_Kanzaki wrote:
I just love how in Koin--- the first one up Juri in the typical uniform is radioactive.
right OO; now that you mention it... *stares* at first I thought like "wtf, what an ugly tattoo"... >>
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#22 | Back to Top07-01-2007 12:07:17 AM
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We can wait for our dose of Potato Masher. Real life has to come first. And we still you.
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#23 | Back to Top07-02-2007 06:33:46 PM
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Ugh, give me incentive to continue scanning; I'm eight pages in and am wanting to die.
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#24 | Back to Top07-02-2007 06:35:31 PM
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Uhm.. uhm..
WE LOVE YOU AND YOU'RE A DAMN HOT JURI COSPLAYER. (Oh, and Ed cosplayer; I wanted to take pictures of you and the Al in that one picture because I'm a damn little Elricest hor. )
But seriously, thank you so much.
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#25 | Back to Top07-02-2007 07:46:44 PM
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I have you to thank as well for the donation! Makes my job a bit easier.
And wow, I had completely forgotten about the Utena/Anthy S&M story in "Potato Masher". It features quite possibly the worst artwork I've ever seen. Fuck you for adding ten more pages to my scanning quota, "Von. Thoma".
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