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ぶどううり くすこ

ショタコンのゆりかご

May 10, 2020 by Shota Leave a Comment

In ショタコンのゆりかご (shotacon no yurikago = “the cradle of shotacon”), shota expert Budōuri Kusuko (interviewed in 腐男子にきく) traces the origins of the manga genre shotacon. His focus is commercial shota magazines rather than dōjinshi.

The essay begins with a richly referenced study (first published in October 2006) into the etymology of the word shotacon, which partly relies on Watanabe Yumiko’s essay ショタの研究 (shota no kenkyū = “shota research”).

The second chapter describes “the development of shota expressions” in the 1990s, and the third chapter documents a temporary decline in the genre in the late 1990s.

The fourth and last chapter (first published in September 2007) is devoted to the development of commercial shota publications in the first years of this millennium (up until when Budōuri-san wrote his essay).

ショタコンのゆりかご is an excellent resource that provides important historical data to shota research.

A 10 page appendix with data on shota titles accompanies this essay.

An English summary of Budōuri’s findings can be found here:

The rise and fall of commercial shota magazines

Filed Under: Dōjinshi, Research

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Reference library

ショタコンのゆりかご (book cover)

ショタコンのゆりかご

Author: ぶどううり くすこ

An essay on the origins of shota, published as a dōjinshi.

国際おたく大学―1998年 最前線からの研究報告

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腐男子にきく。

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The Syotaroh by まんだ 林檎

The Syotaroh

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エロマンガ・スタディーズ

エロマンガ・スタディーズ

Author: 永山 薫

One of the main resources on adult manga.

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ショタリポート①

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