Waai!
Editor-in-chief | Toshinaga Hijikata |
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Categories | Manga |
Frequency | Quarterly |
Format | JB5 |
First issue |
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Final issue Number | February 25, 2014 16 |
Company | Ichijinsha |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Website | www |
Waai! (Japanese: わぁい!, stylized "WAaI!") is a Japanese manga magazine which was published by Ichijinsha from April 24, 2010 to February 25, 2014, for 16 issues. The manga in Waai! focus on male characters who engage in cross-dressing, willingly or due to circumstance; the magazine also includes articles, interviews, and reviews. Its sister magazine Waai! Mahalo (わぁい!Mahalo) was published for 6 issues from April 25, 2012 to December 25, 2013, and only contains manga.
The main magazine started as a special issue of the publisher's Monthly Comic Rex, before getting spun out as a separate publication. The creation of the magazine was pushed for by its editor-in-chief, Toshinaga Hijikata, a cross-dresser and writer of books about cross-dressing, who aimed to create a magazine with wider appeal than the more sexual cross-dressing magazines that came before it.
Manga featured in the magazines include one-shots and series, which often combine the cross-dressing conceit with themes of gay male romance and societal rules of femininity; among the serializations are Dicca Suemitsu's Reversible! (2010–2013), and Norio Tsukudani's Himegoto (2011–2014), the latter of which saw an anime adaptation in 2014. The magazine was popular, at first largely with male audiences, but gradually also built a female following which by late 2011 represented about a third of its readership.
History[]
Waai! began on April 24, 2010 as a special issue of publisher Ichijinsha's manga magazine Monthly Comic Rex with a focus on otokonoko,[1][2] after being teased at Comiket in December 2009.[3] The special drew a lot of attention, leading to it being continued as a Monthly Comic Rex special for two more volumes, before being spun out into a stand-alone magazine with the launch of volume 4 on February 25, 2011.[4] The magazine's editor-in-chief was Toshinaga Hijikata, who was a driving force behind its creation, being a cross-dresser, a reader of otokonoko fiction, and a writer of books about cross-dressing. According to Hijikata, the proposal to create the magazine went smoothly without much trouble as Ichijinsha had noticed the popularity of cross-dressing fiction. The rest of the magazine's editorial staff were also otokonoko enthusiasts.[1] The artist Akira Kasukabe worked on the magazine, providing many illustrations for the magazine's covers and for its short stories;[5] other interior artists included Maki Makita, , , , and Yuu Ueda.[1]
The magazine was printed in a JB5 182 mm × 257 mm (7.2 in × 10.1 in) paper format,[6] and was published on a quarterly basis.[7] Starting with Reversible! and Sazanami Cherry in 2011, some of the manga featured in the magazine have also been published in collected tankōbon volumes; the two were chosen for being the Waai! manga standing out the most and representing the magazine. Because of the cross-dressing themes in the manga published in Waai!, the magazine staff took special care when designing the covers for the collected volumes, to avoid readers feeling too embarrassed to bring a copy to the checkout in the bookstore.[8] A sister magazine focusing solely on manga, Waai! Mahalo, launched on April 25, 2012,[9] and ran for six volumes until December 25, 2013.[10][11] Like with the main magazine, Kasukabe provided the cover art.[9]
The main Waai! magazine continued until the release of volume 16 on February 25, 2014, after which it was put on an indefinite hiatus,[7] with the editorial staff advising readers to follow the magazine's social media for any potential future updates.[12] Hijikata apologized for the lack of prior warning, saying that it was a sudden development, but that the collected editions of the manga run in the magazine would continue as planned, as would the production of the anime adaptation of the Waai! manga Himegoto.[7] On June 23, 2014, Ichijinsha published the artbook Paramitta (ぱらみった), collecting Kasukabe's art pieces from the magazine.[5]
Content[]
Waai! and Waai! Mahalo published manga series and one-shots about otokonoko and about male characters engaging in cross-dressing.[9][13] The main magazine also contained other features about cross-dressing, including coverage and reviews of anime and video games with otokonoko or cross-dressing themes, how-to articles about cross-dressing, short stories,[1][14] interviews,[4] and letters from readers.[8] In contrast to other more sexual cross-dressing magazines, Hijikata intended for the magazine to be accessible for a broader audience,[1] while still at times featuring elements of eroticism.[8]
To appeal to a broad range of cross-dressing fiction enthusiasts, the magazine tried to vary the type of stories it ran, with some featuring characters who actively enjoy cross-dressing, and some with characters who are forced to cross-dress through the situation they find themselves in.[1] The stories are frequently also themed around gay male romance and initiations into societal rules around femininity.[14]
Manga[]
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Release | Vol. | Title | Creator | Format | Notes | Ref. |
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2010 | 1 | Nonono | Reku Fuyunagi | One-shot | Follows Nono, a cross-dresser whose lesbian friend Sei helps him be more feminine. | [13][a] |
2010–2011 | 1–7 | Onnanoko Tokidoki Otokonoko | Notari Hinemotsu | Series | Follows Yuusuke, who meets his childhood friend Akira after ten years, who now wears women's clothes. | [13][a] |
2010–2013 | 1–15 | Reversible! | Dicca Suemitsu | Series | Follows Shuu Kaidou, who transfers to an all-male school where students must dress like women. | [8][a] |
2010–2011 | 1–6 | Sazanami Cherry | Rika Kamiyoshi | Series | Follows Kazuhiro Migiwa, who confesses his love to the cross-dresser Ren, thinking he is a woman. | [8][13][a] |
2010–2014 | 1–16 | The Secret Devil-chan | Emu | Series | Follows Sou Kurusaki, who summons the demon Kogure, who despite his feminine looks is male. Published in English by Digital Manga. | [15][a] |
2010–2012 | 1–8 | Suzunone: Wakaokami? Funtouki | Hako Hitsuji | Series | Follows Ryoto, who must cross-dress to work as a hostess at his family's inn after his sister refuses to. | [1][a] |
2010 | 2 | Onna no Buki ga Tsukaete Koso Otokonoko desu. | Yuu Ueda | One-shot | Follows a cross-dresser who uses his femininity to convince his brother that he should get a haircut. | [16][a] |
2010–2013 | 2–12 | Past Future | Tsukasa Takatsuki | Series | Follows Kako Akari, who to his sister Mirai's displeasure borrows and wears her clothes. | [14][16][a] |
2010 | 3 | Fuwa Kyun | Hyuura Konata | One-shot | Follows Kae, who wants to be surrounded by women, and therefore makes her butler Haraguchi cross-dress. | [17][a] |
2010 | 3 | Mayo Elle Otokonoko | Pop | One-shot | Follows cross-dressing students at a school. Prologue to the original video animation of the same name. | [17][18][a] |
2011–2014 | 4, 7–16 | Otasuke Miko Miko-chan | Hiroichi | Series | Follows Ayumu Mikoshiba, who as an only child must continue his family's tradition and be a magical girl. | [a] |
2011 | 5 | Kindan no Mama ni | Muranako | One-shot | Follows a cross-dressing male student at an all-female school. | [a] |
2011 | 5 | Yomi ♂ | Zenzai Yoshihira | One-shot | Follows Usagi Mitsuki, who accidentally promises to marry a male deity, believing he is a woman. | [a] |
2011 | 6 | Tintin Cheer | Hideyu Tougarashi | One-shot | Follows a student who must cross-dress to be a cheerleader at an all-male school. | [a] |
2011 | 6 | ♂ Yorishiro ♀ | Muranako | One-shot | Follows cross-dressing ghost hunters. | [14][a] |
2011 | 7 | Boku no Otouto no Kawaisa wa Ijou | Gorou Yoshida | One-shot | Follows the cross-dresser Yuuki's brother, who tries cross-dressing to understand why Yuuki likes it. | [a] |
2011 | 7 | Hikaru to Hikari | Getsu Takebayashi | Series | Follows Hikaru, whose neighbor Aya gets him to cross-dress and participate in a singing contest for women. Bonus chapter of the series run in Waai! Mahalo. | [a] |
2011–2014 | 7–16 | Himegoto | Norio Tsukudani | Series | Yonkoma following Hime Arikawa, who due to a debt must cross-dress until graduating. Adapted into anime. | [19][20][a] |
2011 | 7 | Tomodachi Nanka Iranai | Reku Fuyunagi | One-shot | Follows Nono, a cross-dresser whose lesbian friend Sei helps him be more feminine. Follow-up to Nonono. | [a] |
2011 | 7 | Tutor Maid | Yuki Ameto | One-shot | Follows Yuuki Narusawa, who is hired as a tutor and must wear lingerie and a maid outfit for work. | [a] |
2012–2014 | 8–16 | Boku to Boku | Futago Minazuki | Series | Follows Junichirou Izumi, a cross-dresser who is saved from a molester by Yuuki Kimino. | [a] |
2012–2013 | 8–13 | Otokonoko Days | Asuka Kanan | Series | Follows Shuusei, whose cross-dressing friend Hinata gets him to begin wearing women's clothes. | [a] |
2012–2014 | 8–16 | Taboo Quartette | Muranako | Series | Follows Tomoe, a male heir to a family tradition of shrine maidens. | [a] |
2012 | 9 | Oshiire kara Ai o Komete | Ayame Nagi | One-shot | Follows Haruka, whose closet is home to a cross-dressing male zashiki-warashi spirit. | [a] |
2012 | 10 | Omaera Minna Damasareteiru! | Airi Mori | One-shot | Follows Soutarou Yamazaki, whose friend Kirika Tachibana must attend school in women's clothes without anyone realizing he is not a woman, or be forced to join a theater group. | [a] |
2012–2013 | 10–15 | Oneechan ga Mamotte Ageru! | Sora Yoshino | Series | Follows Kairi Shinonome, whose brother Anri has been dressed like a girl since childhood, and who goes to an idol audition. Follow-up to Change Idol. | [a] |
2013 | 11 | Dousei Chuu‼ | Benny's | One-shot | Follows Shinya, whose cousins cross-dress. Continued from Josou Shounen Anthology Comic. | [a] |
2013 | 11 | Mise Moi! | Red Kamaboko | One-shot | Follows Hiro, who dislikes the shamelessness of his cross-dressing neighbors Akira and Suguru. | [a] |
2013 | 12 | Ore to Fuuki Iin no. | Airi Mori | One-shot | Follows Riku Kurata, who due to issues relating to succession after his father remarries must live as a woman. | [a] |
2013–2014 | 12–13, 15–16 | Super Family Complete | Red Kamaboko | Series | Follows Mirin Asami, who is the only one of him and his three brothers who dislikes cross-dressing. | [a] |
2013 | 13 | Damatte Watashi no Iu Koto Kikinasai! | Airi Mori | One-shot | Follows Kanata Tsukishiro, who frequently gets possessed by his dead sister's spirit, who dresses him up in women's clothes and makes him romantically pursue a male classmate. | [a] |
2013 | 14 | Hanazawa-kun wa, Hanikanda. | Naoya Kaneko | One-shot | Follows Hanazawa, who acts drastically different when wearing women's clothes. | [a] |
2013 | 14 | Nise Shōjo Sentai Q | Red Kamaboko | One-shot | Follows Hiyoko, who joins an all-male "hero club", which fights evil while dressed like tokusatsu superheroines. | [a] |
2013–2014 | 14–16 | Zettai Fukujuu Game | Peke | Series | Follows Kotarou Hayasaka, whose all-male school's student council makes all students wear women's clothes. | [a] |
2013 | 15 | Immoral Josochology | Naoya Kaneko | One-shot | Follows a student, focusing on his self-identification as a cross-dresser. | [a] |
2014 | 16 | Boku no Geboku ni Nare! | Assa | Series | Follows Yukinari Takase, whom Rion Tachibana suspects knows that Rion secretly is a cross-dressing man rather than a woman. Continued from Waai! Mahalo. | [a] |
2014 | 16 | Hanazawa-kun wa, Kakenuketa. | Naoya Kaneko | One-shot | Follows Hanazawa, who acts drastically different when wearing women's clothes. Follow-up to Hanazawa-kun wa, Hanikanda. | [a] |
Waai! Mahalo[]
Release | Vol. | Title | Creator | Format | Notes | Ref. |
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2012–2013 | 1–6 | Boku wa Senpai ni Josou o Shiirareteimasu. | Kotaro Shono | Series | Follows Wataru, whose senpai Ayane Takamura forces him to wear women's clothes. | [9][b] |
2012–2013 | 1 | Change Idol | Sora Yoshino | One-shot | Follows Nanami Kousaka, who wants to be an idol but gets turned down due to his cuteness, and whose producer Kouichi Kitami therefore makes him take on a female alter ego and debut in women's clothes. | [9][b] |
2012 | 1–2 | Chuu x2 Trap | Kurena Minakami | Series | Follows Minori Takasaki, a lesbian woman who becomes the target of a cross-dressing vampire. | [9][b] |
2012 | 1 | Kasukabe Koukou Josou-bu | Sakuya Yuuki | Series | Follows Akira Komukai, who is in a cross-dressing club. Continued from Josou Shounen Anthology Comic. | [9][b] |
2012–2013 | 1–5 | Motto! Himitsu no Akuma-chan | Emu | Series | Spin-off from The Secret Devil-chan. | [9][b] |
2012 | 1 | Onnanoko Kenkyuukai | Beru Okabayashi | One-shot | Follows Yuuma Yamabuki, who must wear women's clothes to help Laira, a student at an all-female school. | [9][b] |
2012–2013 | 1–3, 5–6 | Porte Tricolore | Seri Minase | Series | Follows brothers Rio, Noa, and Rei, who were raised as girls, in a world where only otokonoko can use magic. | [9][b] |
2012 | 1 | Re:Volutions | Ryouko Amami | One-shot | Follows a cross-dressing swordsman. | [9][b] |
2012 | 1–2 | Suzunone: Wakaokami? Funtouki: After | Hako Hitsuji | Series | Follows Ryoto, who must cross-dress to work as a hostess at his family's inn after his sister refuses to. Follow-up to Suzunone: Wakaokami? Funtouki. | [9][b] |
2012 | 2 | Hatsukoi Lovers | Ayune Araragi | One-shot | Follows Mamori Kusunoki, whose cross-dressing friend Wakaba Kisaki is attracted to him. | [b] |
2012–2013 | 2–6 | Hikaru to Hikari | Getsu Takebayashi | Series | Follows Hikaru, whose neighbor Aya makes him cross-dress and participate in a singing contest for women. | [b] |
2012–2013 | 2–6 | Himegoto+ | Norio Tsukudani | Series | Spin-off from Himegoto. Follows Hime's cross-dressing brother Kaguya. | [b] |
2012 | 2 | Narcissus Tomo-chan | Yoshino | One-shot | Follows Tomo Fukuya, who loves taking pictures of himself while cross-dressing. | [b] |
2012–2013 | 2, 4–6 | Onnanoko Play | Notari Hinemosu | Series | Follows Junichi Sasaki, who joins his school's drama club and must cross-dress for female roles. | [b] |
2012 | 2–3 | Twins Game | Ryou Kurashina (writer), Miyabi Hasaki (artist) | Series | Follows a brother and sister who both cross-dress. | [b] |
2012 | 3 | Kiratto! Yell | Airi Mori | One-shot | Follows Yuuto, who expecting it to be manly joins a male cheer squad that dresses like female cheerleaders. | [b] |
2012 | 3 | Onii-chan Complex | Ayune Araragi | One-shot | Follows Haruki, whose brother Natsuki keeps visiting him in school while cross-dressing. | [b] |
2012 | 3 | Ruru Chouchou | Nami Nishiuri | One-shot | Follows Sorano, a cross-dresser in feudal Japan. | [b] |
2012–2013 | 3–5 | Family Complete | Red Kamaboko | Series | Follows cross-dressing families. | [b] |
2012–2013 | 3–4 | Tadashii Ace no Kouryakuhou | Mitohi Matsumoto | Series | Follows baseball player Hiroto Fujiki, who has a cross-dressing groupie; and team manager Ayumu Tsumori, who follows a book's advice to cross-dress to motivate his team. Continued in Monthly Comic Rex. | [21][b] |
2013 | 4–6 | Boku no Geboku ni Nare! | Assa | Series | Follows Yukinari Takase, whom Rion Tachibana suspects knows that Rion secretly is a cross-dressing man rather than a woman. Continued in Waai!. | [b] |
2013 | 4 | Boku to Boku | Futago Minazuki | Series | Follows Junichirou Izumi, a cross-dresser who is saved from a molester on the train by Yuuki Kimino. Bonus chapter of the series run in Waai!. | [b] |
2013 | 4 | Houkago, 2-C no Kyoushitsu de. | Ayune Araragi | One-shot | Follows Yuuto Sasaki, a cross-dressing student who is attracted to his teacher Sasaki Tsukimori. | [b] |
2013 | 5 | Ore ga XX de Model Debut!? | Shiki Kazutoki | One-shot | Follows Koutarou Asama, an aspiring male model who is unwittingly hired to model women's fashion. | [b] |
2013 | 5 | Present Koukan wa Kiken na Kaori...!? | Ayune Araragi | One-shot | Follows the cross-dressing characters from Hatsukoi Lovers, Onii-chan Complex, and Houkago, 2-C no Kyoushitsu de., who exchange Christmas presents. | [b] |
2013 | 6 | Boku ga Otouto to Nakayoku Naru Houhou | Shiki Kazutoki | One-shot | Follows Haruki, who cross-dresses to reconnect with his brother. | [b] |
2013 | 6 | Hataraite Kudasai, Haruko-sensei! | Hyaku Fujishiro | One-shot | Follows the teacher Haruko Sakurai, who has her students try cross-dressing. | [b] |
2013 | 6 | Majo-san to Issho | Red Kamaboko | One-shot | Follows a monster-slaying witch who hires a cross-dressing male witch as a bodyguard. | [b] |
Reception[]
The first issue of Waai! drew a lot of attention through its focus on male-to-female cross-dressing, and was a commercial success, selling well enough to prompt a second printing.[8] Although its main target demographic was men – many of whom were cross-dressers or wanted to cross-dress – Hijikata noted that they also wanted to attract female readers;[1] for the first issue, the vast majority of Waai!'s readers were male, but the amount of female readers grew with each new issue, and by October 2011, about a third of its readers were women. At that time, the average Waai! reader was in their 20s.[8][22] It was the leading magazine within the cross-dressing manga niche, and described as what led the way for the later cross-dressing magazine Oto Nyan,[23][24] although the publisher did not divulge the circulation figures.[14]
Japanese entertainment news site Natalie thought that the cross-dressing characters in the Waai! manga were cute,[1] and specifically found Reversible! and Sazanami Cherry to be the foundation that the magazine rested on, standing out among the rest of the manga and diversifying the magazine's content.[8] Himegoto was another popular series, with both Hime and Kaguya appearing in the results of a 2016 Goo Rankings survey of the most popular otokonoko characters in Japan.[25] Jonathan Clements, writing for Neo, found Waai!'s conceptualization of femininity too overtly consumerist and materialistic, describing it as that of a beautician's, and considered the manga stories aside from the cross-dressing themes to often be all-male-cast retreads of old manga conceits, but found it difficult to bring criticism against the magazine's motives without inadvertently also criticizing cross-dressers' lifestyles.[14] Yuricon founder Erica Friedman posted a eulogy to the magazine after its discontinuation, speaking to the frustration of a magazine or serialized manga shutting down as publishers fail to draw new readers in.[26]
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External links[]
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