{"id":30012,"date":"2023-10-05T10:08:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T14:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/?p=30012"},"modified":"2024-12-27T21:10:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T02:10:03","slug":"isaki-uta-the-lost-found-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/isaki-uta-the-lost-found-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaki Uta: The Lost &amp; Found Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Irodori Comics Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Four Seminal Stories by Isaki Uta,&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Acclaimed Mangaka&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(October 5, 2023) Irodori Comics is launching a Kickstarter campaign for a box set featuring four seminal stories by&nbsp;Isaki Uta, the mangaka and creator of the acclaimed manga&nbsp;<em>Is Love The Answer?&nbsp;<\/em>which was published in the US by Kodansha.&nbsp;Isaki Uta is known for their comics centered about characters navigating their experiences and relationship with their gender and sexual identities.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/263902476\/500965483?ref=6v9og2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Kickstarter for the box set&nbsp;<strong><em>Isaki Uta: The Lost &amp; Found Collection<\/em><\/strong><em>,&nbsp;<\/em>featuring four of their most acclaimed stories, is now live.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isaki Uta is best known for their short stories Mine-kun is Asexual, Silkscreen, and other stories which have appeared in<em>&nbsp;\u00c9clair: A Girls&#8217; Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart&nbsp;<\/em>and<em>&nbsp;\u00c9clair Blanche<\/em>. I<em>s Love The Answer? w<\/em>as their first solo work to appear in print in English. Now Irodori Comics presents the&nbsp;<strong><em>Isaki Uta: The Lost &amp; Found Collection<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em>box set, featuring four classic doujinshi available both in print (for the first time) and digitally:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mine-kun is Asexual<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMineKun1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMineKun1.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMineKun1-150x212.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMineKun1-250x354.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMineKun1-35x50.jpeg 35w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMineKun1-300x424.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMineKun1-85x120.jpeg 85w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMineKun1-310x438.jpeg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In &#8220;Mine-kun is Asexual,&#8221; Mine doesn&#8217;t like sexual intimacy in a relationship. He can kiss a girl, but it&#8217;s not something he wants to do if he can help it. But Murai loves him so much that she&#8217;s willing to overlook the fact that she can&#8217;t hold his hand; that she can&#8217;t cuddle up next to him when they watch movies together; that she can&#8217;t fall in love with him the way that she hopes to be loved in return. In the eyes of those around them, is this even a relationship that&#8217;s meant to last, or is it a train wreck just waiting to happen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"557\" data-id=\"30019\" src=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun2.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun2-150x209.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun2-250x348.jpg 250w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun2-350x487.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun2-36x50.jpg 36w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun2-300x418.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun2-86x120.jpg 86w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun2-310x432.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"557\" data-id=\"30020\" src=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun3.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun3-150x209.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun3-250x348.jpg 250w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun3-350x487.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun3-36x50.jpg 36w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun3-300x418.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun3-86x120.jpg 86w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun3-310x432.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"557\" data-id=\"30021\" src=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun4.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun4-150x209.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun4-250x348.jpg 250w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun4-350x487.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun4-36x50.jpg 36w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun4-300x418.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun4-86x120.jpg 86w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun4-310x432.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"557\" data-id=\"30022\" src=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun5.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun5-150x209.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun5-250x348.jpg 250w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun5-350x487.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun5-36x50.jpg 36w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun5-300x418.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun5-86x120.jpg 86w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMinekun5-310x432.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Leaper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Leapers\u2014individuals who were born on February 29th that age at a rate four timese slower than that of a normal person and can live for over 300 years. Mio Aono is one of these leapers and like many, experiences all the emotions that come with living beyond the normal, mortal lifespan. This story won an honorable mention in the Monthly Afternoon Magazine Manga Competition and jumpstarted Isaki Uta&#8217;s career! Originally published in 2008, this landmark work has been updated and re-released as a doujinshi and localized in English for fans to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriLeaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriLeaper.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriLeaper-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriLeaper-250x354.jpg 250w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriLeaper-35x50.jpg 35w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriLeaper-300x424.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriLeaper-85x120.jpg 85w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriLeaper-310x438.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mermaid in the Bottle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Takeru has always felt like another cog in the wheel of corporate society, but things take a strange turn when he and his sister discover a mermaid inside a cosmetic lotion bottle. Memories of childhood; a brother and sister separated in the aftermath of a failed marriage; corporate money disappearing off the ledgers&#8230; Mermaid in the Bottle is Isaki Uta&#8217;s tour-de-force first foray into self-publishing and features a unique story looking into the bitter-sweet relationship of a brother and sister with a shared, troubled past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMermaid.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMermaid.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMermaid-150x212.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMermaid-250x354.jpg 250w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMermaid-35x50.jpg 35w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMermaid-300x424.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMermaid-85x120.jpg 85w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriMermaid-310x438.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Silkscreen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A girl falls in love and devotes herself to them, but they don&#8217;t conform to her expectations, perhaps because she looks at them through a blurry curtain. Silkscreen touches on a bittersweet romance between a lesbian and a genderqueer individual, who later comes out as a trans man. Those familiar with Isaki Uta&#8217;s previous works like Mermaid In The Bottle, Leaper and Mine-kun is Asexual, will know that the author has a unique style of storytelling that leaves a lot to the reader&#8217;s interpretation. Silkscreen is a bittersweet story that briefly explores the concepts of identity, rejection, and acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriSilscreen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriSilscreen.jpg 350w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriSilscreen-150x213.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriSilscreen-250x354.jpg 250w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriSilscreen-35x50.jpg 35w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriSilscreen-300x425.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriSilscreen-85x120.jpg 85w, https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/IrodoriSilscreen-310x439.jpg 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Isaki Uta&#8217;s works are gems in the world of Japanese LGBTQ\uff0b comics,\u201d said Irodori Comics\u2019 translator ITSUKI. \u201cThe relationships between characters aren&#8217;t cookie cutter and show the rawness and intensity of discovering one&#8217;s sexuality and gender identity. It makes queer individuals like myself feel seen and that these kinds of stories are worth telling.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI put my heart and soul into drawing these stories, so I hope you enjoy them!\u201d said Isaki Uta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pre-launch page for&nbsp;<strong><em>Isaki Uta: The Lost &amp; Found Collection<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;is now live on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/263902476\/500965483?ref=6v9og2\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a>. For updates, follow Irodori Comics on<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/irodoricomics\/\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Instagram<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irodoricomics?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/irodoricomics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Isaki Utai<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Isaki Utai is a Japanese manga artist best known for&nbsp;<em>Mine-kun is Asexual<\/em>, published by Irodori Comics. Their works touch on themes of self-identity and living in a world while \u201cbeing different\u201d. Isaki Uta is also known for doujin such as&nbsp;<em>Leaper<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Silkscreen<\/em>. For their commercial manga, they have published&nbsp;<em>Is Love The Answer?&nbsp;<\/em>through manga publisher Kodansha, and other stories in&nbsp;<em>\u00c9clair: A Girls&#8217; Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>\u00c9clair Blanche. Isaki Uta: The Lost &amp; Found Collection<\/em>&nbsp;is the first English print release of their doujinshi works.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/irodoricomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Irodori Comics<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/irodoricomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Irodori Comics<\/a>&nbsp;is a publisher of specialized Japanese manga called &#8220;doujinshi&#8221;, which are small-volume, short-run, independently-produced works by Japanese manga artists. Irodori Comics works directly with these artists to help localize and publish their works outside of Japan. With over 1,000 works published in English, French, and Chinese, Irodori Comics is trusted by over 300 Japanese manga artists to help make their works available to doujinshi fans the world over<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irodori Comics Launches Kickstarter Campaign for Four Seminal Stories by Isaki Uta,&nbsp; The Acclaimed Mangaka&nbsp;&nbsp; (October 5, 2023) Irodori Comics is launching a Kickstarter campaign for a box set featuring four seminal stories by&nbsp;Isaki Uta, the mangaka and creator of the acclaimed manga&nbsp;Is Love The Answer?&nbsp;which was published in the US by Kodansha.&nbsp;Isaki Uta is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":30013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}