XPost: rec.arts.anime   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 02/01/2013 08:35 AM, Kenneth M. Lin wrote:   
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   > "Bobbie Sellers" wrote in message news:kdqbo5$nuv$1@dont-email.me...   
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   > IS - Otoko demo Onna demo Nai Sei - Ongoing,   
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   > IS Otoko demo Onna demo Nai Sei 58 is coming next...   
   > Ai-esu; Aiesu; I S; I S―男でも女でもない性; I.S; I.S.; Inter   
   Sexuality;   
   > IS. Released:2003   
   > Author & Artist Okuhana Chiyo   
   > Genre(s): -Drama, Gender Bender, Josei, Romance, School Life   
   > IS (Pronounced Aiesu in Japanese) is not your everyday manga. This   
   > manga strictly deals with cases of inter-sexuality. IS stands   
   > for Inter-Sexuality.   
   > This manga deals with very serious issues concerning inter-sexual   
   > people. The pain they go through, the troubles they confront, and   
   > ultimately their inability to reproduce and even   
   > find a partner who will accept them as they are -   
   > It's all there in a form of manga The series consists   
   > of cases, each dealing with different people - although   
   > some cases are much longer and more dramatic than others.   
   > The first volume is about the case of Hiromi and the case of   
   > Ryoma. The third case is of Haru and characters related to him.   
   > Oh the poor person has a terrible time with love.   
   > Anyone who has had their heart broken one way or   
   > another might enjoy this tear-jerker and by the way   
   > crying helps get those depression toxins out of the   
   > system.   
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   > There is a manga artist, Arai Sho, that was born with both male and   
   > female characteristics and spent the first decade of his/her life as a   
   > woman, even getting married to a man. Apparently then his/her male   
   > hormone took over and he/she decided to live as a man. This is all   
   > documented in a series of manga and here is his/her blog:   
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   > http://ameblo.jp/araishou/   
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   > Here are his books:   
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   > http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&   
   ield-author=%E6%96%B0%E4%BA%95%20%E7%A5%A5&search-alias=books-jp   
   sort=relevancerank   
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   	And if I could read Japanese or even the Kanji it would be great but I   
   cannot,  However I can read a few translated titles and   
   I think have seen some of the other stories.   
      
   	I think that inter-sexual individuals find either of the   
   conventional gender roles restricting.   
      
   	bliss   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)