This week, Proxy takes Keeble and Hyperlink on a journey through gendered marketing in Japanese comics as she covers josei manga! Going into the various demographics of manga, the history of josei, and offering title recommendations!

Please note that there will be a loud slam at 25:36.

Recommended titles:

-Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa

-Utsubora by Asumiko Nakamura

-Pink by Kyoko Okazaki

-Princess Jellyfish by Akiko Higashimura

-Antique Bakery by Fumi Yoshinaga

Sources:

http://mangabookshelf.com/2011/06/29/soapbox-womens-manga/

https://comicsworthreading.com/2008/06/23/josei-manga-in-the-us/

https://comicsworthreading.com/2011/06/27/a-timeline-of-josei-manga-in-the-u-s/

https://www.amazon.com/Sociology-Japanese-Ladies-Comics-Fantasies/dp/0773414207

http://www.punkednoodle.com/champloo/2014/02/26/the-silence-on-josei-manga/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josei_manga

https://www.animefeminist.com/feature-josei-renaissance/

https://shojo.fandom.com/wiki/Josei

https://web.archive.org/web/20140408215119/https://www.jappleng.com/culture/articles/anime-manga/156/josei-genre

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1540-5931.00031

https://web.archive.org/web/20100216213135/http://www.matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/whatisandisnt.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monthly_Comic_Zero_Sum

http://mangacurmudgeon.mangabookshelf.com/josei-a-to-z/