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Hen (manga)

February 18, 2024

Hen (変, "Strangeness") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku. There are two separate Hen series, both were published in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump; the first one from 1989 to 1994, and the second from 1995 to 1997. Both series received a television drama adaptation broadcast on TV Asahi in 1996. The second series received a two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation released in 1997. In North America, the OVA was licensed by Central Park Media, under the title Strange Love, and released on DVD in 2002.

Hen
First tankōbon volume cover (second series), featuring Chizuru Yoshida (left) and Azumi Yamada (right)
変
Genre
Manga
Written byHiroya Oku
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original run1989 – 1994
Volumes13
Manga
Written byHiroya Oku
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original run1995 – 1997
Volumes8
Television drama
Directed by
  • Mitsunori Morita
  • Miki Nemoto
Music byHiroya Watanabe
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run April 7, 1996 – June 30, 1996
Episodes12
Original video animation
Strange Love
Directed byDaiji Suzuki
Produced by
  • Katsuaki Takemoto
  • Takehiko Shimazu
Written byMayori Sekijima
Music byGōji Tsuno
StudioGroup TAC
Licensed by
Released March 21, 1997 – June 21, 1997
Episodes2

Plot edit

  • First series ("Suzuki and Satō"):
Ichirō Suzuki (鈴木 一郎, Suzuki Ichirō), a straight young man who becomes besotted with another guy, Yūki Satō (佐藤 ゆうき, Satō Yūki), convinced his bishōnen love is a girl trapped in a boy's body. The first three volumes of this series collect Oku's early short stories, including prototype versions of both Hen series.
  • Second series ("Chizuru and Azumi"):
Student Chizuru Yoshida, to her utmost horror, falls in love with another girl, the innocent Azumi Yamada. A prototype version of this story was published in the second volume of the first series.

Characters edit

  • Note: Characters from the second series
Chizuru Yoshida (吉田 ちずる, Yoshida Chizuru)
Voiced by: Atsuko Kichiya[4] (Japanese); Sharon Becker (English)
Portrayed by: Asami Jō
A beautiful and perfect high school student who excels in everything she does, Chizuru is every man's dream and she knows it. A promiscuous and very sexually active person who plays men for whatever she wants, the young model has a great life until she meets her current fling's new neighbors. Instantly Chizuru, a girl who has never known love, falls heavily for the young female neighbor, Azumi Yamada. Chizuru, refusing to admit it at first, quickly comes to realize she must be with Azumi at any cost. Now living with her fake boyfriend, Hiroyuki, just one apartment away from Azumi, she puts forth every effort to constantly be around her crush. She has an interesting physique compared to other female characters; although she is slender, she has large breasts in contrast to the rest of her willowy figure. The English dub portrays Chizuru as an older teenage college student whereas in the Japanese version she is in high school and around 16 to 17 years old.
Azumi Yamada (山田 あずみ, Yamada Azumi)
Voiced by: Ayumi Sakurai[4] (Japanese); Allison Keith (English)
Portrayed by: Miho Kiuchi
Azumi is an innocent and average looking high school student. However, after moving from Kyushu to a new city and new apartment complex she meets Chizuru. At first the friendly Azumi tries to be nice to Chizuru, only to be harshly rejected. Eventually though, the two become friends, although Azumi fears that there might be something weird about Chizuru. Azumi, who wishes to become a screenwriter, one day attempts to join the drama club. There she befriends a young, amateur film maker named Ryuichi Kobayashi.
Ryuichi Kobayashi (小林 龍一, Kobayashi Ryūichi)
Portrayed by: Yosuke Kubozuka
Ryuichi is also a newly transferred high school student who enjoys making movies in his free time. Upon meeting Chizuru in the infirmary, he quickly falls in love with her face, wishing for her to be an actress in one of his movies. Ryuichi eventually befriends Azumi as they attempt to join the drama club.
Sushiaki Karasawa (唐沢 寿明, Karasawa Sushiaki)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu[4] (Japanese); Vinnie Penna (English)
Portrayed by: Hiroki Okayasu
Karasawa, who appears as the main character for several of the opening chapters, is a new teacher at Momoyuri College (high school in the Japanese version), the same school Chizuru and Azumi attend. He quickly falls in love with Chizuru after recognizing her as a model. After a little effort, Karasawa is able to trick Chizuru into admitting she is a model, infuriating her. She then convinces Karasawa to let her sleep at his apartment for the night, where she enacts vengeance through teasing him to some degree or another throughout the night.
Hiroyuki (ヒロユキ)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese); Hideo Seaver (English)
Portrayed by: Shinsuke Aoki
A young Japanese rock star, living in his parents' mansion (a large Japanese apartment considered to be more like a suite) and on their money, he was yet another fling of the beautiful Chizuru. However, when his new neighbors moved in with their daughter Azumi Yamada, Chizuru quickly claimed him as her boyfriend. Hiroyuki, realizing that Chizuru has a crush on Azumi, but truly believing that she loves him, has formed a plan to seduce and sleep with Azumi, ruining her for Chizuru.

Media edit

Manga edit

 
First volume cover of the first manga series

Written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku, the prototype of Hen was selected as a semi-finalist at the 19th Youth Manga Awards in 1988.[5][6] The manga started an irregular serialization in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump the following year;[7][8] it started a weekly serialization in 1992,[8] and finished in 1994.[9] Shueisha collected its chapters in thirteen tankōbon volumes, released from April 25, 1991,[10] to April 24, 1995;[11] a four-volume shinsoban edition was published from October 19, 2000,[12] to January 19, 2001;[13] and a nine-volume bunkoban edition was released from April 18 to September 15, 2006.[14][15]

Another series, also titled Hen (stylized in Latin script), was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 1995 to 1997.[16] Shueisha collected its chapters in eight tankōbon volumes, released from September 24, 1995,[17] to June 24, 1997.[18] A six-volume bunkoban edition was released from February 18 to June 17, 2011.[19][20]

Drama edit

A television drama adaptation was broadcast on TV Asahi in 1996. The first half, adapting the first series and starring Shinsuke Aoki as Ichirō Suzuki and actress Aiko Sato as Yūki Satō, was broadcast for seven episodes from April 7 to May 19;[21][c] the second half, adapting the second series and starring Asami Jō as Chizuru Yoshida and Miho Kiuchi as Azumi Yamada, was broadcast for five episodes from May 26 to June 30.[22][c] Art Five re-released the series on two DVD boxes (each containing each part) in November 2006.[23][24]

Original video animation edit

A two-episode original video animation (OVA) adaptation of the second series, "Chizuru and Azumi", animated by Group TAC and directed by Daiji Suzuki,[25][16] was released by Toei Video on March 21 and June 21, 1997.[26][27][28]

In North America, the OVA was licensed by Central Park Media and released on DVD, under the title Strange Love,[29] on February 12, 2002.[30]

Notes edit

  1. ^ First series
  2. ^ Second series
  3. ^ a b Originally broadcast on Saturday at 24:00, which is effectively Sunday at midnight JST.

References edit

  1. ^ . Central Park Media. Archived from the original on September 1, 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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  3. ^ 変[HEN]. Mangapedia [ja] (in Japanese). Voyage Group. from the original on June 10, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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  8. ^ a b . Web Young Jump (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on July 11, 2001. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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  10. ^ 変 1. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  11. ^ 変 13. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  12. ^ . s-book.com (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on September 17, 2003. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
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  18. ^ "HEN 8". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. from the original on November 21, 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2022.
  19. ^ (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on October 6, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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  21. ^ 変[HEN] VOL,1 鈴木くんと佐藤くん（変[HEN] 鈴木くん 佐藤くん）. TV Drama database. from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
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  23. ^ (変)鈴木くん・佐藤くん DVD-box (in Japanese). National Diet Library. from the original on August 31, 2023. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  24. ^ (Hen)ちずるちゃん・あずみちゃん DVD-box (in Japanese). National Diet Library. from the original on April 17, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  25. ^ Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2015). The Anime Encyclopedia: A Century of Japanese Animation (3rd ed.). Stone Bridge Press. p. 793. ISBN 978-1-61172-018-1. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  26. ^ (in Japanese). Toei Video. Archived from the original on April 28, 1997. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  27. ^ . Toei Video. Archived from the original on April 28, 1997. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  28. ^ (in Japanese). Group TAC. Archived from the original on August 13, 2001. Retrieved August 31, 2023.
  29. ^ Ross, Carlos. "Strange Love". T.H.E.M. Anime Reviews. from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
  30. ^ . Central Park Media. Archived from the original on June 2, 2002. Retrieved August 31, 2023.

Further reading edit

  • Beveridge, Chris (February 12, 2002). . AnimeOnDVD. Archived from the original on November 1, 2006.
  • Toole, Mike (January 27, 2003). . Hentai Jump. Archived from the original on January 14, 2004.

External links edit

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Hen 変 Strangeness is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroya Oku There are two separate Hen series both were published in Shueisha s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump the first one from 1989 to 1994 and the second from 1995 to 1997 Both series received a television drama adaptation broadcast on TV Asahi in 1996 The second series received a two episode original video animation OVA adaptation released in 1997 In North America the OVA was licensed by Central Park Media under the title Strange Love and released on DVD in 2002 HenFirst tankōbon volume cover second series featuring Chizuru Yoshida left and Azumi Yamada right 変GenreErotic comedy 1 Romantic comedy 2 Yaoi 3 a Yuri 2 b MangaWritten byHiroya OkuPublished byShueishaImprintYoung Jump ComicsMagazineWeekly Young JumpDemographicSeinenOriginal run1989 1994Volumes13MangaWritten byHiroya OkuPublished byShueishaImprintYoung Jump ComicsMagazineWeekly Young JumpDemographicSeinenOriginal run1995 1997Volumes8Television dramaDirected byMitsunori MoritaMiki NemotoMusic byHiroya WatanabeOriginal networkTV AsahiOriginal runApril 7 1996 June 30 1996Episodes12Original video animationStrange LoveDirected byDaiji SuzukiProduced byKatsuaki TakemotoTakehiko ShimazuWritten byMayori SekijimaMusic byGōji TsunoStudioGroup TACLicensed byNA Central Park MediaReleasedMarch 21 1997 June 21 1997Episodes2 Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 3 Media 3 1 Manga 3 2 Drama 3 3 Original video animation 4 Notes 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksPlot editFirst series Suzuki and Satō Ichirō Suzuki 鈴木 一郎 Suzuki Ichirō a straight young man who becomes besotted with another guy Yuki Satō 佐藤 ゆうき Satō Yuki convinced his bishōnen love is a girl trapped in a boy s body The first three volumes of this series collect Oku s early short stories including prototype versions of both Hen series Second series Chizuru and Azumi Student Chizuru Yoshida to her utmost horror falls in love with another girl the innocent Azumi Yamada A prototype version of this story was published in the second volume of the first series Characters editNote Characters from the second seriesChizuru Yoshida 吉田 ちずる Yoshida Chizuru Voiced by Atsuko Kichiya 4 Japanese Sharon Becker English Portrayed by Asami Jō A beautiful and perfect high school student who excels in everything she does Chizuru is every man s dream and she knows it A promiscuous and very sexually active person who plays men for whatever she wants the young model has a great life until she meets her current fling s new neighbors Instantly Chizuru a girl who has never known love falls heavily for the young female neighbor Azumi Yamada Chizuru refusing to admit it at first quickly comes to realize she must be with Azumi at any cost Now living with her fake boyfriend Hiroyuki just one apartment away from Azumi she puts forth every effort to constantly be around her crush She has an interesting physique compared to other female characters although she is slender she has large breasts in contrast to the rest of her willowy figure The English dub portrays Chizuru as an older teenage college student whereas in the Japanese version she is in high school and around 16 to 17 years old Azumi Yamada 山田 あずみ Yamada Azumi Voiced by Ayumi Sakurai 4 Japanese Allison Keith English Portrayed by Miho Kiuchi Azumi is an innocent and average looking high school student However after moving from Kyushu to a new city and new apartment complex she meets Chizuru At first the friendly Azumi tries to be nice to Chizuru only to be harshly rejected Eventually though the two become friends although Azumi fears that there might be something weird about Chizuru Azumi who wishes to become a screenwriter one day attempts to join the drama club There she befriends a young amateur film maker named Ryuichi Kobayashi Ryuichi Kobayashi 小林 龍一 Kobayashi Ryuichi Portrayed by Yosuke Kubozuka Ryuichi is also a newly transferred high school student who enjoys making movies in his free time Upon meeting Chizuru in the infirmary he quickly falls in love with her face wishing for her to be an actress in one of his movies Ryuichi eventually befriends Azumi as they attempt to join the drama club Sushiaki Karasawa 唐沢 寿明 Karasawa Sushiaki Voiced by Takehito Koyasu 4 Japanese Vinnie Penna English Portrayed by Hiroki Okayasu Karasawa who appears as the main character for several of the opening chapters is a new teacher at Momoyuri College high school in the Japanese version the same school Chizuru and Azumi attend He quickly falls in love with Chizuru after recognizing her as a model After a little effort Karasawa is able to trick Chizuru into admitting she is a model infuriating her She then convinces Karasawa to let her sleep at his apartment for the night where she enacts vengeance through teasing him to some degree or another throughout the night Hiroyuki ヒロユキ Voiced by Akira Ishida Japanese Hideo Seaver English Portrayed by Shinsuke Aoki A young Japanese rock star living in his parents mansion a large Japanese apartment considered to be more like a suite and on their money he was yet another fling of the beautiful Chizuru However when his new neighbors moved in with their daughter Azumi Yamada Chizuru quickly claimed him as her boyfriend Hiroyuki realizing that Chizuru has a crush on Azumi but truly believing that she loves him has formed a plan to seduce and sleep with Azumi ruining her for Chizuru Media editManga edit nbsp First volume cover of the first manga seriesWritten and illustrated by Hiroya Oku the prototype of Hen was selected as a semi finalist at the 19th Youth Manga Awards in 1988 5 6 The manga started an irregular serialization in Shueisha s seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump the following year 7 8 it started a weekly serialization in 1992 8 and finished in 1994 9 Shueisha collected its chapters in thirteen tankōbon volumes released from April 25 1991 10 to April 24 1995 11 a four volume shinsoban edition was published from October 19 2000 12 to January 19 2001 13 and a nine volume bunkoban edition was released from April 18 to September 15 2006 14 15 Another series also titled Hen stylized in Latin script was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from 1995 to 1997 16 Shueisha collected its chapters in eight tankōbon volumes released from September 24 1995 17 to June 24 1997 18 A six volume bunkoban edition was released from February 18 to June 17 2011 19 20 Drama edit A television drama adaptation was broadcast on TV Asahi in 1996 The first half adapting the first series and starring Shinsuke Aoki as Ichirō Suzuki and actress Aiko Sato as Yuki Satō was broadcast for seven episodes from April 7 to May 19 21 c the second half adapting the second series and starring Asami Jō as Chizuru Yoshida and Miho Kiuchi as Azumi Yamada was broadcast for five episodes from May 26 to June 30 22 c Art Five re released the series on two DVD boxes each containing each part in November 2006 23 24 Original video animation edit A two episode original video animation OVA adaptation of the second series Chizuru and Azumi animated by Group TAC and directed by Daiji Suzuki 25 16 was released by Toei Video on March 21 and June 21 1997 26 27 28 In North America the OVA was licensed by Central Park Media and released on DVD under the title Strange Love 29 on February 12 2002 30 Notes edit First series Second series a b Originally broadcast on Saturday at 24 00 which is effectively Sunday at midnight JST References edit Strange Love DVD D S Central Park Media Archived from the original on September 1 2004 Retrieved August 31 2023 a b Friedman Erica March 16 2004 Yuri Anime Yuri Manga Hen Okazu Archived from the original on January 4 2020 Retrieved January 8 2020 変 HEN Mangapedia ja in Japanese Voyage Group Archived from the original on June 10 2022 Retrieved August 31 2023 a b c HEN 第1巻完成報告 in Japanese Toei Video Archived from the original on April 28 1997 Retrieved August 31 2023 プロのマンガ家さんに聞く30の質問 manga gai net in Japanese Archived from the original on November 9 2011 Retrieved November 21 2022 奥浩哉 Comic Natalie in Japanese Natasha Inc Archived from the original on November 21 2022 Retrieved November 21 2022 1989年 昭和64年 平成元年 in Japanese Shueisha Archived from the original on May 10 2021 Retrieved November 21 2022 a b 奥浩哉 Web Young Jump in Japanese Shueisha Archived from the original on July 11 2001 Retrieved August 31 2023 変 HEN Kotobank in Japanese Voyage Marketing Archived from the original on August 31 2023 Retrieved August 31 2023 変 1 Media Arts Database in Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs Archived from the original on November 21 2022 Retrieved November 21 2022 変 13 Media Arts Database in Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs Archived from the original on November 21 2022 Retrieved November 21 2022 変 新装版 1 s book com in Japanese Shueisha Archived from the original on September 17 2003 Retrieved November 21 2022 変 新装版 4 s book com in Japanese Shueisha Archived from the original on July 31 2003 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Drama database Archived from the original on August 31 2023 Retrieved August 31 2023 変 鈴木くん 佐藤くん DVD box in Japanese National Diet Library Archived from the original on August 31 2023 Retrieved August 31 2023 Hen ちずるちゃん あずみちゃん DVD box in Japanese National Diet Library Archived from the original on April 17 2022 Retrieved August 31 2023 Clements Jonathan McCarthy Helen 2015 The Anime Encyclopedia A Century of Japanese Animation 3rd ed Stone Bridge Press p 793 ISBN 978 1 61172 018 1 Retrieved August 31 2023 スタッフ in Japanese Toei Video Archived from the original on April 28 1997 Retrieved August 31 2023 HEN Vol 1 INDEX Toei Video Archived from the original on April 28 1997 Retrieved August 31 2023 ビデオ作品一覧 in Japanese Group TAC Archived from the original on August 13 2001 Retrieved August 31 2023 Ross Carlos Strange Love T H E M Anime Reviews Archived from the original on September 26 2020 Retrieved September 11 2020 Strange Love DVD sub dub Central Park Media Archived from the original on June 2 2002 Retrieved August 31 2023 Further reading editBeveridge Chris February 12 2002 Strange Love AnimeOnDVD Archived from the original on November 1 2006 Toole Mike January 27 2003 Strange Love VHS Hentai Jump Archived from the original on January 14 2004 External links editHen at IMDb nbsp drama Hen at IMDb nbsp anime Hen manga at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hen manga amp oldid 1188680869, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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