Personal Collection: Shio Sato's Unused Early Charmuro Manuscript (1979)
(Shio Sato, penname of the novelist and illustrator Simone Yotsuya's untitled manuscript from early to mid 1979.) I acquired this piece from M last year while on my trip to Hyogo. It goes without saying that I was in no short supply of looking over part of the works that belonged to such a prolific Charma artists in their day. While Simone's obvious attachment to Charma seemed to wane by 1984 to 1985 proper, she herself situated and continues to through the lens of her modern day work. Recently, Simone showcased some of her older work as reprints at a Saint Seiya themed doujinshi event at the beginning of the year. While the event was relatively small and seemingly invite only (many events like so are typically organized on platforms such as Twitter and LINE), Simone is clearly still active. Upon looking at this piece, its quite mysterious in its framing, if not experimental. Simone's trail as a BL parody artist is relatively undocumented and grey, though given some of t...
