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Kouga Yun: Shampoo (Naruto, Iruka x Kakashi)
Firstly, I should probably tell you that by the time I'm reading this dojin I've never read a page of Naruto and this is the first Naruto dojin I ever read, so obviously I'm not the most qualified person to review it. But I have read quite a bit of manga by Kouga Yun, so maybe I'm more qualified than most to bear with her rambling style. Because, you know, I have a sneaking suspicion that reading Naruto won't help me much with understanding this thing. That's not a critique. Well, not really. I like her style.
Kakashi-sensei is dirty. He's covered with wind and sand and blood, but he can't be bothered to wash himself. It's so bothersome, in fact, that he's about to die. Iruka-sensei says he'll wash Kakashi-sensei, wash everyone, and then they have sex and a bath.
That's as much of a story you'll get. But like most of Kouga's works I like this better and better the more I read it. It's rambly and inconsistent, but it does have a clear message: shampooing your hair is likened to breathing, so what Kakashi-sensei can't be bothered to do is live -- although he is set to be alive -- and that's what Iruka-sensei helps him out with. Combined with the art, which is in my second favorite of Kouga's many styles (first favorite being the style around Earthian volume four), and the pretty design and binding, I like this dojinshi very much.
But would I recommend it to anyone? Eh. Kouga Yun is a difficult manga-ka to recommend, so let me just say that I'm not the only fan she has ...
Category: Dojinshi | Posted by Alicia at October 1, 2004 11:54 AM