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The Cumming-of-age of Onani Master Kurosawa. And I Came Buckets.
Those are True Tears btw.
woah, the resemblance between Kurosawa and Hei didn’t occur to me until I saw this fanart, looks-wise and otherwise.
I’ve been putting off reading Onani Master Kurosawa for the longest time now (as with the rest of my backlogs), and a rather unexpected turn of events finally got me to stop bumming around and actually read it. I’m not done yet (about 10 more chapters to go! hurray slowness!) and won’t get to until after I get back from the camp I’ll be attending for the whole of next week, but right now I can say I AM LOVING IT.
Who would’ve thought that this would turn out to be a coming-of-age story. Or more like, cumming-of-age. Feel free to quote me on that. For a manga whose premise runs around a guy with a fetish for cumming in the girls’ bathroom, I sure didn’t see that coming. Disregarding all the tweets and posts about it of course. I remember when Shinn introduced this way back when, and my impression could be summed up in three letters: W.T.F. with a “wow Japan, you never cease to amaze me with your creativity” snarky side-comment. “Disgusting” was enough for me to describe it. And boy was I so wrong.
There seems to be an unspoken rule when it comes to animes and mangas, that when you see the protagonist deep in his thoughts, with delicious stream-of-consciousness all over the place, expect that something magical is going happen sooner or later. Stream-of-consciousness with potent thoughts, of course, not simply of fappery and whim. It’s like a surefire sign that this character will grow up from being someone trapped in his own world, his own skewed narrow thoughts, to someone who gets to discover the vast world outside the confines of his mind — a Bildungsroman in the making.
Owen mentioned before that “guys reading [Onani Master Kurosawa] > girls reading this simply because girls would never be able to understand what it feels like”, and while I do agree with that to some extent (yes I have never fapped in my life, and will never understand how guys are hardwired with the said ‘function’), I’d say OMK holds within it a power that transcends gender. You think the OMK catharsis can only happen to guys? Think again.
OMK was, for me, an Ode to Introverts, a drug or remedy to those who, at some point, confined themselves to their own introverted shell. People who once regarded themselves as different from anyone else, set apart, either placing themselves on a pedestal so high they end up thinking “Hmph, I don’t need to mingle with you stupid commoners!”, or a burrow so low all they see are shadows of self-pity, “I’m a pathetic weak coward; I can’t mingle with people, I’ll never be good enough” — unable to embrace the simple truth that they’re lonely, that they’re thirsty for the company of people just like any normal person, and that all they need to do is to step out of that dark and dreary burrow also known as the stall in the girls’ bathroom in the semi-deserted 1st building.
Most of these people consider themselves different from all the lowlifes (in a condescending way), when the truth is, they wouldn’t want to be hated by these very people either.
This one scene in chapter 25 resonated with me so much I cried buckets of tears while I was reading it… catharsis through and through. “One little act of kindness could be enough to save a life” — that’s what I saw at work here. Responsibility and redemption are said to be two sides of the same coin, and Kurosawa stands as a testament to that.
I might be spoiling things a little bit too much here, so I’d just say: READ IT. More so if you’re a guy, which can make this both a really painful and even more powerful reading. I’m also pressed for time here since I have to head to the airport in less than an hour (by the time of this writing, which is the 27th of September), so as much as I want to babble about this a bit more, talk about this in an Diary of an Anime/Manga Lived style, I’m afraid I don’t have the time to do so. I’ll make sure to write about this once I come back. If you have suggestions as to how you want me to blog Onani Master Kurosawa, please do so 
Ja mata! Off to discover how much more vast the world is with this week-long Christian youth camp I’m attending, gonna meet people from all over the country and all that jazz. I might not be a Magister just yet, though I want to follow her footsteps (not in the ‘giving someone false hopes and breaking his heart’ sense obviously), change for the better, till my Hontou no Jibun is finally one with my Naritai Jibun. Oh and yes I can see Shugo Chara in Onani Master Kurosawa.
Kurosawa’s pimp, signing off!
Credits to べあん・しどぅ for the Kurosawa fanart
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Blog Onani Master Kurosawa as if you were putting your cum all over it.
/FROFIST
Definitely respect the ‘fro.
nice post on my favorite manga, one of the most moving pieces of fiction I’ve ever read (I, too, cried like a fucking baby during reading and afterward.) I look forward to your diary-style post, and I have plans to do one of my own some time.
I stand corrected. Looking forward to further takes of yours on this, then.
Sorry… forgot to say great post – can’t wait to read your next one!
“a guy with a fetish for cumming in the girls’ bathroom”
I haven’t read this, and already this guy is my favorite manga character ever.
great review! tnx
I’m glad you’re enjoying reading this as much as I did (hope you get to finish it and write about it again when you get back). I had pretty much the same experience with it: start reading on recommendations, lol at the crude premise and references, sit back in admiration at how genuine emotion and drama sneak up on you, before finally wiping a tear from your eye at a piece of storytelling well done.
I must admit some moments were really cringe-inducing but that’s the point: the fact that I felt embarrassed, heartbroken and on the edge of my seat proves that it works. We were all young once! If you can’t directly relate to specific incidents and situations you can sure as hell feel their pain.
Yeah, the WILL YOU STRETCH WITH ME???!!??! part was awesome. so much GAR. HNGGGGGG
I don’t know who pioneered the corruption of “come” into “cum,” but if that spelling disappeared tomorrow I wouldn’t shed a tear.
This was a good and thoughtful entry. I think the tightrope walk between feeling superior and feeling soul-crushingly lonely is something all us geeks deal with. And at least Onani Master Kurosawa is brave enough to say that the former is a total delusion.
I started reading this after a guy friend of mine recommended it while I was talking about shoujo manga. Of course, my initial reaction was “Why are you making me read this!?” and general keysmashing, but as Martin said earlier, the genuine emotion and drama is something that just keeps the reader in, regardless of gender. I agree when you say the emotional impact is twofold or even tenfold for guys as they can relate more closely, but it’s there for the girls too, albeit in a different way.
I’m glad someone recommended this to me. After the initial shock value of well, the “daily activity” and how cruel Kurosawa seems to come off as, it’s really a great emotional ride.
(yay super late reply~~ >_>)
@Jura: I think I might just do that
@digitalboy: my OMK diary post is currently in progress, look forward to it!
@Owen: hah! thanks, currently immersed in writing another post for this, abandoning all other things like the new season heh. So yes, next post coming right up! …in a few more days.
@Snark: wait till you actually read it!
@Martin: aww, and I can only imagine how much more you guys could empathize with Kurosawa’s plight. OMK truly is, as N said, a triumph of humanity.
@lelangir: double HNGGGGG!
@2DT: lol. gawd how could I not remember Kurosawa say that D: I fail at life. must reread.
@Nana: haha, in my case I think the guys hesitated recommending it to me considering the premise. But I was the one who got curious myself… and see where it got me!
I’m surprised you read this ^_^ lol instead of typing my 3 page paper I read the entire manga >_< It was so good the initial premise is what got me into it in the first place lol and I'm a girl.
I loved kurosawa mentality in the beginning because it resonated alot of how I used to think and maybe how I still think now (I'm a cynic)even so I think it can resonate with alot of people who generally think this way that may have changed or might have not changed either way it gives us a nice look at the inner human psyche and how complex we as human beings can be.
The initial premise got me curious too, lol. but it’s that + the ‘cumming of age’ talk I’ve been hearing over the net finally made me read it. I find myself relating to almost all the characters in OMK, which is just… wow. Humans are definitely complex beings. People like Kurosawa, Kitahara, also Magister… people like you and me. It resonated with me when I read it, and for sure, it will still resonate with me even for the years to come. I have changed since those dark and dreary days, but there’d be times when the ‘past self’ creeps in, and still, we continue on changing, evolving… now and forever
I initially refrained from commenting since I was still a little behind in the Manga and didn’t quite understand the context yet. In a fit of spontaneity I finished the series yesterday and I must say that I am floored with the transition from fap note antics to a tale of self actualization. OMK is one thing I’m very glad I had the pleasure of reading, I only wish I had the chance to read it four years ago. Well, it’s never too late to change, I just hope my journey won’t be as sticky.
@Shiro, Long Tail’s: And I’m glad you liked it as much as I did (even more!) It’s never too late for OMK to be the catalyst of changes in your life, major or minor ones, and you’ve said it yourself. It’s never too late to change. More like, we should never ever be complacent and continue to evolve in our own ways