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HEN is an H manga (commonly called hentai by non-Japanese) which was the first work created by manga artist Hiroya Oku, who is best known for GANTZ. An apt English translation for the title "hen" (literally: "strange") in this case would be "queer" because of the double meaning of "strange" and "homosexual" [link].
Hiroya spent countless hours working on HEN. After HEN's production, many H artists and dōjinshi used "tit-motion trails", which were common in HEN. "Tit-motion trails" (or whatever name Hiroya calls them) were blurs that would show the movement of breasts. Hiroya jokes about this in some of the GANTZ volumes.
HEN is largely comprised of two entwined stories. Neither is particularly explicit; they are focused on the characters. Each set of characters meets up with the other during the course of their respective tales.
- (変) Suzuki & Satō: Ichirō Suzuki, a straight young man who becomes besotted with another guy, Yūki Sato, convinced his bishonen love is a girl trapped in a boy's body. Interestingly, author Hiroya Oku is one of the characters in the story, the best friend of Satō.
- (ＨＥＮ) Chizuru & Azumi: Sexy student Chizuru Yoshida, to her utmost horror, falls in love with another girl, the innocent Azumi Yamada. This was by far the most popular of all the HEN stories. A prototype version of this story was published in 変(Hen)#2.
In 1997, the "Chizuru & Azumi" chapter was turned into an two episode anime OVA series. It was released in North America by Central Park Media under the title Strange Love.
External links and references
- [HEN (Strange Love): Information and Synopsis]
- (live action)
- (anime)
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