This Shoujo Magazine Deserves Better

[@bookgal4539]

Pls do more shoujo manga magazine videos they are so intriguing and eye opening for new manga recommendations ❤

[@chyandinii]

Nakayoshi please!!

[@shelbymckinney8888]

All I can say is that this magazine is worthy of a video. Especially as a Rose of Versailles fan. Also, God shoujo art is so pretty!

[@starxmon]

honestly i'd take a course on shoujosei manga history if colleen was teaching it

[@angelsdoexist]

I wish we could get more of these in english so many of these looked interesting

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Agreed!

[@evers33n]

Kind of unrelated, but today I found the first volume of Red River and the first four volumes of From Far Away at my local used bookstore! I got them for 21 dollars in total. This was the same bookstore where I found the first volume of Mars! I hope next time I go there, I can find Kodocha and Lovely Complex, my two most desired OOP manga.

[@evers33n]

@doing my best here Yeah it took like a year of going to this particular store to find reasonably priced OOP manga. Just keep looking, no matter how hard it is, and you’ll find some eventually!

[@mandisaw]

I was only expecting the storied history of Margaret, but the current/recent titles were a nice bonus! I think the issues with Margaret stem from a mix of business/mgmt - failing to retain & nurture talent once they get popular - and editorial - failing to cultivate a mix of titles for changing audience tastes. I'm sure there's a juicy story involved with that exodus of manga-ka. While having your titles in diff magazines to match the content/genre isn't unusual, jumping publishers is very rare. Manga-ka from the traditional path, not via web/self-publishing, tend to be super loyal to their editors, and the publisher who they debuted with.

[@mandisaw]

@@demilembias2527 Manga isn't really less gendered though, certainly not as compared to 20yrs ago. Shonen & seinen series have had a mixed-gender fanbase for a very long time, across both crowdpleaser action-adventure serials (Yuu Yuu Hakusho ran in Jump in '90-94) and slice-of-life romances (Maison Ikkoku ran in a seinen mag from '80-87). I think readers ultimately just want to read different stories than what Margaret is currently publishing. Maybe they want slice-of-life romance with a twist, or older/younger protagonists, etc. and other pubs/magazines are providing those stories, while Margaret is stuck in a specific pattern.

[@mandisaw]

@@demilembias2527 Or you're right about shonen & seinen mags "poaching" authors/stories that might have otherwise been relegated to the shojo "ghetto". Shonen mags pay better, I suspect, so mangaka may be submitting their manuscripts there instead. There's a business aspect to all this that we just don't have a good lens into.

[@chirale]

5:46 I just yesterday watched the Aim for the Ace! movie with my family, a DVD forgotten in a corner for over 10 years. I was not familiar with Margaret magazine and found a wealth of quality information here. Greetings from Italy.

[@mahoupanda2639]

We need a boys over flowers reprint or collectors edition, it was my first Korean drama and for a while there I was really Lee Minho pilled 😂 also the theme song is forever ingrained in my brain

[@Mira_Jane]

YESSSSS!! THE DAYTIME SHOOTING STAR ENDING WAS THE BEST!

[@xXVickerdXx]

I've been reading pink to habanero and I'm really liking it so far! Mugi is so dumb I absolutely love her

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Mugi is so dumb I love her

[@xXVickerdXx]

Oh no, I'm so early I can't scroll through the comments 😂

[@devanshsinghrawat47]

Its good to see that there are still some youtubers left who are covering shoujo manga, Clamp is my favourite shoujo manga artist group( really like XXXholic and tsubasa reservoir)

[@maxaroni39]

This was a really fun video! I always enjoy hearing about different manga magazines and the series that they publish, and it seems like Margaret has a lot of series with potential! Is there any chance you might make these types of videos into a series, talking about different shojo magazines?

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

I'm definitely open to it and would love talking about others too

[@sebastianc1110]

@@ColleensMangaRecs I would be down for a series about manga magazines.

[@beckyginger3432]

That opening sketch 😂😂😂 🎉Margaret 🎉

[@smudge8882]

You and editor Colleen are hilarious 🤣

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

currently in talks with the editor to pay them 😔

[@smudge8882]

@@ColleensMangaRecs 🤣

[@iwakunrock]

I love editor Colleen. I hope we see more of her.

[@nozomisouffle]

I'm surprised I never heard about the magazine, despite knowing about Oniisama e... and Versailles no Bara. I'll blame it on LaLa bc they released the trinity that made me join the animanga world (Maid-sama, Vampire Knight, Ouran)

[@kolaiontan]

Amazing video as usual! I love this. I learn so much from you. I want Futari de Koi wo Suru Riyuu localised so bad. I'm turning 30 this year and it's one of the more interesting recent high school series. I think age has made me lean largely towards other types of series. Also a huge fan of Tiger and Dragon, fingers crossed for localisation of loads of Margaret series.

[@StarLord66X]

I was wondering what that random CMX manga my middle school had stashed behind a shelf. It was Swan and I didn't know it was a classic. This was a another insightful video and would like more magazine history videos

[@Juan-me9cx]

for f sake this kind of videos are a pleasure to watch .

[@albgres181]

I loved Chihiro's work so much that I'm about to buy all 12 volumes of Futakoi (which I've already read twice) on CDJapan, with it being my first Japanese manga. So far I only have Spanish manga (from where I'm from) and just a few LNs in English. BTW IM SO EXCITED FOR CHIHIRO-SAMA'S NEW SERIES And really nice video!! I'm so glad I'm a shojo/romance fan

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Her new series looks so good! I love her artwork though so really anything they put out I'll eat it up haha

[@Whistflight]

Margaret was my favorite manga magazine growing up. A lot of series I've held on to for literally decades now came from it. Kare made love km had a grip on me! But, as I got older, I drifted away. I loved hearing about the current state of the magazine and current titles. It inspired me to pick up Pink to Habanero, which has been really delightful. Thanks for the recommendation! I hope you cover some other magazines as well.

[@Aondeug]

Margaret's never been my biggest thing outside of like. Marimite and Ikeda's stuff, Berubara and Claudine especially. So I wasn't aware it had fallen to such low numbers. It's kind of wild to hear since I'm used to thinking of Margaret as like...The royalty of shoujo manga magazines. Here's hoping it does well this year.

[@Holly_Berry]

Really great video! Love the flower background in the B-roll!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Had to make it pretty 💕💕

[@CursedCatTruffa]

I never imagined a rundown about a magazine would be so much fun and let me with some new "to read" manga to my list! I hope we see more videos about shojo magazines, it's really interesting to see the progression across the years and getting new manga to look forward to read!

[@alexlovessamoyeds]

Pink & Habanero now finally licensed👍

[@josefd1997]

“There’s Something about Margaret” would’ve been a sick video title ngl (Great video as always)

[@josefd1997]

Probably too long a video title tho 😅

[@nicolaerrico4031]

Amazing video! I just need this but with Feel Young magazine and their new dark horse Aki Mochida. PLEASE 🥺

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Was definitely going to do one on another magazine sometime soon!

[@KawaiiStars]

i loved swan, being a ballet lover and former dancer myself

[@topangarabbit]

Love this video!! I subscribed to Margaret through Kinokuniya after watching! I'm long time watcher and lurker, but wanted to comment to boost the algorithm!

[@TheClamatoJuice]

Like that you're actually talking about the classics in this video 🙏 I'm all about 60s-80s shojo. Incidentally if anyone is interested in Swan it's currently being scanlated.

[@TheClamatoJuice]

Oh the history section ended basically as soon as I wrote this comment lol. Well it was nice while it lasted.

[@LLOROMANNICLOVR]

Kusaka Aki my goat. She gave me the same feeling i had when i first discovered Yamamori Mika in middle school. I'd pray for any of her series in eng but i immediately picked up Hayaku Shitai Futari from Kinokuniya and will probably be buying her newest too

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Same here!! I wish I could get my hands on the latest magazine too because the color spread for the new series is GORGEOUS.

[@takaw_yaki]

really wish more of Ayumi Komura's works would get published in english :(

[@suzuchii]

2:08 Colleen: " I fall deeper into the rabbit hole due to their FUN story telling." also Colleen: *Shows a guy spitting blood and can't breathe* 😂

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

hey it's fun for me hahaha

[@mekhalaiyengar5726]

I like how much research you put into the videos you make it feels very insightful! Also loved Editor Colleen!!

[@victoriouswreath494]

I would love a series about different shojo magazine deepdives. Especially with more editing sass. 😂

[@nushrathumaira2257]

1. No matter how many criticisms are there for boys over flowers, for me it will be always be a legend who started the tropes in shoujo manga. 2. A sign of affection is Suu Morishita’s best work as everyone will probably agree. It changed my perception then as mangaka, who I thought was better in drawing but not in story. 3. Hayaku shitai Futari made me expect so much that the last few volumes felt very stale somehow. Nonetheless liked that. 4. I wish more people would talk about devil and her love song, many seems to have forgotten this. It’s a pretty good story, unique at least. Her other works nanoka no kare is full of drama too, unusual. I am heavily invested with her recent “200 m saki no netsu” , i wish it got English release. 5. Miniamaru kareshi and futari de koi wo suru riyuu deserve to be in the top high school romance in the recent years. PS : please bring back editor colleen in the future too😂

[@BJGreene]

I would love to be published in Margaret as an artist😊 i love the magazine

[@Blackberryfae]

I've read so many of these manga, wow.

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

#margaretsweep

[@notationmusical]

Great video. I hope to catch up reading Ryoko Ikeda's work.

[@lu6754]

Super interesting video, and edited (meta-edited?) so charmingly! It makes me want to get more familiar with manga magazines in general

[@Gobonastick]

love these videos, very well made im gonna start reading shoujo soon

[@Partylegs666]

I so want Pink to Habanero to get an English release! We love a girlfailure ♥ I also just scored the first 24 volumes of Boys Over Flowers for $12 each at my local used book store - too good to pass up! Plus Mars 1 and Full Moon 1 for $5 each. I've been told the seller's coming in with more stuff to resell in a couple weeks' time, absolutely losing my mind thinking about what other 2000s series may come in next time.

[@leslieelizabeth3024]

Thank you for this video ! I know you're all about manga, but it would have been nice if you mentioned the Margret OVA's~. They were ssoooo cute, but I know the quality they are in (if you know where to find them) is less than desirable 😅

[@emmaparker5509]

I really hope that Margret can save itself. Hopefully they inject some variety in their titles.

[@anacseq]

thanks for the video! love your content!

[@DarlingOfficially]

❤ wow the things you learn 😱 thank you 🙏🏽

[@katarinaclaes96]

I'll have to check out this Magazine and give it a read. Sounds very cool and interesting.😁

[@Kaleidohearts]

Plz do an analysis of the magazine Ciao Ribbons sister magazine

[@mandisaw]

Also, you didn't mention MariMite! Always wished we'd get the LNs for Maria-sama is Watching, but I heard the manga was an ok introduction in that format.

[@Aondeug]

The manga was nice I thought! While the anime reigns king in my mind because it's the form of it I've experienced it most in, the manga was my introduction to Llilian's. So I have a lot of nostalgia for it. I'm sad we don't have the LNs, but there are fan translations of at least most of the books. I'm not sure if they're still being actively translated, but you can read a decent chunk of them. A video on Marimite would be neat, honestly, since the series was extremely influential and to this day is getting referenced in things like Yuri is my Job. But unless you were like very clued into yuri fandom, chances are as an English speaker it's something you've never heard of. It's one of the big things I bring up when explaining the history of why yuri and neo-S are shaped how they are, the other big thing being Yoshiya Nobuko's stories.

[@aliciaz6224]

oh, I honestly didn't know MarMite had a manga! I was only aware of the anime and LN. I'll have to look into it

[@mandisaw]

@@Aondeug Haven't looked in yrs, but when I did, I think the fan translation was kind of spotty, mostly focused on continuing plotlines from the anime. I've really reveled in the fact that we even get official LNs now, and still hold hope that we can get some of these older titles, like MariMite, Saiunkoku, and of course, Twelve Kingdoms. If they can bring over Gundam, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, even stuff like Devil is a Part-timer, and all the otome-isekai novels, there's still hope LOL

[@mandisaw]

@@Aondeug As for video suggestions & MariMite - IMO the shift from communal-anime viewing (clubs, cons, friends, etc) to individuals streaming, and the seasonal-anime churn has had a crazy effect on 1-cour shows like shojo/josei adaptations. Those nearly always benefited from word-of-mouth, and ppl catching those after the fact, or later in their run. Like 12 Kingdoms, Ouran, Fruits Basket, Yona, even MariMite, all gained most of their popularity long after the first run. I spent my first couple yrs in college spreading the "good word" of Escaflowne, lending out my tapes, and making copies. And when I ran a club for adults in the 00s, we did a mix of continuing shows, plus couple eps of stuff that members brought in. Lots of folks said they got introduced to series they wouldn't have seen/known about that way. MAL and KZbinrs are really great at discussing what's already popular, but aren't great at discoverability of series that get less air. It's one of the cool things I like about @Colleen's channel tbh

[@Aondeug]

@@aliciaz6224 There's a live action film adaptation of I believe the first arc too! I don't remember much about it since I only watched it the one time years back.

[@CC-mx3dd]

Continue to love how informative your videos are I want to buy so many new things because of you which is both a blessing but also my poor bank account hahaha 😂

[@ShadowKidxDevilGirl]

Really interesting video! (I haven't watched it to the end, yet but I will) Love your takes and videos so much c: I have been a bit curious about what your thoughts are on the series Dengeki Daisy? I fell head over heels for the art, story and the humour! Thank you for posting, keep the good videos coming, I can't wait to get more information or recommendations

[@Manga_Swag]

Ii keep seeing those big blue books on everybody book shelve I have to check it out

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

It's Twinkle Stars!

[@Manga_Swag]

@@ColleensMangaRecs thanks just took screenshot so I can remember the name

[@jessarin7330]

I used to love this magazine when I lived in JP. ;u; Do you happen to know the mangaka for Secret Cutie?

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Looks like their name is Natsuki Kosaka!

[@nowai5986]

What manga is that at 2:07? Looks really interesting!

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

It Is Because of You That Love Will Die, same manga I show later in the video!

[@margaretarmstrong8041]

Ohhh so a magazine that bears my name and published Hana Yori Dango in which the main female lead was born on 28.12.1995 (literally my birthday!)!?? OKAY!! I see! It’s fate then ❤🎉

[@spring6066]

i desperately need a translation for koi koi koi😭😭

[@ColleensMangaRecs]

Right?! It sounds so funny!!

[@susu_forever5237]

Hana Yori Dango for life!

[@ducky19991]

Why can’t we get serialized manga magazines in English?! 😭 unless we do and I’m missing something. I would love that 🥲

[@pig3292]

We used to back in the day 😢 I miss them so much

[@vampireotaku4172]

My grandmother is named Margaret.

[@jeesjuice8863]

what is the name of the manga in the thumbnail on the right side??

[@jackthefrog80085]

I wanna be Colleen when I grow up

[@Clindian]

Now there’s two of them! This is getting out of hand.

[@javierhrndz]

NEW COLLEEN VIDEO LETS GOOOO AHAHAHAHAAH