Comic Market 86: Hyoco Road ひょこ道 / Hyocorou

Second evolution awakens first-rate doujin-ka

After a steady diet of excellent, edgy OreImo parody works over a course of about four years, Hyoco Road hasn't been heard from across doujinshidom since last August's Comic Market 84's Zettai Kirino Ryouiki 2.  Though there certainly hasn't been any lack of incestuous rom-com series to parody since Kirino and Kyousuke Kousaka's story ended, it's no surprise that it's the KanColle juggernaut that's brought series artist Hyocorou out from hiding.  The light cruiser Sendai, in her second evolutionary form, takes the cover, apparently in need of help with a gasket or washer replacement.

Comic Market 84: Hyoco Road / ひょこ道 / Hyocorou

Fallout from an all-nighter with Kirino when the Black Cat comes calling?

Hyoco Road knows when it has a good thing going, as evidenced by the circle's recently revealed Comic Market 84 release.  Other than a Mawaru Penguindrum parody from December 2011's Comiket 81, the circle has been all OreImo all the time dating back to Comic1☆4 more than three years ago.  So shall it be at this summer's Comiket 84, with the second installation of Zettai Kirino Ryouiki, a continuation of their last book from the last Big Sight convention, again with Kirino Kousaka gracing the cover.  It's always a pleasure to see what Hyocorou's intensely edgy art style, even though it can produce reactions such as my wife's "What's wrong with her hip?"

Updated 11:41 a.m. 8/9/13:  It appears that Hyocorou is a fan of hack-'n'-slash action, as there'll be some sort of omake for fans at Comic Market 84 featuring the Sorceress from George Kamitani's side-scrolling brawler Dragon's Crown available for convention-goers, as well as what looks to be a limited-edition bookmark depicting a sukumizu-clad Kirino for book buyers.