Comic Market 86: Raijinkai 雷神会 / Harukigenia

Uni Umi Roe Whoa!

Credit where it's due to Raijinkai; the circle held off longer than most before succumbing to the onslaught of the Otonokizakan Empire.  After going the Shimakaze route back at October 2013's Sunshine Creation 61, the circle had taken the path less chosen with parodies of Kill la Kill, Gundam Build Fighters, and Mahouka in succession, before going back to the naval base earlier this summer.  Finally, those persistent charmers of Love Live! have broken through, with Umi Sonoda on the cover of the circle's C86 offering.

Like any good old-school doujin-ka, Harukigenia's loath to let us think he's sold out, though, with Sword Art Online 2's Sinon on the cover of an omake book.

COMIC1☆8: Raijinkai / Harukigenia

Old school magic school

Kudos to Raijinkai for reminding doujinshi fandom of life off of the naval base!  After a brief dip in the Kantai Collection pool, Harukigenia has tapped into good ol' televised anime for three consecutive works, with the circle's latest featuring The Irregular at Magic High School's suspect sister Miyuki Shiba on the cover. 

Comic Treasure 23: Raijinkai / 雷神会

Busty Builder on display

Count Raijinkai amongst those doujinshi circles not sucked into the whirlpool created by the circling ship girls of Kantai Collection--the circle will attend Comic Treasure 23 with Gundam Build Fighters' Iori Rinko on the cover of their latest effort. 

Comic Market 85: Raijinkai / 雷神会 / Harukigenia

Kill la Killing them softly at Comiket 85

Whether out of mercy, disinterest, or trying to stay ahead of the curve, Raijinkai has early-released their newest book, presumably to be sold at Comic Market 85 but already available through retailers, and, sound the bells, it is NOT a Kantai Collection parody (perhaps already getting it out of his system via Sankuri 61's Shimakaze-starring ero work)!  Ryuuko Matoi of the Fall anime season's critical darling, Kill la Kill, sheds most of Senketsu and gives a glimpse of her bashful side on the cover of the circle's offering.

Sunshine Creation 61: Raijinkai / 雷神会 / Harukigenia

A warm Island Wind blows 

Raijinkai will bring Kan Colle's Shimakaze into drydock to check instrument sensitivity, fluid levels, and reload ammunition at Sunshine Creation 61 this weekend.  

Comic Market 84: Raijinkai / 雷神会 / Harukigenia

Scourge of Chiba reasserts her dominance at C84

Raijinkai has been rather prolific in their choice of series over the past several years and perfectly happy to follow trends rather than stick to one series, with Henneko, SAO, Watamote (way before the anime!), Haganai, AnoHana, Penguindrum, and more all being covered in the past couple of years, rarely doing more than one parody book per series.

Earlier this summer, the circle released a rare soushuuhen, which collected what came as close to a series fixation as the circle's ever shown, OreImo parodies Oreimo Binetsu Tyuihou 1, 2, and 3, all from 2010.  After a long break away, the circle will return to the underbelly of Chiba for their Comic Market 84 release, Oreimo Binetsu Tyuihou 4, featuring lovely yandere Ayase Aragaki on center stage.

Updated 11:35 a.m. 8/9/13:  The Kan Colle affliction continues to run roughshod through the ranks of doujinka at Comic Market 84, with Raijinkai's contribution to the outbreak, a 20-page romp featuring Shimakaze.

Sunshine Creation 59: Raijinkai / 雷神会 / Harukigenia

One of the great guilty pleasures of being a doujinshi fan is seeing one esteemed doujin artist's clean character creation get reinterpreted by other doujin artists, often in more "Day Three" manners, and such will certainly be the case with the lead female of The Hentai Prince and the Stony Cat, Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi.  Originally illustrated by Tartan Titan Kantoku, of Afterschool of the 5th Year fame, in the series' light novels, Tsukiko carries tons of moe appeal that will surely make her the darling of the Spring cour.  Raijinkai will get in on the action with this book, making its debut at this weekend's Sunshine Creation 59.

Comic Market 83: Raijinkai / 雷神会 / Harukigenia

I cannot imagine the difficulty of reteaching oneself how to draw, but the decades-long body of work by Harukigenia, the artist at the helm of Raijinkai, shows it can be done with success.  Transitioning from the severe lines and distended breasts of 1990s erotic manga art to the moe character design tropes of the modern age surely was no easy task, but Harukigenia has succeeded in the quest to remain revelant, and had considerable success with their two Haganai books from 2011.  After getting linked up with Sword Art Online's Asuna Yuuki for their last two major releases, SAO's Suguha Kirigaya gets the call to arms for their Comic Market 83 release.