Houkago Play fanart by Aizawa Yoshihiko. Somehow, you and I failed to discuss this manga all year, but worry not, I am amending that error as we speak.

Here is an excerpt of text I used to describe Houkago Play, or After School Play, last May at GameSetWatch:

“It’s a romantic comedy manga series, each scene split into four panels, featuring a young couple — a video game otaku and his tsundere girlfriend with a habit of kicking her partner — who meet after school to play and argue over games, both too shy to kiss each other.

The two don’t just talk about whatever titles they happen to be playing, like Monster Hunter and Mystery Dungeon (I’m pretty sure no American comic has ever name-dropped Shiren!), but also about lewd mousepad pack-ins for game magazines, and about how PS2 releases hardly get any shelf space at game shops anymore.”

It’s a great read for gamers who also like manga, especially if you have a panythose or trampling fetish. It’s only two chapters long, too, so it shouldn’t take you long to read the entire story — compare that against the 22-volume manga I devoted my time to last year, 20th/21st Century Boys.

You can read both Houkago Play chapters at Manga Fox.

[Via Albert]

tags / kurosaki rendou / houkago play / manga