Acquired from Mandarake late last year, this is a dramatic yet relatively non-h novel and illustration anthology by the circle Let's Play Around With Char (シャアをネタに遊ぼう会, sometimes transliterated as 'Char's Play Party' or 'Playing Around With Char Aznable'). The group originally comprised of Yaroll, Ryutei (Sometimes noted as Ryutei-An) and Shio Sato, the penname for the novelist and mangaka Simone Yotsuya. This particular work was exhibited and sold at Comiket 16 only a day after it was officially noted to be published (December 13th of 1980), however, it was possibly created much earlier in the year to corroborate schedules of the artists involved. Additional artists and novelists who contributed to this work are Ai Naniwa, Rio Yagizawa, Miki Okuda and Hayato Naito. Yaroll (penned as Yallor in this particular work) typeset and lettered a majority of this particular book and did layouts.
Many of the novels revolve around Char, Garma and Lalah Sune. Miki Okuda as well as Rio Yagizawa would eventually participate in the circle Rag House by 1982, all artists relatively at the height of their careers within the early 1980s Aniparo scene when this particular book was published. Ai Naniwa's titular 'All About Char the Cat' makes its appearance on the front cover while being signed with one of her earlier signatures, Setsu, as well.
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@HaruLind you're welcome! I know right? I uploaded a book from Comiket 1 as well recently. I have books from C1 up to about C40 or so that need to get uploaded. If you'd like to see the C1 book, here it goes: