A rarely documented, highly important doujin series from the circle P.L.O, or Perfective Latent Organization. This group is hardly documented as the group, which was invite only and quite strict, did not sell their works at Comiket. The group was originally headed by Daisuke Hanaro (大介 花郎), a pseudonym for one of the female members, alongside the novelist Mirai Okuda (奥田未来) and mangaka Jun Goto (後藤順). Mangaka Fujiko Hwarang first published her BL masterpiece "Fear of Men" or "Terror Men" in this particular journal under the name 'Hwarang'. In regards to their name, the group refers to the instance of their circle being a 'latent organization' - "A latent organization is a group of people who are connected in ongoing relationships that become active when a project requires it. Latent organizations are often found in the film industry. In sociology, a latent function is an unintended consequence of an activity or social system. Latent functions can be beneficial, but they are often not obvious and can go unrecognized."

The group in particular, based on the books I own, focused on the series Grendizer, Mazinger Z, Mobile Suit Gundam, Space Runaway Ideon, Govarian, Voltes V and Golion, with smaller inclusions of late 70s to early 80s mecha works. Notable contributors include Mari Hibiki, Sowanna and Shio Sato (the novelist Simone Yotsuya), to name a few, however there is a continuous presence of the P.L.O's main authors and artists above all. This particular journal was anti-lolicon in particular volumes I own due to the changing nature of Comiket and other socio-political issues at the time of their publishing.

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On Lectori Salutem:

Lectori Salutem, which means 'Dear Reader...' in Latin, was seen as a journal above a standard fare doujin. Published 3 times a month, the series began with 'Lectori Salutem A' and ended with 'Lectori Salutem Z', all 27 books remaining relatively hard to find. The first issue was released August 2nd of 1982 while the last seems to have been published sometime in late 1983 to early 1984.

While having manga and novels within its pages, these books also include criticism on homosexual aesthetics, romance, manifestos and a few scathing criticisms on lolicons into the early 1980s, mainly in that members of the P.L.O did not wish to be associated with these themes and hated being criticized by 'hypocrites'. Many volumes of the Lectori Salutem imprint present itself as a fan journal, though its contents are quite pornographic and violent in theme. Themes of rape, sexual abuse and even gore can be found in particular volumes, primarily in novel form.

While many artists popular in the BL parody scene of the 80s were invited to collaborate, those who did were seen as 'subscribers'. Well curated, not everyone could join; no high school age members were allowed and many who did subscribe were queer women, gay men or college age/working class women, some well into their 30s.

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Additional Imprints:

The IRBM imprint/novel series was also published by the P.L.O alongside the Red Lily and Duo Wolf novels. In particular, these works are hard to come by/source as they were only sold via mail order and anonymously due to the contentious content that they included.

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Parodies include but aren't limited to:

-UFO Grendizer
-Mazinger Z
-Mobile Suit Gundam
-Psycho Armor Govarian
-Daimos
-Balatack
-Armored Fleet Dairugger XV
-Voltes V
-Galaxy Cyclone Braiger

On the page lettering / numbering:

This book is complete but is lettered very strangely. The back of the book includes the novels, but when read, they read in the opposite but in sequential page order. This makes no sense, so I had to fix this. The other pages not included were blank white pages that were damaged, and as they didn't add anything to the upload, I excluded them. Other pages seem to have been cut during the printing of this book (there is evidence in this in the margins of the manuscripts), and thus the numbering is odd.

Contributors to this journal:

Comics:

Soie by Daisuke Shima (島大介 , one of the few gay male authors to work with the P.L.O) - Daimos ending AU

Oedipus' Battlefield (オイディプス達の戦場) by Sowanna - Mobile Suit Gundam crime AU

Illustrations:

Shiro
Mirai Okuda
Yutaka
Haruka Umino
Daisuke Shima
Reachi
Kikuzuki
Tsubasa
K. Tanaka
Megumi Asami
Sowanna
KG Yamashita
Nina Nakagawa
OZU
Arata
Yoshiki
Oita
Mika

Cuts (standalone images, small in nature)

Kikuzuki
Ryo Shinohara
EKO
Miku
Sawatari
Arrow
Nina Nakagawa

Novel(s)

Soul Town by Otake, Illustrated by Yoshiki

Holy Dragon Record : Part III - Flying Dragon Prologue (the author isn't named, but it possibly is by Shin Ozu, or OZU)

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Comments from the staff:

"Editor's Note: Ayuta has already been working on it for 2 hours, and it's already been 2 hours since I got home. I've been drawing illustrations lately. But once I start, I can draw about 10 pages in a day, so I'm not working on it all at once. It takes time to put in the pen, so I can't say it's too early to start. Checking the type and correcting the notes takes quite a bit of time, but when I get there, I'm doing something today. On the 9th, I'll be 34, and by the 14th, I'll be done with the manuscripts.

I'm really going to do it this time! It's smelly!! Read it and make it clear. This is the first time I've opened up about production. The reason is that Hana Shizu's work didn't arrive on time, and Yukari's work is becoming similar to Maiko's. Parody of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications! Staff, please make a copy of the novel, I'll take it.

Ai was a feature of the person who is now called Tsuyoshi. Walter came to complain, "Did you know?" Who cares! Yay, today's issue is a feature on Keats. This is actually a daily editorial postscript, isn't it? Miki, please stay at home for a while from the middle of 3m until the 10th of the 4th.

Now Mirai-san is busy at art? This is why editing has been done a little earlier. However, it's not over. Duo Wolf Ⅱ will also be made soon. It's the day, right now the main person in charge of production is me. Onii-chan, if you have too much to do, you'll come and see me no matter what! Even if the illustrations aren't done yet, we all have to keep working.

Mirai-san, do your best (I'm sorry. It's not because I made this book, but this time I'm a little bit nasty, sorry. Mori Yukari-kun's manuscript is missing, but the principle of it being missing is that the size wasn't done in the proper format. Trouble is sailing I've used up all the illustrations that were already submitted, so again, for everyone, the size is B-size always. Thanks for everything."

Last edited on 08 April 2025, 04:00.

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From that description alone this feels like a historical document that should be preserved.

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@Chaos1745, glad you agree. I am currently seeking out more of the titles, but I have a variety of the other books. I'll upload them soon! Thanks for visiting.

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