An exceedingly rare, never before documented doujinshi from the Garma F.C. - while not the official Garma Zabi F.C., this particular circle comprised of several important Charma and Gundam doujin artists of their day, primarily fujoshi who were college age. This particular book is Issue 1 in a new series of works entitled 'Night Life' - other texts are mentioned, which give some context behind the group's activities and their key proponents / membership. Titles listed for eventual order/sale, such as Love Stepp, are aligned with the artists Hayato Naito as well as several members of the P.L.O, albeit indirectly.

"We will hold our second reunion in Hiroshima. Please come along in large numbers. It will be held around October 10th. (I hope that many people will come, because I'm sure the kids who know will understand). Please contact me by the end of September with a postcard and I will let you know the details and the date and time.

LOVE STEPP (around 100 pages, color cover, 800 yen (including postage). It will be published at the end of August. The cover was drawn by Makoto Nino, and I made it into a giant B3 poster. It's a little expensive, so it will only be sold at Comiket (about 400 yen). If you can only buy it by mail, please send it with 240 yen in postage + the cost of the poster enclosed (please write a letter first and I will tell you the amount). I will be exhibiting at Tokyo Comiket (8/6), Kumamoto Comiket (8/4), Fukuoka Petit Comiket (5/28), and Hiroshima Comiket (09/30)."

This particular text made it to Comiket as well as being sold via mail order to the fans who had already bought membership. This group boasted over 100+ members, many of which were contributors, though there isn't much available about the group outside of the commercials and editor's notes present, and many books are hard to source/locate at the moment. Many possibly also had small print runs.

This is a unique text in that it shows even more information and historical context about Gundam's popularity, primarily Charma, as well as some incest themes between Garma x Gihren by the P.L.O / Lectori Salutem... contributor Sowanna.

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Comics/Novels:

Tonight Is Also A Feeling Night by Ansa Cho (安沙唱 ) - Pages 11 - 14

Sukekomashin by Fungus (で菌) - Pages 17 - 18

THE BLOODY ORDER by Seiran (Seira in some texts) (青蘭) - Pages 19 - 23

In Short by Martian & Haruka Nanase (七瀬遙) - Pages 25 - 28

Dream Foam by Hajime Saito (斎藤一, Listed as " 斎藤 ") - Pages 29 - 32

It's Summer, So It's a Little Tropical by Seiko Hashi (橋聖子) - Pages 35 - 37

Aquarium Window by Dream (夢う) - Pages 38 - 45

AND... by Sowanna - Pages 47 - 50

The Castle of A Bao Aqu by Hato Ohashi (大橋 葉剰) - Pages 53 - 57

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Illustrations:

Page 7 - Nakano Miyuki (中野深雪)

Page 9 - N.N. (A pseudonym for Hayato Naito)

Page 10 - Shinohara Yu (篠原裕)

Page 15 - Hajime Saito (斎藤一)

Page 16 - Jakka (邪香)

Page 24 - Ryutei (Listed as Ryu et al, sometimes transliterated as Ryutei-an or Ryutomi depending on where it appears. 留止 on most sites, in this book, its 龍ら)

Page 33 - Samukawa Haruko (寒川晴子)

Page 34 - Emika (Sometimes Emikata Ota, written as 笑美香 in this book)

Page 46 - Se Yumi (瀬 ゆうみ)

Page 51 - Let's Meet (あいましょう)

Page 52 - Takahara Tsune (高原竟)

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Additionals:

"This Month's Pinup" - Hirano Ayu (ひらのあゆ)

Cover - Kawachi Mika (河内実加 )

Back Cover - Luke Skywalker (ルーク・スカイウォーカー)

Table of Contents - Kiyohara Aoko (清原あお子)

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C24 昭和 1983 什麼歷史文物

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