First published on September 8th of 1984, this is the third pamphlet sized edition of S - Sadism, or simply S, published by Yuuko Morioka (森岡由宇子)'s imprint service. While Yuuko is not the circle head, this work is widely recognized in some capacity to be the doings of the novelist Shikiko Yamaai in earnest. I acquired this from an Anonymous fudanshi who purchased it from an S & M shop that was once located in Ikebukuro called "Tonglimeng" initially before changing their name to "Dream". The business, while no longer in operation, once was S & M shop with novelties and books, including Bara, geicomi, fetish titles and parody yaoi like so - the store offered "hourly" rates on certain days while having an open schedule others.
This text is a variety of S & M related yaoi works, some original, with the inclusion of VOTOMS and Mobile Suit Gundam. An interracial story by Takako Yahagi is also present, a theme I am finding out that she worked often with.
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With that said, this work was initially sold for only 250 yen. As a third edition, it was published on May 8th of 1985. A second edition was noted to be published after editing on December 12th of 1984. There is no confirmation if it made it to Comiket 27 in 1984, but its not unlikely - this book was sold via mail order and at select book stores who agreed to print. Morioka notes in the bylines that she was maintaining a full time job while editing these books and had access to a printing service known then as Tokyo Literature Publishing, once located in Koraku, Bunkyo-ku (Bunkyo City). The company is now called Shusuisha Co. Ltd.
Morioka and Shikio Yamaai were quite close as Morioka's partner, Shio Sato (Simone Yotsuya) published with Yamaai's Walkure/Valykrie imprint quite frequently before her scandal.
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Tomita Bolin (Tomita Mokubayashi, named as Tomita Karin: 富田 薫林) Shikiko Yamaai (山藍 紫姫子) Takao Yahagi (As Akiko Yahagi: 矢萩 章子) Kojin Mari (As Kubi Nozato: 胡尾 乃里) Yuuko Morioka (As Morita Ryūko, this is the first time I've seen this as such. : 森田 竜子)
Published by Tōkyō Bungei Shuppan (東京文芸出版), now Bungeisha. Examples of their sponsorship of Tokyo Comic City: https://x.com/nmisaki/status/1000735430067695618?lang=ar-x-fm
From Tomita Bolin:
"To everyone who’s been waiting so patiently since subscribing — thank you, and I’m terribly sorry for the long delay.
Editing and production this time ended up being handled entirely by me (Tomita Karin), and between my day job and daily life, it became difficult to keep up. I truly regret how long this issue took.
Starting from this volume, we plan to move to a quarterly schedule — though I’ll be grateful for your continued patience and understanding.
Thank you always for your warm support."
Even as its stated as such, Tomita handled the layouts and cuts made while the real editor was Morioka.