★Background:

Acquired from the estate of a former manga artist who has since passed on.

The volume under discussion is a reprint of the first issue of Ecarte, originally distributed at Comiket 5 in 1977. Re-released for Comiket 8 for only 100 yen, this text is a parody of They Were Eleven! (1975) by Hagio Moto, one that is satirical and a bit critical of yaoi culture and its associated fan practices. If anything, this particular one is a critique on shōjo and shōnen-ai aesthetics and positions itself as a critical or playful response to the rapid proliferation of derivative works within early fan communities.

Following this issue, the imprint’s publication frequency declined and its thematic orientation shifted. By 1979, coinciding with the broadcast of Mobile Suit Gundam, the circle increasingly gravitated toward science fiction and mecha-oriented content. Output appears to have ceased abruptly when Nishina began collaborating with Hideo Azuma on Cybeles. Nishina continued contributing parody and original manuscripts to other outlets for several years before withdrawing from regular production by the late 1980s. Nishina began as a "sponsor" of Ecarte and managed its submissions before using it to publish his own parody comics before the imprint began to lose money.

Although there is no surviving documentation of Nishina’s personal views regarding Hagio, the broader creative milieu associated with Hideo Azuma does not appear to have been overtly antagonistic toward her.

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★Additionals:

https://x.com/kudan2002/status/917680658499092480

http://www.kudan.jp/nikki/nikki1710-12.html (entry at Tuesday, October 10, 2017).

There is no auction info for this particular book, but there is info about Ecarte elsewhere:

https://www.mandarake.co.jp/ariaru/shop/ja/item/1184934035

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