„Guilt/Pleasure“ was still open so we took that. She wanted a cool name as an artist and as we met we wanted to mesh our names when we became a team, but „Guilty Pleasure“ had already been taken.

Her name written in Kanji is pronounced „Jo“ in Chinese, and can be read like the word „Guilt“ or „guilty“. KN: Actually the name comes from Jo (TogaQ). How did you come up with the name Guilt/Pleasure? Is it something like „guilty pleasure“? She would arrive a bit later into the conversation. The Interview started with Kichiku Neko, because TogaQ had worked until late into the night to get something done.

Thanks to a secluded area at the Tokyopop-booth we had the chance to chat a while about their work and „In these Words“, the story that introduced them to their German fans. I would have liked to see how things would have progressed after Shinohara got his hands on Asano for real, but Kati says there's no sign of a second volume.At the Connichi in Kassel I had the pleasure of meeting the two wonderful women who are „Guilt/Pleasure“: the author Kichiku Neko (KN) and the artist TogaQ (TQ). At the same time Asano starts to have nightmares about being captured and sexually tortured by Shinohara.Warning! This is a very dark tale with graphic depictions of sexual violence and male rape, but I liked it.I liked Shinohara's obsession with Asano, and how profiling Shinohara meant that the man was already under Asano's skin before they even started their sessions. Review 2: Another manga borrowed from Kati :-)!Asano Katsuya is a highly trained psychiatrist who plays a crucial part in the capture a serial killer, Shinohara Keiji, who likes to torture his victims for weeks before finally killing them.The case doesn't end there, however, as Shinohara will only give his confession to Asano. more ELOPING!Urm, anyway, yeah, check out the other reviews, and if you like what you see, buy this series. TogaQ and KichikuNeko, YOU GET ALL MY MONEY! I'm turning into Golem with these as my 'precious.' Seriously, I just want to lick them and spoon them all night long. From Chapter 3 and on I had to fan myself while reading these.

Chapters 1 and 2 were good but on a slow simmer. Don't believe me? Check out the other reviews (they have previews). Review 1: HOLY SHIT! I've been reading this slowly by purchasing the chapters individually (just finished Chapter 5), and I have to say that this series is FANTASTIC! Sexy, scary, thrilling, beautifully FANTASTIC! THAT CLIFFHANGER THOUGH! I NEED MONEY FOR THE NEXT CHAPTERS!Seriously, the artwork in this is gorgeous.

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