[Interview Translation] Gendai Business Interview With Amano Shuninta

This is an English translation of a conversation with yuri mangaka Amano Shuninta regarding her new manga, I Wouldn’t Mind Being Loved (ai saretemo iindayo). It is currently only available in Japanese, so I’ve chosen to go with its most popular English name.

This one is a particularly interesting conversation due to the story’s subject matter – the lesbian sex service industry in Japan. While most people probably hadn’t realized the industry existed prior to the release of the popular My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness by Nagata Kabi, one of the longest-running companies, Lesbian Girls Club, has been around for over a decade. Amano Shuninta sits down with Obou, the owner of the establishment, to discuss the industry and the people in it.

The original article was published in two parts on July 25th, 2020 on the news website, Gendai Business. You can find it here.