Daydream Girls - RUINON

Title: Daydream Girls
タイトル: Daydream Girls
Pages: 16 (including covers)
Release date: 08/23/2009

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Daydream Girls came out during last year’s summer COMITIA, from the circle RUINON, which features art work by Hukahire and Kattyuu. It’s a short collection, featuring eight illustrations, but the dreamscape backgrounds make this doujinshi a case of quality over quantity.

The cover illustration is by both Hukahire and Kattyuu. Kattyuu’s school girl is in the center. Each artist has 4 illustrations over 16 pages (including covers), with three two-page spread illustrations total.

Deciding on the proper spelling for the names of these artists was a little weird. It’s”Fukahire” in the katakana, but the artist’s e-mail and shark-fin soup enthusiasts insist it’s Hukahire. Additionally, I’m sure the editors of 100 Masters of Bishojo Painting conferred with the artist before finalizing the spelling in the book, which is Hukahire. However, Hukahire’s twitter is Fukahire, so I may never truly know! Both of the above illustrations are by Hukahire.

Kattyuu on the other hand, has a load of different spellings, but again I went with the one the artist seems to have chosen on both his twitter and e-mail. Without that, I would have decided to go with “Katchu,” probably the most famous spelling, which refers to the Samurai-style armor popular in films.

Although I bought Daydream Girls for Hukahire’s art work, I ended up really liking Kattyuu’s, too. The theme is great because having all the girls in daydreams makes the scenarios even more creative.