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Oct 22, 2012 8:50 AM

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Lolwut? Ichigo 100% author is female?? xD

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Oct 23, 2012 10:45 AM

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DOROHEDORO!!!!
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Oct 23, 2012 10:52 AM

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Sasuga Kei: Good Ending (GE)

Mind = Blown
Oct 23, 2012 6:14 PM

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KHR's mangaka, Akira Amano, I thought she was a he. Also, Deadman Wonderland's Kataoka Jinsei, I too, thought she was a he.
Oct 25, 2012 12:19 PM

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The mangaka of Blue Eoxrcist, I was surprise when I found out she's a woman, it was really unexpected but she is so talented!
Oct 26, 2012 3:26 AM

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Whoa! I had no clue Kekkaishi's mangaka is a woman!

On a side note, isn't Dengeki Daisy's mangaka a woman? I thought she only portrayed herself as a man.
Also, here: http://myanimelist.net/people/3218/Kyousuke_Motomi
Oct 29, 2012 7:22 AM

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Motomi Kyousuke!! I still can't believe..


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Nov 10, 2012 8:20 PM

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I know I'm probably alone on this, but Wakaki Tamiki.(The World God Only Knows)
Now that I look back on it, it probably should have been really obvious, but I went into total denial when I actually learned. ._.
Nov 10, 2012 8:52 PM
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Always awesome when males write shojo XD, not really surprise but its really cool
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Nov 11, 2012 5:29 AM

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Yūsei Matsui. I thought that it was a girl who wrote Assassination Classroom and Neuro.
Apparently not... ^^;
Nov 11, 2012 5:56 AM
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non cause i know naming conventions so if he/he has a male or female name thats what they are
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Nov 11, 2012 7:31 AM

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^ But there are also unisex names, no? And some mangaka use pen names, too. I think the author of Dengeki Daisy uses a male name for her works even though the mangaka is actually female.
Nov 11, 2012 7:00 PM

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I haven't usually been surprised. You can usually spot if a shounen is written by a woman, based on the characters. They have a lot more depth to them than you usually find in shounen manga. And if I find myself thinking the shounen male lead is cute/adorable/"d'aww"-worthy, that's also a sign. Dramatic moments tend to have precedence over action. And the action is usually for a specific goal, like "I have to save my friends from the monster!" instead of "I fight you because I want to become stronger!" or "I want to defeat this guy so I can be the boss of the block!"

My first manga was FMA, and right in the inside cover she draws herself as a cow wearing panties, with a bow on its head. Why would I not think she was a woman? After reading DGM, I found out, and it made sense. By the time Blue Exorcist came out, I could call it.

And the list needs Takahashi Rumiko!

And I've heard the "males" mentioned are actually women. Some mis-information got trolled around for a while concerning Motomi and Tanaka.
Nov 11, 2012 7:06 PM

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bottle said:

Male:
Motomi Kyousuke: Beast Master, Dengeki Daisy


/DEAD
Nov 11, 2012 7:26 PM

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Edefrem said:
bottle said:

Male:
Motomi Kyousuke: Beast Master, Dengeki Daisy


/DEAD


WOAH i was not expecting that
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Hanamaru Kindergarten and Kodomo no Jikan being written by women makes my head spin.
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The mangaka of Dorohedoro (Hayashida Q). I didn't expect such surreal artwork and morbid atmosphere like that from a female mangaka.
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Jan 5, 2013 4:19 PM

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I was surprised to learn Magi's mangaka was female, I always thought Shinobu was a male-only name. xD
Jan 5, 2013 4:39 PM

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Sundome's mangaka being a woman blew my mind.
I'm also filled with pure-hearted ulterior motives.

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Mariandale from Ixion Saga DT.


I'm SHOCKED :O

Jul 11, 2013 9:53 PM
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I don't know if this has been corrected already, but Motomi Kyousuke-sensei, the mangaka of Dengeki Daisy and Beast Master to name a few, is female, not a male. She just prefers to refer to herself in masculine terms, as can be seen in the free talk sections of her manga.
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Also, (don't know if this has already been corrected either but) Tanaka Meca-sensei of Faster than a Kiss is also female, not male. The misconception is common though, according to her. Yeesh. Haha.
Jul 12, 2013 12:22 PM

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for me it was also the mangaka of Dorohedoro i was genuinely surprised, that a young female mangaka could create such a surreal crazy morbid seinen manga with such crude yet beautiful art style.
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i can only think of full metal alch :p
Sep 27, 2013 5:38 AM

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adipati_sepuh said:
The mangaka of Dorohedoro (Hayashida Q). I didn't expect such surreal artwork and morbid atmosphere like that from a female mangaka.

^ This.
Sep 27, 2013 8:56 AM

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Watashiya Kaworu: Kodomo no Jikan
KOBAYASHI Ritz: Saki
Gokurakuin Sakurako:Sekirei
Sakurai Norio: Mitsudomoe

Those are what surprised me from the list.
Sep 27, 2013 12:36 PM
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One and only Kaoru Mori.

After reading in her notes about how much she loves maid´s and bunny girls...
Sep 27, 2013 3:28 PM

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I was surprised when I realized that a female mangaka wrote FMA!
Sep 27, 2013 9:57 PM

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bottle said:

Kawashita Mizuki: Ichigo 100%

Nakamura Hikaru: Arakawa Under the Bridge, Saint Oniisan
Sasuga Kei: Good Ending (GE)
Yoshida Motoi: Koi Kaze


That was beyond expectations.
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Sep 28, 2013 6:29 AM

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Inio Asano (Oyasumi Punpun)
Pretty much because he got a sex change operation.
First time I've heard of a mangaka doing that.
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Sep 28, 2013 6:43 AM

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O-Divine-Demon said:
adipati_sepuh said:
The mangaka of Dorohedoro (Hayashida Q). I didn't expect such surreal artwork and morbid atmosphere like that from a female mangaka.

^ This.

Definitely!

bottle said:

Male:

Motomi Kyousuke: Beast Master, Dengeki Daisy


It turns out that this mangaka is a Female.
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