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Short Cuts

Alternative Titles

Japanese: ショートカッツ
English: Short Cuts
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 10
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 3, 1996 to Feb 18, 1999
Genres: Comedy Comedy, Ecchi Ecchi
Theme: Parody Parody
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Young Sunday (Weekly)
Authors: Furuya, Usamaru (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.141 (scored by 11601,160 users)
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Ranked: #67262
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Popularity: #6272
Members: 3,319
Favorites: 43

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Synopsis

Short Cuts is a manga series by Usamaru Furuya, released in two volumes and originally published in Young Sunday magazine. Each volume contains approximately one hundred 'cuts', short comics which typically span only one or two pages. The primary theme of Short Cuts is Japanese kogal and youth culture, which is tackled with a heavy use of visual jokes, black humor and sex comedy.

Background

Short Cuts was serialized in English in VIZ Media's monthly manga anthology magazine Pulp: Manga for Grownups. The publisher released the volumes from July 8, 2002, to August 6, 2003.

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May 10, 2013
Every country seems to have their version of the materialistic, gossipy teenage girl stereotype. The details differ in minor ways, but many similar trends arise. Talking endlessly about mindless gossip, bitchy and shallow minded, fashion obsessed and concerned about their appearance. Where Japan differs is that, due to their fetishisation of youth, the teenage girl stereotype is seen as the ideal creature.

Short Cuts is a reaction to this idolisation of the teenage girl. More specifically, the Kogal, a specific brand of teenage girl with their baggy socks, short skirts, Shibuya-based lifestyle. If the Kogal had existed several centuries ago, there would be giant statues of ...

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