The Hentai Zone
Contents
Introduction
The Hentai Zone: Part 1 Color Special (THZ) was re-release of Ranma Hentai Books free weekly comic spoof of the original Ranma ½ manga, colourized and sold as a fund-raising book in January of 2008. Currently there are three chapters available (Chapter 2 still in B&W).
Storyline and Contents
The Story:
THZ attempts to approximately follow the plotline of the original Ranma ½ manga... with a decided twist; What if the story took place in the sort of reality most hentai manga and anime seem to exist in? A place where breasts come in D-cup and above? A place where the sex drive of the average teenaged girl makes that of a teenage boy look like a eunuch monk's by comparison? A place where virginity is something that happens to other people... somewhere... or so I've been told?
Most hentai mangas will not give you an explanation as to why reality is so bent in favour of getting otherwise civilized people out of their clothes in so few pages, but THZ won't ask you to completely shut down the left side of your brain to enjoy the fanservice, oh no! Here there IS a sound reason why everyone around is acting so naughty!
THZ is more of a hilarious and sexy spoof of the original manga than it is hardcore porn (more for the giggles than the moans, you might say). It is best enjoyed by those with at least a passing familiarity with the original series, so that one can appreciate all the gags, but there's plenty more to tickle one's sense of absurdity.
Background & Release
While the colourized version chapter 1 of THZ was sold as a fundraising effort through Deepstarbooks.com as were most of RHB's original projects, THZ was otherwise always intended to be free, and still is. The re-release of the first chapter in colour was an attempt to encourage more funding to continue the THZ project, as donations had begun to dwindle.
Beginning in Febuary of 2007, THZ was being released one page a week on weekends for free viewing on the public portion of the site, as the project was being funded entirely on voluntary donations, rather than book sales (for which the profits go towards future original book projects) or Defender subscriptions (which had not begun at the time).
All three completed chapters, 1 + 3 in colour, are available for free viewing and download in their own section of the Ranma Hentai Books website. This is made possible by all the loyal Ranma hentai fans who donated to fund it.
Production
Line Art by:
Kevin Karstens
Character colour by:
Pal Comix
Backgrounds & Story by:
Editing by:
Reception
As a different type of project than the RHB's Original Books (though it is original content) THZ does not have a page on the RHB main site dedicated to advertizing it... mostly due to the fact that it's free to anyone to view. Likewise it's reviews have not been accumulated since there's no need to “See what people are saying about it before you buy” when there is no purchase decision to be made.
Several topics have been made in the RHB's Forums concerning The Hentai Zone project, but the main one begun by the site Admin upon its release is here.
Trivia
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External links
Read The Hentai Zone Free online, hosted by [1]
