Virtual Red
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- Kaya Shigisawa
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- Japanese
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• Ja Kanji — ヴァーチャル・レッド • Ja Romaji — Vācharu Reddo • Genre — Erotic, Psychological, Drama, Romance
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• Type — manga • Author — Shigisawa Kaya • Illustrator — Shigisawa Kaya • Publisher — Hakusensha • Imprint — Rakuen Comics • Magazine — Rakuen Web Zoukan (Le Paradis) • First — August 2004 (dōjinshi) Summer 2011 (commercial) • Last — 2013 • Volumes — 3 Virtual Red (Japanese: ヴァーチャル・レッド, Hepburn: Vācharu Reddo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shigisawa Kaya. It is an erotic psychological drama with elements of romance and comedy, originally serialized as a dōjinshi before receiving a commercial release.
Plot
Plot
Through a colleague, an ordinary IT worker named Fujii learns about an old house where a mysterious woman offers free sex to visitors. Driven by curiosity, he visits the house and becomes entangled by a strange, addictive relationship with the woman. The story explores themes of desire, obsession, virtual versus real connections and the psychological effects of their encounters.
Publication
Publication
The series began as a dōjinshi in August 2004. It continued in dōjinshi format until 2007 and later moved to commercial publication in the web version of Rakuten magazine starting in summer 2011. It was compiled into three tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha under the Rakuen Comics imprint.
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"Virtual Red" has been noted in manga review blogs for its psychological depth and unsettling portrayal of relationships. The manga inspired the character Virtual Red (also referred to as Infernal Red/Rilen Akai Chiper) in the manga series Annihilate Godkiller Protocol. In "Annihilate: Godkiller Protocol", Virtual Red is portrayed as a powerful, charismatic and manipulative tyrant who serves as one of the thirty Infernal rulers of the kingdom of Zentrix. There are other Infernals being the First Circle (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Black, Gray, Brown, White) the Second Circle (Lime, Cyan, Pink, Magenta, Prism, Ivory, Gold, Silver, Copper, Scarlet) and the Third Circle (Navy, Jade, Maroon, Teal, Diamond, Olive, Sythensis, Metal, Amber, Violet). Infernal Ivory represents Tan, Navy represents Indigo, and Maroon represents Crimson.
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Virtual Red, revision 1372040606 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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- 1.Tanuki. Sgt. Tanuki's Lonely Hearts Club Blog: Shigisawa Kaya, Virtual Red. Sgt. Tanuki's Lonely Hearts Club Blog. 2013-07-01.
- 2.sannzannsannzann. 或る夏の日の不穏な恋愛〜シギサワカヤさんのヴァーチャル・レッド. 読んだら寝る. 2022-08-31.
- 3.ヴァーチャル・レッド 1. 白泉社.
- 4.アツミ. シギサワカヤ『ヴァーチャル・レッド』. COMIC CAGE. 2012-08-30.
- 5.シギサワカヤ、同人誌発表の「ヴァーチャル・レッド」1巻. コミックナタリー.
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