[Let's Play Around With Char] The Story of the Conquest of the Country - Part 1 (Mobile Suit Gundam) (1981)

[Let's Play Around With Char] The Story of the Conquest of the Country - Part 1 (Mobile Suit Gundam) (1981)
[シャアをネタに遊ぼう会] 国盗り物語 前編 - 機動戦士ガンダム (1981) 昭和 56 年

The original Japanese version of this gallery: [g/3242828/d39372df6b/]

This work was created by Shio Sato (佐藤志生, aka Simone Yotsuya, born Haruka Sato) and is an adaptation of The Story of Conquest (Kunitori Monogatari/国盗り物語) by Ryotaro Shiba (司馬 遼󠄁太郎). Shiba's novel, which fantastically documents the lives of Saito Dosan and Oda Nobunaga, ran from 1963 to 1966, whereas Shio's take imagines the titular historical figures as characters from Mobile Suit Gundam. Shio was a prolific figure in the late 1970s to mid 1980s BL/Fujoshi doujin scene in the backdrop of her career as a professional artist who worked for various publishing houses. She achieved cult stardom due to the titular Gundam BL work 'Char's Success Story', of which she co-authored and illustrated the most of with the circle Lets Play Around With Char.

Sato's maturity as an artist and tackling of particular topics made her a fan favorite, whereas Sato enjoyed a career as a contributor to Animage, OUT as well as a director of her own mail order doujin sales company via Comiket. The original publish date was August 15th of 1981, however, this doujin remained unfinished due to an uptick in Sato's professional life, and was "completed" in a 2nd edition drawn by her close friends and fellow artists & authors Ryutei, Yaroll and Ai Naniwa.

Sato retired from creating Gundam BL work sometime in 1984 and began creating pieces based on Saint Seiya, Samurai Troopers and Captain Tsubasa until the late 1980s, which saw her take a shift back from Aniparo work to create original pieces for other BL publishers as well as Shikio Yamaai's Walkure/Valkyrie imprint. Shio later and now runs a circle with her partner Yuko Morioka known as Pygmalion.

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