Ogeretsu Tanaka
Description
Ogeretsu Tanaka is a Japanese manga artist known for creating boys love, or BL, manga series. Born on July 3 in Osaka Prefecture, Tanaka made her professional debut in 2014 and has since become a recognized figure in the genre for her distinctive artistic style and exploration of complex emotional relationships. She also publishes non-BL works under the pen name Tanaka Marumero.
Tanaka is best known as the creator of Yarichin Bitch Club, a yaoi manga series that began as a web comic on Pixiv in 2012 before being picked up for print publication by Gentosha Comics in 2016. The series, which blends comedy and romance, follows Takashi Tono, a first-year student at an all-boys boarding school who inadvertently joins a photography club that serves as a front for a group providing sexual services to other students. As of 2026, the manga remains ongoing with six collected volumes and has been licensed for English release by SuBLime.
The popularity of Yarichin Bitch Club led to its adaptation into a two-episode original video animation, or OVA, in 2018 and 2019. The OVA was directed by Ai Yoshimura and produced by the animation studio Grizzly, with music composed by Shuuji Katayama. This adaptation brought Tanaka's work to a wider audience as an anime title.
Beyond her most famous work, Tanaka has an extensive bibliography of BL manga. Her notable series include Escape Journey, a story about two former lovers reuniting in college, as well as Hadakeru Kaibutsu, Lonely to Organdy, and Oretachi Magikou Destroy. She has also published numerous one-shot volumes, such as Love Whispers Even in the Rusted Night, The Proper Way to Write Love, and Neon Sign Amber. In addition to her original series, Tanaka began her career creating doujinshi, or self-published works, based on the popular series Kuroko no Basuke. Her more recent work, Happy of the End, was adapted into a live-action drama.
Tanaka's artistic identity is characterized by a realistic and expressive drawing style that effectively conveys a wide range of emotions. Her stories frequently explore the darker and more psychologically complex aspects of relationships, often depicting love intertwined with themes of violence, past trauma, and the struggle for self-acceptance. For instance, her one-shot Love Whispers Even in the Rusted Night deals directly with the subject of domestic violence within a gay relationship, while The Proper Way to Write Love examines how painful memories can hinder future happiness. This focus on realistic emotional conflict and the psychological depth of her characters distinguishes her work within the BL genre and has earned her critical recognition, with her title Love Whispers Even in the Rusted Night ranking fifth in the Kono BL ga Yabai! guidebook in 2015.
Tanaka is best known as the creator of Yarichin Bitch Club, a yaoi manga series that began as a web comic on Pixiv in 2012 before being picked up for print publication by Gentosha Comics in 2016. The series, which blends comedy and romance, follows Takashi Tono, a first-year student at an all-boys boarding school who inadvertently joins a photography club that serves as a front for a group providing sexual services to other students. As of 2026, the manga remains ongoing with six collected volumes and has been licensed for English release by SuBLime.
The popularity of Yarichin Bitch Club led to its adaptation into a two-episode original video animation, or OVA, in 2018 and 2019. The OVA was directed by Ai Yoshimura and produced by the animation studio Grizzly, with music composed by Shuuji Katayama. This adaptation brought Tanaka's work to a wider audience as an anime title.
Beyond her most famous work, Tanaka has an extensive bibliography of BL manga. Her notable series include Escape Journey, a story about two former lovers reuniting in college, as well as Hadakeru Kaibutsu, Lonely to Organdy, and Oretachi Magikou Destroy. She has also published numerous one-shot volumes, such as Love Whispers Even in the Rusted Night, The Proper Way to Write Love, and Neon Sign Amber. In addition to her original series, Tanaka began her career creating doujinshi, or self-published works, based on the popular series Kuroko no Basuke. Her more recent work, Happy of the End, was adapted into a live-action drama.
Tanaka's artistic identity is characterized by a realistic and expressive drawing style that effectively conveys a wide range of emotions. Her stories frequently explore the darker and more psychologically complex aspects of relationships, often depicting love intertwined with themes of violence, past trauma, and the struggle for self-acceptance. For instance, her one-shot Love Whispers Even in the Rusted Night deals directly with the subject of domestic violence within a gay relationship, while The Proper Way to Write Love examines how painful memories can hinder future happiness. This focus on realistic emotional conflict and the psychological depth of her characters distinguishes her work within the BL genre and has earned her critical recognition, with her title Love Whispers Even in the Rusted Night ranking fifth in the Kono BL ga Yabai! guidebook in 2015.
Works
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