Talk:Reptilia (manga)

Original publication
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Hello, I am currently working on the French article, and I am surprised by those two sentences:
 * The manga, titled Hebi shōjo (へび少女, "Snake Girl") in the original Japanese, is a series of three stories involving a shapeshifting snake-woman who haunts a Japanese village. It was originally published in 1966 by Kadokawa Shoten.

Content-wise, as far as I know, the English book Reptilia published by IDW Publishing corresponds to the French book La Femme-serpent published by Le Lézard Noir, as they both contains 3 stories: Mama ga kowai (ママがこわい), Madara no shōjo (まだらの少女) and Hebi shōjo (へび少女).

Reading the colophon of La Femme-serpent, it says that the source edition is Hebi onna (へび女), Shōgakukan, 2005. What does Reptilia’s colophon saying about the source edition? Because the only book called Hebi shōjo published by Kadokawa Shoten that I managed to find was published in 2000, not 1966.

1966 corresponds to the magazine's publication of Hebi shōjo, in Kōdansha's Shōjo Friend, whereas both Mama ga kowai and Madara no shōjo were published in the same magazine in 1965. Kōdansha's published them in book format in 1967 for Mama ga kowai and Madara no shōjo, and in 1968 for Hebi shōjo (couldn't find the NDL entry for this one). The 3 are anthologies containing various works in addition to the title work.

As far as I know, the existing Japanese compilations of the 3 works together are these:
 * Shōgakukan's Hebi onna: in 1986 ; in 1992 ; in 2005.
 * Kadokawa Shoten's Hebi shōjo: in 2000.

In any case, I think those two sentences need a rewriting, but I don't have IDW's Reptilia, and thus I can't see its colophon and see what is the source book. Thanks. --Lady freyja (talk) 09:10, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Sorry,, I don't have access to the English-language publication. It was already there when I edited and I didn't changed it all , only added information about English-language reception. However, I think it could be rewritten as: "Its main story, titled Hebi shōjo (へび少女, "Snake Girl") in the original Japanese, was originally published in 1966 in Kadokawa Shoten's magazine Shōjo Friend" or something like that meanwhile no one founds the most precise information. Gabriel Yuji (talk) 20:05, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Reviews
Why do you,, removed the Western site reviews (Otaku USA, Pop Culture Shock) that were in the article by December 2021? Don't they have anything relevant? Why should The Cultural Gutter review be only in the "Further reading" (like Otaku USA) and not used in the text? Gabriel Yuji (talk) 04:32, 9 November 2022 (UTC)


 * The Otaku USA article seems to be the only usable source – Pop Culture Shock and Cultural Gutter both seem to be blogs and probably wouldn't pass WP:RS, but are fine to include as further reading per WP:ELMAYBE. A single review from an anime enthusiast magazine felt like a weird outlier in the Reception section, but feel free to re-integrate it into the article if you think it's useful. Morgan695 (talk) 17:31, 9 November 2022 (UTC)