# G-Taste (ジィ・テイスト)
**G-Taste** (ジィ・テイスト) is a Japanese erotic short-story manga series by Hiroki Yagami (八神ひろき), serialized in Kodansha's *Mr. Magazine* from 1996 and, after the magazine's closure, in *Young Magazine Uppers* until 2004.[1](https://mangaseek.net/work/14551.html) The work is a collection of fetish-themed shorts depicting women in everyday occupations and costumes, and it ran alongside Yagami's long-running sports series *DEAR BOYS*.[2](https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000006578)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Author | Hiroki Yagami (八神ひろき), born 1966 in Niigata Prefecture; debuted in 1987 with *Futari ni Omakase* in *Monthly Shonen Magazine*[2](https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000006578) |
| Serialization | *Mr. Magazine* from 1996 No. 9; moved to *Young Magazine Uppers* from 2000 No. 8 to 2004; special one-shot in *Young Magazine* No. 44 (on sale 2 October 2000)[1](https://mangaseek.net/work/14551.html) |
| Format | Episodic four-page chapters with little connecting plot, focused on female characters in daily situations[3](https://donotaku.com/manga/g-taste) |
| Collected volumes | 7 volumes in Young Magazine Comics, released July 1997 through December 2004[1](https://mangaseek.net/work/14551.html) |
| Publisher | Kodansha[4](https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie-vo/G-Taste-vo) |
| Revival | *G-taste ACTII* began as a new serialization in Monthly Young Magazine in 2010[5](https://magazine.yanmaga.jp/c/g_taste_act2/) |
## Publication history
The series began in *Mr. Magazine* in 1996 (No. 9) and transferred to *Young Magazine Uppers*, where it ran from 2000 No. 8 until the serialization ended in 2004; a special standalone chapter also appeared in *Young Magazine* No. 44, released 2 October 2000.[1](https://mangaseek.net/work/14551.html) Kodansha collected the series in seven volumes under the Young Magazine Comics label, with volume 1 released on 9 July 1997 and volume 7 on 9 December 2004.[1](https://mangaseek.net/work/14551.html) The first volume is an A4-format book of 95 pages collecting the chapters that ran in *Mr. Magazine* from 1996 No. 9 to 1997 No. 3.[2](https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000006578) A French-language manga database lists the series as seinen, with the genres erotique and aventure, credits for both art and story to Yagami, and a first publication date of 1997.[4](https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie-vo/G-Taste-vo)
## Content and style
Kodansha's description of volume 1 presents the series as a "fetish" work that cuts out fleeting moments of male happiness found in the city, rendered in the author's meticulous, erotic art style.[2](https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000006578) The series is described as having been drawn from the author's personal tastes, and its cast covers a wide range of female character types, including office workers, nurses, bunnies, maids, models, race queens, police women, teachers, high school girls, women in China dresses, and women in swimwear; female characters from Yagami's other series *Futari ni Omakase!* and *DEAR BOYS* also appear.[6](https://www.yominoma.jp/details/1273) Each four-page chapter presents a different woman in a daily situation, such as a student, office worker, nurse, waitress, or housewife, with minimal conflict and an emphasis on aesthetics and sensuality over plot.[3](https://donotaku.com/manga/g-taste)
A recurring framing device involves the "Baron Masquerade"; in the synopsis given by one database, Nana Morimura becomes the new maid of the baron, and when she makes a mistake, another maid named Lisa is unjustly accused in her place, with Nana then required to decide the punishment herself.[4](https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie-vo/G-Taste-vo)
## Related media
**Spinoff books.** Beyond the main volumes, Kodansha published related KC Deluxe titles, including *G-taste: Fetish no Kairaku*, *G-taste: S to M no Dictionary*, and *G-taste S to M no Gijutsu: Sono Ki ni Sasaseru 81 no Technique* (April 2003), as well as the side collection *G-taste mini: Futari ni Omakase-hen* (July 2002) and two Kodansha MOOK specials, a cosplay special and a swimwear special.[1](https://mangaseek.net/work/14551.html) Three prose novels credited to Yagami with the Sexy Fantasy Writing Staff appeared in the Magazine Novels line, the third of them, *G-taste 3: Mitsumeru Hitomi*, released around 23 March 1999 at 251 pages.[7](https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/1048789/)
**Animation and games.** The special edition *G-Best: G-taste Best Selection*, released 20 November 2010, bundled a full-color A5 book of 64 pages with an original animation DVD of about 25 minutes animating selected episodes of five popular characters: Yuki Shihodo (a chaste wife), Asuka Senno (a shy nurse), Mai Kaminazuki (a competent secretary), Rino Kisagi (an office worker who likes red), and Nana Morimura (an obedient maid).[8](https://world.manga10.com/en/products/g-best-g-taste) In March 2004, Kodansha added a blackjack mobile game using G-taste characters to its Comic Game Kodansha site on Vodafone live!, priced at 210 yen; players faced characters such as the high school student Misuzu Kawamura and the nurse Asuka Senno, and could win coins by spotting their occasional cheating, exchangeable for character standby screens.[9](https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/article/0403/05/1040305069/)
**Revival.** In 2010 the series returned as *G-taste ACTII* in Monthly Young Magazine, announced as a full-color comic revived after six years, in which the "incarnation of G," Baron Masquerade, takes up the new frontier of "idol development."[5](https://magazine.yanmaga.jp/c/g_taste_act2/) The original seven volumes remain available digitally, listed at 770 yen each on the LINE Manga store.[10](https://manga.line.me/book/product_list?product_id=E109976)
## Author
Hiroki Yagami was born in 1966 in Niigata Prefecture and debuted in 1987 with *Futari ni Omakase* in *Monthly Shonen Magazine*. He began *DEAR BOYS* in the same magazine in 1989, and that series has surpassed 36 million copies in cumulative tankobon sales, winning the shonen category of the 31st Kodansha Manga Award in 2007 for *DEAR BOYS ACT II*.[2](https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000006578)
## References
1. [G-Taste no sakusha, keisaishi, shuuroku komikkusu nado, Manga Seek](https://mangaseek.net/work/14551.html)
2. [『Ｇ－ｔａｓｔｅ（１）』（八神ひろき）, Kodansha](https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000006578)
3. [G-taste (Manga) – Hiroki Yagami, DonOtaku](https://donotaku.com/manga/g-taste)
4. [G-Taste vo (YAGAMI Hiroki), Manga news](https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie-vo/G-Taste-vo)
5. [G-taste, Young Magazine official site](https://magazine.yanmaga.jp/c/g_taste_act2/)
6. [G-taste jouhou ichiran, yominoma](https://www.yominoma.jp/details/1273)
7. [G-taste (3) Mitsumeru Hitomi, Rakuten Books](https://books.rakuten.co.jp/rb/1048789/)
8. [G-BEST G-TASTE, world.manga10](https://world.manga10.com/en/products/g-best-g-taste)
9. [Kodansha, "G-taste" character blackjack game, ITmedia NEWS (5 March 2004)](https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/article/0403/05/1040305069/)
10. [G-taste, LINE Manga](https://manga.line.me/book/product_list?product_id=E109976)
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