Gangan Joke June 2012 - Dusk Maiden specials

[Dave Baranyi]

The June 2012 issue of Gangan Joker highlighted “Tasogare Otome x Amnesia”/”Dusk
Maiden of Amnesia” again, with Yuuko on the front cover, back cover and spine.
And as a bonus, a rather put-upon Kirie is with Yuuko on the front cover.

Here's the official web site for the issue:

http://www.square-enix.com/jp/magazine/joker/

The front cover is there, along with a image of the bonus with this issue – a
Yuuko mouse pad. (No – this is not one of those bust-wrist-rest mouse pads.)

This issue does not contain Chapter 34, but instead contains two Specials on
pages 3 – 41.

The first story contains a lot of very nice Yuuko and Yasunaga fan service,
while the second story is a bit poignant.

The first story starts with Teiichi speaking with Yasunaga at the school's
modern indoor pool. There are stories about a haunted locker in the old girl's
change room and Yasunaga would like Teiichi to look into it. At that point Yuuko
runs up in a bikini and grabs Teiichi while listening in. Teiichi is certain
that this is yet another Yuuko prank, but he goes to check it out anyway.

But since the mystery is in the old girl's change room, Yuuko puts Teiichi into
a girl's uniform and puts his hair up. The haunted locker appears to be rather
ordinary and empty when they look into it, but then Yuuko pulls Teiichi into the
locker, closes the door, and they find out that the locker door can't be opened
from the inside, and no one uses that old change room any more.

There isn't much room and Teiichi is squeezed up against Yuuko. Yuuko teases
Teiichi about being too reserved, but he retorts that it is the situation that
makes him that way. He doesn't want to be stuck in the locker and die.

At that point help comes by in the form of Okonogi and Kirie. Teiichi suddenly
realizes that they will find him hiding in a locker wearing girl's clothing. But
before he can do anything Otonogi pulls open the door to the locker and Teiichi
and Yuuko fall out. But instead of being shocked Otonogi goes space-cadet as
usual and jumps to the conclusion that Teiichi is investigating the mystery in
disguise.

The second story has Otonogi rushing in to the club room with a photo that she
claims shows a ghost at the school. The photo shows a blurry face-like shape on
a building wall. Yuuko gets all upset because the photo doesn't look like her,
but Kirie steps in to calm down Otonogi and explain why ghost photography is a
fake. They go outside and Kirie shows Otonogi that the “face” is only just dirt
on the building.

But this gives Yuuko an idea and she insists that Teiichi take some photos of
her. Of course, Teiichi's digital camera doesn't pick up Yuuko, at which point
Teiichi becomes somewhat discouraged because he would really like to have a
picture of him and Yuuko together. Yuuko then gets another idea, sits next to
Teiichi, and takes of photo of the two of them at the moment she kisses Teiichi
on the cheek.

Yuuko still isn't in the photo, but Teiichi's face shows surprise, and Yuuko is
quite satisfied that she has taken a photo of a boy being kissed by a ghost.
Afterwards, Teiichi is shocked when Yuuko has a framed print of the photo hung
on the wall of the clubhouse.

Dave Baranyi