A doujin-made comic cooking book is provoking some eyebrow-raising online. The title for Oyako to shimai o oishiku itadaku 15 no houhou translates literally as "15 ways to deliciously eat mothers-and-daughters and sisters". What the heck does that mean? No, the creators, doujinshi Poisson Rouge, are not promoting cannibalism. Certain dishes in their book are classified as "mother-and-daughter" recipes, while others are "sister" dishes. It's a pun on Oyako-don, a common dish whose name literally means "parent-and-child rice bowl". While the concept is pretty interesting in itself, the ...

Illustrator Mao Sugiyama may have been forgiven for considering himself/herself unusual as a transgender who underwent an operation to remove his/her penis and testicles. But then cosplay-dressing Mao took a stage further. In April he organized a "banquet" with his pals to celebrate his new gender alignment by, well, cooking and eating his cock and balls. He was tested for STDs and came out all clear. Even so, the diners signed a waiver absolving Sugiyama from blame if his cock disagreed with their stomachs. The enthusiastic auto-cannibal even tried to burn off his ...