By Victor Hernandez
When I first reviewed Tenga Muranishi's manga My Student is a Porn Actress and I'm Her Director, I said it is true thinking man's manga. Its true-to-life depiction of the porn industry in Japan, and its mixture of philosophical concepts to develop the stories of the main characters certainly makes Muranishi's work smart. But then something happened. The manga evolved and it became an even deeper work of art.
If the third volume was wacky and funny, volume four, publishing on September 16 in Japan (September 15 America's time) starts to dig into the psychology of the main characters as they explored the idea of shooting professional porn.
For example, Akari Kuhara, the female lead, faces her own selfishness as she gets ready to do a sex scene with Yuji Saiji, Akari's former teacher and her love interest, who, in turn, faces his own guilt and starts realizing his relationship with Akari is no longer that of a teacher and a student.