Wait! Could Rucarachi’s After Hours Manga Be Based on Real Events?

Drama and speculation! That’s the best way to describe the appearance of the R18 manga “After Hours” by artist Rucarachi on Nhentai, and why? People are suspicious that the manga might actually be based on real events, could it be?

The story of After Hours seems to be heavily based on Rucarachi herself. First of all, she is an adult artist who draws adult illustrations and manga, and many times she even uses herself as the model for her characters.

The cover of After Hours is based on the artist herself, and in May 2025 she even posted a comparison:

So what is the story of After Hours about?

Basically, we follow a woman who is an adult artist working on a new illustration to publish, but she is having trouble because while drawing R18 content, she ends up getting “excited” herself and wants to relieve that tension.

That’s when the protagonist, an adult manga artist, starts looking for a guy online so the two of them can relieve some tension together, and that’s how the doujin unfolds.

In one of the lines from the doujin, the girl says: “I draw R18 content for work and sometimes I want to experience the real thing,” and that manga eventually ended up on Nhentai.

And the comment section has basically turned into a battlefield, with many people arguing… while others think that Rucarachi probably based the manga on something that actually happened to her.

Some of the comments:

• “If this is really based on a true story, I wouldn’t be surprised”
• “Wow, no way, she actually made a doujin about herself”
• “‘May or may not be based on a true story’ and the artist literally looks like the character”
• “I would bet that after she posted that picture, everything after that was just in her head (if this is inspired by real life)”
• “Man, the artist might actually be pretty bold. She and this girl are practically identical”
• “It’s funny how the author looks exactly like the girl she drew here. It’s crazy. Even the chest size is the same.”
• “This makes you wonder if this was really an experience she had or just a fantasy”
• “I admit I almost ignored this because the cover looked AI-generated to me for some reason. Glad I didn’t!”
• “Is she drawing herself?”
• “Based on real events and characters, by the way”
• “Is this a true story? Oh my god”
• “‘May or may not be a true story’ — 1% chance, 100% faith”
• “I don’t know the artist, but there’s something about this girl that annoys me”
• “No, she is DEFINITELY using AI, at least generating images and then drawing over them.”
• “You know, there’s something interesting about highly successful men and highly successful women. Almost all successful men want big families, loyal wives, and comfortable homes to provide for. Meanwhile, highly successful women tend not to want families for themselves, are more materialistic and temporary because they have the power to be. Whether that makes them happy in the long run or not doesn’t matter to them in the short term.”
• “Imagine searching for adult content and getting mad because you found adult content lol virgins are crazy”
• “Does she really only sleep with men once or does she have friends with benefits?”
• “Normally I don’t comment, but these AI accusations are crazy. The author is already a well-known artist who has done official work for Nikke and other projects, and she has also drawn live at conventions in front of crowds multiple times, both in anime and realistic styles. If you look at her work on Twitter, the illustrations have extremely detailed backgrounds and clearly aren’t AI.”
• “OH MY GOD, I went to check the author’s Twitter. And with this whole story possibly being based on real events… wow, it’s LITERALLY her. She LITERALLY made a doujin of herself being treated that way like it supposedly happened in real life. That’s insane. I can’t even feel disgusted, that takes a lot of courage.”
• “Oh interesting, I thought it was Tifa, but she really is using herself as the model. I still doubt it’s a real story though. Maybe? She said she doesn’t have a boyfriend, so who knows.”
• “My instincts are telling me it’s AI because her art style normally isn’t like this, but maybe I’m overthinking it”
• “I hate women on an absurd level”
• “I think the artist simply created a story based on her own experiences. You can tell from her Instagram”

As more and more people kept commenting, even more drama started appearing. Anyway, what do you think? I know that Rucarachi