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#MangaMonday 125 “Pink” by Kyoko Okazaki
Yumiko is a typical Tokyo office woman. She’s flashy, shallow and keeps a pet crocodile. The croc eats a lot, and cute clothes aren’t cheap, so she turns tricks on the side.
OK, maybe the details are a little unusual, but this is really a fairy tale of Japan’s late economic bubble. Or, going by Okazaki’s brief afterword, capitalism in general. It’s a pretty explicit fairy tale; Yumiko’s carnal encounters aren’t skipped over, although the drawing style and panel design don’t overly emphasize them. Okazaki got her start in erotic #manga, so that is definitely a choice. (The interstitial portraits are much more lovingly rendered.)
This story was originally serialized in 1989, a couple years before the bubble burst, with the English edition published in 2013. Surprisingly, it’s still available in print (as well as digital) from Kodansha/Vertical.
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Beach Manga Read - Donald Duck Visits Japan
I bring this on vacation every year for like the past 5 years and read it on the beach. It's one of my regular beach reads.
The story - Donald and his friends work for Duck Furniture. They want to branch out to Japan, so they send the trio to work at a hot springs resort with very traditional and strict management. And silliness ensues.
It's silly, it's self-contained, it's funny, and it's very easy for me to pick up and put down while chilling on the beach with my kids.
Easy annual read.
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New Manga Read - The Bride Was a Boy
The Bride was a Boy is an autobiographical manga written by Chii, a trans artist and writer. This single volume originated as a blog, but with her husband's support she made it into a book.
The story is hers, about her life and experiences as a trans woman in Japan. Between chapters, she talks about LGBTQ+ rights and laws in Japan to help explain what she went through.
It was a very interesting read and a cute one, as she also talks about her love story with her husband.
Cute and informative. Glad I read it.
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New Manga Read - The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy At All, Volume 3
It's been since September that I've caught up with these two girls? My library network FINALLY got in Volume 3 for me to borrow and I am glad I did.
Great volume. Mitsuki is finally starting to be herself in school. Aya is jealous. There's a rift.
Also, the subplot with the uncle and his girlfriend. Oof. Emotional.
It ends at the prom. It's about to go down.
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New Manga Read - Otaku Elf, Volume 11
Volume 11 of this series continues to be low stakes and chill. This volume, Elda and her Miko visit Osaka for a festival ran by her fellow elf Yorde. It's a fire based festival and it rains, so they work together to make due.
Again, it's low stakes, slice of life of an elf being treated like a goddess who is a massive introvert. It's fun, silly, and a quick read.
Also, Elda saying she people'd too much cause she's such an introvert? I get it.
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New Manga Read - Chi's Sweet France
Have you ever read / watched Chi's Sweet Home or Chi's Sweet Adventure? If not, let me give you the rundown.
Chi is an adorable little kitten who lives with a small family of a Mom, Dad, and son. The kitten gets into trouble doing kitten stuff and running around out in the neighborhood.
It's an all ages series, but largely for kids.
This series is a single volume series where Chi's family moves to Paris. Basically, more cute stories about a kitty getting in to silly situations, set in France.
Very cute. Glad I got it.
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New Read - Animal Crossing: New Horizons Deserted Island Diary, Volume 10
This is, as always, an extremely silly and fun manga.
Volume 10 hit more of Happy Home Paradise, did some wedding season jokes, and other in jokes that are a lot funnier if you play Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
I do, so I really enjoyed it. Had a few chuckle out loud moments.
Lots of fun for Animal Crossing players.
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New Manga Read - The Muscle Girl Next Door
Skinny guy Daria lives next door to the incredibly muscular Ruby and he's head over heels into her. The entire series follows as he slowly tries to befriend and hopefully get her to notice him in a romantic way.
Daria is shy, nervous, and very skinny. Ruby is outgoing and very muscular. Daria's super into his muscle mommy neighbor.
It's largely a harmless and cute slow burn romance between these two characters with some friends along the way helping them actually get together.
Cute read I found at the library.
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New Manga Read - My Sister, The Cat (Volume 2-3)
This weekend, my oldest took the SAT's and I ended up waiting for him at the local library near the testing center. So, I finished up reading My Sister, The Cat.
It does not disappoint in a very cute story of found family with a human living with a cat family.
I don't know what else to say. It's a very cute story about family and sibling dynamics.
If that sounds cool to you, feel free to check it out.
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#MangaMonday 35 “Manhole” by Tetsuya Tsutsui
A naked man emerges from a manhole in urban Japan. After staggering around he vomits blood on a university student who pushes him away. He doesn’t realize that the man dies when he hits the pavement nor, worse, that he’s now infected.
#Manhole is not for the faint of heart. There’s some nudity (including full frontal male) and gore of the common (e.g., car accident victim,) unusual (evidence of elder abuse,) and possibly unique (eyeball autopsy) varieties. Nagasaki Prefecture actually banned this #manga as “harmful,” (which in turn inspired Tsutsui’s “Poison City.”)
Tsutsui’s art is exceptional. Here his lines here have a pencil-like quality, which comes through even in the digital version. The story is disturbingly plausible, although the exact vector is Tsutsui’s creation.
Originally published twenty years ago—everyone sports flip phones—the first official English volume (of three) was just released (Kana.)
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#MangaMonday “At Summer’s End” by Takuya Nishio
Natsukawa is a middle school girl with developing feelings for her classmate, Aihara. Naturally, there are complications. It’s a slow burn tale of first love, but avoids idealization. Natsukawa can be selfish, and a little mean.
The art is singular. Nishio provides a watercolor “cover” for every chapter, and the sparse lines of watercolor sketches carry through to the manga’s art. There’s no variation in the strokes and very little use of hatching. When detail is calle for it’s usually provided by meticulous outlines. Curiously, a lot of interiors have a slight fish-eye perspective.
It’s currently being “simulreleased” on the MangaPlus website/app. Right now you can read it all for free, but they normally only keep six chapters at a time outside the paywall. It’s at chapter 6 as of today, but chapters 1 & 2 were released as one, so I’m not sure how they’re counted.
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#MangaMonday “At Summer’s End” by Takuya Nishio
Natsukawa is a middle school girl with developing feelings for her classmate, Aihara. Naturally, there are complications. It’s a slow burn tale of first love, but avoids idealization. Natsukawa can be selfish, and a little mean.
The art is singular. Nishio provides a watercolor “cover” for every chapter, and the sparse lines of watercolor sketches carry through to the manga’s art. There’s no variation in the strokes and very little use of hatching. When detail is calle for it’s usually provided by meticulous outlines. Curiously, a lot of interiors have a slight fish-eye perspective.
It’s currently being “simulreleased” on the MangaPlus website/app. Right now you can read it all for free, but they normally only keep six chapters at a time outside the paywall. It’s at chapter 6 as of today, but chapters 1 & 2 were released as one, so I’m not sure how they’re counted.