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Shimura Takako,”Wandering Son” Vol. 1
I have no idea about this manga until I browsed in Evanston Public Library. I was attracted with the art cover, and the title. From the cover, I imagined a coming-of-age, slice-of-life story like Goodnight Punpun which I genuinely love. (I’m a fan of slice-of-life genre, really–and it needs different post on why). The English… Read more
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Cells at Work! Code Black, Vol. 1
If anyone following a manga or anime (available on Netflix) Cells at Work , this one is the “darker” version of it. This series was created by Shigemitsu Harada. Issei Hatsuyoshiya, and Akane Shimizu; and the English translation was owned by Kodansha Comics (2019). I borrowed the first volume from Evanston Public Library, and hopefully… Read more
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Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, “A Cat, a Man, and Two Women”
This is my first review under A Cat Series. I’ve heard a lot about Jun’ichirō Tanizaki but this is my first book of him. My English version, awesomely translated by Paul McCarthy, is published by Daunt Books in 2015. (I guess there is an older version published in 1990). Tanizaki published the original novella in… Read more
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A Cat Series
Aku berniat untuk membuat seri membaca hahahihi di tengah bacaan-bacaan lain (termasuk bacaan kuliah dan novel lainnya). Awalnya ingin program sebulan tapi karena aku nggak mau terlalu ambisius, ntar malah muak sendiri, jadi ya sudah tiga bulan. Aku sudah membeli lima buku (baru dan bekas) novel Jepang dengan tema kucing. Buahaha. Seperti biasa tentunya aku… Read more
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Junji Ito, “No Longer Human”
Memilih novel klasik Osamu Dazai No Longer Human untuk diadaptasi merupakan pilihan yang tidak mudah. Adaptasi animenya Aoi Bungaku Series sudah ada untuk memperkenalkan kanon sastra Jepang secara visual. The anime doesn’t give the whole story, but we can see it as a summary of the complexity of Dazai’s novel. It’s nice for an introduction.… Read more
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Bibliografi Beranotasi: Sejarah Intelektual Asia Tenggara
Bahan bacaan ini adalah untuk kelas independen di mana daftar judulnya disusun oleh pembimbing saya, Prof. Haydon Cherry. Kami sama-sama sedang tertarik dengan sejarah intelektual dan kurasi judul edited volume, monograf, dan artikel ini berpotongan dengan sejarah literasi dan buku Asia Tenggara. Sepanjang triwulan musim gugur ini aku menulis esai respon tiap minggu yang membahas… Read more