Tag: Manga
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Shimura Takako, “Wandering Son” Vol. 3
Friendship and siblings are hard indeed. Shu and Yoshino got into “silent” mode, because some boys read their shared diary, and now they were objects of bullying. Maho, Shu’s sister, forced Shu to have a date with her classmate, Seya because that boy apparently liked Shu (because they were cute). Their relationship was getting more…
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Shimura Takako, “Wandering Son” Vol. 2
In this volume, both Shu and Yoshino have shared each other’s secret and embraced it together. Shu bought wig and dress, and went together with Yoshino in public place. There are a lot of things goin on in this volume, but I will just mention two main things. First, more appearance of Yuki, a woman…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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Siapa Tahu Kamu Mau Baca, Ep. 30 (Yay)
Yawla yawla yawla. Kangen uga nulis di blog setelah numpang di lapak orang dan absen dua minggu *UHUK*. Dan ternyata sudah memasuki episode kepala tiga yay! Meskipun kurang penting, perlu dirayakan sedikit. Pastinya terima kasih sekali kalau sampai saat ini masih ada yang setia membaca bacotan-bacotan mungkin berfaedah di episode-episode Siapa Tahu. Episode kali ini sedikit istimewa karena…
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