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Gekiga Yose: Fallen Words 8.1 01-29 01:06
*Currently Out-of-Print with no digital edition from Drawn & Quarterly*
In Fallen Words, Yoshihiro Tatsumi takes up the oral tradition of rakugo and breathes new life into it by shifting the format from spoken word to manga. Each of the eight stories in the collection is lifted from the Edo-era Japanese storytelling form. As Tatsumi notes in the afterword, the world of rakugo, filled with mystery, emotion, revenge, hope, and, of course, love, overlaps perfectly with the world of Gekiga that he has spent the better part of his life developing.
These slice-of-life stories resonate with modern readers thanks to their comedic elements and familiarity with human idiosyncrasies. In one, a father finds his son too bookish and arranges for two workers to take the young man to a brothel on the pretext of visiting a new shrine. In another particularly beloved rakugo tale, a married man falls in love with a prostitute. When his wife finds out, she is enraged and sets a curse on the other woman. The prostitute responds by cursing the wife, and the two escalate in a spiral of voodoo doll cursing. Soon both are dead, but even death can’t extinguish their jealousy.
Tatsumi’s love of wordplay shines through in the telling of these whimsical stories, and yet he still offers timeless insight into human nature.
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Resonant Blue—Girl's Best Time 9.5 03-22 14:26
\"I haven\'t been able to convey the tantalizing feeling that you gave me, this time I\'ll definitely ―\" Nagi, a high school girl who likes beautiful voices, and Michiru, her classmate with the ideal clear and beautiful voice. When nobody was watching, their story started with letters exchanged during class.
The author\'s long-awaited first short stories collection dedicated to nine pairs of girls, including the title \"Resonant Blue\" - a lively and youthful relationship between two clumsy and straight-forward high school girls.
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**Contains:**
Resonant Blue
Unravelling Your Magic in 30cm
Cigarette Kiss
Refrain Kiss
Heart On Sleeve
The Theory of Fate with You
>The story of a strange painter, Asuka, who concentrates so much on one thing that she is not be able to see her surroundings and will even forget to eat, and her childhood friend, Tsunako, who continues to support Asuka while scolding her.
The Echo of Us (Pt. 1)
The Echo of Us (Pt. 2)
A Flash of Summer
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