Miss Ruki - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Fumiko Takano, Alexa Frank (Translator)Publish date:9/16/2025Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York Review ComicsISBN-13:9781681379401ISBN-10:1681379406UPC:9781681379401Book Category:Comics & Graphic NovelsBook Subcategory:East Asian Style, Slice of Life, Contemporary WomenBook Topic:MangaSize:7.90 x 5.50 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCWX448TRS
Miss Ruki
A young woman rejects the fast-paced consumer culture of 1980s Japan in favor of a slower, more carefree lifestyle in this tenderhearted, sweetly funny classic of slice-of-life manga. A classic of Japanese manga, Miss Ruki is a warm and vivid portrait of the lives of two young women in Tokyo during Japan's 1980s bubble economy. The titular Miss Ruki spurns the fast-paced consumer culture of the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York Review ComicsISBN-13:9781681379401ISBN-10:1681379406UPC:9781681379401Book Category:Comics & Graphic NovelsBook Subcategory:East Asian Style, Slice of Life, Contemporary WomenBook Topic:MangaSize:7.90 x 5.50 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCWX448TRS
Fumiko Takano is a Japanese manga artist. Influential among the "New Wave" manga artists in the late 70s and early 80s, Takano was one of the first women manga artists to publish in outlets not explicitly aimed at a female readership. She won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2003, and in 2015 she was the second-ever manga artist to win the Iwaya Sazanami Literary Award. She lives in Tokyo....
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