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Three Great Manga Short Story Collections

All My Darling Daughters by Fumi Yoshinaga

Don't Say Any More, Darling by Fumi Yoshinaga

Sneeze by Naoki Urasawa

March 19, 2023 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I read these three books today as a relaxing re-read of two of my favorite manga artists. Fumi Yoshinaga and Naoki Urasawa have very distinct sensibilities, but I think they both have a facility with emotion and the ability to pack a lot of characterization, both spoken and unspoken, into a drawing. All three of these books are short story collections, which enables you to see more of the breadth of both authors’ work. All My Darling Daughters is made up of interconnected short stories […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: fumi yoshinaga, manga, Naoki Urasawa, Women's History Month

GentleRain's CBR15 Review No:16 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: fumi yoshinaga, manga, Naoki Urasawa, Women's History Month ·
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Normal Animated Food Stories

What Did You Eat yesterday? vol. 13 by Fumi Yoshinaga

November 30, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I find things like Yakitate!! Japan (I’ve only read the manga) and Food Wars! (both the manga and anime) entertaining up to a point, but the over-exaggerated reactions to tasting various foods gets old after a while. If you like graphic novels and food, but want something a little more down-to-earth, then you should check out What Did You Eat Yesterday? It’s a pretty niche series, in that it follows Kenji and Shiro, a gay couple in current day Japan, through their daily lives, but […]

Filed Under: Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: food fiction, fumi yoshinaga, Japanese cooking, manga, recipes, what did you eat yesterday?

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:85 · Genres: Cooking/Food, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: food fiction, fumi yoshinaga, Japanese cooking, manga, recipes, what did you eat yesterday? ·
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