#autobiographical manga

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This is my fan translation of Kairi Seidouitusei Shougai no Chiguhagu na Hibi by Tokin! I love this manga so much. It’s a wonderful autobiography about DID and a representation with a tone we don’t usually get in English. Tokin-sensei gave me permission to translate the prologue and share it with an English audience because I know so many people would want to read it! I am not going to translate the entire text, but I do really really want to encourage people to submit it in this month’s Seven Seas interest survey!! Please help support Tokin-sensei’s wonderful work!

(Submitting with the Japanese title I wrote above or a link to this post would be best for clarity, my English title is not a literal translation)

[triaelf9comiclibrary]

The amount of people who talk about Japan like it's heaven on earth (or, conversely, the worst place known to man), it feels like they need to see Japan a certain way, so they turn it into whatever they need it to be when it’s just A COUNTRY.

No, no one is getting deported for taking pictures. Yes, you are likely to be deported for smoking weed. The toilets are very fancy! Some of the infrastructure is very much not. Yes, some of the societal norms are stricter in some senses than, say, the US. But there are also a number of people who ignore them and don’t follow the “rules”. One person’s experience in Japan is likely to be completely different from another, depending on where they are, who they are, where they’re from, what they look like, etc.

So if you see a one off tweet about the “wisdom of the Japan” or like “THERE ARE NO PERSONAL FREEDOMS” just remember that it’s just a country, this is likely over exaggerated, and it’s a place that people live in, just like where you live ^_^

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[whorascope]

ok but what are our thoughts on dressing like the protag of a shoujo manga serialized in 2004

[triaelf9]

Hakama are the BEST and if I could wear them every day, I would ^_^ (no, they're not a skort, no they're not flants, they are way better, there is no equal)

Enjoy!

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[nelfes]

Gonna force myself to write today bc if I don't I feel like I'm never gonna get out of this funk like I am being gooofied man

Thankfully Alisha muse is responding quite well and if I have energy after her one post I think I can finish my Legendia ramblings

[abuddyforeveryseason]

This is the Buddy for January 8th. I like the red spotlight over a black background look. I'm not sure why, it just looks fun and dynamic. I know nowadays the rule is to have as many colors as possible to rub it on the faces of people who had to spend money to print their comics, but I often find the most simple combinations are the most memorable.

Of course, it depends on the comic's genre. There seems to be a rule of thumb that comedies are allowed to have more simplistic art than action-adventure stories. Then you go all full circle to autobiographical independent comics and the art is once again on the more simplistic side.

Of course it seems like manga doesn't necessarily care about that rule. You can see goofy comedies with production values as good as the flashiest action manga. More power to them.

[novsart]

a comic about childhood (to young adulthood) fear of death! i tried to make it look similar to anime i fixated on as a kid, especially sailor moon and cardcaptor sakura.

(you can get a physical version of this comic without the watermarks on my etsy btw 😎)

reblogs appreciated, please don't repost, thank you 💖

[mysticdragon3md3]

[intomybubble]

i dont usually read 4-koma manga, but im emotionally invested

[triaelf9comiclibrary]

Look, I try, okay? At least the tablet is at the right height now, but the legs have a life of their own XD

Enjoy!

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[guiltygearxrd2]

Hey if you’re the person on the bus rn with a mccleroy pin on your bag just know I resisted very hard to throw my Waterstones haul at you 😇

[triaelf9]

It’s not culture shock, it’s culture embarrassment XD I never feel so American and so out of place as when I go grocery shopping lol

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[demilypyro]

Pretty basic autobiographical story of a manga artist transitioning, getting surgery, dating and getting married. It's cute. Clearly mostly kind of educational in that "let's explain how this works to cis people" kind of way

[brisling]

a good time with shortform manga

Couple things I read in the last few months and liked!

My So-Called Artist's Journey by Akiko Higashimura (34 chapters)

This is on paper Akiko Higashimura's semi-autobiographical account of how she became a mangaka but also a story about being 40something and reflecting on significant mentor-mentee relationships you had when you were a teenager and an idiot and also about grief and regret and making art.... the protag is an ALL TIME flavor of selfish, silly, vain, and irresistibly charming and I love her with my whole heart.

Little Forest by Daisuke Igarashi (33 chapters)

I am a huge huge sucker for stories that feel hyperlocal and this is one of the MOST About A Specific Place stories I've read in a minute. It's a fictionalized account of the author's experience subsistence farming in rural northeast Japan. AND it's a cooking manga. Just an extremely lovely, meandering, recipe-a-chapter portrayal of day to day life (I am also a huge fan of stories where you can really FEEL the passage of time and this has got it in spades), with a healthy dose of "competent home cook just fucking around!" that I really enjoyed.

Girl's Last Tour by Tsukumizu (42 chapters)

GLT is pretty well known I think? End-of-the-world slice of life with two girls wandering through the ruins of an enormous postapocalyptic (very Very Blame!-flavored) city. I think Tsukumizu does such a good job keeping the tone chill and even while the characters are moving through desperate, scary, weird, and funny beats -- the vibes are like, "lighthearted hopeless" where the camera never lingers and things are rarely resolved. Had an extremely good time!

An Invitation From A Crab by panpanya (14 chapters, short story)

I THINK SHAUN TAN APPRECIATORS SHOULD READ INVITATION FROM A CRAB. Each chapter is a short story and they are funny and offbeat and weird and also basically never have a resolution. One part "hey, wouldn't it be fucked up if--" one part "here's a dream I remember like 2/3 of" one part just fun jokes! I immediately ordered a physical copy on finishing.

[lipid]

anime news network recently posted a review of nagata kabi's new autobiographical manga and its making me feel violent