A historical story using Ghosts to explain the life times of the reign of Emperor Hirohito.Showa-shi by Shigeru Mizuki, is volume in the series.
It describes an era of upheaval and impoverishment in Japanese history, beginning with the Tokyo Earthquake of 1923, and covering the financial panic, the Great Depression, the March 15th Incident, and other events up until the Manchurian Incident
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Showa: A History of Japan is finished and has 8 Volumes and 119 Chapters. It is also Known as: コミック昭和史, Comic Showashi, Shouwa-Shi, A Comics History of the Showa Era
Genres: Historical
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Over four decades ago, Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of comics storytelling by using the visual language of manga to tell gritty, literary stories about the private lives of everyday people. He has been called "the grandfather of Japanese alternative comics" and has influenced generations of cartoonists around the world. Now the visionary creator of "The Push Man and Other Stories" and "Good-bye" has turned his incisive, unflinching gaze upon himself. Over ten years in the making, "A Drifting Life" is Tatsumis' most ambitious, personal, and heart felt work: an autobiographical bildungsroman in comics form.Using his life long obsession with comics as a frame work, Tatsumi weaves a complex story that encompasses family dynamics, Japanese culture and history, first love, the intricacies of the manga industry, and most importantly, what it means to be an artist. Alternately humorous, enlightening, and haunting, this is the masterful summartion of a fascinating life and a historic career.
A Drifting Life is finished and has 2 Volumes and 48 Chapters. It is also Known as: 劇画漂流, Gekiga Hyouryuu
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The story of friendship between a samurai and a doctor in the final days of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Hidamari no Ki is finished and has 7 Volumes and 62 Chapters. It is also Known as: 陽だまりの樹, The Tree in the Sunlight
