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Just So Happens
Just So Happens | Fumio Obata
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Yumiko was born in Japan but has made a life in London, losing herself in its cosmopolitan bustle. She has a gallery show of her art, a good job, and a good guy she plans to marry. The culture she grew up in seems very far awayuntil her brother phones with the news that their father has died. Yumiko returns to Tokyo and finds herself immersed in the rituals of death while also plunged into the rituals of lifefish bars, bullet trains, pagodasas she confronts the question of where her future really lies. Just So Happens deals both gently and powerfully with grief, identity, and the pressure not to disappoint ones parents, even after theyre gone, in a look at the relationships that build the foundation of our lives.
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BiblioNyan
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An excellent comic about a JPN woman who left home at a young age & returns to Japan for a family tragedy. It‘s poised & intimate & softly explores complicated topics, particularly about being an ambitious woman in a socially oppressive society & the alienation that comes from moving away. The art is exquisitely hand-drawn sketch style with meticulous use of watercolour & muted sepia-style shades. Overall, it‘s beautifully bittersweet.

4.25/5.

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well.read.panda
Just So Happens | Fumio Obata
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I haven't finished this yet, so it's hard to review in full, but I love the art. #comics #graphicnovels

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Iceangel9
Just So Happens | Fumio Obata
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Mehso-so

Beautifully and powerfully drawn, a little light on text for my taste. Worth reading though.

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Jokila
Just So Happens | Fumio Obata
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ephemeralwaltz Cute picture! 8y
Jokila @ephemeralwaltz thanks! ☺️ 8y
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Papiergefluester
Just So Happens | Fumio Obata
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Wunderschöne Graphic Novel über das Gefühl, nirgendwo wirklich zuhause zu sein. In welcher Welt möchte man leben? Dort wo die Wurzeln sind, oder dort, wo man sich selbst sein darf. #graphicnovel

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