so-soThis book had me interested, intrigued, infuriated, and defeated. A whirlwind of empathizing to hating the protagonist. I genuinely don't understand how to feel about it other than this kind of storytelling is more true to the evil of human nature.
pickIn this autobiographical one-volume comic, a manga artist is depressed & going nowhere but down. Bitter about others with more commercial success, he fixates on young sex workers, asking them to dress up as his teenaged fans. It‘s bleak, gritty & visually stunning—a character study of an unlikable man in the middle of an existential crisis about creativity vs commercialism. For mature readers: ugly behaviour including rape. #translation
Inio Asano‘s elegant, detailed backgrounds always impress me.
Downfall | 
