pickStarted this on audiobook last month, then realized I was missing out on illustrations and artwork. I put the hard copy on hold at my library not knowing it was the second, expanded edition. It features the inclusion of an all new extra section entitled: Yokai Gallery, with even more artwork!
Either edition is awesome, and Foster‘s determination to shine a scholarly light on a subject that could be written off as pop culture is admirable.
pickGreat guide to yokai!(Japanese monsters) and how to survive them!
pickA story about a young Japanese girl who moved to te USA.
Here are my potential #MangaMarch Reads!
Categories:
Shonen - One Piece, Fire Force, Claymore
Shojo - Fruits Basket, Days on Fes, Spy x Family, Witch Hat Atelier
Seinen - Vinland Saga, Parasyte
Josei - Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon, Emma
Kodomomuke - The Fox & Little Tanuki (not shown)
Fan Service - Fire Force, One Piece
Mahnwa - Villains Are Destined to Die
Omnibus - Chobits, Girl from the Other Side
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pickThis is an important book for understanding Japanese culture and aestheticism. The writing feels dated but I really enjoyed the translator‘s foreword and afterward. 🍵 🇯🇵
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This book is about the author‘s memories of her time spent in Japan. Where big group baths are common. This story is lovingly told and would be fantastic at story time if Americans weren‘t such small minded people who bring shame to everything. Because this book has illustrations of naked women. It‘s not to glorify and it‘s not to be lustful. It‘s to say bodies are human, bodies are normal. And that being around others bearing your
