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A 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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This is an important book for understanding Japanese culture and aestheticism. The writing feels dated but I really enjoyed the translator‘s foreword and afterward. 🍵 🇯🇵

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐5 ⭐
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

3 ⭐This book is an ode to Isamu, not a biography. If one reads this story, as a story, it is quite nice. It is about a child‘s view of wonder. If one is reading it as a biography about the artist Isamu, one will be highly disappointed. As there is very little, almost nothing about the artist. This is all about how the artist viewed life. It‘s an interesting read, but not one that readers would gravitate to over and over again.

The Japanese have a word for it 😬😬

Willard Hotel June 2 around 2:00 I heard #antihero in the lobby. Around 2:15 I turned a corner and came upon this kimono in a hallway. #volumesandvocals

I read memoirs of a Geisha a long time ago. This book is a memoir of the Geiko who inspired that story. I don‘t remember much about it, but other than being fictionalised he did a fairly good job of being faithful (though I do think their was some confusion between the Geisha and the girls in the pleasure district still).
While I would have liked this to be a bit more in depth, I definitely learned a lot about the topic!

#Roll100 (Feb)

Geisha of Gion is my #Roll100 February pick (67)
Excited to get around to this one as it has been on my list for so long! 😂