Description:
This sensitive and affecting manga debut follows the lives of two Japanese war brides following WWII, and the simmering tensions around identity, sexuality, and cultural change as their country rebuilds from the devastation.
Brief description: Marina Lisa Komiya is an interdisciplinary artist based in Tokyo. Komiya's work explores new methods of reproduction through queer perspective with various mediums such as biotechnology, performance, video works, manga, and more. They are also a host of a queer artists platform, "FAQ?" and the collective "Reproductive Garden Project."
Review Quotes: As I became captivated by its raw immediacy, the pain of those erased from existence overwhelmed me with its sheer weight. I was so overpowered by its fierce expressiveness I had to close my eyes repeatedly.--Yukari Takinami