Oba Electroplating Factory Graphic Novels

Genre: Drama (Age Rating 16+)
Format: Graphic Novel, B&W
Author: Yoshiharu Tsuge
Language: English Language
Release: Drawn and Quarterly

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A startlingly bleak but nonetheless captivating portrait of mid-century Japan
in its most unglamorous iteration.

Glimpses of the artist reflecting upon his life, his work, and his contemporaries pepper the narrative landscape: a wife teases her husband about a former fling on a trip to the hot springs, a young cartoonist is aghast at the cavalier conduct of his supposed betters, and imperfect men must grapple with the discomfort of their own honesty. Tsuge’s stories are studies in staging nature, working to evoke stillness and movement in such a way that renders his chosen setting a character all on its own.