[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 of 1: "The Teacher's White Lie" Akane Torikai's latest shocking work.
Ritsuko Kaji is a novelist who cannot write.
One day, Aoi, the male friend she once trusted the most, appears in her dream and asks Ritsuko, "Is that really your life?
Is that really your life?
Ritsuko wakes up to a phone call and learns that Aoi committed suicide.
A dream that used to shine brightly, her current married life, the death of someone important to her...
A life of "l...
I really enjoyed this one: I was looking for more realistic portraits of adult people living their lives in Japan, and I thought that this was a very refreshing read. It is adult people being sad, there is some Sally Rooney longing and nostalgia in this one, but I thought it was a pretty solid story all things considered. And the illustrations are beautiful, there are multiple panels with a full page illustration just letting you narrow in on the desperation of the characters!
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