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Miss Ruki

By Fumiko Takano

Miss Ruki

By Fumiko Takano

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Chosen by the Washngton Post as one of the Best Comics of 2025 A young woman rejects the fast-paced consumer culture of 1980s Japan in favor of a slower, more carefree lifestyle in this tenderhearted, sweetly funny classic of slice-of-life manga. A classic of Japanese manga, Miss Ruki is a warm and vivid portrait of the lives of two young women in Tokyo during Japan’s 1980s bubble economy. The titular Miss Ruki spurns the fast-paced consumer culture of the era in favor of a lighthearted life dedicated to her hobbies, her books, and spending time with her anxious but far more pragmatic friend, Ecchan. Takano’s art moves with all the warmth, grace, and clarity of the everyday moments it depicts. Sweet and funny, these vignettes of a long-gone time still resonate today with readers and authors in Japan, with famed contemporary manga artist Keigo Shinzo noting, “To read it is to grasp something of the essence of Japan.... This is the kind of manga I want to draw.” Miss Ruki is a vertical comic strip meant to be read right to left; each story begins in the top right panel and continues down the column before moving leftward.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
128
Release Date:
2025-09-16
Publication Date:
2025-09-16
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1681379406
ISBN13:
9781681379401
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
297 g
Height:
149 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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