Hey, Hypothetical Reader! Wanna Talk About Manga?
Hey! Hypothetical Reader! LUCAS! HYPOTHETICAL READER! LUCAS! Wanna talk about manga? Most of the manga that survived the most recent purge . Seriously? Manga? It's actually pronounced manga. I don't think that's going to work in type unless you spell out how we're pronouncing it. Anyway, here on your blog about books you expect us to have a serious conversation about those funny backwards comics from Japan? Wouldn't be the first time . Well, yeah, but that's because if, and I quote, you reads, it ledes. End quote. Quite. Well, I don't pretend to be an expert on it, I mean I did take that "Japanese Popular Culture" class in college, and I've read the work of several well-known mangaka like Shigeru Mizuki, Akira Toriyama, Osamu Tezuka, and Katsuhiro Otomo. When it comes to manga, I'm basic. Mizuki isn't that well-known outside Japan. Also, western audiences would be more familiar with Toriyama, Tezu...