Tag: Japan

• つりたくにこ | Kuniko Tsurita

  A short look into the life and work of the mold breaking mangaka, Kuniko Tsurita- an artist active from the 1960s through to her death in 1985, who would become the first female contributor published in the legendary Japanese alt-manga magazine ‘Garo’.

  The Disability Archives

  12th Feb 2024

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  Author Spotlight, Chronic Illness, Disabled Authors, Japan, Lupus, Manga

• ‘パーフェクトワールド | Perfect World’- Aruga, Rie

  26-year-old Tsugumi Kawana reunites with her first crush from high school, Itsuki Ayukawa, at a get-together between an architecture firm and the interior design company she works at. He sends her heart aflutter, until she realizes he’s now disabled, and in a wheelchair. At first she feels she couldn’t date a guy in a wheelchair,…

  The Disability Archives

  17th Jan 2024

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• ‘Josee, the Tiger and the Fish’- Tanabe, Seiko

  College student Tsuneo loves the ocean and the creatures it harbors, and he dreams of studying abroad in faraway waters. All he needs is enough funds to go, so when a girl in a wheelchair suddenly barrels into his life, he readily agrees to work part-time as her caretaker. Getting close to the prickly Josee…

  The Disability Archives

  23rd Dec 2023

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  Contemporary, Fiction, Japan, Japanese MC, Manga, Mobility Aids, Novel, Physical Disability, Romance, Short Stories, Slice of Life, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, Wheelchair User, Young Adult

• ‘ひだまりが聴こえる | I Hear the Sunspot’- Fumino, Yuki

  Because of a hearing disability, Kohei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kohei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi’s words cut through Kohei’s usual defense mechanisms and open…

  The Disability Archives

  21st Dec 2023

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  Adult, Boy’s Love, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Disability, Hearing Loss, I Hear the Sunspot, Japan, Japanese MC, LGBTQ+, M/M, Manga, New Adult, Queer, Romance, Series, Submitted Book