week two: tezuka osamu
For my presentation, I'm thinking of talking about a mangaka that I adore, Aki Irie. She's the author of Ran and the Gray World, a supernatural, coming-of-age manga about a young sorceress with the power of "growing up" when she wears magical shoes. Her art and stories are whimsical and really just - there's no other word for it - lovely. She also has an anthology called Gunjou Gakusha (Ultramarine School Days) that are a series of unconnected oneshots about anything from a walk in a forest to a princess fighting for her country to a mother looking after her three sons. I think her work fits in the shoujo/josei or contemporary manga week. A lot of her work defies genre and she's a relatively unknown author, so I think the class would enjoy reading her works and learning about her. Also because this author is so niche, I'd be cool with talking about CLAMP, too. This week I read Ayako by Tezuka Osamu. It was... dark. While not having read any of Te
