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Brief Description:
"Originally appearing in the underground/alternative manga magazine Garo in the 1980s and adapted for television several times, the Japanese pop culture sensation Minami's Lover is the story of two high schoolers' romantic relationship when one of them shrinks down to six inches tall. Everyone thinks Chiyomi has disappeared, and suspicion naturally falls on Minami, identified as her boyfriend in her diary. But after inexplicably finding herself in such a state, Chiyomi moves in with him. As depicted in Uchida's clean, loose line, and Zip-a-Tone textures, the two soon adapt to the unusual circumstances, devising ways for Chiyomi to use the toilet, brush her teeth and hair, attend classes, and more"--
Review Quotes:
Darkly funny, sexually frank, and unexpectedly heartbreaking, this slippery parable defies expectations at every turn.-- "Publishers Weekly"
Review Quotes:
Minami's Lover takes a fantasy trope and plays it completely straight -- a rare kind of speculative fiction defined by unblinking attention to the personal horror of the strange.-- "The Comics Journal"
Publisher Marketing:
Originally appearing in the underground/alternative manga magazine
Garo in the 1980s and adapted for television several times, the Japanese pop culture sensation
Minami's Lover is the story of two high schoolers' romantic relationship when one of them shrinks down to six inches tall. Everyone thinks Chiyomi has disappeared, and suspicion naturally falls on Minami, identified as her boyfriend in her diary. But after inexplicably finding herself in such a state, Chiyomi moves in with him. As depicted in Uchida's clean, loose line and Zip-a-Tone textures, the two soon adapt to the unusual circumstances, devising ways for Chiyomi to use the toilet, brush her teeth and hair, attend classes, and more. After some silly sequences of trial and error, they even figure out a sex life. But in addition to learning how to navigate logistics, jealousy, and the cat, they're also growing up (if not taller). Uchida uses the conceit of a teen couple literally learning how to take care of one another to examine gender dynamics and intimacy.
Please note: This book is a traditional work of manga and reads back to front and right to left.
Review Citations:
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Publishers Weekly 04/17/2023 (EAN 9781683967606, Hardcover) - *Starred Review
Contributor Bio:Uchida, Shungiku
Born in Nagasaki, Japan,
Shungiku Uchida (the pen name of Shigeko Uchida) is a prolific writer, manga-ka, singer, and actress whose work is widely adapted into film and television. She won a Japanese literary prize for two bestsellers: the prose, semi-autobiographical
Fatherfucker, which details the abuse she suffered as a child, and a manga series,
We Are Reproducing, about pregnancy and single motherhood.
Contributor Bio:Paige, H
H. Paige was born and raised in London. She studied Japanese at The University of Manchester and spent a year in Fukuoka, where she studied courses on tourism, animation, and pop culture. She began freelance translating in 2021 and currently works in London.
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