Diaさんのイラストまとめ

Danchi apartment building complexes are prominent settings in some of my favorite manga. In Yamakawa Aiji’s Yajirobee, an old, soon-to-be-demolished danchi is the childhood home Haru & her stepfather Seiji used to live in for 10 years. My review ➡️ https://t.co/g14eiZ5oQu

Sweet josei manga for the summer: Mahiru no Polvorón by Itoi Nozo.
9-year-old Rutsubo is holding a grudge against her estranged father, believing he left her mother who died in childbirth. She agrees to spend a summer with him & slowly, her attitude is starting to change 👨‍👧💕

Another perfect summer read: Ishii Asuka’s debut Hisakata no Oto about a young teacher who returns to Aoshima, a small island full of mysterious natural wonders & inhabitants; serialized in Kodansha’s good! Afternoon, with 1 vol. out and the 2nd (& final) to follow on July 6th 🌊

The new cover edition for Sui’iki by Urushibara Yuki of Mushishi fame has a similar cover design concept to Nishi Keiko’s Otoko no Isshō. A perfect summer read with its focus on water, especially for environmentally conscious readers & Mushishi fans. So basically, for everyone 🌏

Kawabata Shiki's first ever magazine cover for the August issue of soon-to-be-gone YOU, featuring one of her 2 current series: Boku no Orion/You Are My Brightest Star. So refreshing!💧☔️💧

Shimada Masahiko, one of the most relevant Japanese writers of the past 3+ decades, has collaborated with josei mangaka Higashimura Akiko for his latest project, a novel for young adults called Zetsubō Kyarameru (Kawade Shobo). Cover + 8-page color 'warm up' comic by Higashimura!

The print apocalypse is upon us: Gentosha's monthly magazine Birz is folding after its August issue, out June 30. Its catchphrase: "Don't be like a boring grown-up." Don't laugh, this is serious. Sugisaki Yukiru, Hoshino Lily, Urino Kiko, Ikuemi Ryō have/had series running in it.

Welcome to our now *weekly* edition of manga magazine obituaries. Shueisha’s monthly josei manga magazine YOU, launched in 1980 and home to Hagio Moto’s La Reigne Margot and Kawabata Shiki’s Boku no Orion, will publish it’s last print edition on Oct 15. Further details tba.🌹⚰️

It's marketed as a love story between a mid-30s career woman stranded in the countryside & an older professor. But it’s also a story of female empowerment & defending your political&economic ideas against male scepticism. A masterpiece!! With an amazing cover design concept ⬇️

I really like Ikuemi's series with a focus on family like Watashi ga itemo inakutemo (also available in French, thanks @sugar_yin!) and especially Kano hito ya tsuki. The characters in it are so relatable. And I find the depiction of family dynamics in manga always interesting 🏠