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Miss Ruki
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A young woman rejects the fast-paced consumer culture of 1980s Japan in favor of a slower, more carefree lifestyle in this tenderhearted, sweetly funny classic of slice-of-life manga.A classic of Japanese manga, Miss Ruki is a warm and vivid portrait of the lives of two young women in Tokyo during Japan’s 1980s bubble economy. The titular Miss Ruki spurns the fast-paced consumer culture of the era in favor of a lighthearted life dedicated to her hobbies, her books, and spending time with her anxious but far more pragmatic friend, Ecchan.Takano’s art moves with all the warmth, grace, and clarity of the everyday moments it depicts. Sweet and funny, these vignettes of a long-gone time still resonate today with readers and authors in Japan, with famed contemporary manga artist Keigo Shinzo noting, “To read it is to grasp something of the essence of Japan.... This is the kind of manga I want to draw.”In keeping with the original Japanese orientation, Miss Ruki is meant to be read from right to left.
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- Publisher: New York Review Books
- Product Type: Graphic Novels
- Issue Number: 1
- Cover Number: 0
- Ratio: 1
- Price: 19.9500
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- ISNM: 1681379406
- EAN: 978168137940151995
- Mature: N
- Adult: N
- Writer: Fumiko Takano
- Artist: Takano, Fumiko
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- Prh Code: 9781681379401
- Prh Ship Date: 2025-09-02
- Prh FOC Date: 2025-05-26
- Diamond Series Code: 0
- Diamond Code: APR251536
- Diamond Ship Date: 2025-08-13
- Diamond FOC Date: 2025-05-25
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