Others looked back to the past and towards the more alternative side of manga to find the unique voices of women who would otherwise go unnoticed in the world of American manga.
TALK TO MY BACK (Shin Kirari), by Yamada Murasaki. First published in 1981 and first published in North America in 2022.
PLOT:
A nameless housewife ruminates on her life and identity as she struggles to raise her kids, manage the household, deal with her feckless and frequently absent husband, get a part-time job, and somewhere in between all of that find some time and space for herself.
