Offshore Lightning (夕暮れへ, Yūgure e, "Toward/To Dusk/Twilight") is a manga collection of works written and illustrated by Nazuna Saito.[a] The collection was first published in Japan as Yūgure e by Seirin Kogeisha,[1] in March 2018.[2][3] The collection is published in English by Drawn and Quarterly, with Alexa Frank as the translator.
The collection, a gekiga,[4] has ten comics.[5] The themes of the collection include becoming older and death.[6] It includes an essay by Mitsuhiro Asakawa.[4]
This was the first work by Saito available in English.[5]
Works
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The collection's works include:
- "Toward The Sunset" (夕暮れへ Yūgure e)
- "Offshore Lightning" (沖の稲妻 Oki no Inazuma)
- "Parakeet God" (インコの神 Inko no Kami)
- "Buy Dog Food and Go Home" (ドッグフードを買ってお家に帰ろう Doggu Fūdo o Katte Oie ni Kaerou)
- "Countdown" (カウントダウン)
- "A Mother of Pearl Ship" (螺鈿の舟 Tsubuen no Fune)
- "Gingko" (銀杏 Ichō)
- "Upskirt" (スカートの中 Sukāto no Naka)
- "In Captivity" (トラワレノヒト Toraware no Hito) (2012)
- "Solitary Death Building" (ぼっち死の館 Botchi Shi no Tate) (2015)
Reception
editPublishers Weekly gave the book a starred review, stating that the work is "stellar".[4]
Terry Hong of Booklist stated that the translation was done "seamlessly".[5]
References
edit- ^ "1398523017072807939". Seirin Kogeisha. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
- ^ "夕暮れへ". アックスストア. Seirin Kogeisha. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ^ 齋藤なずな20年ぶりの単行本「夕暮れへ」刊行、初となる個展も開催中. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 26, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Offshore Lightning". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- ^ a b c Hong, Terry. "Offshore Lightning". Booklist. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
- ^ "Newly Published, From Nuclear Close Calls to Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair". The New York Times. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
Notes
edit- ^ The English edition writes the author's name in Japanese order, Saito Nazuna.
External links
edit- Offshore Lightning - Drawn and Quarterly
- Offshore Lightning (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia