Second Hand Love (manga)

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Second Hand Love is a collection of manga by Murasaki Yamada, [lower-alpha 1] translated into English by Ryan Holmberg and published in North America in 2024 by Drawn and Quarterly.

Contents

The Drawn and Quarterly volume has two manga, [1] both from the 1980s. [2]

The two manga were previously published together in Japanese by Shogakukan, under the collective title A Shimmering Pale Color.

Plots

A Blue Flame is about Emi, a woman in an affair with a married man. Initially she continues the affair despite others telling her to stop, but she realizes that she feels disrespected by being in the affair. [3]

Second Hand Love follows Yuko, who recalled how her father cheated on her mother and how this affects her own relationships with other men. [3] At the time of the plot, Yuko's mother is dead, and Yuko's father wishes he had not cheated on her. [2]

Publication

A Shimmering Pale Color was first published in Comic Morning from 1983 to 1984, [1] and was serialized in book form by Kodansha. In 1986 it was adapted into a film titled Bed In (ベッド・イン). [5] [1] The comic Second Hand Love was first published in Comic Baku  [ ja ], from 1986 to 1987. [1]

A Shimmering Pale Color was later published by Shogakukan, [1] in a volume, titled A Shimmering Pale Color, that also included the manga Second Hand Love. [4]

The English version has an interview with Yamada that occurred in 1985. It also has images from A Loving Family (恋する家族), written by Masahiro Mita  [ ja; de ]. [3]

Reception

Terry Hong of Booklist argued that, in 2024, the insights into women's issues "remains relevantly evergreen across cultures and decades." [2]

Publishers Weekly gave a starred review and stated that the collection is "exquisite" and "a perfect introduction to Murasaki’s heady feminist dramas." [3]

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References

Reference notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Holmberg, Ryan. "CviCh5tP65Z" . Retrieved 2024-02-09– via Instagram.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Hong, Terry (2024-04-15). "Second Hand Love". Booklist . Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Second Hand Love". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  4. 1 2 "ゆらりうす色" (in Japanese). Shogakukan . Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  5. ↑ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, Talk to My Back, p. xxxiii.

Notes

  1. ↑ The English edition writes the author's name in Japanese order, Yamada Murasaki.
  2. ↑ The comic is titled in Japanese with Latin characters [4]
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