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Turn me up.

ISBN- 9781770469013

January 19, 2027

Hardcover - 148 pages

$30.00 USD, $40.00 CAD

"A melancholic portrait of Tokyo at the edge of collapse during the final days of World War II, by a celebrated Garo cartoonist.

Adapted from Ango Sakaguchi’s famous historical fiction/romance writing, the graphic novel follows two people bound not by love, but by proximity to ruin.

A former sex worker, she is emotionally sealed off, incapable of feeling pleasure in any familiarway. A writer, he is numb and adrift, and drawn to her detachment from the unraveling world. 

Together, they have made an agreement: they will stay together until the war ends—or they die. 

Drifting through bomb shelters, burned-out streets, and nights heavy with smoke, desire, and resignation, terror becomes a strange fascination; destruction takes on an erotic charge. There is something beautiful, almost intoxicating, about the end.

Kondō’s minimalist style heightens the void—thin lines, empty rooms, distant gazes. 

Translated by award-winning David Boyd (Breasts and Eggs), this long-awaited release will be an instant classic."

Boring haul, but had to post it to wrap up the pickups for this month…

Picked up a couple of graphic novels, a set of Buddha I found for cheap and caught up with Grand Blue volumes.

I’ve never been able to finish Buddha, I’m so tired of Tezuka, so fingers crossed I manage to finish the read this time, and if I do, hopefully I enjoy it.

Not a manga, but The Road was phenomenal.