On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides Vol. 1

Available from Fantagraphics when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

This sensitive and affecting manga debut follows the lives of two Japanese war brides following WWII, and the simmering tensions around identity, sexuality, and cultural change as their country rebuilds from the devastation. After Japan lost the War, the country was thrown into devastation. No one felt this devastation as much as Japanese women, who, left with few paths to choose from, took low-wage jobs, fell into sex work, and wed American G.I.s. In their affecting graphic novel debut, Marina