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Gidarim

Also known as The Waiting.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn’t come. The young family—now four—fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son.

Then 70 years passed. Seventy years of waiting. Gwija is now an elderly woman and Jina can’t stop thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother.



Tags: Historical , Female Protagonist , Tragedy , Family Life , War , Rural , Time Skip

Supyeongseon

Also known as The Horizon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Adventure , Drama , Psychological

A world where everything has been lost. A boy and a girl alone together. A spark of hope kindled between them. All they can do is move forward. But against broken adults and devastating despair, how long will they be able to keep going...?



Tags: Survival , Philosophy , Post-Apocalyptic , War , Tragedy , Coming of Age , Primarily Child Cast , Religion , Travel , Achromatic , Crime , Time Skip , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Rehabilitation , Guns , Gore , Suicide , Cannibalism , Language Barrier , Outdoor Activities

Senjou no Hito

Also known as On Their Frontlines: The Lives of Japanese War Brides.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

After Japan lost the War, the country was thrown into devastation. And no one felt this devastation as much as its women, who were forced into menial jobs, fell into sex work, and pawned off as war brides to American G.I.s. In their affecting graphic novel debut, Marina Lisa Komiya follows the lives of two Japanese women and the American soldiers they marry in this tumultuous time period.

Best friends (and possibly more) before the War, Haru and Yoriko are separated in the evacuation of their town during the air raids. As they search for each other afterward, Haru gets by as a waitress, while Yoriko sells her body at a brothel. Their fortunes change when they each meet respectful American soldiers, who take their hand. Arthur, a Japanese American, grapples with the inner conflict of his dual identity, while Scott is at once fascinated by Japanese culture and wracked with guilt over the destruction American forces have wrought.

Amidst the postwar desolation, love finds a way, in this powerful work of manga that explores sexuality, identity, and unlikely cross-cultural connection.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Historical , War , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Time Skip , Achronological Order ,