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Super Tokyoland

by Benjamin Reiss · 2017

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When artist Benjamin Reiss flies to Tokyo to spend a year with a Kayoko, the Japanese girl he met in France a year earlier, one year stretches into six as he becomes immersed in a vast and complex culture while studying cartooning under several masters of manga.

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immigrationimmigrationMore like thisLess of this
Setting
21st century21st centuryMore like thisLess of thisJapanJapanMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 229 pages
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graphic novelsgraphic novelsMore like thisLess of this

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