Second Hand Love (manga)
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. The Drawn and Quarterly volume has two manga,[1] both from the 1980s.[2]
- A Blue Flame,[2] known originally as A Shimmering Pale Color (ゆらりうす色 Yurari Usuiro),[1] makes up the majority of the volume.[3]
- Second Hand Love[lower-alpha 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, 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.[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]
See also
- Talk to My Back, another manga by Yamada
References
- Holmberg, Ryan (July 2022). "The Life and Art of Yamada Murasaki". In Yamada, Murasaki (ed.). Talk to My Back. Translated by Ryan Holmberg. Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly. pp. vii–xli. ISBN 978-1-77046-563-3.
Reference notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Holmberg, Ryan. "CviCh5tP65Z". Retrieved 2024-02-09 – via Instagram.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hong, Terry (2024-04-15). "Second Hand Love". Booklist. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Second Hand Love". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "ゆらりうす色" (in 日本語). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ↑ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, Talk to My Back, p. xxxiii.
Notes
External links
- Second Hand Love - Drawn and Quarterly
- Yurari Usuiro - Chikuma Shobo (in Japanese)
- Bed In at IMDb