Week 2: Osamu Tezuka

For the second week, we read a manga called "Ayako", written by the famous Tezuka. I always knew about how Tezuka was the father of manga and how he impacted the culture with his manga comic. I read and watched "Astroboy" (English name) when I was a kid and even recently I have watched one of his classic works called "Dorororo". But I never knew he made a manga filled with such an explicit dark-themed content like "Ayako". It showed us the perspective of a dysfunctional family during the aftermath of World War 2.

The art style in the manga is very much of Tezuka's work; simple and characteristic. He has a very distinctive style that you can tell it is from him by looking at the facial features and anatomy. In "Ayako", at first, it was kind of difficult to identify who the characters were because a lot of them looked very similar. But as I kept reading the plot and learn about the characters, I caught on them pretty quickly. I already loved his loose style so it was enjoyable for me to read "Ayako", despite its context of the story.

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