"Okinawa was first published in English in digital serialization at MangasplainingExtra.com"--Colophon. Reads from right to left (except pages i-xxiii).
Contents:
Book one: Sword of sand -- Book two: Mabui -- From Yamato to the United States : Okinawa in flux /Shinako Oyakawa -- Susumu Higa interview / translated by Jocelyne Allen ; conducted by Christopher Woodrow-Butcher and Andrew Woodrow-Butcher for MangasplainingExtra (MSX).
Summary:
"A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan. Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island's pre-eminent mangaka, Susumu Higa, which reflect on this difficult history and pull together traditional Okinawan spirituality, the modern-day realities of the continuing US military occupation, and the senselessness of the War. The first collection, Sword of Sand, is a ground level, unflinching look at the horrors of the Battle of Okinawa. Higa then turns an observant eye to the present-day in Mabui (Okinawan for "spirit"), where he explores how the American occupation has irreversibly changed the island prefecture, through the lens of the archipelago's indigenous spirituality and the central character of the yuta priestess."--Amazon.
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