I'm actually reading the second volume, but it didn't have a pictures, and I've read this one, so yeah. Nobuko Yoshiya is one of my favorite Japanese authors, even though she kills me with the early 20th century (aka 1918) Japanese. The Hanamonogatari (Flower Tales) books are her shorts stories, usu...
Kuroshoubi (Black Rose) was originally published as what would nowadays be called a Zine, after Yoshiya got fed up with the censorship and sale mentality of the mainstream publishers. It's an amazingly feminist book, especially considering that it was written in the 1920s. It is a love story, but mo...
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