I haven't read much manga, so I had no idea who Yoshihiro Tatsumi was, let alone what to expect in this fictionalized autobiography. Hiroshi wants to be an artist and first, in competition with his brother, he reaches out to a network of peers and finds success in the industry. Tatsumi reminds reade...
I expected more from this, having been a huge fan of the author's collections of shorter pieces like "Abandon the Old in Tokyo." Here, each chapter is about the length of those shorter stories but the narrative often lacks any kind of energy. Ach, will the hero publish with this manga house or that ...