Hiroto Ikuta is a carefree, and optimistic guy who's totally fine taking each day as it comes. While those around him worry he's approaching 30 with no real ambitions or love life, he's not worried at all! However, after the older woman he befriended passes away and he inherits her house in Tokyo, his life begins to change in unexpected ways! 

The most notable of which is his cousin, Natsumi, moving in! She's struggling to figure out who she wants to be and trying to adapt to her newfound independence, but won't open up about it to Hiro! Can these two once close cousins reconnect now they share a roof? Will Hiro go back to acting? And just who is the mysterious girl he met at work?

This week on Manga Tak, I sit down with Nick Westwood of RetroBreak to discuss Hirayasumi by Keigo Shinzō! We talk about it's unique approach to slice of life storytelling, gush a little about the book's art and scratch a little deeper into how the book generates stakes and drama with a content MC!

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Show Notes

Mangaka:

Taiyō Matsumoto

Naoki Urasawa

Iou Karuda

Inio Asano

Tatsuki Fujimoto

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Manga

Go Go Monster by Taiyō Matsumoto

Tokyo Alien Bros. by Keigo Shinzō

Holiday Junction by Keigo Shinzō

Solanin by Inio Asano

Sketchy by Makihirochi

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Interviews 

Matsumoto x Asano x Keigō

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Other Illustrators

SanLemo

Lucie Byron

Thanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music!

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