Abstract

For those who are hurt by the meanness within themselves. An entire book dedicated to Lucy!

A collection of comic masterpieces from the legendary comic strip "PEANUTS," known for Snoopy, is now available in a new series of best-of collections, featuring carefully selected episodes for each character! The first volume features Lucy, who is not just crabby!

"PEANUTS" is a comic strip drawn by Charles M. Schulz and brilliantly translated by Shuntaro Tanikawa. This time, poet Tahi Saihate connects Lucy with the reader. Lucy is very mean. But why is she everyone's friend? A book to think about "friendship" while exploring the differences and similarities between Lucy and yourself.

"PEANUTS," the comic strip known for Snoopy and Charlie Brown, was serialized in newspapers for half a century starting in 1950 by Charles M. Schulz. The comic strip features a colorful cast of characters including Lucy, Linus, and Sally.

[Lucy's Profile]
A friend of Charlie Brown, Snoopy's owner. Always confident and competitive. She's meddlesome and often says unnecessary things. She has two younger brothers, Linus and Rerun. She's especially strict with Linus. She has a huge crush on Schroeder. She occasionally opens a "counseling room" to earn some pocket money.

Author’s Information

Charles M. Schulz was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA in 1922. He aspired to be a cartoonist from around the age of six. In 1950, at the age of 27, he began the newspaper serialization of "Peanuts." Since then, he has drawn 17,897 comic strips over half a century, which have been published in 2,600 newspapers worldwide. It has become the newspaper comic strip with the most readers in history. He passed away on the night of February 12, 2000, at the age of 77. It was the day before the final Sunday edition was delivered.

Shuntaro Tanikawa was born in Tokyo in 1931. He is a poet. In 1952, at the age of 21, he published his first collection of poems, "Twenty Billion Light Years of Solitude." From the late 1960s, he was involved in the translation of "Peanuts," and translated the entire series in "The Complete Peanuts Collection" (Kawade Shobo Shinsha). Many of the famous quotes from "Peanuts" that are popular with Japanese readers are due to his excellent translations. He passed away on November 13, 2024, at the age of 92. His favorite character was Woodstock.

Tahi Saihate was born in 1986. She is a poet. In 2006 she won the Gendai Shi Techo Award, in 2007 at the age of 21 she won the 13th Nakahara Chuya Prize for her first poetry collection "Good Morning", in 2015 she won the 33rd Gendai Shi Hanatsubaki Award for "To Us Who Are Likely to Die", and in 2024 she won the 32nd Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize for "The Sunset Misunderstood as Love". Her poetry collection "The Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue" was also made into a film. Her essay collection "Kimi wo Ai-chan" includes a piece expressing her love for Lucy.