Abstract

Our father’s back, which used to seem larger than the sea itself, was now engulfed in a hopeless sense of loneliness. Separated from his parents soon after he was born, he lived his life with all the strength he can muster, trying not to drown in that solitude. He clumsily started building up his own factory and creating his own family, but the things most dear to him gradually began to slip away through his fingers.

Author’s Information

Born in Osaka in 1964. Raised in Hiroshima. Moved to Tokyo after graduating high school and began pursuing her dream to become a manga artist at 30 years old. Her first work, The Secret Stories of Kaoru, won the 27th Chiba Tatsuya Grand Prize. She debuted with Morning in 1995. Her main works include Akai bunka jûtaku no Hatsuko (which was made into a live-action film in 2007, directed by Tanada Yuki), Like a Girl Playing House (which won the 15th and 16th Japan Media Arts Festival Manga Division Jury Selection Award and 42nd Japan Cartoonists Association’s Excellence Award) and All the Things My Father Lost (which won the 23rd Japan Media Arts Manga Division Jury Selection Award).