Second Hand Love (manga)

Second Hand Love is a collection of manga by Murasaki Yamada,^[a] translated into English by Ryan Holmberg and published in North America in 2024 by Drawn and Quarterly.

The Drawn and Quarterly volume has two manga,^[1] both from the 1980s.^[2]

A Blue Flame,^[2] known originally as A Shimmering Pale Color (ゆらりうす色 Yurari Usuiro),^[1] makes up the majority of the volume.^[3]
Second Hand Love^[b]

The two manga were previously published together in Japanese by Shogakukan, under the collective title A Shimmering Pale Color.

Plots

A Blue Flame is about Emi, a woman in an affair with a married man. Initially she continues the affair despite others telling her to stop, but she realizes that she feels disrespected by being in the affair.^[3]

Second Hand Love follows Yuko, who recalled how her father cheated on her mother and how this affects her own relationships with other men.^[3] At the time of the plot, Yuko's mother is dead, and Yuko's father wishes he had not cheated on her.^[2]

Publication

A Shimmering Pale Color was first published in Comic Morning from 1983 to 1984,^[1] and was serialized in book form by Kodansha. In 1986 it was adapted into a film titled Bed In (ベッド・イン).^[5]^[1] The comic Second Hand Love was first published in Comic Baku [ja], from 1986 to 1987.^[1]

A Shimmering Pale Color was later published by Shogakukan,^[1] in a volume, titled A Shimmering Pale Color, that also included the manga Second Hand Love.^[4]

The English version has an interview with Yamada that occurred in 1985. It also has images from A Loving Family (恋する家族), written by Masahiro Mita [ja; de].^[3]

Reception

Terry Hong of Booklist argued that, in 2024, the insights into women's issues "remains relevantly evergreen across cultures and decades."^[2]

Publishers Weekly gave a starred review and stated that the collection is "exquisite" and "a perfect introduction to Murasaki’s heady feminist dramas."^[3]

References

Holmberg, Ryan (July 2022). "The Life and Art of Yamada Murasaki". In Yamada, Murasaki (ed.). Talk to My Back. Translated by Ryan Holmberg. Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly. pp. vii–xli. ISBN 978-1-77046-563-3.

Reference notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Holmberg, Ryan. "CviCh5tP65Z". Retrieved 2024-02-09 – via Instagram.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hong, Terry (2024-04-15). "Second Hand Love". Booklist. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Second Hand Love". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
^ ^a ^b "ゆらりうす色" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, Talk to My Back, p. xxxiii.

Notes

^ The English edition writes the author's name in Japanese order, Yamada Murasaki.
^ The comic is titled in Japanese with Latin characters^[4]

External links

Second Hand Love - Drawn and Quarterly
Yurari Usuiro - Chikuma Shobo (in Japanese)
Bed In at IMDb

[Holmbergtransann-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Holmberg, Ryan. "CviCh5tP65Z". Retrieved 2024-02-09 – via Instagram.

[Booklist-3] Hong, Terry (2024-04-15). "Second Hand Love". Booklist. Retrieved 2024-05-26.

[PW-4] "Second Hand Love". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-05-26.

[Shogakukan-5] "ゆらりうす色" (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2024-05-26.

[HolmbergTalkTopxxxiii-7] Holmberg, Talk to My Back, Talk to My Back, p. xxxiii.

[Naming-1] The English edition writes the author's name in Japanese order, Yamada Murasaki.

[Title-6] The comic is titled in Japanese with Latin characters^[4]

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