Offshore Lightning

Offshore Lightning (夕暮れへ, Yūgure e, "Toward/To Dusk/Twilight") is a manga collection of works written and illustrated by Nazuna Saito [ja].^[a] The collection was first published in Japan as Yūgure e by Seirin Kogeisha [ja],^[1] in March 2018.^[2]^[3] The collection is published in English by Drawn and Quarterly, with Alexa Frank as the translator.

The collection, a gekiga,^[4] has ten comics.^[5] The themes of the collection include becoming older and death.^[6] It includes an essay by Mitsuhiro Asakawa.^[4]

This was the first work by Saito available in English.^[5]

Works

The collection's works include:

"Toward The Sunset" (夕暮れへ Yūgure e)
"Offshore Lightning" (沖の稲妻 Oki no Inazuma)
"Parakeet God" (インコの神 Inko no Kami)
"Buy Dog Food and Go Home" (ドッグフードを買ってお家に帰ろう Doggu Fūdo o Katte Oie ni Kaerou)
"Countdown" (カウントダウン)
"A Mother of Pearl Ship" (螺鈿の舟 Tsubuen no Fune)
"Gingko" (銀杏 Ichō)
"Upskirt" (スカートの中 Sukāto no Naka)
"In Captivity" (トラワレノヒト Toraware no Hito) (2012)
"Solitary Death Building" (ぼっち死の館 Botchi Shi no Tate) (2015)

Reception

Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review, stating that the work is "stellar".^[4]

Terry Hong of Booklist stated that the translation was done "seamlessly".^[5]

References

^ "1398523017072807939". Seirin Kogeisha [ja]. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
^ "夕暮れへ". アックスストア. Seirin Kogeisha [ja]. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
^ 齋藤なずな20年ぶりの単行本「夕暮れへ」刊行、初となる個展も開催中. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 26, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Offshore Lightning". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hong, Terry. "Offshore Lightning". Booklist. Retrieved 2024-09-17.
^ "Newly Published, From Nuclear Close Calls to Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair". The New York Times. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2024-09-17.

Notes

^ The English edition writes the author's name in Japanese order, Saito Nazuna.

External links

Offshore Lightning - Drawn and Quarterly
Offshore Lightning (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

[Seirinannouncement-2] "1398523017072807939". Seirin Kogeisha [ja]. Retrieved 2024-09-18.

[3] "夕暮れへ". アックスストア. Seirin Kogeisha [ja]. Retrieved 2021-11-23.

[4] 齋藤なずな20年ぶりの単行本「夕暮れへ」刊行、初となる個展も開催中. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. March 26, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2024.

[PW-5] "Offshore Lightning". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-09-17.

[Hong-6] Hong, Terry. "Offshore Lightning". Booklist. Retrieved 2024-09-17.

[7] "Newly Published, From Nuclear Close Calls to Hollywood's Greatest Love Affair". The New York Times. 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2024-09-17.

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

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