{"product_id":"miss-ruki-paperback","title":"Miss Ruki - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFumiko Takano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlexa Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman rejects the fast-paced consumer culture of 1980s Japan in favor of a slower, more carefree lifestyle in this tenderhearted, sweetly funny classic of slice-of-life manga.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA classic of Japanese manga, \u003ci\u003eMiss Ruki \u003c\/i\u003eis a warm and vivid portrait of the lives of two young women in Tokyo during Japan's 1980s bubble economy. The titular Miss Ruki spurns the fast-paced consumer culture of the era in favor of a lighthearted life dedicated to her hobbies, her books, and spending time with her anxious but far more pragmatic friend, Ecchan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTakano's art moves with all the warmth, grace, and clarity of the everyday moments it depicts. Sweet and funny, these vignettes of a long-gone time still resonate today with readers and authors in Japan, with famed contemporary manga artist Keigo Shinzo noting, \"To read it is to grasp something of the essence of Japan.... This is the kind of manga I want to draw.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiss Ruki\u003c\/i\u003e is a vertical comic strip meant to be read right to left; each story begins in the top right panel and continues down the column before moving leftward.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFumiko Takano\u003c\/b\u003e is a Japanese manga artist. Influential among the \"New Wave\" manga artists in the late 70s and early 80s, Takano was one of the first women manga artists to publish in outlets not explicitly aimed at a female readership. She won the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2003, and in 2015 she was the second-ever manga artist to win the Iwaya Sazanami Literary Award. She lives in Tokyo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexa Frank\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor and translator of Japanese. A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the Fulbright program, she has translated over twenty volumes of manga, most recently Nazuna Saito's \u003ci\u003eOffshore Lightning\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the 2024 Ignatz Awards), Kyoko Okazaki's \u003ci\u003eRiver's Edge\u003c\/i\u003e (nominated for the 2024 Eisner Awards), and Shirakawa Gin's \u003ci\u003eA Story of Seven Lives\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153464623167,"sku":"9781681379401","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/CQKm4hZI8T9781681379401.webp?v=1776947681","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/miss-ruki-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}