After seeing their prowess in battle against some bandits, Shinsuke decides to travel with them to learn how to become strong. The titular youko, Tama, and her half-brother Jinka (she was in love with his adoptive dad, so they call each other siblings, until they fall in love…look, it’s complicated) meet a wandering samurai named Shinsuke. Set in sixteenth-century Japan against a backdrop of both political upheaval and the world of Japanese mythology, Sengoku Youko at first glance feels like a shounen manga setup. One of the titles I had the delight of reading through recently is a 17-volume historical fantasy called Sengoku Youko (戦国妖狐, “Warring States Fox Spirit”), written by Satoshi Mizukami. Kids, I’m not saying you should get a degree in Japanese so you can read manga, but learning has its uses. When I get done with those and don’t see anything else that catches my interest, I hop online and see what’s popular in Japan that might be fun. I borrow copies from friends and the mobile manga library. Since I can read a graphic novel in about ten minutes, it’s a good way to fill my narrative appetite without having to commit for hours, because you know that novel ain’t gettin’ put down. Being a person who loves reading, but also has struggles with time, depression and ADHD, manga hits a sweet spot for me.
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