Kumauchi no Onna

A manga about a female hunter who is obsessed with shooting brown bears.

This is a pretty interesting manga. Compared to other manga about hunting like Sanzoku Diary, this one has a strong fictional story revolving around the main character Chiaki Kosaka. She’s a hunter who agrees to be accompanied by a young writer looking for an interesting story. As the writer follows Chiaki around, it becomes clearer and clearer that her obsession with hunting down bears is dangerous. Yabuta Ajima does a great job telling this story. I think their art work is a little rough but that’s a minor note considering how engaging the story is. I will say there are some very graphic scenes of violence as this manga doesn’t shy away from the dangers of a bear attack.

It’s currently serialized on Kurage Bunch but not available in English yet.

~dakazu