Gunjou

A manga about a lesbian who murders the abusive husband of the woman she’s in love with.

We’ve discussed this on a previous episode.

Wow this is amazing. I’m incredibly impressed with Ching Nakamura‘s ability to write such an deep and dark narrative. The relationship between the wife and the lesbian is so wrought with drama but at sometimes comes off as too melodramatic. The story begins with the murder of the wife’s husband and everything that follows is uniquely intense but still grounded in reality. It’s really beautiful how well Nakamura is able to lead you along this almost bitter relationship as it works through the aftermath of everything until the end. It really matches the title of the series that is the Japanese word for ultramarine.

One of my favorite things about this story was that none of the the characters get named until the end of the volume. Even the two main characters are never named and it’s a unique characteristic for the story.

I’d love to see this series get an official release.

~dakazu