Shin Kazoku Keikaku

Shin Kazoku Keikaku

A manga about a single mother working as an escort who starts a relationship with a porn director.

I talked about Taeko Uzuki at length on a recent episode. Although this series is fiction, it’s shocking to think that the majority of the events that take place are based on real life accounts that Uzuki went through. And there are some rough things that happen to the mother in this series.

The most impressive thing about this manga is the honesty and realism to the story. You can easily believe what the characters are going through, even though some of their reactions are over the top for the sake of comedy. It gives more agency to the plights and struggles of the mom in particular.

I highly recommend Uzuki’s Ningen Karimenchu to learn about her life and her triumphs.

~dakazu

211 – Manga in Motion 33 – Animal World

211 – Manga in Motion 33 – Animal World

Apologies in advance as Seamus had to skip this week’s podcast so we changed from our planned retrospective to another Manga in Motion instead. So at darfox’s request we look at the Chinese Animal World based on Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji!

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