Manga Tak

Episode 86 - Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto

Manga Tak

A young Fujino publishes a weekly comic strip in her school paper to the fanfare of all her classmates, dreaming to become a Mangaka when she grows up... However, after another student named Kyomoto is published in the same paper, the way Fujino and her classmates see her work changes forever. It's the start of an unlikely friendship and a tragic story: one that echoes it's creator's feelings and real life incidents. But is it worth reading?

This week, Mat is once again joined by writer and illustrator, A.C. MacDonald, to discuss Look Back by Tatsuki Fujimoto. In this spoiler filled episode, we look at Look Back in relation to Fujimoto's other works, discuss how the creator reflects his own thoughts and feelings through the story, as well as asking each other questions on the nature of art and why we both feel the need to create things!

Join us for perhaps one of the most introspective episodes of the podcast ever, but we hope you'll agree: it's likely the kind of conversation someone like Fujimoto would want us to have about this book!

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Show Notes

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Twistwood Tales by A.C. MacDonald

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Other Works of Fujimoto:

Fire Punch

Chainsaw Man

Goodbye, Eri

Before Chainsaw Man

Look Back (the anime)

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Thanks to Juliano Zucareli for our theme music!

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