22nd Manga Division Jury Selections
SHIMANAMI TASOGARE
Manga published in book form, in magazine
KAMATANI Yuhki [Japan]
Outline
Tasuku’s classmates discover he has been watching homosexual videos. As he contem- plates suicide driven by the fear of being outed, a mysterious woman named Dareka-san appears. She invites Tasuku to visit the Danwa-shitsu, a gathering place for people grappling with various problems. This emotion-filled story set in Onomichi (Hiroshima) addresses complicated topics like adolescence, sex, and reviving of abandoned houses.