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“Struggling manga artist Natsume travels to India, meets girl with similar struggles, and begins life-changing adventure.”
India Calling Me Now
いま、インドによばれて
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50,434 rank · 258 readers · 1 favorites
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Synopsis
Struggling manga artist Natsume travels to India, meets girl with similar struggles, and begins life-changing adventure.
"You can keep drawing manga as long as you do the chores!" Natsume Kanazawa is a 28-year-old manga artist. She draws manga professionally, but it hasn't been going well. When her live-in boyfriend asks her to accompany him to India on the premise of marriage, she decides to go along. That is where Natsume has a fateful encounter with a local girl. While bearing a frustrated expression, the girl mutters, "In India, it's normal for women to quit their jobs after getting married." They may be from different countries and speak different languages, but they appear to have similar struggles. Natsume takes the first step and embarks on a life-changing adventure. "Why do I need your permission to draw manga?!" (Source: Fantasista Inc.)
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9.5
/10
What 2 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9.5
mode 9
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Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “I loved this manga for showing the struggles of women-across the world. It relates India and Japan by the similar situation the women in both the countries are in-although to a certain extent...”
- 9 “A genuinely sweet and lovely short manga about the experiences of women and how they inspire each other, as well as a love letter to India as a whole. One could think that a manga about a Japanese...”
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Short · 50%
Medium · 50%
Long · 0%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Sep 2023 – Feb 2024
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M74809 catalog