“1960s Japan: independent saleswoman Sumire uses her body as weapon against machismo, questioning if contracts can shield from human nature.”
Sumire Hakusho
すみれ白書
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1960s Japan: independent saleswoman Sumire uses her body as weapon against machismo, questioning if contracts can shield from human nature.
Japan in the sixties, Sumire, a twenty-year-old woman, works as a saleswoman in a department store. She refuses to depend on a man to live and sees her own body as a weapon to create herself a place in society. A contract to guarantee her freedom, to fight against this machismo that hinders women. But can one protect oneself from human nature and one's own feelings? (Source: Editions Kana, translated) Included one-shot: Volume 4: Kita e Kaerou
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A Manga Publication
- Format 39 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 12m approx
- Published Nov 1976 – Jul 1977
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M50034 catalog