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From Innocent to not so

A Smart and Courageous Child by Miki Yamamoto

May 16, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The book was read. The book was being digested for thoughts. And it was almost not written about. That book was A Smart and Courageous Child by Miki Yamamoto. It is an odd, unusual, emotional, relatable, out there story. Everyone gets out of it what they put in, where they are in life, their likes and dislikes and hates and loves. It is an experience to read but what that experience that is, is up to you. A couple learns they are going to have […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance Tagged With: Children, East Asian Style, family, manga, Miki Yamamoto, parents, partners, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:268 · Genres: Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, Romance · Tags: Children, East Asian Style, family, manga, Miki Yamamoto, parents, partners, Social Themes ·
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“We’ll continue to hurt others and be hurt in the future too. And one day, something even worse might happen…We have a chance to change things for the better. If we raise a smart and courageous child.”

A Smart and Courageous Child by Miki Yamamoto

January 5, 2025 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

It’s always thrilling to me to see a publisher trying something new, and Tokyopop publishing A Smart and Courageous Child strikes me as a bold move. They are not usually the publisher you expect to do literary manga, and finding this in the bookstore made my day. I am constantly pining for American publishers to translate more manga like this, aimed at adults and dealing with everyday life. There’s so much manga in Japan that is probably never going to get translated here, so anything […]

Filed Under: Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Miki Yamamoto, Parenting, pregnancy

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Miki Yamamoto, Parenting, pregnancy ·
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