Kyoichi Katayama
Author of Socrates In Love: Novel (Socrates in Love)
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Come sabbia e' il mio amore 1 copy
満月の夜、モビイ・ディックが 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Katayama, Kyoichi
- Birthdate
- 1959-01-05
- Gender
- male
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- 10
- Members
- 443
- Popularity
- #55,291
- Rating
- 3.5
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- 21
- ISBNs
- 39
- Languages
- 11
It's drawn in one of the styles that I find really pleasing to read (sorry, don't know what the style is called), and the text comes from this novel (by Kyoichi Katayama; the manga is drawn by Kazumi Kazui. I don't know who adapted the text). And it's a heart-wrenching, bittersweet story about a young love ended when the girl, Aki, dies of leukemia.
Written in the 1970s, the novel has beautiful lines in it like
"No matter what I looked at, my memories would suck me in. I closed the lid on my heart and turned my back to the ocean."
"...And that was why, whenever I woke up, I'd be crying. It wasn't because I was sad. When you return from a happy dream to sad reality, there's a chasm you have to step across, and you can't cross it without shedding tears. It doesn't matter how many times you do it."
"I was in a place where one death had wiped out every emotion. That was where I was. I didn't see anthing, hear anything, or feel anything. But was that where I really was? If not, then where was I?" (which leads into a flashback of Aki and Saku-chan meeting as children)
Part of the reason I believe this manga adaptation is so successful is that Kazui (art) renders some of the words of the novel unnecessary: she communicates the author's intent succinctly, purely through drawing alone. I understand why "Socrates in Love" is well-loved in Japan, and hope this manga adaptation is as well.
(And yes, I do plan to read the novel.)… (more)