What Did You Eat Yesterday? Vol. 17

What Did You Eat Yesterday? Vol. 17

From the James Tripee Award Winning author, Fumi Yoshinaga, comes a casual romance between two 40-year-old men and the many meals they share together.

This slice-of-life series follows the ordinary lives of a middle-aged, gay couple and the ever-changing,

delicious variety of homecooked meals they share.

Shiro and Kenji are now well past their youthful years, and with a stable relationship and a stable career for them both, what could possibly go wrong? But Kenji finds himself in a bind one evening after a few drinks with one of his hair salon regulars. Meanwhile, a mysterious and beautiful woman greets Shiro with a friendly smile on the street during their grocery shopping, and Shiro insists that he doesn’t know her.

Biographical Notes:

Over the past decade few female comic artists have been as beloved as Fumi Yoshinaga. Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971, Yoshinaga is a graduate of the prestigious Keio University of Tokyo. A lifelong comic artist and story teller, she made her perfessional debut in 1994 with her short series, The Moon and the Sandals, serialized in Hanaoto magazine, but was previously a participant in many indie comic and fanzine conventions.

Since her debut Yoshinaga has been 16 series, a few of which have been adapted into motion pictures and animated TV series. Her work on Antique Bakery sent her into international fame and she has been nominated for the Eisner Award for her titles – Flowers of Life and Ooku-The Inner Chamber. Of Yoshinaga’s many works, several have been licensed internationally. She recently exhibited her work in the United States with the touring gallery “Shōjo Manga: Girl Power!” (Vancouver, Sacramento, New York, Chicago, Boston).

Title Notes:

Considered one of the biggest names in Japanese comics today, Fumi Yoshinaga has also achieved tremendous success in the United States. She was awarded the Japan Media Arts Award in 2006, since then she was awarded the Sense of Gender Award, The Osamu Tezuka Award, the Shogakukan Manga Award, the James Tripee Award for Gender in Science Fiction and has been nominated for the Eisner Award three times. Her books are regularly listed on YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens.

Not only does the book incorporate food into the narrative, it actually goes through the process of preparing meals in great detail. At the end of most chapters full recipes are listed for the dishes that are not prepped in frame.

While gender and sexuality tend to not be politicized in Japan, sex in general continues to be a very private matter. And thus, media tends to often scandalize romances for ratings. What Did You Eat takes a different approach.

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