Japan¡¯s bestselling books often converge around practical life advice: Mental math tricks for kids, tips on how to sound smart and personal finance hacks have all been top sellers in recent years. Wider pop culture trends break through, too: In 2020, Japan¡¯s top five bestselling books were all related to either the gory smash-hit manga ¡°Demon Slayer¡± or cozy escapist video game Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
A new mania now has the country¡¯s readers rapt: A set of odd books, somewhere between mystery and horror, between manga and novels, by the even odder writer known as ¡°Uketsu.¡±
Strange Pictures, by Uketsu. Translated by Jim Rion. 240 pages, HarperVia, Fiction.
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