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The most critically acclaimed comic of the Japanese countercultureNejishiki unveils the most iconic scenes from Yoshiharu Tsuge's highly respected body of work alongside his most beloved stories. A cornerstone of Japan's legendary 1960s counterculture that galvanized avant-garde manga and comics criticism, the title story follows an injured young man as he wanders through a village of strangers in search of emotional and physical release. Other stories in this collection follow a series of weary travelers who while away sultry nights and face menacing doppelgängers. Even banal activities like afternoon strolls uncover unsavory impulses. The emotionally and erotically charged imagery collected in this third volume remains as shocking and vivid today as it did upon its debut fifty years ago. Tsuge's stories push boundaries, abruptly crossing the threshold of conventional storytelling. Unassuming protagonists venture further into eerie symbolism against a shadowy, perceptibly dreamlike landscape easily mistaken for the real world. The angst that pervades postwar Japanese society threatens to devour his characters and their pastoral sensibilities as each protagonist's wanderlust turns surreal.

"Oba electroplating factory shows Tsuge reflecting upon his own life, his work, and his contemporaries. While on a trip to hot springs, a wife teases her husband about a former fling: a young cartoonist is aghast at the cavalier conduct of his supposed betters; a child slaves away at a dangerous factory job, unaware of the danger and adult dramas surrounding him. Translated by Ryan Holmber, this volume is an indispensable addition to the literary comics canon and shining example of world literature at its most human. Following his breakthrough success of "Neijishiki, Yoshiharu Tsuge forgest a path for autofiction in manga and changes the cultural landscape of comics forever. The fourth volume of seven from the celebrated and influential Garo artist, Oba Electroplating Factory contains some of Tsuge's most revealing and personal works--studies in staging nature, working to evoke stillness and movement that renders his chosen setting a character all on its own"--