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Talk To My BackA celebrated masterwork shimmering with vulnerability from one of alt manga's most important female artists. "Now that we've woken from the dream, what are we going to do?"" Chiharu thinks to herself, rubbing her husband's head affectionately. Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back (1981 84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle class dreams through a woman's relationship with her two
A celebrated masterwork shimmering with vulnerability from one of alt-manga's most important female artists. "Now that we've woken from the dream, what are we going to do?"" Chiharu thinks to herself, rubbing her husband's head affectionately. Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back (1981-84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle-class dreams through a woman's relationship with her two daughters as they mature and assert their independence, and with her husband, who works late and sees his wife as little more than a domestic servant. While engaging frankly with the compromises of marriage and motherhood, Yamada remains generous with the characters who fetter her protagonist. When her husband has an affair, Chiharu feels that she, too, has broken the marital contract by straying from the template of the happy housewife. Yamada saves her harshest criticisms for society at large, particularly its false promises of eternal satisfaction within the nuclear family - as fears of having been ""thrown away inside that empty vessel called the household"" gnaw at Chiharu's soul. Yamada was the first cartoonist in Japan to use the expressive freedoms of alt-manga to address domesticity and womanhood in a realistic, critical, and sustained way. A watershed work of literary manga, Talk to My Back was serialized in the influential magazine Garo in the early 1980s, and is translated by Eisner-nominated Ryan Holmberg."Shipping Notes
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★★★★★ 4
Beautiful
Color: Pink, Size: 16
The quality of the material could have been better....but overall my grandson received several compliments. I will order the baby blue as well. I appreciate the adjustable waistband. This is a keeper.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Runs a little big
Color: Khaki, Size: 4
Runs a little big. My son is usually a 5T but I got him a 4T for a slimmer look
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Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Suit is well made
Color: Navy Blue, Size: 8
It looks so good on him. Size is accurate. I will order again
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Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Lindo traje para niño y jóvenes
Color: Sky Blue, Size: 5
Muy elegante me encanta mi niño parece un caballero precioso con su traje vistan sus hijos como caballos
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Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Very nice but truly slim fit
Color: Sky Blue, Size: 2
Nice fabric and style. True to its title- this is a Slim fit suit, so the jacket is cut more narrow and a little longer.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2026