Complex Age 1 (Paperback)

Yui Sakuma

ISBN 10: 1632362481 / ISBN 13: 9781632362483

Published by Kodansha America, Inc, New York, 2016

About this Item

Paperback. Twentysomething temp worker Nagisa Kataura lives like an average young woman - but she has a secret life. When she's not sitting at her day job, she spends most of her time transforming into her favorite anime and manga characters through the art of cosplay. Worried about being thought childish and nerdy, Nagisa struggles to keep her hobby a secret.A COSPLAYER'S STORYTwenty-six year old Nagisa Kataura has a secret. By all appearances, she's an average temp-worker, but beneath her business-casual exterior she's a devoted cosplayer. Transforming into her favorite anime and manga characters is her passion in life, and her hard work and creativity has earned Nagisa respect amongst her cosplay cohorts. But to the rest of society, her hobby is a silly fantasy, so she has to keep her two worlds separate. However, as demands from both sides of her life begin to increase, she may one day have to make a tough choice - what's more important to her, cosplay or being "normal" One of the few Japanese manga series to be told from the point of view of a female otaku. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Complex Age 1 (Paperback)
• Publisher: Kodansha America, Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1632362481
• ISBN 13: 9781632362483
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

A COSPLAYER'S STORY

Twenty-six year old Nagisa Kataura has a secret. By all appearances, she's an average temp-worker, but beneath her business-casual exterior she's a devoted cosplayer. Transforming into her favorite anime and manga characters is her passion in life, and her hard work and creativity has earned Nagisa respect amongst her cosplay cohorts. But to the rest of society, her hobby is a silly fantasy, so she has to keep her two worlds separate. However, as demands from both sides of her life begin to increase, she may one day have to make a tough choice - what's more important to her, cosplay or being "normal"

About the Author

After winning the 63rd annual (2013) Tetsuya Chiba Award with her oneshot version of Complex Age, Yui Sakuma began this, her first serialized work. It is also her first work to be published in English.