An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo IshiguroSeries: Genres: World War II fictionTropes: Unreliable narratorCharacters: Artist, Grandparent, Japanese main character, Parent, Widow(er)Time Periods: Places: Japan
Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps by Junji Ito, Yuji OnikiSeries: Genres: Cosmic horror, Creature horror, Horror Graphic Novel, Science fiction horrorTropes: Anyone can die, Apocalypse, Last man standing, Science caused the apocalypse, Science goes wrong, Stranger than fiction, Survivor by coincidenceCharacters: Characters in their 20s, East Asian main character(s), Heterosexual main character, Japanese main characterTime Periods: Information AgePlaces: Beach, City, Japan