Books

Japan

This is the preferred term. Synonyms are included. You can turn off synonyms.

Broader terms: East Asia, Asia, Earth Geography

Narrower terms: Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka

A Man and His Cat, Vol. 2

Series:

A Man and His Cat

Genres:

Contemporary fiction, Slice of life

Tropes:

Emotional healing, Fluff, Found family, Slice of life

Characters:

Cat characters, East Asian main character(s)

Time Periods:

Places:

An Artist of the Floating World

by Kazuo Ishiguro

Series:

Genres:

World War II fiction

Tropes:

Unreliable narrator

Characters:

Artist, Grandparent, Japanese main character, Parent, Widow(er)

Time Periods:

Places:

Gyo: The Death-Stench Creeps

by Junji Ito, Yuji Oniki

Series:

Genres:

Cosmic horror, Creature horror, Horror Graphic Novel, Science fiction horror

Tropes:

Anyone can die, Apocalypse, Last man standing, Science caused the apocalypse, Science goes wrong, Stranger than fiction, Survivor by coincidence

Characters:

Characters in their 20s, East Asian main character(s), Heterosexual main character, Japanese main character

Time Periods:

Information Age

Places:

Beach, City, Japan