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Ayako

Alternative Titles

Japanese: 奇子
English: Ayako
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 2
Chapters: 19
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 10, 1972 to Jun 9, 1973
Genre: Drama Drama
Themes: Historical Historical, Psychological Psychological
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Big Comic
Authors: Tezuka, Osamu (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.681 (scored by 38133,813 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #18782
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2147
Members: 10,052
Favorites: 172

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Synopsis

Jirou Tenge, the second son of what used to be an influential Japanese family, returns home after being a POW in an American camp during the Second World War. He finds his family corrupted by the terrible social aftereffects of the war.

His elder brother, determined to keep what remains of the family patrimony after the Government's forced land reallocation, has prostituted his wife to his father to secure his blessing, while other members of Jiro's family have been drawn into similar corruption, and he himself is being forced to spy for the Americans after being broken as a POW. Now the family's youngest daughter Ayako will have to bear the brunt of the family's sins.

(Source: ANN)

Background

Ayako was published in English by Vertical Inc. in a complete omnibus volume on November 30, 2010. It was also released in Brazilian Portuguese by Editora Veneta as a complete omnibus volume in February 2018.

Characters

Tenge, Shiro
Supporting
Tenge, Ichirou
Supporting
Tenge, Sakuemon
Supporting

Reviews

Nov 29, 2024
Ayako – Spoiler Free – Recommended

TLDR
Story – 7,5/10 – 7,5 x 0.275 = 2,0625
Art – 8/10 – 8 x 0.2 = 1,6
Characters – 6/10 – 6 x 0.225 = 1,35
Enjoyment – 7/10 – 7 x 0.3 = 2,1
Total: 7,1125 -> 7

Story – 7,5/10
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Mar 14, 2022
Ayako
The GOAT Osamu Tezuka really knew how to make a good manga and a good story!

Story 9/10 - The story is not only about a girl and the bad way she was treat, is a story about humanity, politic and mental health. Ayako is a drama story that follows the girl who gave the name of the manga, Ayako... and also follows the Tenge Family and their horrible way to treat people and their sick realationship between them. The humanity way of the story is because we can see how the persons was after the WW2 end and how Japan was rebuilding themselves and, of ...
May 1, 2016
Mixed Feelings
I was fortunate. Fortunate in that I had a learned individual informed me of the background in which ‘Ayako’ was created which allowed me to understand the reasoning behind many of the plot points and the overall theme.

Because the story would have looked awful without the understanding of that background.

The reason being that much of it isn’t presented well, and it ends up looking silly and vapid without the proper presentation. Eventually, the story does get around to leading readers in the right direction of understanding, but that is well over 50% into the story and it is still fairly easy to lose sight of.

Thing ...

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