A Girl on the Shore
Vertical · 2016 · 1 issue
About the series
Inoue Asano’s A Girl on the Shore, published by Vertical in 2016, is a single-volume manga that explores the raw, often uncomfortable emotional landscape of adolescence. Known for its unflinching honesty and atmospheric art, the series follows two teenagers in a small coastal town as they navigate a complex, physically intimate relationship born from loneliness and boredom. Asano’s work here is a stark, quiet meditation on youth, desire, and the search for connection.