Good-bye

Yoshihiro Tatsumi, a master of the gekiga style, crafts a hauntingly intimate portrait of post-war Japan in this single-issue graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly. Translated by Yuji Oniki, the story follows a young woman navigating the emotional wreckage of her past, her present haunted by a ghostly figure from the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Tatsumi’s stark, expressive linework and unflinching narrative eye elevate this beyond a simple ghost story into a meditation on memory, guilt, and the long shadow of history. It stands as a powerful, self-contained work from one of manga’s most influential and uncompromising voices.