先生の白い嘘 [Sensei no Shiroi Uso]

Written by and starring author/artist Akane Torikai, Sensei no Shiroi Uso is a stark, eight-issue drama from Kodansha that ran from 2014 to 2017. The series follows a high school teacher grappling with the aftermath of a sexual assault, exploring the corrosive lies she tells herself and others to maintain control. Torikai’s unflinching storytelling earned the work a Manga Taisho nomination, cementing it as a significant, raw examination of trauma and complicity in modern Japan.