11 episodes
Episode 1
お電話 | The phone call
Jan 15, 2021232 views
Episode 2
日本までの道 | The way to Japan
Jan 17, 202162 views
Episode 3
お見舞い | The first visit
Feb 03, 202161 views
Episode 4
病院でお泊り | A night at the hospital
Feb 03, 202158 views
Episode 5
ひたすら待つのみ | Waiting for news
Feb 03, 202167 views
Episode 6
最期の見送り | Watching her pass
Feb 04, 202157 views
Episode 7
遺体と共同生活 | Living with the body
Feb 04, 202170 views
Episode 8
おくりびと | Departures
Feb 04, 202173 views
Episode 9
葬儀 | The funeral
Feb 04, 202191 views
Episode 10
火葬 | The cremation
Feb 04, 202191 views
Episode 11
帰りの道 | The way home
Feb 04, 202163 views
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Description
A comic series about my Japanese grandmother's (Obaachan) death in 2019.
It features various cultural practices surrounding death in rural Japan, as also seen in the Academy award-winning film Departures (2008).
The series was published in Real Matter magazine in 2020.
It was also used in a Japanese studies lecture at La Trobe University to illustrate practices of everyday religion in a Japanese setting.
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A comic series about my Japanese grandmother's (Obaachan) death in 2019.
It features various cultural practices surrounding death in rural Japan, as also seen in the Academy award-winning film Departures (2008).
The series was published in Real Matter magazine in 2020.
It was also used in a Japanese studies lecture at La Trobe University to illustrate practices of everyday religion in a Japanese setting.
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