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The Credits Roll Into the Sea Volume 2

by John Tarachine

An art-school assignment takes Umiko beyond the classroom

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An art-school assignment takes Umiko beyond the classroom

Umiko’s effort to make her film dialogue sound true to young people leads her out of her usual retiree routine and into nights out with younger classmates. The contrast between her lived experience and theirs shapes the volume’s central question: how can a filmmaker balance a personal vision with what an audience will recognize? Socializing also brings Umiko closer to the relationships around her, including a confession she overhears involving Yamaguchi and Kai. The story links creative practice with the awkward, practical work of understanding people whose everyday worlds differ from your own.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Manga readers interested in creative work and filmmaking
  • Readers who enjoy stories about relationships across generations
  • Fans of characters navigating art school and new social settings

Themes

Filmmaking and dialogueGenerational differencesArtistic perspective and audienceSocial connection

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Book overview

For the first time in English comes the critically acclaimed manga from John Tarachine, the author of Witch of Thistle Castle, that's perfect for fans of BL Metamorphosis!

How do you do, fellow kids? In hopes of writing realistic film dialogue, grandma Umiko goes barhopping and clubbing with her young art school classmates!


Motivated by the mysterious young Kai to enter art school and become an aspiring filmmaker, Umiko's first attempt at a movie gets a less than rousing response from her instructor, who critiques the dialogue she wrote as not reflecting how young people actually talk. Saying that a director needs to strike a balance between their intended vision and what the audience will perceive, he suggests to Umiko that the problem isn't her objectivity, it's the 65 year old's...lack of experience!

Invited to go out drinking by Yamaguchi, a classmate born in a different century, Umiko breaks out of her normal retiree routine, seizing the chance to learn how the youth of today socialize. She may be able to handle her beer and the beat on the club floor...but she gets much more social interaction than she bargained for when she overhears in the restroom Yamaguchi drunkenly confess their love to Kai!
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