Onnanoko ga iru Basho wa (Beam Comics)

[Machine Translation] Winner of the 27th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize (Short Story Category)! "Just Because I'm a Girl" from Around the World Wins the 27th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize (Short Story Category)! The girl from a distant land depicted here is just like us. Yes, we are the ones facing discrimination. It s painful to admit, but the more I learn about the truth, the more strength wells up inside me, making me think, I m going to break through this! " Mariko Yamauchi (Author) This world is pathetic and infuriating, but staying ignorant is far more shameful so I won t stop turning the pages. I won t let that cynical attitude get the better of me. It s absolutely wrong that dreams can be taken away just because of the gender you were born with or where you grew up." Misato Ugaki (Freelance Announcer) Do we have to get married to survive?" Salma is a 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, where polygamy is permitted. Her classmate s older sister is marrying a man eight years her senior whom she has never even seen. She must wear a veil in public and can no longer play soccer, which she loved so much. Morocco, India, Afghanistan, and Japan Stories of 10-year-old girls from different countries, religions, and cultures. / Also on sale: Poor Mina" Please shed a single tear for the girl who wanders as a ghost. A dark, funny, heart-pounding, and heartbreaking fairy tale. Also included is the coming-of-age novel *The Lake* (Original work by Theodor Storm), which recalls a first love from youth and a poignant fate. / Yamaji Ebine: Popular Beam Comics titles already in print: *Red Thimble* (3 volumes), *Night Worker*, and *I m Not Here: The Yamaji Ebine Collection* *With the Goddesses* (Co-authored by Katsuo Kawai and others) / Comic Beam Official Twitter @COMIC_BEAM

第27回手塚治虫文化賞【短編賞】受賞! 世界中の"女の子だから"第27回手塚治虫文化賞【短編賞】受賞!「ここに描かれている遠い国の少女と私たちは一緒だ。そう、私たちは差別される側。認めるのはつらいけど、事実を知れば知るほど『ぶち破ってやるぞ!』と力が湧いてくる」山内マリコ(作家)「こんな世界が情けなくてやるせないけど知らないままの方がよっぽど恥ずかしいからページをめくる手を止めない冷笑的な態度に負けたりするもんか生まれついた性別で育った場所で奪われる夢があるなんて絶対に間違ってる」宇垣美里(フリーアナウンサー)「わたしたちは結婚しないと生きていけないの?」一夫多妻が認められているサウジアラビアに暮らす10歳の少女サルマ。同級生の姉は、顔も見たことのない8つ年上の人と結婚する。外ではヴェールが必要で、大好きだったサッカーはもうできない。モロッコ、インド、アフガニスタン、そして日本……国も宗教も文化も違う10歳の少女たちの物語。◎同時発売『かわいそうなミーナ』幽霊となって彷徨う少女に、どうか一縷の涙を。ダークでファニー、ドキドキ哀しいお伽噺。若き日の初恋と切なき運命を追想する青春文学『みずうみ』(原作:テオドール・シュトルム)も収録。◎やまじえびね ビームコミックス好評既刊『レッド・シンブル』全3巻『ナイト・ワーカー』『アイム・ノット・ヒア やまじえびね作品集』『女神たちと』(共著:河井克夫他)◎コミックビーム 公式ツイッター@COMIC_BEAM