Downfall is the story of Karou Fukazawa, a deeply flawed, forty-something manga artist whose career has stalled, marriage has soured, and self-esteem has curdled into a toxic form of self-pity. He lies; he procrastinates; he cheats on his wife; he berates his assistants. Though he eventually finds a path forward, his journey is not one of self-discovery or personal growth, but of resignation, of realizing that the life he’d imagined for himself turned out to be deeply disappointing. Inio Asano’s portrayal of Fukazawa–who, let’s face it, often feels like a thinly-veiled stand-in for the artist himself–never invites the reader to identify with his protagonist; Fukazawa’s selfishness is evident to both the reader and the women in his life, almost all of whom are wounded by his intense need for validation. Fukazawa...
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