Shortcomings (Comic)

I thought I had a class today but it was a holiday, so I went a library and read a comic, "Shortcomings".
A Japanese-American's daily life,  a romance is the main focus of the story.
I said 'romance', but the story and words are very realistic and harsh. The story consists of tons of arguments.
The main character is not cheerful, passionate, or open-minded. He seems selfish and nasty. in addition, he may have a complex about being Asian. To tell the truth, the main character doesn't seem emotionally attractive. However, of course, stories don't always need to be joyful work. Who said we always have to have pleasant comics?
The comic shows what you probably don't want to see. As I said, the main character has a complex about being Asian. He doesn't try to be better, and he replies to advises with arguments.
I think the author intentionally wrote other Asian-American characters who fit in well with American society speak their mother language, whereas the main character can't speak Japanese. What the author wanted to say is not about languages, but attitude. Maybe he doesn't accept himself as a Japanese-American who was born and raised in the US.
Most of the story is arguments, but the author expresses ambivalent feelings through them.

Life with Mr Dangerous (Comic)

I borrowed a comic "Life with Mr Dangerous" from the North York Library.

The comic is about the daily life of a single girl, who has unclear discontent and obscure depression. She feels everything is going wrong.
The story progresses calmly. Actually, I prefer extraordinary stories, like action, conspiracy, fantasy and sci-fi to these kind of realistic stories.
However, if I learned sentences like "I'd rather die, so bring it on!" from them, I would never use them.
Though, would I have a situation where I'd say "You're one of the only girl who doesn't seem boring."
Okay I'll read whatever I want!
But it doesn't mean I don't like 'Life with Mr. Dangerous'. I like it.
One of attractive traits of this comic is its graphics. It's drawn with highly clear lines, and not painted shade, like a printing.
This printing like flat graphic makes the story more objective. The comic refuses to empathize. I'm an observer of her everyday life. Then, every so often when she thinks something or watches TV, shading comes out.
The contrast between the flat and the shade makes expression of her feeling effective.
There aren't many scenes with shading effect,but they are impressive.
I like this!


Thanks, 天神