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Enemies of the State is a book club podcast featuring a rotating cast of comics critics. This month we’re talking about Ripples by Hagiwara Rei, published in 2020 by Glacier Bay Books. Ripples focuses on the murky space between life and death, and the cyclical human emotional landscape of grief.

ENEMIES OF THE STATE is a monthly book club podcast featuring a rotating cast of comics critics. After a long hiatus, this month we’re talking about My Solo Exchange Diary by Nagata Kabi, published in 2018-9 by Seven Seas Manga. Nagata Kabi is the author of a series of autobiographical manga that started with the very successful release of MY LESBIAN EXPERIENCE WITH LONELINESS. A harrowing personal journey to self-acceptance and self-love, Nagata Kabi attempts to show readers that happiness isn’t a place you can get to; rather, it’s a journey you’re always on.