{"product_id":"manga-murder-and-mystery-mimi-okabe-9781350325135","title":"Manga, Murder and Mystery: The Boy Detectives of Japan's Lost Generation","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle is known about the boy detective in Japanese detective fiction despite his popularity. Who is he, and what mysteries does he unveil about cultural understandings of youth in Japanese society? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eManga, Murder and Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e answers these questions by exploring the figure of the shonen (boy) detective in commercially successful manga series such as \u003ci\u003eDetective Conan, The Case Files of Young Kindaichi, Death Note \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMoriarty the Patriot. \u003c\/i\u003eThe book explores how these popular works tackle the crisis of young adult culture within the socioeconomic climate of Japan's 'lost decade' and Heisei era, broadly speaking. Mimi Okabe shows how detective manga materialized in a nation undergoing a state of crisis and how the boy detective emerged as a site of national trauma to address perceived youth problems but in thematically different ways.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mimi Okabe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350325139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350325135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d","brand":"Mimi Okabe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46545847419135,"sku":"9781350325135","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ad900c4-3e30-4fe0-9cfe-52829f667e8f.jpg?v=1738183498","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/manga-murder-and-mystery-mimi-okabe-9781350325135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}