Ayako is the youngest daughter of Tenge Sakuemon, the head of the Tenge family that owns a lot of land in Tohoku. Actually, she is an illicit child between Sakuemon and Sue, the wife of Sakuemon's …

Feb 12, 2013 · Initially set in the aftermath of World War II, Ayako focuses its attention on the Tenge clan, a once powerful family of landowners living in a rural community in northern Japan.

Dec 23, 2025 · What solace does he have but his youngest Ayako, apple of his eye, at once daughter and granddaughter? Official English Volumes 197-199 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works

Another page-turning classic from an irreplaceable artist who was as astute an admirer of the Russian masters and Nordic playwrights as of Walt Disney, Ayako is a must-read for comics connoisseurs …

Jirou Tenge, the second son of what used to be an influential Japanese family, returns home after being a POW in an American camp during the Second World War. He finds his family corrupted by the …

Ayako is a manga by Osamu Tezuka. Written in 1972-73, its English translation was published by Vertical Comics in 2013 in omnibus format.

Ayako (1972-73) is another of Tezuka’s dark social commentaries on the effects of war on society. Created during Tezuka’s “dark period”, it was originally serialized in Big Comic from January 1972 to …

Ayako eventually leaves the basement after she grew into a beautiful and attractive woman, seeking affection from close people and yet still terrified by the outside world.

And when the family seems to have completely fallen apart, they decide to turn their collective rage on what they believe to be the source of their troubles—the newest member of the Tenge family, the …

And when the family seems to have completely fallen apart, they decide to turn their collective rage on what they believe to be the source of their troubles—the newest member of the Tenge family, the …