Giga Town: The Guide to Manga Iconography -- Fumiyo Kouno, Paperback

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Giga Town: The Guide to Manga Iconography -- Fumiyo Kouno, PaperbackManga symbols "manpu" in Japanese are iconic or symbolic expressions used uniquely in manga, such as sweat drops, popping veins, and smoke puffs. Giga Town: A Guide to Manga Iconography! is (probably) Japan's first guide to this manga iconography, collecting and explaining these symbols, with a short manga featuring the frolicking animals of the famous Japanese scroll Choju jinbutsu giga to explain each one! Giga Town: A guide to Manga Iconography

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