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Manga Memoirs Anthology Vol.1
Manga Memoirs Volume One
The first official Manga Memoirs Anthology contains 8 stories. Real life memoirs about moments of cross-cultural intersections of Japanese-Canadian culture. Follow the journey of a token shared between childhood friends through the years. Journey to another country as part of an exchange student program and discover a new culture. The non-fiction stories range in tone, from a whimsical remembrance of a childhood adventure to a bittersweet farewell to a friend taken too soon.
Discover the Manga Memoirs right here!
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Exchange Students
Written by: jmcleod
From Canada's West Edmonton Malls waterpark to the breathtaking site of Japan's Mount Fuji, two remarkable young women travel around the world to experience each other's culture as foreign exchange students.
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A Walk in the Park
Written by: BigRed1
Two friends spend a May afternoon in Osaka Castle Park. They share stories about their countries, cultures and influences.
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Portrait of a Small Town
Written by: whoisanybody
Japan: A country brimming with passion an intensity. Stoney Creek: A small town in Ontario described only as dull and uneventful. This story tells of a young girl's longing for the excitement Japanese culture and learning to embrace her own local history.
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A Day To Remember
Written by: genrewriter
In 1986, in Vancouver, British Columbia, 22 million visitors trekked across 173 acres of land to meet representatives of two-thirds of the world’s nations and learn about the future of transportation and communication. They called it Expo 86. I just called it awesome.
The food, the rides, the people, the gyrosphere! The memories! So many memories. But one in particular stands out, and I want to share it with you. This is the story of the Japanese girl who ignored the language barrier and made a Canadian boy from Ontario see the world in a whole new light.
And did I mention there are aliens and a giant robot?
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Traveller
Written by: mariathedreamer
The true story of my childhood friend, and how we met many years later.
We were friends in elementary school in Edmonton, and I moved away. This little character was one of my parting gifts, and move after move after move, I still have it to this very day. This photo taken by my daughter March 17, 2009.
So, how did I run into my good friend after the many moves? You'll have to read the story to see!
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Where We Meet
Written by: Tenzil Kem
Over the course of several years I had the good fortune to know Alisa. She was a great talent, a wonderful person, a hard worker and a champion of the oppressed. Her flame burned so bright for far too short a time.
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Heaven Revolution
Written by: BigRed1
Fighting is my life— It's what I know best. For many years I slugged it out in the fight trenches of the Western World. It never ceased to amaze me how quickly careers could be made or broken on a single match outcome. Win a fight and everyone wants to be your friend. Lose a fight and no one knows your name.
Things are totally different in Japan.
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Kireji
Written by: crackwalker
A Toronto kid moves to Musquodoboit Harbour. I had grown up with concrete and subways and Maple Leaf Gardens and the CN Tower and the vastness of Ontario with its farmlands and lakes and caves and endless highways. At age 10, I thought I knew what the world was about and I was all set to dominate it.
Then the rug went out from under me. I didn't know the rules anymore.
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