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Kyōko Okazaki

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Kyōko Okazaki


Born
in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
December 13, 1963

Genre
Manga, Graphic Novels


Kyōko Okazaki (岡崎京子) is a Japanese cartoonist. In a relatively short career, spanning from 1983 to 1996, Okazaki established herself as a leading figure in josei manga, i.e. comics primarily targeting women. In particular, she was a major contributor to gyaru manga, a trend reclaiming 'girliness' into adult graphic novels.
Okazaki is known for her unorthodox visual style and her bluntness in tackling topics such as sex, prostitution, bourgeois decadence and body dismorphia, against the backdrop of the opulent life in 80s and 90s Tokyo. Her most famous works are Pink (1989), River's Edge (1993-1994) and Helter Skelter (1995-1996), the latter also adapted into a live-action film.
In 1996 Okazaki was hit by a car. The accident, from which she is ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 5,098 ratings · 728 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors
Helter Skelter
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3.89 avg rating — 2,771 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions
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Pink
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3.91 avg rating — 1,583 ratings — published 1989 — 10 editions
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River's Edge
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Tôkyô Girls Bravo 1
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Tokyo Girls Bravo, Tome 2
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Rock: [A Club Kids Story]
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I Wanna Be Your Dog
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Happī Hausu =Happy House
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Chiwawa Chang
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Ai No Seikatsu =La Vie D'amour
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“I hear a ticking sound.
Something inside of me is
going to end very soon.
But I'm not afraid.
I knew about it all along.”
― Kyōko Okazaki, Helter Skelter
tags: death
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“A word before we start: laughter and screams sound very much alike.”
― Kyōko Okazaki, Helter Skelter
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“No matter how beautiful it is, a rabbit is still just a chunk of meat once you skin it”
― Kyōko Okazaki, Helter Skelter
tags: beauty, reality, reality-of-life
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