SECOND HAND LOVE SC

Originally released in the 80s and now republished by Drawn & Quarterly, Second Hand Love is an unconventional manga that offers a voice for characters that play the role of mistresses in Japanese society. Rather than vowing to be the villain in someone’s trajectory, or playing the guilt-ridden female roles, the two main characters in Second Hand Love express their intense desire to receive undivided attention and to be coddled like a baby. Should they stay or should they cut their losses? How does a woman take their power back and not be used by someone they love? Yamada Murasaki, one of literary manga’s most respected feminist authors, will offer you some answers.