It was the macabre staples: H.P Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley and Franz Kafka. These are the authors ... into the world of Oyasumi Punpun, a manga that encapsulates all of the themes ...

Unlike translating a novel, translating a manga, especially one as wordy as ... A lot of Japanese writers have been inspired by Franz Kafka’s works, especially Haruki Murakami.