Offshore Lightning


Offshore Lightning is a manga collection of works written and illustrated by. The collection was first published in Japan as Yūgure e by, in March 2018. The collection is published in English by Drawn and Quarterly, with Alexa Frank as the translator.
The collection, a gekiga, has ten comics. The themes of the collection include becoming older and death. It includes an essay by Mitsuhiro Asakawa.
This was the first work by Saito available in English.

Works

The collection's works include:
  • "Toward The Sunset"
  • "Offshore Lightning"
  • "Parakeet God"
  • "Buy Dog Food and Go Home"
  • "Countdown"
  • "A Mother of Pearl Ship"
  • "Gingko"
  • "Upskirt"
  • "In Captivity"
  • "Solitary Death Building"

    Reception

gave the book a starred review, stating that the work is "stellar".
Terry Hong of Booklist stated that the translation was done "seamlessly".