Soseki Natsume's Botchan: The Manga Edition

"Kaori Okura's rendition of Botchan is a restrained and faithful adaptation of the novel—which makes this work an excellent choice for embedding the work in a classroom context." —International Journal of Comic Art
"The artwork is perfect and conveys the story well. This is neither overly simplistic nor too deep; there is a nice mix of observations and silliness, pity observations versus zany action. But more importantly, it really is a beloved and important work in Japanese culture and tells a lot about the situation in Japan in 1906 when Japan was modernizing and Westernizing while still trying to hold on to its own important roots." —The Online Eccentric Librarian
"Botchan is required reading at school in Japan and you can imagine students identifying with the central character's contempt for the fools around him in much the same way those in the West identify with the characters in The Catcher in the Rye and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — both of which Botchan has been compared to." —The Japan Times