Yuki-Onna
Kobayashi Makoto
- Mangaka
- Kobayashi Makoto
- First published
- 1984
- Status
- Completed
- Original language
- Japanese
- Genres
- Ghosts · Horror
- Content rating
- Safe
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Yuki-Onna is a supernatural manga series penned by Makoto Kobayashi, an artist widely recognized for his distinctively expressive, often humorous, and slightly surreal character designs. Published within the landscape of seinen manga, the work draws heavily upon the titular Japanese folklore figure, the 'snow woman,' reinterpreting the chilling myth through Kobayashi's characteristic blend of atmospheric storytelling and humanistic comedy.
The design of the volume reflects the era's focus on character-driven narratives, with Kobayashi focusing on the interplay between the uncanny nature of the yōkai and the mundane realities of his protagonists. While the series maintains a niche following, it is celebrated by fans of late 20th-century manga for its stylistic consistency and the author's ability to pivot between unsettling imagery and the lighthearted, rounded character aesthetics that became his hallmark throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
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