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A trav s de su dibujo sencillo y expresivo, la autora captura cada cambio de humor y cada contradicci n interna de Chiharu; tanto su culpa como su anhelo. Murasaki fue de las primeras creadoras que huy  del romanticismo idealizado del sh jo y utiliz  la libertad expresiva del manga para abordar la domesticidad y la feminidad de una manera realista, cr tica y sostenida. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA celebrated masterwork shimmering with vulnerability from one of alt-manga's most important female artists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now that we've woken from the dream, what are we going to do? 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