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This book analyzes the role of manga (Japanese comics) within contemporary Japanese public discourse, and explores its role in propagating new perceptions regarding Japanese history. Through the analysis of a variety of cases studies ranging from nineteenth century magazines to contemporary online comics and fandom, it focuses on the representations and interpretations of history in manga, and clarifies this medium's interrelation with historical memory and political debate. Stories for the Nation delineates alternative modes of historical memory and expression as they are manifested and contested in manga, and argues for manga's potential to influence the historical and political views of wide audiences in Japan

Section I. Rethinking Women, Queering Asia -- 1. Japanese Homoerotic Manga in Taiwan: Same-Sex Love and Utopian Imagination – Fran Martin -- 2. Hailing the Subject: Visual Progression and Queer Reading in Nananan's Blue – Monica Chiu -- 3. Queering Democracy Activism and Online Obscenities: Hong Kong Women's Boys' Love Protest – Katrien Jacob -- 4. Pleasurable Interplay in the 2.5-Dimensional World: Women's Cosplay Performances in Singapore and the Philippines – Akiko Shimada-Sugawa -- 5. Fundanshi ("Rotten Boys") in Asia: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Male Readings of BL and Concepts of Masculinity – Kazumi Kagaike -- 6. Writing Boys' Love Comics in the Philippines – Scott WuMing -- Section II. Transnationalization/Globalization in Women and Shōjo Manga -- 7. How Women's Manga Has Performed the Image of ASIAs, Globally and Locally – Fusami Ogi -- 8. Saving the World with Tiny Little Boxes – Ace Vitangcol -- 9. Environmental and Cultural Influences on an Artist – FSc -- 10. Recentering Australia in the Shōjo Imagination – Rebecca Suter -- 11. Manga in Australia – Madeleine Rosca -- 12. Manga and Shakespeare – Yukari Yoshihara -- 13. Yoko Tsuno and Franco-Belgian Girl Readers of Bande Dessinée – Jessica Bauwens -- 14. Matsumoto Katsuji: Modern Tomboys and Early Shōjo Manga – Ryan Holmberg -- Section III. Asian Women Comics Artists and Their Careers -- 15. Chinese Women Cartoonists: A Brief, Generational Perspective – John A. Lent and Xu Ying -- 16. Reading the Fifty Years of Popularity of Theresa Lee Wai-chun and Her Comic, 13-Dot Cartoon: Changing Identities of Women in Hong Kong – Wendy Siuyi Wong -- 17. A Conversation with Theresa Lee, the Creator of Miss 13 Dogs – Theresa Lee Wai-chun (interviewed by Connie Lam of HK Arts Centre) -- 18. Witness to a Transition: The Manga of Kyoko Okazaki and the Feminine Self in the Shift toward "Flat Culture" in Japanese Consumer Society – Takeshi Hamano -- 19. Reviving the Power of Storytelling: Post-3/11 Online 'Amateur' Manga – Shige (CJ) Suzuki -- 20. Comics-Prose: Evolving Manga in the 21st Century – Queenie Chan -- 21. Manga in Hong Kong – Stella So