Idol, Burning






‘My oshi was on fire. Word was he’d punched a fan’ High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari’s dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely. She keeps a blog entirely devoted to him, religiously chronicling and analysing all his events. He is the spine of her life; she cannot survive without him. When Masaki is rumoured to have assaulted a female fan, facing waves of social media backlash, Akari’s world falls apart. Offering a vivid insight into otaku culture and adolescence, Idol, Burning is a brilliantly gripping story of obsession, coming of age and the addictive, relentless nature of fandom culture.
Go to description and details| Publisher | Canongate |
| Pages | 134 |
| Language | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-83885-612-0 |
‘My oshi was on fire. Word was he’d punched a fan’ High-school student Akari has only one passion in her life: her oshi, her idol. His name is Masaki Ueno, best known as one-fifth of Japanese pop group Maza Maza. Akari’s dedication to her oshi consumes her days completely. She keeps a blog entirely devoted to him, religiously chronicling and analysing all his events. He is the spine of her life; she cannot survive without him. When Masaki is rumoured to have assaulted a female fan, facing waves of social media backlash, Akari’s world falls apart. Offering a vivid insight into otaku culture and adolescence, Idol, Burning is a brilliantly gripping story of obsession, coming of age and the addictive, relentless nature of fandom culture.
| Publisher | Canongate |
| Pages | 134 |
| Language | Английский |
| ISBN | 978-1-83885-612-0 |
| Cover | Обл. с клапанами |
| Paper | Офсет |
| Finishes | Частичная лакировка, покрытие софттач |
| Illustrations | Черно-белые |
| Dimensions | 135 × 214 × 10 mm |
| Weight, g | 162 |