Perry, M. S., Raihanah, M. M., & Mohd Lazim, Z. (2023). Intercultural dialogue in manga: Building friendships, sharing spaces and values. East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, 9(1), 65-82.
…manga can be a powerful cultural text for increasing intercultural understanding, breaking cultural stereotypes and potentially dispelling prejudices (p. 77)
Perry, Raihanah and Mohd Lazim investigate Japanese manga as a site for intercultural understanding and engagement. Their focus in this article is on “the Japanese manga Satoko and Nada Volume 1 by Yupechika, which narrates the friendship between Satoko, a young Japanese woman, and Nada, her Saudi Muslim roommate.” They analyze three themes: food, fashion, and faith. They see their reading as “a microcosm of the type of dialogue needed in the world today to overcome the acute racism and xenophobia” and conclude:
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