Perfect World is a Japanese comic book series, in the romance and drama genre, written and drawn by author Rie Aruga and which has forty-three chapters published from 2014 to 2021. The story has as its central theme the difficulties that people with disabilities face in life; with a special focus on the romance between Itsuki, an architect, who is physically disabled and uses a wheelchair. And Kawana, an interior design.
They both knew each other from high school, before Itsuki lost movement in his legs in an accident. When they meet again, years later at the company where they work, Kawana will be faced with the question: can she overcome prejudices and revive the old high school love she felt for Itsuki in the conditions that life presents her?
The author managed to bring to paper, in a visual, sensitive and accessible way, the reality of several people with whom she lived, interviewed, and observed. Bringing to light a work largely painful, but also, within the uncontrollable limits that are imposed by life, happy. Showing that a Perfect World is different for each person, as it adapts to their imperfections.
September 11, 2022, Sunday