But Mom hated them. She said all the voices gave her a headache. Dad never bought any more of them after that. After a while, Taro and I found other things to be interested in, but Shoji missed the stories. He said he could see himself in Japanese cartoons in a way he couldn’t with American ones, so he started collecting Japanese comics. Manga doesn’t give Mom a headache. At least not one she could admit to.
