The Tarot Cafe

I picked up a book on Japanese teen aged street style (Japanese Schoolgirl Inferno) and it inspired to to soak up as much Japanese culture as I could. I started getting into manga recently to see if I would like it. I do like some of it but sometime I feel it's a little too cheesy (especially the love stories) but I really like this series. It's called the Tarot Cafe and it's about this psychic woman named Pamela who helps supernatural beings with whatever is ailing them. It pretty dark but definitely not cheesy and definitely a series adults can enjoy. It's not for those who hold fast to their christian beliefs though. There's a lot of not so nice commentary on the catholic church. But for those who are feeling adventurous it's a great series. Here's some artwork from it.




I'm not really sure if Sang Sun Park is really Japanese though. Park isn't really a Japanese name. Also this series doesn't follow in the traditional Japanese format (meaning it reads left to right as opposed to the traditional right to left) so I guess it's not really traditional manga but I like it anyway.