{"product_id":"boat-life-tpb-vol-1","title":"Boat Life  | TPB Vol 1","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSerialized between 1996 and 2000, Boat Life stars novelist Tsuda Kenta, a lightly veiled stand-in for the artist, Tsuge Tadao, himself, as he pursues a life of reprieve and reverie on a small, makeshift house boat on a river outside of Tokyo. Based loosely on the artist's own daily life, this charming story follows the hapless protagonist on a series of magical absurdist quests, featuring a panoply of personable characters, including a drunkard fisherman, a pervy monk, a talking corpse, a senile hermit, and a half-supportive, half-doubtful wife and adult son. Most of the scenes take place on the Tonegawa River in Chiba, a favorite fishing spot of Tsuge's. Others occur at the artist's home or at Joker, a jeans and apparel shop the Tsuges opened in 1977.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtists \u0026amp; Writers:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(W\/A\/CA) Tadao Tsuge\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Floating World Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44511910461631,"sku":"0823FW906","price":48.28,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/6ee98dd6-0c56-4917-8846-0b8fae651e67.jpg?v=1756873209","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/boat-life-tpb-vol-1","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}