Heart of Thomas
“The Heart of Thomasworks in several different themes, many revolving around the concept of love. It asks the questions, what does it mean to love or be loved? What will we do to be loved or to help the one we love? Is it okay to accept another's love? While asking all these questions, Hagio doesn’t put any conditions on them... The feelings are portrayed so genuinely that gender becomes meaningless, and just seeing the characters happy [is] all that's important in the end.” (Lori Henderson - School Library Journal)“Once the folks at Fantagraphics decided to dip their toes in the manga pool, they didn't mess around. Hagio’s stories are infused with dark emotions — longing, jealousy, remorse — that are instantly identifiable and, hence, often uncomfortable to confront.” (Booklist)“Moto Hagio is a genius and leader in the style of shojo manga (comics for women readers). [...] The stories aren’t about make-up and kitties, though. They’re actually deep, complicated, and often deal with family relationships.” (Giant Robot)“Hagio Moto remains one of the most criminally undertranslated mangaka to have barely made an impression on the English-language manga market. It is criminal because of the profundity of her impact on the art form in Japan as it hit a crucial development phase in the 1970s.A Drunken Dream and Other Storiesis... a down payment on the exploration of that legacy as it collects a number of short pieces that hint at the span and depth of her work...” (World Literature Today)