Real
By: [story & art by] Takehiko Inoue ; [translation, John Werry ; touch-up & lettering, Steve Dutro ; cover & graphic design, Yukiko Kamematsu Whitley ;  editor, Andy Nakatani]
Contributors: Werry, John (Translator); Dutro, Steve; Whitley, Yukiko; Nakatani, Andy
Edition: VIZ signature ed.
Series: Viz signature; Viz signature
Publisher: VIZ Media
Published: 2009
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781421519944
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Basketball; Young men; Paraplegics; Wheelchair basketball; Fathers and sons; Comic books, strips
Work titles: Riaru
Description: "Takahashi has an awkward reunion with his father, who has been absent from his life for the past eight years. As father and son struggle with the difficulties of Takahashi's adjustment to life in a wheelchair, they must also come face to face with how much damage was done to Takahashi as a young boy facing the reality of growing up in a broken home." -- from publisher's web site.
Notes: Originally published in Japan in 2006 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo.

The book is published "manga-style," in authentic Japanese right-to-left format.

Rated T+ for older teen.

Translated from the Japanese.