Gekiga

Gekiga is a type of Japanese comic book that's a bit different from the other comic books you might have seen. It's written for grown-ups, so it can have more serious or even scary themes than the ones that are meant for kids.

Gekiga started becoming popular in Japan in the 1950s and 1960s, and it really broke away from the cartoonish style that was popular at the time. These new comics had more realistic drawings and tackled more adult themes, like war, politics, and crime.

So, imagine a regular comic book with superheroes and funny jokes, but instead of that, it's about serious stuff like war or crime. Gekiga is basically that. It's like a grown-up comic book that deals with real-world issues.

Nowadays, gekiga is still popular in Japan, and you might see some of it being published outside of Japan too. So, the next time you see a comic book with realistic art and important topics, you'll know that it could be gekiga!