Le Journal de mon père

Jiro Taniguchi's Le Journal de mon père is a quietly profound two-volume series from Casterman (1999–2000) that explores memory, grief, and the unspoken bonds between a father and son. After his father's death, a man returns to his hometown and, through fragments of others' recollections, reconstructs the full, complex portrait of the parent he never truly knew. Taniguchi's signature delicate, realistic art and restrained storytelling elevate this intimate, episodic narrative into a universal meditation on family and understanding. It stands as a masterwork of the slice-of-life genre, demonstrating how the most personal stories can resonate with the deepest emotional truth.