Overview
(English: Oyuki's Sin alt. The Sin of Oyuki, Japanese: ) was a Mexican comic book series that appeared in the weekly magazine Tears, Laughter and Love, published by EDAR between 1975 and 1977. Was created and written by Yolanda Vargas Dulché. The comic tells the story of Oyuki, a beautiful Japanese woman in love with a young British painter. The plot bears some resemblance to the story Madama Butterfly by John Luther Long (1898), adapted as an opera by Giacomo Puccini in 1904.
The story was adapted in a 1988 telenovela of the same name.
Story
Oyuki is a young, beautiful Japanese peasant who lives with her elderly parents in the Japanese province. She has an older brother named Yutaka, who is evil and vicious. Both Oyuki and her parents live in fear of Yutaka, who constantly mistreats them. The tragedy begins when her parents are killed by Yutaka's enemies as revenge.
Yutaka takes Oyuki to Tokyo. In her childhood, Oyuki learned traditional dances taught by her aunt. Yutaka intends that she uses these dances to exploit her and turn her into a dancer at a . Soon, Oyuki becomes in a sensation and get to dance in the most important of Tokyo, where her talent and beauty captivate men. One of those men is Lord Togo Fushoko, a wealthy merchant and one of the richest men in Japan. Yutaka force his sister to accept the marriage proposal of Fushoko. Oyuki suffers abuse from her brother. Her only friend is Sumiko, an orphan girl who Yutaka picked up from the street to keep her company.
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