An adorable premise - A rottweiler and a petite FMC meet-cute with a tall MMC and a pomerian. The mangaka went all-in on this trope with their names -An adorable premise - A rottweiler and a petite FMC meet-cute with a tall MMC and a pomerian. The mangaka went all-in on this trope with their names - Monjuro and Tsubu chan.
I loved the art, but the rest of the storyline wasn't intriguing enough for me to pick up Volume 2.
Thanks to Kodansha Comics for having this arc available on NetGalley.All options my own!...more
Requested an ARC for a slice of 90s nostalgia and the artwork. The narrative felt disjointed and didn't hook me at all.
Thank you Netgalley an3 Stars
Requested an ARC for a slice of 90s nostalgia and the artwork. The narrative felt disjointed and didn't hook me at all.
Thank you Netgalley and Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed Press | Ten Speed Graphic for a copy of this book for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions are my own...more
Having been absolutely fascinated by the 'countryside revival' movement in rural Japan (the successful tea field-to-cafe D:Matcha venture n Kyoto, MukHaving been absolutely fascinated by the 'countryside revival' movement in rural Japan (the successful tea field-to-cafe D:Matcha venture n Kyoto, Mukai craft brewery in Kochi and all the fabulously renovated akiya),I jumped at the chance to read this manga!
Facing the abrupt closure of his division, our hero Yohei Sakuma is at a crossroads of moving into another manga editor role by default or chasing his new found excitement in becoming a rice farmer. Written in an autobiographical tone, Yohei shatters any romantic illusions that city dwellers might have, at the outset.
"I'm a ten minute walk away from a Starbucks"
This first volume deals with the themes plaguing working age adults - dissatisfaction and burnout, job loss and professional envy, cost of living making earning a substantial salary a baseline for any decisions.
I love how the author approaches the lifestyle change methodically - researching and presenting statistics, all the highs and mostly lows of renting dilapidated akiya, 'best practices' for proper weeding, and even exploring other income streams.
Highly recommended - a cozy but realistic manga for DINK couples :)
Thank you to Kodansha and NetGalley for the eARC in exchange for this honest review...more
“Clément, did you know I’m Jewish? How would you react if I were to say that about the Holocaust, that “I’m not that interested” in it?”
A insights con“Clément, did you know I’m Jewish? How would you react if I were to say that about the Holocaust, that “I’m not that interested” in it?”
A insights conversation with his therapist ignites our protagonist's desire to uncover his family's roots. His quest takes him all the way to Istanbul, a city in which his Armenian grandparents lose their first-born child Carole.
This graphic novel explores identity and integration in all its varied forms - his Armenian grandfather whose feelings about the genocide are tempered by memories of his glorious youth spent in Turkey , to the protagonists with their French nationalities and Armenian roots, to Ataturk's ideal of a united Turkey at the cost of erasing its multicultural richness.
Being largely autobiographical in nature, the reader should expect open endings and wrong recollection of dates. On the downside, I felt that the author neither explores the Armenian immigrant identity, the genocide, the present day protests against Erdogan, nor Ataturk's legacy in detail. The result is that of languidly browsing a travelogue - snapshots captured vividly but contextually left up for interpretation. But there's something to be said about universal themes - as one observer puts it - "Armenians, Greeks, Jews… The nationalists aren’t particular"- that will resound with readers worldwide.
Thank you to Netgalley and Europe Comics for the ARC....more
So entertaining and thoroughly funny! This is one shoujo manga that doesn't rely on romance or cheap humour Reading Progress : 7 Volumes / 79 Chapters
So entertaining and thoroughly funny! This is one shoujo manga that doesn't rely on romance or cheap humour to keep the pace going. In fact, most of the humour relies on its sense of meta. The gang's attempts to 'reconstruct' all the manga tropes in real life are so darn hilarious.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki kun is dependent on its ensemble cast of characters; and at 7 volumes, the secrets are just coming out one -by- one from the woodworks.
Merged review:
Reading Progress : 7 Volumes / 79 Chapters
So entertaining and thoroughly funny! This is one shoujo manga that doesn't rely on romance or cheap humour to keep the pace going. In fact, most of the humour relies on its sense of meta. The gang's attempts to 'reconstruct' all the manga tropes in real life are so darn hilarious.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki kun is dependent on its ensemble cast of characters; and at 7 volumes, the secrets are just coming out one -by- one from the woodworks....more
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