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Yokohoma Kaidashi Kikou

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1Yokohoma Kaidashi Kikou Empty Yokohoma Kaidashi Kikou Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:34 pm

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Another Slice of Life manga. This one has been, is, and will be my all time favorite in slice of life genre of manga.

ITS A MUST READ! You'll really enjoy it! If you've never read a manga before, or if you intend to introduce a friend who isn't into manga, THEN MAKE THEM READ THIS!

I doubt there is anyone who cannot like this manga.

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō is set in a peaceful, post-cataclysmic world where mankind is in decline after an environmental disaster. Exactly what happened is never explained, but sea levels have risen significantly, inundating coastal cities such as Yokohama, and Mount Fuji erupted in living memory. The reduced human population has reverted to a simpler life, and the reader is told this is the twilight of the human age. Instead of raging against their fate, humans are quietly accepting.

Most chapters of Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō are self-contained slice-of-life episodes depicting Alpha in daily activities, either alone, with customers, or on occasional trips through the countryside or into Yokohama for supplies (whence the "shopping log" of the title came from). Whole chapters are devoted to brewing coffee, taking photographs, or repairing a tiny model aircraft engine, sometimes with only a few lines of dialogue. Through Alpha's experiences, the author brings out the small wonders of everyday life and makes the reader aware of their passing: the aircraft engine runs out of fuel; her scooter breaks down; the rising ocean encroaches on her coffee shop; the neighborhood children she loves grow up and move away. In evoking a nostalgia for this loss, Ashinano follows the Japanese tradition of mono no aware (sadness for the transience of things).

After reading the whole thing, you really notice the subtle changes in relations, in those small things we usually forget while growing up. That feeling, the same one which our elders might feel while we grow up. In this manga: Pictures speak MUCH louder than words.

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