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泣きたい夜の甘味処
とある町に、ひっそりとたたずむ一軒の甘味処。熊と鮭が営むこのお店は、夜だけしか営業していません。
提供するのは温かいお茶と、甘いもの一品だけ。今夜も、疲れて泣きたい人々がこの店に迷い込みます。
夢をあきらめた夜、
愛する人を想う夜、
自分のことが嫌いになった夜。
―そんな夜は、この店で涙を流してもいいんだよ。
主人公たちが知らない、もうひとつの視点から綴った描き下ろし52Pに加え、11のお菓子レシピがついています。
提供するのは温かいお茶と、甘いもの一品だけ。今夜も、疲れて泣きたい人々がこの店に迷い込みます。
夢をあきらめた夜、
愛する人を想う夜、
自分のことが嫌いになった夜。
―そんな夜は、この店で涙を流してもいいんだよ。
主人公たちが知らない、もうひとつの視点から綴った描き下ろし52Pに加え、11のお菓子レシピがついています。
176 pages, Hardcover
Published January 28, 2022
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March 31, 2024
(Read in Japanese)
A moving and beautiful little volume of manga. Each chapter sees someone who has some kind of problem wander into a little strange café run by a Bear and a Fish, and whatever food they receive has some kind of metaphor for the problem they're dealing with. It might be the history of the dish itself, or the way it's made, but each food is the little spark that helps the various characters come to grips with what their dealing with. It almost feels like a melancholy, bittersweet version of Shirokuma Café, especially since the animal duo is quite goofy in their manner, but the café itself is really only there for a page or two and the focus really is on the characters and their stories.
There's really a lot to love about each chapter. The problems the characters deal with are all common, relatable issues, and unlike a lot of stories with a magical realism bent, the problems aren't solved by the magic aspects, and really they're rarely solved at all. That little bit of magic in how each dish happens to line up with each person's problem is really more a nudge that gives them a fresh perspective, but the actual personal work each person needs to put in has to come from their own efforts to change themselves. The stories can deal with some fairly heavy themes of doubt and loss, but it's sort of a "light-heavy" where it never really gets depressing and the whole point of each story is the characters finding some kind of hope or silver lining.
Language-wise this was basically perfect for my level. After I'd gotten a few chapters in and gotten used to the manga's style, I really didn't find myself looking up many words at all aside from some food-specific words. Speaking of food, they give you a recipe for each chapter's meal and even if you don't plan on making them I highly recommend at least reading the recipes because it's a great way to pick up some specific food vocab which I know will likely come up again later because let's face it, manga authors love writing about food in extreme detail.
A moving and beautiful little volume of manga. Each chapter sees someone who has some kind of problem wander into a little strange café run by a Bear and a Fish, and whatever food they receive has some kind of metaphor for the problem they're dealing with. It might be the history of the dish itself, or the way it's made, but each food is the little spark that helps the various characters come to grips with what their dealing with. It almost feels like a melancholy, bittersweet version of Shirokuma Café, especially since the animal duo is quite goofy in their manner, but the café itself is really only there for a page or two and the focus really is on the characters and their stories.
There's really a lot to love about each chapter. The problems the characters deal with are all common, relatable issues, and unlike a lot of stories with a magical realism bent, the problems aren't solved by the magic aspects, and really they're rarely solved at all. That little bit of magic in how each dish happens to line up with each person's problem is really more a nudge that gives them a fresh perspective, but the actual personal work each person needs to put in has to come from their own efforts to change themselves. The stories can deal with some fairly heavy themes of doubt and loss, but it's sort of a "light-heavy" where it never really gets depressing and the whole point of each story is the characters finding some kind of hope or silver lining.
Language-wise this was basically perfect for my level. After I'd gotten a few chapters in and gotten used to the manga's style, I really didn't find myself looking up many words at all aside from some food-specific words. Speaking of food, they give you a recipe for each chapter's meal and even if you don't plan on making them I highly recommend at least reading the recipes because it's a great way to pick up some specific food vocab which I know will likely come up again later because let's face it, manga authors love writing about food in extreme detail.
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