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僕らの地球の歩き方 [Bokura no chikyuu no arukikata+ #5
Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide, Volume 5
Super serious Asahi Suzumura and laidback, easygoing Mitsuki Sayama might seem like an odd couple, but they made a deal; they'll vacation around the world and when they get back to Japan, they'll get married.
As they travel from country to country, the different people, cultures and cuisine they encounter begin to bring them closer together. After all they're not just learning about the world, but about themselves too.
As they travel from country to country, the different people, cultures and cuisine they encounter begin to bring them closer together. After all they're not just learning about the world, but about themselves too.
216 pages, Paperback
Published June 25, 2024
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July 16, 2024
Stunning art and a beautiful story. I love how their relationship is progressing. Watching Asahi and Mitsuki's adventures makes me want to travel. Such an amazing series.
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August 2, 2024this series really is so sweet and lovingly illustrated and researched!
July 27, 2024
Llegir aquesta sèrie és una carícia directa al cor ♥ No només per l'espectacle de les il·lustracions i les dades interessantíssimes sobre cada país que visiten, sinó perquè la relació progressa d'una manera espectacularment dolça i natural ♥ Em moro de ganes que es casin, però no vull que s'acabi el viatge!!!!
July 25, 2024
rep - mlm, married couple (secondary)
tw - homophobic comment
mexico, panama, and the list goes on.
they still make me dream of traveling the way they are, with a loved one.. falling even more in love as we meet new (inspiring) people and discover beautiful landscapes.
in this volume they come accross a homophobic old man, but the character development was beautiful.
our two boys are like two angels guiding anyone they meet. it's making me emotional
tw - homophobic comment
mexico, panama, and the list goes on.
they still make me dream of traveling the way they are, with a loved one.. falling even more in love as we meet new (inspiring) people and discover beautiful landscapes.
in this volume they come accross a homophobic old man, but the character development was beautiful.
our two boys are like two angels guiding anyone they meet. it's making me emotional
June 29, 2024
Genuinely one of my favorite manga series of all time. This volume is just as sweet and wholesome as the rest. Mone Sorai has such a beautiful vision of love, humanity, and the beautiful world we live in, I can't recommend this story enough.
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December 30, 2024I love them so much my precious babies 🤧❤️
November 27, 2025
Asahi a Will:
-¿Por qué te casaste con Luca?
-¡Porque quiero estar con él pase lo que pase!
*Asahi procede a decirle a Mitsuki que lo ama” 😭
LLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOROOOOOOOOOOOOOO
-¿Por qué te casaste con Luca?
-¡Porque quiero estar con él pase lo que pase!
*Asahi procede a decirle a Mitsuki que lo ama” 😭
LLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOROOOOOOOOOOOOOO
June 30, 2024
Beautiful, heartfelt, AND informative! Wow.
The scenes with Mr. Misaki nearly made me cry, I was so moved… the entire interaction with him was really well done.
Misaki is an old Japanese man whose wife has recently passed away. They first meet on the train, when he calls Mitsuki and Asahi disgusting for being a gay couple. They’re hurt, but don’t say anything. Later, they notice him sitting by the side of the trail on a long hike. Mitsuki is angry and votes to ignore him, but Asahi says “just like he doesn’t know anything about us, we don’t know anything about him” and they decide to speak to him more. Mitsuki even carries him the rest of the way up the mountain on his back.
In this way, the three men get to know each other better, and old man Misaki eventually confesses that his own son recently came out to him as gay, and that he drove him away without trying to understand him. Seeing how Mitsuki and Asahi interact, and their explanation that their love is no different from a straight couple, helps him see his son’s relationship with his male lover in a different light, and he reaches out to re-establish contact with him.
I’m so delighted that we can see more and more stories about queer characters and lives from all sorts of different angles and perspectives in manga and fiction these days. It really makes my whole life brighter. Thank you to Mone Sorai for creating this cheerful and optimistic story, to Tokyopop for publishing it in English, and to my libraries for not only buying it but making it available as an ebook, too! <3
Art: ★★★★★
Plot: ★★★★★
Characters: ★★★★★
The scenes with Mr. Misaki nearly made me cry, I was so moved… the entire interaction with him was really well done.
Misaki is an old Japanese man whose wife has recently passed away. They first meet on the train, when he calls Mitsuki and Asahi disgusting for being a gay couple. They’re hurt, but don’t say anything. Later, they notice him sitting by the side of the trail on a long hike. Mitsuki is angry and votes to ignore him, but Asahi says “just like he doesn’t know anything about us, we don’t know anything about him” and they decide to speak to him more. Mitsuki even carries him the rest of the way up the mountain on his back.
In this way, the three men get to know each other better, and old man Misaki eventually confesses that his own son recently came out to him as gay, and that he drove him away without trying to understand him. Seeing how Mitsuki and Asahi interact, and their explanation that their love is no different from a straight couple, helps him see his son’s relationship with his male lover in a different light, and he reaches out to re-establish contact with him.
I’m so delighted that we can see more and more stories about queer characters and lives from all sorts of different angles and perspectives in manga and fiction these days. It really makes my whole life brighter. Thank you to Mone Sorai for creating this cheerful and optimistic story, to Tokyopop for publishing it in English, and to my libraries for not only buying it but making it available as an ebook, too! <3
Art: ★★★★★
Plot: ★★★★★
Characters: ★★★★★
July 12, 2024
This manga series continues to be super strong, great through story and location stories. The food and scenery is inspiring. The perfect travel inspiration!
July 1, 2024
I am enjoying this series so much!
I have so enjoyed reading each volume in this series as the guys travel the world - the food, the sights, the tips, the education - but especially the boys' deepening love and caring. I look forward to the rest of their travels and especially their homecoming. I recommend this series!
I have so enjoyed reading each volume in this series as the guys travel the world - the food, the sights, the tips, the education - but especially the boys' deepening love and caring. I look forward to the rest of their travels and especially their homecoming. I recommend this series!
March 14, 2025
As always, this series stuns me in every way. The beautiful art and learning about the different places they visit is always fantastic but I especially love seeing the effect that people can have on one another even through brief meetings and watching our lovely couple grow together.
December 5, 2025
4.75! 🌟
recupererò presto il 6, ma nel complesso posso già dire di aver adorato questa serie: i protagonisti sono dolcissimi senza mai esagerare e le ambientazioni di ogni posto sono ricreate e descritte in maniera molto realistica
recupererò presto il 6, ma nel complesso posso già dire di aver adorato questa serie: i protagonisti sono dolcissimi senza mai esagerare e le ambientazioni di ogni posto sono ricreate e descritte in maniera molto realistica
June 13, 2025
One of my favorite stories! I love them so much🧡
April 23, 2025
Finally caught up, and sad to be...
I'm guessing Volume 6 (out in a couple months) will send them to the United States and Canada, likely to meet up again with the honeymooning couple they'd met in Mexico. We get a map in this volume and a reminder of the places they've been thus far and the people they've encountered - including some texts and photos and video chats from the friends they finally take some time to update on their current progress. They really have built a network of connections around the world.
Asahi's brother commented last volume on how Asahi never really had any friends growing up...well, he may be a late bloomer in that aspect, too, but he's been forming as many bonds as his outgoing boyfriend during their travels.
The flashback to high school, when he'd thought about jumping out of a window because life was so stark and lonely and difficult, is particularly striking at this point in the narrative. While he hadn't been directly bullied, because he was too afraid to give anyone the opportunity to see and target his weak points, he felt the deep homophobia from the people around him, like his grossed-out classmates, and truly believed he'd never fit in unless he kept hiding his true self for the rest of his life.
So every new connection he makes, as the Asahi he'd never thought he could be, is pretty incredible. He's even brave and confident enough to stop and offer help to a homophobic old Japanese man who'd called them "disgusting" on the train in Peru. Mitsuki confronts the man directly, when they meet again on the backbreaking trail to the Incan ruins, but Asahi points out that they don't know his full story.
And while some people are truly just intolerant and irredeemable, there are also people, like this old man...and maybe Asahi's parents...who freak out and close off when they're faced with something they want to understand but don't think they can. In this case, Misaki's still grieving the loss of his wife from only a month earlier...such a sudden illness that he hadn't had the time to take her to places she'd always dreamed of going, where he's now traveling without her.
That makes Mitsuki connect with him, explaining that he feels exactly the same way about Asahi as Misaki did about his wife. Love is love, and you go through the same joys and sorrows and fear of losing someone that intrinsic to your life and happiness.
Misaki still doesn't entirely get it, but his grief was so tangible and wrenching...he'd lost his wife, and his son at the same time, because the son came out to his father during the funeral arrangements, and Misaki had rejected him.
Because of this trip, and meeting a couple of gay young men from Japan, Misaki was able to reach out to his son again to try to repair things. This whole storyline was just...emotional and difficult and important, because families aren't perfect and sometimes you do have to be gentle and patient as you wait for your loved ones to catch up.
The end of this volume starts hitting pretty heavily on the wedding and honeymoon aspect of things, with the lesbians they'd met in Finland and the gay couple from Canada both showing what it's like to have a happy (but still complicated) life together after a legal commitment.
One of the things I really like about this series is that Asahi and Mitsuki do not get along all the time. They have bad days and temper flares that kind of ruin parts of their trips, but they always bounce back from it and get through things together. It's a realistic, wonderful relationship dynamic that shows that Asahi's idea was actually a great one...nothing tests a relationship more than traveling together, and it's true that if they can get through this together...falling deeper in love rather than drifting apart...they can handle anything. Even the judgement of family and society back home.
I wonder how many volumes are left, and where they'd go after North America. China? More of Africa? They've touched on a lot of the world already.
I'm guessing Volume 6 (out in a couple months) will send them to the United States and Canada, likely to meet up again with the honeymooning couple they'd met in Mexico. We get a map in this volume and a reminder of the places they've been thus far and the people they've encountered - including some texts and photos and video chats from the friends they finally take some time to update on their current progress. They really have built a network of connections around the world.
Asahi's brother commented last volume on how Asahi never really had any friends growing up...well, he may be a late bloomer in that aspect, too, but he's been forming as many bonds as his outgoing boyfriend during their travels.
The flashback to high school, when he'd thought about jumping out of a window because life was so stark and lonely and difficult, is particularly striking at this point in the narrative. While he hadn't been directly bullied, because he was too afraid to give anyone the opportunity to see and target his weak points, he felt the deep homophobia from the people around him, like his grossed-out classmates, and truly believed he'd never fit in unless he kept hiding his true self for the rest of his life.
So every new connection he makes, as the Asahi he'd never thought he could be, is pretty incredible. He's even brave and confident enough to stop and offer help to a homophobic old Japanese man who'd called them "disgusting" on the train in Peru. Mitsuki confronts the man directly, when they meet again on the backbreaking trail to the Incan ruins, but Asahi points out that they don't know his full story.
And while some people are truly just intolerant and irredeemable, there are also people, like this old man...and maybe Asahi's parents...who freak out and close off when they're faced with something they want to understand but don't think they can. In this case, Misaki's still grieving the loss of his wife from only a month earlier...such a sudden illness that he hadn't had the time to take her to places she'd always dreamed of going, where he's now traveling without her.
That makes Mitsuki connect with him, explaining that he feels exactly the same way about Asahi as Misaki did about his wife. Love is love, and you go through the same joys and sorrows and fear of losing someone that intrinsic to your life and happiness.
Misaki still doesn't entirely get it, but his grief was so tangible and wrenching...he'd lost his wife, and his son at the same time, because the son came out to his father during the funeral arrangements, and Misaki had rejected him.
Because of this trip, and meeting a couple of gay young men from Japan, Misaki was able to reach out to his son again to try to repair things. This whole storyline was just...emotional and difficult and important, because families aren't perfect and sometimes you do have to be gentle and patient as you wait for your loved ones to catch up.
The end of this volume starts hitting pretty heavily on the wedding and honeymoon aspect of things, with the lesbians they'd met in Finland and the gay couple from Canada both showing what it's like to have a happy (but still complicated) life together after a legal commitment.
One of the things I really like about this series is that Asahi and Mitsuki do not get along all the time. They have bad days and temper flares that kind of ruin parts of their trips, but they always bounce back from it and get through things together. It's a realistic, wonderful relationship dynamic that shows that Asahi's idea was actually a great one...nothing tests a relationship more than traveling together, and it's true that if they can get through this together...falling deeper in love rather than drifting apart...they can handle anything. Even the judgement of family and society back home.
I wonder how many volumes are left, and where they'd go after North America. China? More of Africa? They've touched on a lot of the world already.
August 28, 2024
Our world travelers continue their trip around the world. They are really doing South America right. These Japanese lovers have some great adventures.
In this volume they go to Peru and Machu Picchu, Panama, to an Island and then to Mexico. They see some Mayan ruins and then go to a lake in a cave for some swimming.
I really love this series. It's all about travel and all the wonderful experiences one has. The author loves the food and we get all the wonderful offerings each city has and it's so well drawn. They make me hungry. The duo also give some history about a place. The author will throw in real tips on how to travel and what to look for in these places. It's great.
Plus the story is so wonderful. These two are falling more and more in love with each other. Asahi is ready to get married now. He is no longer afraid. They meet another traveler from Japan and they also meet another gay couple on their honeymoon from Canada.
The artist does amazing drawings of these cities and ruins and places to visit. Obviously, it's not like a picture or the read deal, but the details are amazing and it is still enough to make me want to go. There should be another volume out and I hope it comes out soon. I'm loving this.
In this volume they go to Peru and Machu Picchu, Panama, to an Island and then to Mexico. They see some Mayan ruins and then go to a lake in a cave for some swimming.
I really love this series. It's all about travel and all the wonderful experiences one has. The author loves the food and we get all the wonderful offerings each city has and it's so well drawn. They make me hungry. The duo also give some history about a place. The author will throw in real tips on how to travel and what to look for in these places. It's great.
Plus the story is so wonderful. These two are falling more and more in love with each other. Asahi is ready to get married now. He is no longer afraid. They meet another traveler from Japan and they also meet another gay couple on their honeymoon from Canada.
The artist does amazing drawings of these cities and ruins and places to visit. Obviously, it's not like a picture or the read deal, but the details are amazing and it is still enough to make me want to go. There should be another volume out and I hope it comes out soon. I'm loving this.
September 6, 2024
Vol. 1 ★★★☆☆
Vol. 2 ★★★★☆
Vol. 3 ★★★★☆
Vol. 4 ★★★★☆
Vol. 5 ★★★★☆
Each new volume in this series is like a welcome oasis. Asahi and Mitsuki have changed so much over the course of their travels; it's sweet to see them be able to seriously considering marriage as something that isn't so scary at this point.
A warning to those with a soft spot for guinea pigs: this volume opens with the boys trying the local cuy dish in Peru, as well as alpaca meat.
TW: homophobia, past death of a loved one, grief
✨I read this title for the Magical Readathon: Orilium!
✨Autumn Equinox 2024: Art of Illusion (O)
Vol. 2 ★★★★☆
Vol. 3 ★★★★☆
Vol. 4 ★★★★☆
Vol. 5 ★★★★☆
Each new volume in this series is like a welcome oasis. Asahi and Mitsuki have changed so much over the course of their travels; it's sweet to see them be able to seriously considering marriage as something that isn't so scary at this point.
A warning to those with a soft spot for guinea pigs: this volume opens with the boys trying the local cuy dish in Peru, as well as alpaca meat.
TW: homophobia, past death of a loved one, grief
✨I read this title for the Magical Readathon: Orilium!
✨Autumn Equinox 2024: Art of Illusion (O)
December 15, 2024
4,5
Peccato per la lunga attesa tra un volume e quello successivo, ma questa serie resta comunque una delle mie preferite. Una volta terminata, penso che me la rileggerò tutta in una volta in modo da poter apprezzare meglio anche i piccoli dettagli.
I nostri protagonisti sono in sud America - un tour fatto di paesaggi mozzafiato, di visite culturali (vorrei fare pure un viaggio intorno al mondo con Asahi che mi fa da guida), di buon cibo 🤩, di nuovi incontri. In mezzo a tutto questo, il rapporto tra i due ragazzi sta facendo dei grandi passi avanti - Asahi non nasconde più i propri sentimenti e nella mente sua e di Mitsuki si fa sempre più forte l'idea del matrimonio. I due non hanno motivo di nascondersi, né di vergognarsi: si amano, si danno conforto a vicenda. Insomma, mi fanno una grande tenerezza.
Punto bonus per le belle tavole di paesaggi (e cibo).
Spero che non ci vorrà un altro anno per avere tra le mani il volume sei e per vedere la prossima tappa del viaggio.
Peccato per la lunga attesa tra un volume e quello successivo, ma questa serie resta comunque una delle mie preferite. Una volta terminata, penso che me la rileggerò tutta in una volta in modo da poter apprezzare meglio anche i piccoli dettagli.
I nostri protagonisti sono in sud America - un tour fatto di paesaggi mozzafiato, di visite culturali (vorrei fare pure un viaggio intorno al mondo con Asahi che mi fa da guida), di buon cibo 🤩, di nuovi incontri. In mezzo a tutto questo, il rapporto tra i due ragazzi sta facendo dei grandi passi avanti - Asahi non nasconde più i propri sentimenti e nella mente sua e di Mitsuki si fa sempre più forte l'idea del matrimonio. I due non hanno motivo di nascondersi, né di vergognarsi: si amano, si danno conforto a vicenda. Insomma, mi fanno una grande tenerezza.
Punto bonus per le belle tavole di paesaggi (e cibo).
Spero che non ci vorrà un altro anno per avere tra le mani il volume sei e per vedere la prossima tappa del viaggio.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 15, 2024
I had to work SO hard to read this book - I usually read all the volumes on Everand, but for some reason Everand would not let me download this book on my iPad or phone, and support was useless, and I managed to read a few pages on my phone until they stopped loading, and then I had to read the rest on my pc, and that was not the ideal viewing experience. BUT none of that was the book's fault, and I think it just shows how much I love this series that I was so persistent that I'd read it anyway.
This volume isn't as eventful as some of the others, but they meet a few new people that make impressions on them, and also catch up with some of the people from previous volumes. There's some VERY sweet moments between Asahi and Mitsuki, and Asahi makes some breakthroughs with his internalised homophobia. I am SO excited for the next one!
This volume isn't as eventful as some of the others, but they meet a few new people that make impressions on them, and also catch up with some of the people from previous volumes. There's some VERY sweet moments between Asahi and Mitsuki, and Asahi makes some breakthroughs with his internalised homophobia. I am SO excited for the next one!
August 2, 2024
This is one of the most beautiful and underrated manga I ever read ever read. As well as being peak edutainment- full of facts about different places, cultures and food from around the world. Not to mention took the growth that these two men have made so far in their relationship and as people. They inspire and educate people around them, while also being encouraged by the strangers they meet who then become friends. This manga series is probably the closest I’ll ever get to being able to travel around the world myself, and while it’s not as good it at least makes me feel like I’ve experienced it a fraction.
January 28, 2025
They guys visit Peru (Machu Picchu) and experience a little homophobia from a grumpy old man, Misaki. It ends up, he recently lost his wife and his son just came out as gay, which he's struggling with.
In Panama, they take the time to chill out and catch up with everyone they've met on their journey so far.
When they get to Mexico, they stay at a resort and end up meeting another gay couple on their honeymoon, who give them some sage advice about marriage.
It was a cute snippet, but I still feel like the "story" aspect gets left behind for all the travelling info and gushing over food.
In Panama, they take the time to chill out and catch up with everyone they've met on their journey so far.
When they get to Mexico, they stay at a resort and end up meeting another gay couple on their honeymoon, who give them some sage advice about marriage.
It was a cute snippet, but I still feel like the "story" aspect gets left behind for all the travelling info and gushing over food.
August 8, 2024
First, I want to say that Our Not-So Lonely Planet is such an underrated manga. It is a BL, but really, it's also about travel, food, cultural and the people you meet along the way. I highly recommend the whole series. It makes me smile every time I read it.
In volume five, Asahi and Mitsuki travel to Peru and hike Machu Picchu. Which is a lot of hiking! Then they also go to Chichen Itza in Mexico, which is even more hiking! So this volume is full of hiking. This series is so fun and educational. Lol I highly recommend it.
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In volume five, Asahi and Mitsuki travel to Peru and hike Machu Picchu. Which is a lot of hiking! Then they also go to Chichen Itza in Mexico, which is even more hiking! So this volume is full of hiking. This series is so fun and educational. Lol I highly recommend it.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
July 4, 2024
This manga series is genuinely one of my all-time favorites. Every volume, including this one, continues to be as sweet and wholesome as the rest. Mone Sorai has an incredible talent for capturing the beauty of love, humanity, and the world around us. Each page is a testament to her vision, and it’s impossible not to be moved by the depth and warmth she brings to her storytelling. I can't recommend this story enough; it’s a journey that stays with you long after you’ve turned the last page.
October 26, 2024
My favorite volume to date! We see real progression of Asahi's character and not only is he becoming more comfortable with himself but also becoming more excited about the prospect of marriage in a way he wasn't before ♥️
I also have a soft spot for Peru so this was very nostalgic and brought up my own memories of Machu Picchu. It was fun to view the different points with Asahi cause I felt the same as Misaki lol!!! The llamas and alpacas and cuy are all cute and delicious too 😋
I also have a soft spot for Peru so this was very nostalgic and brought up my own memories of Machu Picchu. It was fun to view the different points with Asahi cause I felt the same as Misaki lol!!! The llamas and alpacas and cuy are all cute and delicious too 😋
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 21, 2024
I'm not sure if it's intentional or not, but through the volumes as Asahi becomes more confident in his sexuality and relationship, the mangaka is showing us more scenes of the couple becoming more playful in public and more intimate in private. It's almost as if both the character and the mangaka are growing more self-assured together.
July 24, 2024
This manga always makes me want to travel all over the world. (4,5 stars)
The themes were definitely deeper this time around and I loved the part with Mr Misaki, can’t wait for the next volume.
Countries: Peru, Panama and Mexico
The themes were definitely deeper this time around and I loved the part with Mr Misaki, can’t wait for the next volume.
Countries: Peru, Panama and Mexico
September 6, 2024
I love this manga so much, and I simultaneously want it to go on forever and want them to get back to Japan and get married or whatever they do to create a home together.
(We have to wait until April 2025 for the next volume??? Dang.)
(We have to wait until April 2025 for the next volume??? Dang.)
August 25, 2025
This whole vol made me so, so emotional... we're getting close to marriage, guys T_T
I could just see the love between them growing more and more in this vol. It makes my heart ache with happiness. This series is the best.
I could just see the love between them growing more and more in this vol. It makes my heart ache with happiness. This series is the best.
May 14, 2024
read on inkr
June 25, 2024
I loved this! So funny and cute! I hope they go to the USA next. I wish they went to nz
September 14, 2024
I love these two so much. I think this one is my favorite so far - I cannot wait for their eventual wedding.
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