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Wash It All Away #3
Wash It All Away 03
With an endearing protagonist and luscious art, this seaside slice-of-life story offers tranquility in the chaos of the modern world.
Elementary student Nairo helps establish an online presence for Kinme Cleaning. The new visibility lands Wakana a job cleaning a hat, and its influencer owner expands the business's clientele across Japan. When Wakana meets a shy woman named Uka, they find themselves modeling in an island tourism campaign. But after the shoot, Wakana vanishes as their boat departure time draws near.
Elementary student Nairo helps establish an online presence for Kinme Cleaning. The new visibility lands Wakana a job cleaning a hat, and its influencer owner expands the business's clientele across Japan. When Wakana meets a shy woman named Uka, they find themselves modeling in an island tourism campaign. But after the shoot, Wakana vanishes as their boat departure time draws near.
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192 pages, Paperback
Published August 19, 2025
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October 14, 2025
The enchanting soothing vibe of Wash It All Away continues in Volume Three of this relaxing manga series from Mitsuru Hattori. This volume expands the story a bit, and adds a new character to the quaint seaside community of Atami, where lovely and sweet Kinme interacts with friends and customers who use her clothes cleaning service.
This one seems a little fuller and richer, while still maintaining the restful atmosphere that has readers smiling or on the verge of smiling throughout. Young Nairo helps the shy older Kinme create an on-line presence for her cleaning business. Cleaning is much like a personal calling for Kinme, who finds joy in her work. While this new social presence brings in more work during the slow period, it also leads to Kinme meeting the nice but socially reticent Uka Hatsuayu, a tourism coordinator for the city.
Before this one concludes Kinme finds herself taking part in an island tourism promotion with her new friend. She also finally gets to clean that bag for Kyushu, and there’s a big storm which leads to some charming moments involving the two. The artwork is really nice here, very enjoyable, and in keeping with the overall soothingly sweet vibe of the series.
But there’s more. Here in the third entry we finally get some substantive foreshadowing regarding Kinme’s past; Kinme has no memory of her life prior to the two years she’s been running her cleaning service in Atami, spreading happiness. This one gets ever so briefly dark, with the reader discovering Kinme has flashes of memory creeping in. Will this lead to some deeper revelation at some point? It does lead to her almost missing the boat back from the island after the tourist photo shoot in this one, but the overall gentle and peaceful vibe is still maintained throughout.
As with the previous two entries from Mitsuru Hattori of Wash It All Away, the Christina Gómez designed cover is lovely, and the translation from Japanese into English by Sawa Matsueda Savage is really solid. Adnazeer Macalangcom’s lettering never became confusing to me as to who was speaking — or thinking their thoughts. Jennifer Sherman’s editing was invisible, as good editing should be.
I love everything about this relaxing and peaceful series, and can’t wait for the fourth volume, due out from SquareEnix in early November. Love this!
This one seems a little fuller and richer, while still maintaining the restful atmosphere that has readers smiling or on the verge of smiling throughout. Young Nairo helps the shy older Kinme create an on-line presence for her cleaning business. Cleaning is much like a personal calling for Kinme, who finds joy in her work. While this new social presence brings in more work during the slow period, it also leads to Kinme meeting the nice but socially reticent Uka Hatsuayu, a tourism coordinator for the city.
Before this one concludes Kinme finds herself taking part in an island tourism promotion with her new friend. She also finally gets to clean that bag for Kyushu, and there’s a big storm which leads to some charming moments involving the two. The artwork is really nice here, very enjoyable, and in keeping with the overall soothingly sweet vibe of the series.
But there’s more. Here in the third entry we finally get some substantive foreshadowing regarding Kinme’s past; Kinme has no memory of her life prior to the two years she’s been running her cleaning service in Atami, spreading happiness. This one gets ever so briefly dark, with the reader discovering Kinme has flashes of memory creeping in. Will this lead to some deeper revelation at some point? It does lead to her almost missing the boat back from the island after the tourist photo shoot in this one, but the overall gentle and peaceful vibe is still maintained throughout.
As with the previous two entries from Mitsuru Hattori of Wash It All Away, the Christina Gómez designed cover is lovely, and the translation from Japanese into English by Sawa Matsueda Savage is really solid. Adnazeer Macalangcom’s lettering never became confusing to me as to who was speaking — or thinking their thoughts. Jennifer Sherman’s editing was invisible, as good editing should be.
I love everything about this relaxing and peaceful series, and can’t wait for the fourth volume, due out from SquareEnix in early November. Love this!
August 26, 2025
This story is aggressively charming and has a really soft look to it that accentuates said charms of both its characters and its setting. It’s definitely one of those manga that is a true love letter to its community.
It is also, well, incredibly male-gaze-y towards Wakana. This is something that we’ve touched on in previous reviews, but it’s hard not to notice when the first chapter this volume opens with a spread of her posing, pin-up style, in the grass.
When Wakana crosses paths with the very awkward (adorably so, it must be admitted), Hatsuayu, it isn’t long before Wakana is roped into a photo shoot to help showcase a nearby island. And Wakana’s shock when she winds up in a bikini is literally the total opposite of my utter lack of shock that she does. It’s just this series’ way.
Minus this endless desire to thirst after its lead, the lingering mystery of Wakana’s amnesia gets another nudge to the forefront as well. More than ever I’m actually thinking my brainwashing joke from the first volume might be closer to the mark than I thought. Not sure how I feel about that.
The social media chapter is kind of fun, as Wakana turns out to be less internet savvy than a gaggle of grade schoolers, who end up turning her into an internet sensation. What I really appreciated here is that it illustrated how transient popularity online can truly be.
I don’t want to come down as too much of a prude about the fanservice, it’s just how dang blatant it is (nakedly so, one could say, to borrow a joke from myself). There’s shoehorning it in, then there’s bludgeoning you with the subtlety of a mugging. This prefers the latter approach.
Wakana’s actually a really good character too, which probably makes it feel more unnecessary. She’s got a very cute design and a great attitude, plus an air of mystery. She’s fine without the extra bits on top, at least in my opinion.
There’s also the story’s ongoing romantic tension between her and a high school boy. Again, this feels like it’s there for a particular audience and could be excised or toned down with minimal effort.
This is a good book that I genuinely like, but its real merits do get muddled by the way it goes after its more hormonal desires. It feels like my genuine enjoyment constantly butts up against this side. Again, it’s not like I don’t read series that are a lot more service-y than this, it just feels like here it goes against the vibe.
3.5 stars - and I’m not rounding up for what I think are obvious reasons. This is worth your time, but I could see its oversexualization of Wakana being a real sticking point for some people.
It is also, well, incredibly male-gaze-y towards Wakana. This is something that we’ve touched on in previous reviews, but it’s hard not to notice when the first chapter this volume opens with a spread of her posing, pin-up style, in the grass.
When Wakana crosses paths with the very awkward (adorably so, it must be admitted), Hatsuayu, it isn’t long before Wakana is roped into a photo shoot to help showcase a nearby island. And Wakana’s shock when she winds up in a bikini is literally the total opposite of my utter lack of shock that she does. It’s just this series’ way.
Minus this endless desire to thirst after its lead, the lingering mystery of Wakana’s amnesia gets another nudge to the forefront as well. More than ever I’m actually thinking my brainwashing joke from the first volume might be closer to the mark than I thought. Not sure how I feel about that.
The social media chapter is kind of fun, as Wakana turns out to be less internet savvy than a gaggle of grade schoolers, who end up turning her into an internet sensation. What I really appreciated here is that it illustrated how transient popularity online can truly be.
I don’t want to come down as too much of a prude about the fanservice, it’s just how dang blatant it is (nakedly so, one could say, to borrow a joke from myself). There’s shoehorning it in, then there’s bludgeoning you with the subtlety of a mugging. This prefers the latter approach.
Wakana’s actually a really good character too, which probably makes it feel more unnecessary. She’s got a very cute design and a great attitude, plus an air of mystery. She’s fine without the extra bits on top, at least in my opinion.
There’s also the story’s ongoing romantic tension between her and a high school boy. Again, this feels like it’s there for a particular audience and could be excised or toned down with minimal effort.
This is a good book that I genuinely like, but its real merits do get muddled by the way it goes after its more hormonal desires. It feels like my genuine enjoyment constantly butts up against this side. Again, it’s not like I don’t read series that are a lot more service-y than this, it just feels like here it goes against the vibe.
3.5 stars - and I’m not rounding up for what I think are obvious reasons. This is worth your time, but I could see its oversexualization of Wakana being a real sticking point for some people.
October 8, 2025
Love this series! The story, illustrations and characters!
October 1, 2025
This manga is so relaxing! I just love it!
September 21, 2025
I love this series. Such a sweet and wholesome story.
November 8, 2025
When I started this series I never would have expected it to take a turn into the mysterious, yet here we are and I am game.
This series is ostensibly the day to day life of a lady who owns a cleaning business in a small town. And it is 90%of the time. The other 10% however is hints as to her background because she has amnesia and can’t remember anything from before a few years back.
It’s very interesting. I like the slice of life aspect of the story and the fun cast of characters we have meet around town but I am also intrigued by this mystery that is being set up.
This series is ostensibly the day to day life of a lady who owns a cleaning business in a small town. And it is 90%of the time. The other 10% however is hints as to her background because she has amnesia and can’t remember anything from before a few years back.
It’s very interesting. I like the slice of life aspect of the story and the fun cast of characters we have meet around town but I am also intrigued by this mystery that is being set up.
August 23, 2025
As with the previous volumes, light on story but with hints at something in Kinme's past but the artwork is simply divine and worth the price of the book on its own.
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August 23, 2025New characters and new situations, this continues to be a pleaser, however there are tropes here that is gendered fan service. Probably not everyone’s cup of tea.
October 11, 2025
3.5 ⭐️
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