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ヨシノズイカラ [Yoshi no Zuikara] #1
Yoshi no Zuikara, Vol. 1: The Frog in the Well Does Not Know the Ocean
島で書道の次は、島で漫画。「ばらかもん」ヨシノサツキ最新作! !
どうにか生活できるほどの原稿料をもらいながら漫画家生活10年目を迎えた遠野成彦(32)。
何本目かの連載作品がついに打ち切りになり、あとがない成彦に編集者が提案してきたのは、生まれ育った島の日常を描くことだった。
こだわって描いてきたファンタジーとは真逆のジャンルに、成彦は反発しながらも挑戦することになるのだが…?
「ばらかもん」ヨシノサツキ待望の最新作!
どうにか生活できるほどの原稿料をもらいながら漫画家生活10年目を迎えた遠野成彦(32)。
何本目かの連載作品がついに打ち切りになり、あとがない成彦に編集者が提案してきたのは、生まれ育った島の日常を描くことだった。
こだわって描いてきたファンタジーとは真逆のジャンルに、成彦は反発しながらも挑戦することになるのだが…?
「ばらかもん」ヨシノサツキ待望の最新作!
212 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 11, 2019
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Satsuki Yoshino
80 books93 followersYOSHINO Satsuki
Name (in native language): ヨシノサツキ
Zodiac: Gemini
Name (in native language): ヨシノサツキ
Zodiac: Gemini
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September 12, 2023
By the author of the delightful Barakamon which is also an excellent anime on Crunchyroll. I've read the first 2 volumes.
Well, hm. Seems to be an attempt to replicate the success of the prior series, slice-of-life on remote Japanese islands. In Barakamon, a hotshot young Tokyo calligrapher having trouble with his art comes to the island, gets his head straightened out by his experiences there. In this one, an island-born fantasy manga artist having trouble with his art tries local slice-of-life and has unexpected success, with all its attendant challenges for a shy, un-confident, untraveled homebody. The trip to his first book signing in Tokyo was particularly amusing, and relatable. Yes, the terror of getting lost while traveling alone on a deadline! Meeting-strangers paranoia! All very well observed. Note that the first chapter is actually the manga he writes, followed by a turn into meta back to its artist-writer's island life.
Not as immediately charming as Barakamon. I might read Vol. 3 if it comes my way.
Ta, L.
Later: Read Vol. 3. The series rounds out quietly. The trip to the book signing in Tokyo in vol. 2 remains the high point, but the rest of our artist's hapless little misadventures were amusing. Done, and sufficient.
L.
Well, hm. Seems to be an attempt to replicate the success of the prior series, slice-of-life on remote Japanese islands. In Barakamon, a hotshot young Tokyo calligrapher having trouble with his art comes to the island, gets his head straightened out by his experiences there. In this one, an island-born fantasy manga artist having trouble with his art tries local slice-of-life and has unexpected success, with all its attendant challenges for a shy, un-confident, untraveled homebody. The trip to his first book signing in Tokyo was particularly amusing, and relatable. Yes, the terror of getting lost while traveling alone on a deadline! Meeting-strangers paranoia! All very well observed. Note that the first chapter is actually the manga he writes, followed by a turn into meta back to its artist-writer's island life.
Not as immediately charming as Barakamon. I might read Vol. 3 if it comes my way.
Ta, L.
Later: Read Vol. 3. The series rounds out quietly. The trip to the book signing in Tokyo in vol. 2 remains the high point, but the rest of our artist's hapless little misadventures were amusing. Done, and sufficient.
L.
August 9, 2021
3.75/5 Stars
For my first ever manga, I really liked it!
For my first ever foray into manga, my cousin suggested that I start off with this series. It's only 3 volumes long and follows the life of a striving manga artist. I really liked the characters in this story. The main character, Naruhiko Tohno, and his assistant Toshi-bou had amazing banter and chemistry.
Also, the art in this manga is gorgeous, clean and crisp!
Not sure if I'll go directly into the next one or wait a little bit, but I really enjoyed this experience!
For my first ever manga, I really liked it!
For my first ever foray into manga, my cousin suggested that I start off with this series. It's only 3 volumes long and follows the life of a striving manga artist. I really liked the characters in this story. The main character, Naruhiko Tohno, and his assistant Toshi-bou had amazing banter and chemistry.
Also, the art in this manga is gorgeous, clean and crisp!
Not sure if I'll go directly into the next one or wait a little bit, but I really enjoyed this experience!
February 18, 2022
A slice-of-life manga about a guy creating a slice-of-life manga may be too many slices for me, but I may pick up another volume at some point.
August 23, 2022
J'ai adoré de bout en bout, je recommanderai de ne pas lire le résumé, la découverte est encore meilleure !!
December 18, 2023
A MANGA WITHIN A MANGA BEING WRITTEN BY A MANGA ARTIST ABOUT A MANGA ARTIST WRITING A MANGA 😲
Hehe I really liked this, it was cute and a different vibe of manga then I typically read <3
Hehe I really liked this, it was cute and a different vibe of manga then I typically read <3
December 5, 2020
Yoshino's previous works chiseled away at the pessimism content to petrify the creative spirit of those for whom success came early and often but perhaps not so easily. Does a change in direction validate one's skill or does it seek to recreate one's brush with fortune? Does sharing one's work-in-progress articulate the emotional truth of the work in question or does it dilute the purity of the creative process altogether? Yoshino enjoys tendering questions within questions. In YOSHI NO ZUIKARA, the author continues this nesting game through the eyes of manga-ka Naruhiko Tohno -- a man overflowing with ambition but all too short on courage.
YOSHI NO ZUIKARA lands in rural Japan, specifically a backwoods lot occupied by a bedraggled manga artist (and his over-enthusiastic assistant) as he plots his next big hit. To the man's surprise, his editor convinces him to craft a rural, slice-of-life story, not a fantasy epic, not an isekai tale, a plain 'ol boys-will-be-boys kind of story. Sure, Tohno-sensei can draw it, but will it actually sell?
The odd and hilarious quirks and peculiarities native to the brilliant and the introverted guide this manga from start to finish. Tohno struggles to obtain reference photos of the subjects he labors to draw, worries furiously over whether he's annoying the locals, and absolutely detests the fact that his new manga is actually easier and more fun to craft than anything he's done prior to now. Isn't the creative process supposed to be painful?
Readers who are themselves familiar with the maniacal push-and-pull nature of worldbuilding and assemblage of character dynamics from scratch will enjoy this manga for its blunt comedy. The best example is when Tohno, as a teenager, confesses to his parents that he's not going to college so as to pursue the life of an artist. The poor guy; his kid sister thanks him for not sucking up the family funds for her trip to a trade school, his mother immediately praises the heavens, and his beady-eyed father offers an excruciatingly (hilariously) thin smile and a thumb's up ("Dutiful son.").
Another, later example, finds humor in the many ways Tohno hates to socialize because he's terrible at it, yet he somehow scrapes by, mumbling and jittery, whenever an old friend strikes up a conversation. When a childhood buddy mentions how proud he is of Tohno, "livin' your dream [of drawing manga] like this," the thirty-something comics artist is suddenly terrified he's been inducted into the class of "well-adjusted adults" without even knowing it.
Visually, YOSHI NO ZUIKARA showcases a level precision and detail that didn't really show until Yoshino was several volumes deep into Barakamon. Footpaths are lined with layered shrubbery, hillsides near the ocean are peppered with tall grasses and craggy rock faces, and the character designs are always on-model. YOSHI NO ZUIKARA is a fairly lighthearted and undemanding comic, but the pacing and composition speak to the creative team's multitude of experience. The meta-fictional nature of this volume, a slice-of-life manga about a slice-of-life manga-ka, will surely bore the brains out of some readers, but for those interested in a technically proficient project with clever and precise humor, YOSHI NO ZUIKARA is worth a read.
YOSHI NO ZUIKARA lands in rural Japan, specifically a backwoods lot occupied by a bedraggled manga artist (and his over-enthusiastic assistant) as he plots his next big hit. To the man's surprise, his editor convinces him to craft a rural, slice-of-life story, not a fantasy epic, not an isekai tale, a plain 'ol boys-will-be-boys kind of story. Sure, Tohno-sensei can draw it, but will it actually sell?
The odd and hilarious quirks and peculiarities native to the brilliant and the introverted guide this manga from start to finish. Tohno struggles to obtain reference photos of the subjects he labors to draw, worries furiously over whether he's annoying the locals, and absolutely detests the fact that his new manga is actually easier and more fun to craft than anything he's done prior to now. Isn't the creative process supposed to be painful?
Readers who are themselves familiar with the maniacal push-and-pull nature of worldbuilding and assemblage of character dynamics from scratch will enjoy this manga for its blunt comedy. The best example is when Tohno, as a teenager, confesses to his parents that he's not going to college so as to pursue the life of an artist. The poor guy; his kid sister thanks him for not sucking up the family funds for her trip to a trade school, his mother immediately praises the heavens, and his beady-eyed father offers an excruciatingly (hilariously) thin smile and a thumb's up ("Dutiful son.").
Another, later example, finds humor in the many ways Tohno hates to socialize because he's terrible at it, yet he somehow scrapes by, mumbling and jittery, whenever an old friend strikes up a conversation. When a childhood buddy mentions how proud he is of Tohno, "livin' your dream [of drawing manga] like this," the thirty-something comics artist is suddenly terrified he's been inducted into the class of "well-adjusted adults" without even knowing it.
Visually, YOSHI NO ZUIKARA showcases a level precision and detail that didn't really show until Yoshino was several volumes deep into Barakamon. Footpaths are lined with layered shrubbery, hillsides near the ocean are peppered with tall grasses and craggy rock faces, and the character designs are always on-model. YOSHI NO ZUIKARA is a fairly lighthearted and undemanding comic, but the pacing and composition speak to the creative team's multitude of experience. The meta-fictional nature of this volume, a slice-of-life manga about a slice-of-life manga-ka, will surely bore the brains out of some readers, but for those interested in a technically proficient project with clever and precise humor, YOSHI NO ZUIKARA is worth a read.
March 14, 2022
picked it up from lib on a whim, but ended up really liking it! it’s slice of life but on an island so you still get the escapism feeling. since the series is only 3 vol i might collect but i think i’ll read the whole thing before deciding based on the rereadability 🤔
May 19, 2025
Loved it! Grafisnya rapi banget. Jadi pengin baca Barakamon.
January 23, 2021
The story about a struggling artist in his thirties sounded like it was light enough to read without putting me, the reader, into deep emotional stress. It wasn't hard to fall in love with Satsuki Yoshino's art style-- simple yet you can feel the passion in every lines and shading of the manga. I thought that was the only part of the manga where I would focus on my review upon finishing this 1st installment. I was wrong. Yoshino is great at giving the readers a glimpse of what the characters might be facing in the future base on the consequences of their decisions. I can't wait to read the second installment.
January 25, 2025
Hacía tiempo que no leía algo tan bueno
September 17, 2022
J’avoue, je n’ai pas du tout lu le résumé et du coup, je suis partie les yeux fermés sur cette lecture ! Une chose est certaine, c’est que j’ai été déstabilisée par un twist auquel je ne m’attendais pas !
Tout le début repose sur l’histoire de ces jeunes garçons coincés sur leur île… Et puis, à un moment, on découvre le vrai héros, Naruhiko, un mangaka qui n’arrive pas à percer dans le milieu !
Enfin, cela, jusqu’au jour où il crée une histoire simple, sans magie ni aucun élément de surnaturel ou de fantastique. Un récit de vie qui se passe sur une île, un peu sa vie finalement… et là… tout va changer pour lui.
Dans l’ensemble, j’ai bien aimé ce premier tome, cela change de ce que je lis en général et j’ai apprécié découvrir cette tranche de vie sur un jeune créateur qui va voir son existence bouleversée avec une histoire toute simple. Mais justement, à force de vouloir imaginer toujours plus grand, parfois les évènements les plus factuels font la différence. Du coup, ça m’a bien plu. Tout comme les dessins de Satsuki Yoshino. J’aime beaucoup son coup de crayon même si je trouve que ça manque parfois un peu de décors à mon goût.
Quoiqu’il en soit, Slice of Life commence bien et nous offre un récit sans fioritures sur les difficultés inhérentes à un métier pas si évident à vivre au quotidien. Notre héros supportera-t-il la pression apportée avec la publication de son nouveau manga ? Réalisera-t-il son rêve ? Autant de questions qui trouveront leurs réponses dans la suite (je l’espère).
Un manga en trois tomes dont le premier démarre plutôt pas mal et qui m’a bien plu.
Tout le début repose sur l’histoire de ces jeunes garçons coincés sur leur île… Et puis, à un moment, on découvre le vrai héros, Naruhiko, un mangaka qui n’arrive pas à percer dans le milieu !
Enfin, cela, jusqu’au jour où il crée une histoire simple, sans magie ni aucun élément de surnaturel ou de fantastique. Un récit de vie qui se passe sur une île, un peu sa vie finalement… et là… tout va changer pour lui.
Dans l’ensemble, j’ai bien aimé ce premier tome, cela change de ce que je lis en général et j’ai apprécié découvrir cette tranche de vie sur un jeune créateur qui va voir son existence bouleversée avec une histoire toute simple. Mais justement, à force de vouloir imaginer toujours plus grand, parfois les évènements les plus factuels font la différence. Du coup, ça m’a bien plu. Tout comme les dessins de Satsuki Yoshino. J’aime beaucoup son coup de crayon même si je trouve que ça manque parfois un peu de décors à mon goût.
Quoiqu’il en soit, Slice of Life commence bien et nous offre un récit sans fioritures sur les difficultés inhérentes à un métier pas si évident à vivre au quotidien. Notre héros supportera-t-il la pression apportée avec la publication de son nouveau manga ? Réalisera-t-il son rêve ? Autant de questions qui trouveront leurs réponses dans la suite (je l’espère).
Un manga en trois tomes dont le premier démarre plutôt pas mal et qui m’a bien plu.
January 26, 2022
so it's weird bc i have z e r o recollection of ordering this at the library? like, it just showed up as a hold for me one day and istg i've never seen it in my life?? at any rate i read it anyway, lolol, and i'm glad i did! it has many aspects i enjoy in manga: meta-ness, slice-of-life, friendship dynamics, awkward/reclusive mc, and really good artistic composition. it took me a little while to ~get into it, but once i did it got better & better :)
December 7, 2020
In Summary
It’s a slow mangaka life… That pretty much summarizes the series. Tohno is a manga artist in the sticks drawing a story about life in the sticks, so if you like rustic settings and characters, you get a double dose. The parallels between Tohno’s Wakkamon and Yoshino-sensei’s previous series Barakamon are bit blatant, but this manga definitely panders to Barakamon fans so maybe that’s the point.
The Review
The opener of this book is a little confusing. It begins by introducing four modern teenage boys who live in an extremely out-of-the-way village in Japan. After seventy pages of learning about them and their lives on the backwater island of Tonoshima, we discover they aren’t actually the protagonists of Yoshi no Zurikara. Rather, they are the creations of thirty-two-year-old Naruhiko Tohno, a mangaka who is the series’ main character.
Tohno’s been drawing manga for ten years. Despite having written a couple of fantasy series, he’s never had major success in manga. In fact, it’s safe to say he’s only scraped by as a mangaka because he’s never moved away from home. After his latest series gets canceled, his editor suggests he try writing a slice of life manga set in a remote village similar to his own, and to his utter astonishment, this new series takes off.
Yoshi no Zurikara feels like a cross between Bakuman and Barakamon. Bakuman, because the main character’s a manga artist and the narrative often delves into the process of creating manga and the demands of the publishing business. Barakamon, because it has pretty much the same kind of rustic cast and island setting. In fact, it goes deeper into country culture because the main character isn’t a struggling artist who’s an outsider but a struggling artist who’s a local guy.
So if you’ve read Yoshino-sensei’s Barakamon and want more of the same, this series delivers. However, if you were hoping for fresh material from Yoshino-sensei, this might come off as stale. Yes, the ages and occupations of the characters are different, but Tohno’s pretty much the same kind of socially inept artist that Handa was. Tohno’s older by about ten years, but he lives in his grandmother’s house just behind his parents’ place and still relies on them for food. And instead of the energetic child Naru, we have the energetic, childlike manga assistant Toshibou. By the way, Yoshino-sensei doesn’t do a good job introducing Toshibou. He enters the story in Chapter 2 and has quite a bit of interaction with Tohno, but it’s not until Chapter 4 that the narrative clarifies that he is Tohno’s paid assistant.
Extras include translation notes and four-panel comic strips.
For more manga and book reviews, drop by my blog Keeping It In Canon!
It’s a slow mangaka life… That pretty much summarizes the series. Tohno is a manga artist in the sticks drawing a story about life in the sticks, so if you like rustic settings and characters, you get a double dose. The parallels between Tohno’s Wakkamon and Yoshino-sensei’s previous series Barakamon are bit blatant, but this manga definitely panders to Barakamon fans so maybe that’s the point.
The Review
The opener of this book is a little confusing. It begins by introducing four modern teenage boys who live in an extremely out-of-the-way village in Japan. After seventy pages of learning about them and their lives on the backwater island of Tonoshima, we discover they aren’t actually the protagonists of Yoshi no Zurikara. Rather, they are the creations of thirty-two-year-old Naruhiko Tohno, a mangaka who is the series’ main character.
Tohno’s been drawing manga for ten years. Despite having written a couple of fantasy series, he’s never had major success in manga. In fact, it’s safe to say he’s only scraped by as a mangaka because he’s never moved away from home. After his latest series gets canceled, his editor suggests he try writing a slice of life manga set in a remote village similar to his own, and to his utter astonishment, this new series takes off.
Yoshi no Zurikara feels like a cross between Bakuman and Barakamon. Bakuman, because the main character’s a manga artist and the narrative often delves into the process of creating manga and the demands of the publishing business. Barakamon, because it has pretty much the same kind of rustic cast and island setting. In fact, it goes deeper into country culture because the main character isn’t a struggling artist who’s an outsider but a struggling artist who’s a local guy.
So if you’ve read Yoshino-sensei’s Barakamon and want more of the same, this series delivers. However, if you were hoping for fresh material from Yoshino-sensei, this might come off as stale. Yes, the ages and occupations of the characters are different, but Tohno’s pretty much the same kind of socially inept artist that Handa was. Tohno’s older by about ten years, but he lives in his grandmother’s house just behind his parents’ place and still relies on them for food. And instead of the energetic child Naru, we have the energetic, childlike manga assistant Toshibou. By the way, Yoshino-sensei doesn’t do a good job introducing Toshibou. He enters the story in Chapter 2 and has quite a bit of interaction with Tohno, but it’s not until Chapter 4 that the narrative clarifies that he is Tohno’s paid assistant.
Extras include translation notes and four-panel comic strips.
For more manga and book reviews, drop by my blog Keeping It In Canon!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 18, 2021
A pesar de ser del género slice of life sentí que el plot si avanzó bastante. Apenas empezó me sumergí en la historia y me sorprendió que terminé interesada hasta por el manga dentro del manga. Todo fue hecho de una manera bella, especialmente la dinámica entre el protagonista y su asistente. Ya quiero ver cómo le va a Naruhiko.
October 14, 2020
I *really* enjoyed this slice-of-life comic about a 30-something mangaka in a small village. I enjoyed Satsuki Yoshino's other works, and I think this one might be my favorite. I'm excited to see where this manga goes in the future volumes.
April 5, 2024
Empezamos leyendo el trabajo de nuestro protagonista y luego, lo expectamos a él en presente. Es tener dos historias de la mano de una, enlazadas.
Personajes con mucho carisma, y contenido entretenido y de calidad. Este slice of life me ha aportado algo distinto, es genial.
Personajes con mucho carisma, y contenido entretenido y de calidad. Este slice of life me ha aportado algo distinto, es genial.
March 22, 2024
'Vida de un mangaka' publicado por Distrito Manga en España nos cuenta las vicisitudes de un chico de un pequeña isla japonesa que sueña con crear mangas y convertirlos en superventas. Lejos del rollo shônen que podemos encontrar en obras parecidas como Bakuman, aquí el tono se acerca mucho al silce of life.
El autor nos coloca en la vida adulta del personaje principal para narrarnos sus años de lucha y su cambio de registro cuando su editora le propone dejar los mundos de fantasía en los que suele ambientar sus mangas y pasarse a algo más costumbristas.
Los miedos de cambiar de registro y decepcionar a sus fans están ahí, pero poco a poco Tohno Naruhiko, así se llama el protagonista, se va dando cuenta de que quizás se la da mejor esta nueva faceta y que hay un gran mercado para este tipo de obras más tranquilas en las que los conflictos son mínimos y muy cercanos al lector.
Si algo hay que destacar de este primer volumen es lo mucho que me ha gustado Toshi, el asistente del mangaka. Este chico es un ángel caído del cielo que sólo busca animar y hacer sentir bien a Naruhiko (y decirle cuatro verdades cuando hace falta). Espero que sigan profundizando en este aspecto, porque pocas veces podemos ver las funciones y la relación que se establecen entre mangaka y asistentes.
En general, un primer tomo bastante tranquilo, acogedor y que sin darme cuenta me iba enseñando las vicisitudes de publicar manga hoy día, siendo éste un mercado tan tan competitivo.
Ganas del segundo tomo!
El autor nos coloca en la vida adulta del personaje principal para narrarnos sus años de lucha y su cambio de registro cuando su editora le propone dejar los mundos de fantasía en los que suele ambientar sus mangas y pasarse a algo más costumbristas.
Los miedos de cambiar de registro y decepcionar a sus fans están ahí, pero poco a poco Tohno Naruhiko, así se llama el protagonista, se va dando cuenta de que quizás se la da mejor esta nueva faceta y que hay un gran mercado para este tipo de obras más tranquilas en las que los conflictos son mínimos y muy cercanos al lector.
Si algo hay que destacar de este primer volumen es lo mucho que me ha gustado Toshi, el asistente del mangaka. Este chico es un ángel caído del cielo que sólo busca animar y hacer sentir bien a Naruhiko (y decirle cuatro verdades cuando hace falta). Espero que sigan profundizando en este aspecto, porque pocas veces podemos ver las funciones y la relación que se establecen entre mangaka y asistentes.
En general, un primer tomo bastante tranquilo, acogedor y que sin darme cuenta me iba enseñando las vicisitudes de publicar manga hoy día, siendo éste un mercado tan tan competitivo.
Ganas del segundo tomo!
June 2, 2021
It might not be the case but this feels like the creation story behind Barakamon. Something along the lines of: mangaka on rural island writes a slice-of-life manga about a bunch of kids living also living on a rural island. The manga becomes a success and the cover features characters standing around on a plain white background (coughcough the Barakamon, Vol. 1 is intensifying).
It's a very satisfying story though. It is very reminiscent of Barakamon with that nostalgic aura about it and few but well-developed characters, all seasoned with small doses of hilarious events. Yeah, there is just a nice feeling of "this watered my crops, cleared my skin and cured my depression" after reading this manga.
It's a very satisfying story though. It is very reminiscent of Barakamon with that nostalgic aura about it and few but well-developed characters, all seasoned with small doses of hilarious events. Yeah, there is just a nice feeling of "this watered my crops, cleared my skin and cured my depression" after reading this manga.
January 25, 2022
This was such a fun read and I love the art style! My only gripe with it was how long it took for the actual story to start. The first chapter, which is like 7o something pages long, is not part of the actual story but it's actually the first chapter of the manga the protagonist is making. So we don't meet the actual protagonist until 70 something pages into the story. Don't get me wrong, I did like the first chapter. It just confuse me at first and it felt kinda long. It was like 1/3 of the whole manga.
Besides that, I really enjoy everything else about it. The characters, the art, and the story were all really nice and relatable. I like it way more than I thought I would!
Besides that, I really enjoy everything else about it. The characters, the art, and the story were all really nice and relatable. I like it way more than I thought I would!
August 20, 2025
The story begins as a cute, slice-of-life story about 4 teenage boys on a rural island in Japan living their lives and reminiscing about their kindergarten teacher that they all had a crush on. It's sweet, but then you realize that this is the story within the story. This is the story about the manga artist who writes Wakkamon, Japanese for youngsters.
It's cute how Naruhiko Tohno and his assistant, Toshibou, navigate island life, collect research material, deal with fans, nosy neighbors, and even a cat. It's very chill, but fun.
As a mature manga reader, the text was a little larger in most cases, so I didn't have to read with high-powered lights on it all the time.
It's cute how Naruhiko Tohno and his assistant, Toshibou, navigate island life, collect research material, deal with fans, nosy neighbors, and even a cat. It's very chill, but fun.
As a mature manga reader, the text was a little larger in most cases, so I didn't have to read with high-powered lights on it all the time.
November 25, 2021
Thought it was going to be a little different but that’s me just judging from the cover art. He seems like the type that like smokes and doesn’t care much and I thought he was cool for that. But no he’s actually a shut in otaku who wants to be a manga artist. And we love that
It reminds me a lot of Barakamon and I love that anime, so this is going to be a fun read for me. His assistant Toshi-bou is so cute. I mean they’re both adorable and I love both of them but like ahhh! Man I just really like where this series is heading. It’s simplistic and I like that.
It reminds me a lot of Barakamon and I love that anime, so this is going to be a fun read for me. His assistant Toshi-bou is so cute. I mean they’re both adorable and I love both of them but like ahhh! Man I just really like where this series is heading. It’s simplistic and I like that.
November 25, 2023
Sort of a fake "making of Barakamon"
Almost a metafiction of Barakamon. The synopsis threw me because most of the first chapter is a manga within a manga. The mangaka lead has a lot of the neurotic insecurities we see in Handa, but this has less of a focus on cute kids and instead warm and genial adults take on the soothing mantle. I didn't like it as much as Barakamon or Handa-kun, as I didn't laugh nearly as much and the MC's anxiety felt more grounded than entertaining.
Almost a metafiction of Barakamon. The synopsis threw me because most of the first chapter is a manga within a manga. The mangaka lead has a lot of the neurotic insecurities we see in Handa, but this has less of a focus on cute kids and instead warm and genial adults take on the soothing mantle. I didn't like it as much as Barakamon or Handa-kun, as I didn't laugh nearly as much and the MC's anxiety felt more grounded than entertaining.
December 9, 2024
this is relatively light and slice-of-lifey, starts off with a fake-out story that did in fact deceive me, moves on into this manga artist's "day in the life" with various mishaps and such. it's kind of funny and also kind of relatable but maaaybe lacks a little oomph. I do wonder if this reflects a bit of Yoshino's own experience with Barakamon being published. but also this series is apparently ONLY three volumes so I should really read the rest.
bye
bye
April 12, 2025
Cerita tentang seorang mangaka di pulau terpencil. Ide ceritanya bagus. Aku suka. Kisah keseharian sang komikus yang mencari ide juga bagus, bacanya rasanya damai. Suka banget “slice of life” ky gini.
Selain kisah mangakanya sendiri, cerita yang ditulis sang mangaka pun lucu 🤣🤣
Ini Barakamon kah maksudnya?
Jadi pengen baca ulang Barakamon deh jadinya (komikku kurang 4 volume - semoga Barakamon dicetak ulang biar bisa melengkapinya).
Selain kisah mangakanya sendiri, cerita yang ditulis sang mangaka pun lucu 🤣🤣
Ini Barakamon kah maksudnya?
Jadi pengen baca ulang Barakamon deh jadinya (komikku kurang 4 volume - semoga Barakamon dicetak ulang biar bisa melengkapinya).
April 20, 2025
Un manga que comienza primero con una historia de un grupo de amigos que tratan de desenterrar una máquina del tiempo (una caja con cosas del pasado).
Y, corte A, nos muestra que eso es literal una historia de un manga que Tono, el protagonista, está dibujando.
Luego, todo lo que nos muestra son inseguridades y el proceso creativo. Me está siendo un poquito tedioso pero como son 3 tomos creo que si voy a terminarlo para ver si es algo recomendado.
Y, corte A, nos muestra que eso es literal una historia de un manga que Tono, el protagonista, está dibujando.
Luego, todo lo que nos muestra son inseguridades y el proceso creativo. Me está siendo un poquito tedioso pero como son 3 tomos creo que si voy a terminarlo para ver si es algo recomendado.
January 1, 2026
That was a fun first volume. I really liked that the first chapter is completely focused on the manga he creates, throwing you off when it switches to the mangaka’s perspective instead. It very much felt like it was inspired by the creators experience working on Barakamon, and I’m curious how much is true.
I really enjoy the easy, slice of life humor that he has, along with the small town life thrown in. It’s easy to get into, very fun, and the characters are all quirky and humorous.
I really enjoy the easy, slice of life humor that he has, along with the small town life thrown in. It’s easy to get into, very fun, and the characters are all quirky and humorous.
April 15, 2021
There's something incredibly beautiful about manga where people make manga. It's this really in depth look at one of my favorite mediums and I'm fascinated by every step. I have read all of Bakuman and I think I'll be reading (and buying) all of this. This is incredibly powerful and if you are interested in the art of making manga at all, I highly recommend you pick it up. Along with Bakuman.
July 2, 2021
Not for me.
Reminds me of the later half of Barakamon, in that it embraces the slice-of-life genre so hard that it comes across to me as rambling and unfocused.
I can see this fitting into a Japanese manga magazine situation, as a refreshing breather between more plot-heavy works, but on its own it’s not something I’m going to keep following.
Reminds me of the later half of Barakamon, in that it embraces the slice-of-life genre so hard that it comes across to me as rambling and unfocused.
I can see this fitting into a Japanese manga magazine situation, as a refreshing breather between more plot-heavy works, but on its own it’s not something I’m going to keep following.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 10, 2021
This manga was a blind buy for me but I ended up enjoying it. I can understand why some found it boring and not particularly riveting; it is an introductory first volume, of course. I found the pacing alright and the story was easy to fall into. I can safely say I'm invested and will most certainly continue on with this series.
March 26, 2023
WOW! What an incredible manga. I picked this up on a whim, as it was the only manga on the library shelf that was volume 1. I was so surprised by the quality, the story, and how real the characters seem. I don’t think any of them all into the tropes I’m used to, featuring a genuinely enjoyable twist halfway through. So so so pleased and happy with this find and excited to read the next volumes!
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