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お茶の時間
お茶の時間に、ふと思う。「人生の折り返し地点」という言葉があるけれど、人生を折り返せた人っているのだろうか?コーヒーを飲みつつ、首をひねり、店を出る時には忘れている。それでも、人生について考えた午後になる。お茶の時間は、ふと、なにかを思うための、人間らしい時間だった。――益田ミリ――「あそこの女子会はなにに盛り上がっているのだろう?」「あのカップル、初々しいなぁ」「あっちの男性はパソコンで何をしているのだろう?」、まわりを見渡し、自分についても思索にふけったり。大人気・益田ミリが贈る、ゆるふわ、楽しい人生エッセイ・マンガ。文庫特別書き下ろしマンガも巻末収録。
Tankobon Softcover
First published June 29, 2016
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July 19, 2019
I love that there's an indie bookshop close to my new apartment. I can stop in before going to the supermarket, on the way back from the station, just for the heck of it - heaven! I spotted this book on the new release shelf and was smitten as I read the first few pages.
Masuda Miri is a mangaka and essayist best known for her comic strip Su-chan. Her books vary, some with more text and some with more comics, and this book is 100% manga.
Most of the 5-10 page pieces start with Masuda going to a cafe, meeting somebody there, and relating things she saw or thoughts she had while there. Some are pure fun - visiting a all-dessert buffet, a cafe that serves a picnic complete with checked cloth and basket at your table. One cafe serves their drinks on a tray that looks like grass, and despite the rain outside her mood is lifted. There are funny moments in the vein of observational comedy, things that we all do but don't think about.
Masuda gets into some deeper stuff as well, like how lives diverge and change once you have kids. One of the most touching manga essays is her thoughts when she's stuck on a train because someone completed suicide by jumping at the station ahead. Sadly this is not unusual in Japan, and the way she relates the experience is spare, eloquent, and moving.
I'm sad that Masuda's work hasn't been translated into English as far as I can tell, and at the same time I'm selfishly glad that I get to enjoy it in Japanese. It's not profound, it's not on the pulse of pop culture, but it was a fun, at times deep read that I'd like to share with more people.
Masuda Miri is a mangaka and essayist best known for her comic strip Su-chan. Her books vary, some with more text and some with more comics, and this book is 100% manga.
Most of the 5-10 page pieces start with Masuda going to a cafe, meeting somebody there, and relating things she saw or thoughts she had while there. Some are pure fun - visiting a all-dessert buffet, a cafe that serves a picnic complete with checked cloth and basket at your table. One cafe serves their drinks on a tray that looks like grass, and despite the rain outside her mood is lifted. There are funny moments in the vein of observational comedy, things that we all do but don't think about.
Masuda gets into some deeper stuff as well, like how lives diverge and change once you have kids. One of the most touching manga essays is her thoughts when she's stuck on a train because someone completed suicide by jumping at the station ahead. Sadly this is not unusual in Japan, and the way she relates the experience is spare, eloquent, and moving.
I'm sad that Masuda's work hasn't been translated into English as far as I can tell, and at the same time I'm selfishly glad that I get to enjoy it in Japanese. It's not profound, it's not on the pulse of pop culture, but it was a fun, at times deep read that I'd like to share with more people.
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