A familiar summer event is the special edition of the Monosasu Reading Club, "Manga Night Talk."
Following on from the first half , the second half begins.
As the beer flows, the group is in high spirits and engages in some even more heated manga talk.
Each person will be given 5 minutes to introduce a book.
Here is the lineup for the second part, which is getting even more exciting.
Books to be introduced this time
- "The Apple Child of a Thousand Years" by Aoi Tanaka, published by Kodansha
- Nanae Haruno (author) "Papa told me ~When the lights come on in the window~" Shueisha
- Yoshitoshi Abe (author) "Ryushika Ryushika" Square Enix
You will be taken to a world you can never imagine.
"The Apple Child of a Thousand Years" by Aoi Tanaka
- Introduced by: Ayumi Tatewaki
Tanaka So (author) "The Apple Child of a Thousand Years" Kodansha (July 6, 2012) ( Amazon )
Tanaka So's "The Apple Child of a Thousand Years" won an award at the Japan Media Arts Festival in 2012. The protagonist, Yukinojo, was abandoned at a temple on a snowy day. Due to the guilt of his upbringing, he has no desires in life and lives without being attached to anything. He readily accepts an arranged marriage offer from an apple farmer who wants him to become their adopted son-in-law, and marries a woman named Asahi.
In that village, there is a legend like a curse that any girl who eats the apple of the god called Obosuna-sama will become Obosuna-sama's wife. The legend was discontinued many years ago, but Yukinojo didn't know that and made Asahi-san eat the apple. Then she got smaller and smaller, and turned back into a child...
Yukinojo runs around desperately trying to stop the curse. He had no desires for anything, but he realizes that she is an irreplaceable person to him and changes. The ending is a thrilling world that transcends human understanding and is like the realm of the gods.
At first, I was interested in the beautiful cover art, but when I started reading it, I found it really interesting. It's like you're being taken to a place you can't even imagine. Please give it a read.
TakahashiI read only the first volume and then stopped because it was too scary. The villagers' preconceptions, their closed-off feeling, was really scary...
- Standing side
Because Yukinojo is an outsider, he doesn't know anything about Obosuna-sama and is left out of the picture. But for Asahi's sake, he desperately tries to face the mystery on his own.
solderThe artwork is great, the panels are interesting, and the spacing is amazing.
HamabataAfter getting married, I get really excited when two people who love each other are separated by some helpless circumstance. Maybe it's because I'm a guy (lol).
A family manga filled with great quotes.
Nanae Haruno (author) "Papa told me ~When the lights come on in the window~"
- Introduced by: Ai Takahashi
Nanae Haruno (author) "Papa told me ~When the lights come on in the window~" Shueisha (June 17, 2011) ( Amazon )
I brought along a family manga called "Papa told me." It's a detailed story about the daily lives of a father, his elementary school-aged daughter, and the people surrounding the single-parent family. I first read it when I was a university student, and there were 27 volumes published at the time, but I got so hooked that I read a lot of it.
There are so many memorable quotes that it even has a Twitter bot ( Papa told me bot ). For example, I really liked the episode where the father's sister goes to her high school reunion. She wanted to talk about something that happened in the past with a close friend, but the friend had forgotten about it.
"School is so suffocating. We're trapped in a giant jungle gym, stuck in a meaningless old framework." That's what we used to say in high school, but time has passed since then. I wonder if we've found something new. I wanted to tell her that, but she had completely forgotten...
When I read it, it's a manga that really gives me feedback. Life is a series of choices, and we have no choice but to choose for ourselves, but we still have our anxieties. It's like the manga depicts such things without being biased. Even when I reread it in my 30s, it really resonates with me.
KakuraiManga tends to demand results and happy endings, but I like the fact that these aren't so clear-cut.
- Takahashi
This manga makes you realize that it's not the answer that's important, but rather "thinking about the answer."
MurakamiThe care taken in the work is apparent.
- Takahashi
It's more like a reading material than a manga. The drawings aren't particularly good either (lol). But it's a really good piece.
It brings back those childhood feelings.
Yoshitoshi Abe (author) "Ryūshka-Ryūshka"
- Introduced by: Isamu Murakami
Yoshitoshi Abe (author) "Ryushika Ryushika" Square Enix (June 22, 2010) ( Amazon )
Today I've brought along something a little different from usual, "Ryushika Ryushika" by Yoshitoshi Abe. He also makes anime, and I was deeply moved by the anime "Haibane Renmei" that I watched in my early twenties. I've been a fan ever since.
This manga is a bit unusual in that it is drawn in full color on every page. It was serialized online in Gangan and was apparently an experimental attempt on the author's part, but it ended up lasting 10 volumes...it's amazing.
The main character is a little girl named Ryushika, who gets up to mischief and daydreams... This is a gag manga with a complete story each episode. When we become adults, do we forget how we felt as children? It is said that the author's feelings are projected onto the main character in this work.
Anyway, Lyuska's movements are so cute. The cuteness of the movements that only a child can have is expressed so well. Also, it reminds me of the way I felt when I was a little child, like I could see things that don't actually exist.
- Hamabata
The name in the title was "Ryushika."
- Murakami
She has a different real name, and I'm pretty sure her name is written in kanji at the beginning, but she is basically called "Ryushika."
- solder
It's amazing that an adult author can express the feelings of a child to such an extent.
- Murakami
I think the author is older than me...it's amazing. By the way, the afterword at the end of the story is interesting, although I can't show it to you while you're eating. Furthermore, this manga is really good, but the anime "Haibane Renmei" is really good, so I highly recommend it (laughs).
After Manga Night Talk
The first Manga Night Talk in a year. In the second half, we introduced a mysterious world that takes place in an apple village, a heartwarming story full of famous quotes, and a work that brings back childhood memories.
While talking in a hideaway-like space, we shared our mutual love for manga. This Manga Night Talk was also very lively. Manga is the best after all!
Well, I wonder what the next topic will be. See you next time!
Monosus Site Team
How to create good blood circulation with members and other people involved? How can we deepen our relationships to do better work? While thinking about this, we introduce the people and work of Monosus. The secretariat has approximately five members. I love eating a lot.