Chichikogusa

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This manga presents us the relaxing and easygoing misfits of a traveling medicine seller, who learns the joys and worries of being a parent, accompanied by his adorable son and his neverending curiosity of how the world "works". The tone of the manga is usually humorous and calm, but this never stops the story to unveil heartwrenching and mature topics as well.

The story, by itself is nothing groundbreaking or poetic, but combined with the constant interactions and decisions of the characters makes it far more compelling and relatable. The father, as the journey goes, understands the significance and importance of the ... parenthood, and the value of the moments, spent together with the family, while the son, by his naive but pure-hearted way, struggle with his own issues and traumas.

For the art, it can be said that it's good, it does compliment the story nicely while it never feels lackluster. Special attention has been given for the more serious moments, but in the same way, the faces could get exaggerated and cartoonishly twisted for comedy purposes.

The two main characters are properly and relatable written, often the side characters receive backstories to explain their behavior and certain quirks of theirs, which fleshes out the setting even more.

Overally, I do think this story is worthy of your time if you do enjoy hearthwarming stories about overcoming the obstacles of life as a family, or if you do enjoy the historical setting of rural Japan. Also proper atention is given to the flowers, and their meaning both as a herb, medicine and symbol, which I do found it to be very specific, but entertaining nonetheless.

I've read up to Ch 26, and could not believe this hadn't been reviewed yet!
I'm no wordsmith, but heres what I think.

The art is really clean, simple looking rounded style, but you still get a LOT of detail and expression from each character and scene. Because of the medicinal nature of the dad's job, it frequently involves plant types, and the author doesn't skimp on the detail of, or the science behind, each plant.

the characters are pretty well rounded. the children don't feel too sophisticated, but also feel very real in their depth. Shirou is almost four as the story begins so he's old enough ... to start thinking about complex things even if he can't vocalize it the way adults do, and you really see that in the writing. The dad is also really relatable and well rounded. he's flawed, but the actions he takes don't seem to be shallow or without cause.

Story flow feels natrual, is casual enough to breeze through all 26 chapters overnight, but still well written enough to make this weepywoman cry like seven or eight times before falling asleep.... (it's so good though. the author is exceptionally skilled at writing heartwrenching scenes that keep you really sucked in without making them so solemn or dark that you have to take a break from reading to pull your headspace back to a healthy place)

honestly, this is just so cuuuuuuuuute

It's a great series. I keep coming back to it.
All characters are absolutely adorable, there's none that I disliked.
Almost all side character felt like they deserved their own spin-off.
I loved the little side plots which fleshes the characters out more.
(Like Koroku and the backstories of Tora's family)
The art style is also very beautiful and adorable.
I think it's a beautiful series that you can go for when you want something light, but not too light and wholesome.
You also get to learn names of a lot of medicinal plants and how they are used as medicine too.