Boku no Mei

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Boku no Mei, in the essence, is a story about trying to cherish life, to live up to a hundred, to see your beloved niece grow up. However the storytelling was rushed, the pacing is terrible. It's a half-baked manga, as a reader I am not really sure where the author is going with this one.
The art style... I love Natsume Ono's artwork so I actually have a predilection to "flowy" art style like this Boku no Mei. But coupled with a shoddy storytelling, there's nothing much to adore in this book.

It's a short manga anyway, so you can read this for the hell of ... it.

Boku no Mei is a short shoujo one-shot about an introspective male protagonist and the awkward situation life has put him in.

The main focus is the interpersonal tension between the protagonist and his niece, and considering the circumstances, it's difficult to tell exactly what sort of tension it is, and what the implications are. It's very subtly handled, and definitely the strongest point of this work.

The weaker aspect is the pacing. The attempt to recount the protagonist's memoirs results in cramming a whole lot of information into just a few pages. It all goes by too fast; there's enough nuance to paint a general ... picture, but not enough to quickly "dip" you into the setting as good one-shots must try to do.

The art is decent. It's a bit too much on the simple side and the adults look like early teenagers, but it's fairly expressive and serves to give the characters some personality.

Overall, Boku no Mei isn't the sort of one-shot that leaves a lasting impression, but it's fairly enjoyable while it lasts.