Aug 20, 2014
Solanin is one great piece of work. It isn't your regular slice of life manga, not by any means. The story is not that original, but yet, really heart catching. The "cast" is composed of your regular teenagers, each one of them in that part of life where things start to get hard. The story is about them guys, struggling here. Did somebody ever claimed you had talent in anything? WELL NOPE. You're a regular person.
You'd like to become the greatest guitarist in the whole world? You'd like to become a famous lawyer? NOPE. Slap in your face. Everything is not neccesarily going to
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go that well. You're going to struggle (at least, in most of the cases).
I personnally think almost everyone knows or has know that feeling, when you're suddenly growing up and everything gets darker and harder. Still, there's light beyond the darkness and life isn't going to be THAT harsh. You'll have great moments. Solanin is exactly about that, at least I think.
But that's not everything you need to know about. There's plenty much other reasons why Solanin is a masterpiece. The characters development is great. It's not about stupid "kawaii" girls and their amazingly random problems like in some mangas/animes. It's about, as I said earlier, teenagers who are going to discover about the difficulties of life. Taneda, Meiko... those two are going to have a bad time, and good times here and there.
The art is stunning, simple but stunning. I'm not a confirmed artist whatsoever but I really liked the art, it looks amazing to me. It's isn't OMG KAWAII DESU NEEEEE-like, and that's what I loved most about it! The characters are realistic. Not like true humans, but there's no big round unrealistic eyes and such in Solanin.
I'm not going to spoil anything, but I guarantee you are going to feel something after finishing Solanin.
Sadness. In the other side, happiness. I personally think it's going to be a mix of those two major feelings. Don't expect it to be an overly dramatic story like some other manganimes (which I'm not going to name), though. It's just about... life.
Thanks for reading, and I apologize for any (probably too many) spelling or grammar mistakes, since I'm not a native english speaker and don't have amazing skills (sadly).
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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