Reviews

I really find it difficult to talk about Omoide Emanon. I think the word I'm looking for is alexithymia. It really is rare for me to read something like this, actually this is the first thing I've ever read of this kind. I picked this up from a list of one of my friend and I'm glad that I had the pleasure of stumbling upon this little gem, quite frankly I think this is one of the best one-shot manga ever written. This was originally published as a story by Shinji and later Kenji's editor asked him to start working on this. And later it was serialized and released as one volume manga.

Despite being a nine chapter one-shot, Omoide Emanon goes considerably deep into philosophy. It splendidly manages to transact a poignant and beautiful tale of reminiscence and wonder. It is surprisingly lovable and astonishingly emotional. After I was done with the reading, it left me wondering how short we live and how ephemeral everything we do is. Omoide Emanon serves as a catalyst for our brooding illustrates how abortive things we strive to do are. My manga reading journey is short and plain fruitless, and I enjoyed reading this than I had in a while. It certainly succored to evoke some thoughts and has affected the way I see things. This IS really a short read, and also I'd recommend anyone to read this, in fact, if you're reading this then please spend an hour of your day to read Omodie Emanon.

Emanon is definitely a fascinating yet enigmatic character portrayed. She confides in the protagonist that she holds a 3 billion year old memory that dates back to the beginning of life on Earth and spans entire lifetimes. There is a hint of nostalgia in her words as she talks about her past lives. Yet despite her vast knowledge, she travels alone and doesn’t seem to make many close personal connections. It is their shared mutual loneliness that leads her and the protagonist to make a connection during the night aboard the ship, and they end up talking about a variety of topics from pop culture to philosophy. There are numerous hints at her background, and it’s a bit disappointing that we don’t get to learn more about her past lives.

The art was definitely great and stroked well with the manga. The artwork carries the beauty of the manga perfectly, it was also due to artwork that the complexion was so gripping. The colored pages are actually water colored were beautiful to look at and firmly rooted in reality, will be waiting for a full colored version, hope there'll be one.

In short, Omoide Emanon is a unique science-fiction on a large scale and I promptly fell in love with the story and the characters. There are two more sequels and I've started reading one of it already, though it is shame that I think we don't get into the depth of Emanon's past, nonetheless I'll be definitely reading the sequels.