Reviews

I feel like "Umibe no Onnanoko" is the most telling of inio asano's issue in his writhing. Which is that if you don’t have some sort of direct connection to the ideas he tackles you are never going to like the story. Unlike most stories, where the point is to introduce an idea to the reader. Asano's writing feels more like a depiction of feeling that use the experiences of the reader as a way to connect them to it.

This is why "a girl on the shore" is so impactful for me, while being so boring or disgusting for other people. I feel drawn to the story of 2 people so desperate to feel wanted in a world that rejects them, while being unable to accept each other, because I understand those emotions and have felt them. But for a person who has not felt these feelings before, or has felt them but does not feel driven to them, the various depictions disgusting of sex scenes, the snail pace plot and the abrupt ending become unable to be overseen in order to enjoy the story.