Enjoying Drinks With the Dead & Aimlessly Wandering Around Town — The World of Seino Toru
I have never read a manga by Seino Toru. But just by living in Tokyo, you kind of know who he is. Seino has many works under his belt, but he is likely most known for the title Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane, in which he stars as the main character....
YOTSUBA & DANBOARD THE EXHIBITION@Parco Museum, Shibuya
Another exhibition I caught on its last day (back in September, at this point) was the Yotsubato exhibit–YOTSUBA & DANBOARD THE EXHIBITION–commemorating the series’ tenth anniversary. It was a fine toast to the series’ ten years, collecting various fascinating artifacts from across the series’ decade-long run. Advertisements for the...
The Original Shitbug: Reading Aku no Hana Volume 1
Propelled by weekly enjoyment of the Aku no Hana anime, I decided to pick up the original work to see how it stands up. It’s shonen manga with furigana, so I figured it’d be pretty readable. It’s actually more readable than I thought it would be: All the difficult-to-understand...