Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1

helpful snowman · Feb 25, 2024

I liked the personal, quiet nature of this book, but I prefer the manic energy of Tekkonkinkreet. Just a matter of taste, but weirdo kids fucking shit up with goggles on does more for me than the quiet retirement attempt of a manga artist.

I kind of also feel like there are some pieces of this that I don’t relate to because A) I don’t fully understand the place manga occupies in Japanese culture, and B) I don’t really know what it’s like to work a job that’s your one true passion, and then what it’s like to sort of see that passion die out or be misdirected…