This manga is otherworldly.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
Wyatt Jones
Eli Bennett
I try to reread it once a year. 8th time this year. The perfect manga to read on a late summer's eve while on the countryside
Nolan Bailey
It's literally the best manga ever written, so yeah.
I should finally get around to importing the tankobons now that I'm no longer poor.
Angel Martinez
Do it. I have done so about 5 years ago, and they're my most prized item in my collection
Kevin Howard
why do they need guns?
Connor Rodriguez
And yet, there's nothing to discuss. That's the problem with those "comfy" or "healing" or "slow-paced" or whatever euphemism one chooses to use to avoid saying "boring" SoL stories, they're as enjoyable as they are quickly forgotten.
Jose Gomez
I agree there's nothing to discuss, I disagree they are forgettable. You don't remember a series only for it's discussion potential.
Mason Morales
I recommend it regularly but don't actually discuss it because Zig Forums would fuck it up. It is a masterpiece.
Chase Bailey
Cool, user. In half a year I've managed to read only 11 volumes. I can't fully appreciate it unless I'm in an optimal state of mind. Wouldn't want to spoil the beauty of it.
I could discuss philosophy of YKK all day. What a sad way to look at art, indeed.
Eli Perry
Anything else like it?
Already read Aria.
Adam Sanchez
It's not shown in the actual manga but I'm sure there's still people committing crimes and such (Kokone was pretty quick with hers with her friend went and scared her). Or maybe they're just leftover from before. Alpha said at one point she likes going out and doing target practice occasionally.
Ethan Watson
Everthing from Ashinano.
Hunter Howard
I wonder if he'll ever do a new series. I think he has a somewhat recent series but it's still been years. And none of them have been as long as YKK.
Adam Campbell
Same, I've lost count of how many times I've read it now, I tend to wait for a perfect day with good weather and as you said a nice summer evening then pour a drink and read a volume, by the end I'm 100% relaxed and won't read it again for months but with the flow of the manga it just works that way.
Nicholas Peterson
>they're as enjoyable as they are quickly forgotten
Calling it quickly forgotten is a huge disservice. There's nothing quite like it.
Kevin Cruz
I'm still waiting for the English License.
Logan Jenkins
What happened with the massive downgrade of the art in Kotonoba Drive? Did Ashinano lose his assistants or something?
Eli Martin
There's plenty to discuss, but it's not really important to the story, you could speculate all you want about what disaster unfolded, what the Alpha series are, how they're related to the mushroom people etc. but YKK is more just about the journey and the people you meet along the way and how things change.
Henry White
It's not expensive at all. I got the whole 14 volume set for under 5k yen (which includes shipping to Europe) from Amazon a few years ago. It's very worth it.
Christopher Smith
Been wondering the same. Even the short ones are brilliant. Kabu no Isaki, the longest after YKK, had a very memorable, yet mysterious ending. I couldn't interpret it to my satisfaction. Just this bittersweet feeling.
The art's certainly less detailed, but no less charming.
David Butler
I need an official english release sitting on my shelf
Hunter Hughes
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Isaiah Anderson
Any good soundtracks that you should listen to while reading it? Some of Clannad's more somber soundtracks fits really well imo. Capture the somber feeling pretty well.
Adrian Lewis
Kabu was pretty clearly cut short (or he got bored doing it), the ending comes so suddenly. I really like the ending and the idea behind it but the series definitely needed a lot more chapters (like two or three times more) before it felt earned or satisfying.
Evan James
Will never happen. Get the japanese one.
Adrian Fisher
I'd like to think that's not the case. I love the ending even if I don't understand the meaning behind it. Maybe one isn't meant to.
Gabriel Wilson
Definitely lived up to the hype I kept hearing about it before reading, as it's now my favorite manga for sure. I wish I could describe how it made me feel.
Daniel Brooks
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Also, Alpha is beautiful.
Logan Richardson
Longing?
Tyler Edwards
>literal vegan propaganda
Parker Smith
It has been in my backlog for so long, it's one of those things I know I would enjoy too much so I'm just waiting for the right moment or maybe just reserving it so I know I will have something great to read. Also I'm still affected by SSR manga.
OVA were lovely but I guess that's just a taste of it.
Xavier Gomez
I don't understand it entirely but it's pretty obvious the relation it's drawing between the planes and the scooter at the end. The main story is some sort of allegory about growing up and getting more freedom but it's done in a fantastical way with the planes and the world being a lot larger than our world. The whole thing with the little sister actually being the big sister is what I don't get though. That and what the whole situation was with the main character talking to the girl he was working for. It definitely needed more context.
The OVAs are completely lacking in any context. They're basically snapshots of specific moments from the manga. They don't even bother to introduce any of the side characters iirc. Especially the two little kids, who have some of my favorite character arcs in the entire manga.
Ryan Hernandez
What I got from it was basically that the entire series was some kind of mysterious and magical (maybe divine) setup for some form of introspection and development of self for Isaki, maybe overcome some mental or emotional trouble. A bit like Haibane Renmei or something, with Isaki himself possibly being like a God or something (think haruhi?). How much of the mysteriously 10x sized world is "real" or not is unclear, but it seems to be tied to Isaki, too.
And I like all that, I think it's a fantastic idea, but the series didn't really hint at the reasons for the setup and Isaki's character was never really explored all too deeply, and the ending was just kinda really sudden without any subtler hinting at it throughout.
Matthew Garcia
I didn't like it.
Gavin Perez
I love Shiro. Ashinano writes such likeable female characters.