Lucas Blogs About Solanin
Spoiler alert : the main character sustains a minor facial injury. So, what's this book's deal? Well, Hypothetical Reader, you might want to brace yourself. This manga actually deals with the thing that scares us millennials more than anything else. You can't mean – Yep! Adulting! And not just the lame stuff like negotiating a trip to the dry-cleaners, it's actually about becoming an emotionally mature person. That sounds even worse! I know, but trust me, this manga is a good read. And since it's a comic book, you could probably read it in about two days. I know I did. Oh, and before we go any further, I've actually read this once before (about five years ago). It was my introduction to mangaka Inio Asano, and it remains my favorite of his works (also the only one to survive my semi-regular bookshelf purges). So. . . are we gonna talk about it? Yes we are. Solanin (which we later learn is named for a song written by the main c...