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Maltos · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Just finished this series the other day. Possibly the most beautiful manga ever created.

I'll direct you to a quote from the wiki page for the synopsis~

Janny · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

I've only seen a cover for the manga, but it looks amazing! I think I'll give it a try, I've been looking for some good manga to read anyway.
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Maltos · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:45 am Post subject:

Phantast · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject:

It sounds like something I would like. I'll have to read it soon. :)

Junpei · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 1:51 am Post subject:

I'll give it a try. Thanks Maltos.

Laz · Laz Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 1166

thanks for the recommendation Smile

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Dy.laneA · vc_bios_b960909 Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 824

I have seen that cover before... but I forgot. I think I saw it when I was looking into Eden: Its an endless world.

Ill check it out now... assumeing onemanga has it illegally wooo.

*Edit* Whoa jesus look at all those 10 out of 10 rateings on animenewsnetwork.
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Laz · Laz Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 1166

I just finished this series yesterday ... ha ha ha 12 yrs worth of manga in a week Smile

I really liked it. It had a light and airy feeling to it and it kinda just flowed along. The impression I got from this series was the observation of the passage of time. If you were a robot running a coffee shop and you never aged ... those around you who are human, will.

I like the characters and was sad that the story came to an end. This was one of those manga where I wish it would just keep going and going Smile

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Definitely worth the read. Thanks for the recommendation Maltos!

Laz
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Maltos · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:42 pm Post subject:

Glad you liked it Laz!
And thats the exact impression i got. An observer watching time pass by and the feelings in its wake. It really is beautiful. Very Happy

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Laz · Laz Joined: 09 Jan 2008 Posts: 1166

I was already in a sad mood that week from Macross Frontier .. and I'm not sure this helped my mood any Smile

I guess there comes a point when the people that you relate to in stories changes. I'm sure younger folks would relate to the young boy or girl in the story, maybe even to one of the robots. I started relating to the wanderer with the fish and eventually related to the old man. The understanding that life is passing, that time is never ending and that there's nothing you can do about it. The humans in the story grow up, age, change, mature ... and even Alpha grows up a bit. She has the luxury of longevity that the humans don't. Whether that's a good or bad thing is a matter of perspective. Just a little too much of a momento mori for me at the time.

Definitely glad I read it ... really a terrific story.

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