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frasersimons 's review for:
Asadora!, Vol. 1
by Naoki Urasawa
Asadora is the youngest of 11 kids and her mom is about to give birth just as a massive tsunami hits the town. Before she’s able to get home, however, a man kidnaps her, thinking she’s wealthy because she was requesting a daughter, but the kidnapped thought she was the daughter of the doctor. When the two are trapped together during the storm, they get to know one another and their paths converge further, as both set out after the storm to accomplish something they probably otherwise wouldn’t have.
This almost exceeded my expectations, but it was much to slow in its pacing. It’s got what I like to call breadcrumb storytelling, where just a tiny kernel of plot happens, and the rest is based around relationships. This can be effective, and lots of this does converge into the plot, but so much of it is just pure setup. It’s not a bad step forward, and ends on a cliffhanger, but it’s structured in such a way as to really draw out absolutely everything.
This almost exceeded my expectations, but it was much to slow in its pacing. It’s got what I like to call breadcrumb storytelling, where just a tiny kernel of plot happens, and the rest is based around relationships. This can be effective, and lots of this does converge into the plot, but so much of it is just pure setup. It’s not a bad step forward, and ends on a cliffhanger, but it’s structured in such a way as to really draw out absolutely everything.