alisarae's Reviews (1.65k)

Continues to carry coming of age and coming out with such nuance.

That was so dumb lol. But it’s nice to turn your brain off sometimes.

AHHHH that was the warmest sweetest story!! I already want to reread this around the holidays.
✔️art: perfect
✔️story: perfect
✔️food: drool-worthy (honestly so hungry now)

Call me fujoshi, I guess I’m into BL

When Silas asked me what this manga is about, I was like: It's about a little girl who.... is very energetic. That's the plot. Yotsuba is excited about the world. So if you need some slice-of-life manga and you want to feel excited about everyday things too, this is the story for you.

The setting - the Silk Road in the 19th century - and the culture of the characters is something that completely fascinates me. I think Silk Road cultures are the most interesting on earth. And it's true what they say... The artwork in this manga is lovely.

I don't think I'm going to continue with this series however. At this point, the relationship between the 20yo bride and the 12yo groom is portrayed as equal parts mother-child and sex-interest. It's not a negative thing in the book and it's totally creeping me out. I don't care if that really is a normal thing in some cultures. Still creepy to me!

For the series as a whole:
I want to read some influential, important manga works, and lots of people recommend Akira. Post-WWIII Tokyo, and multiple factions are struggling for power, information, and a WMD government experiment known as Akira. In theory it’s a cool story, but even while I was reading the penultimate volume 5, I wasn’t eager to make it to the final volume 6. I think there are so many characters that the character development is spread too thin. With the exception of two characters who undergo dramatic changes, we don’t really see any individual progress. It just isn’t the manga for me.