Another week in the books. Let’s chat about manga in the general discussion thread! Feel free to use this thread for questions, comments, recommendations, etc.
Like normal, please be careful with spoilers. I wrote a guide about spoilers in case you need a refresher on how to handle them (also linked in the sidebar).
I’ve caught up with the English translation of Asako.
I really like it. The first few pages might deter a lot of people but I think the author handles the age gap relationship quite well and the other themes in the book like sexuality, preadolescence, memories, adulthood, etc. I expected the entire story to revolve around the relationship of the two but it extends far past that.
Depending on how it goes from here, it might be up there with my other all time favorites like Flowers of Evil and Three Days of Happiness.
Maybe I’ll put up a post comparing it with “My Boy” some day as they’re both similar situations but handled differently.