Could he pursue his hobby and make it big thus saving the both of them from impending poverty? Her losing her job puts pressure and a burden on her part-timer boyfriend who's dabbling in music with two college buddies. An act that is more courageous in Japan than it is elsewhere, being that the country has such a rigid social order about it. The character of Meiko is an office lady in this manga and she's at this stage of her life where she's sick of routine so she takes a leap into unknown waters and quits her job. You couldn’t possibly make it to the big-time.right? That awfully awkward moment of our lives when we start consuming counter-culture entertainment like The Matrix and Fight Club endlessly reciting every bit of dialogue, reading Haruki Murakami, writing embarrasing poetry, dabbling in hobbies that could reap lots of fame and riches if we were to seriously pursue them but we don’t because it’s just a hobby that we're mediocre at. into cliché, which is so easy to do because of the subject matter. Speaking of sideways, Asano's stories feature elements that are so out of left-field it prevents his manga from falling That awful precipitous moment of our lives when we are suddenly hit by pangs of self-doubt and uncertainty about our future, our path in life, all the more pangy because we've already been forced to study subjects we may or may not give a shit about and passed college and university and have been pushed into the wide world so there's no going back.īut there is going sideways. Solanin tells an intimate story about the trials and tribulations of love, loss, and grief centered around people in their twenties who often slip between the cracks of society.Īsano Inio's Solanin captures people in a pivotal moment in their lives. As the two stand confidently alongside their old friends with instruments in hand, life throws the most unexpected curveball their way, leaving Meiko and her friends to pick up the pieces of what was shattered. Together, they look toward their dreams from their college days and decide to revive Rotti, Taneda's old band.
Surprisingly enough, when Meiko proposes the idea of quitting her job to her boyfriend, Naruo Taneda, he groggily agrees.ĭeeply inspired by his half-asleep words of encouragement, Meiko hastily leaves her old life behind, looking to begin anew, with Taneda soon following suit. This evil's presence has made her bored, aimless, and missing the excitement of her youth, leading her to contemplate what she truly seeks from life. EditSynopsis Ever since graduating college, 23-year-old Meiko Inoue has believed in one thing: there is a demon lurking in Tokyo.
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