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Solanin
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Description
Slice of life with a young couple, Inoue Meiko and Taneda Shigeo, and how everyday occurrences affect their lives. Meiko begins contemplating whether freedom without purpose is really the same thing as boredom. This is a retelling of a very common real life situation, perhaps enjoyable for an older fanbase. Art is different, there are no anime-esque deformations here.
Nominated in 2009 for the Eisner Award Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan. Nominated for the 2009 Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.
Type
Manga
Related Series
N/A
Associated Names
ソラニン
Groups Scanlating
Latest Release(s)
v. 2 c. 18-28 by Entropy (989d ago)v. 2 c. 15-17 by Entropy (1043d ago)v. 1 c. 10-14 by Entropy (1104d ago)Search for all releases of this series
Status in Country of Origin
2 Volumes (Complete)
Completely Scanlated?
Yes
Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A
User Reviews
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User Rating
Average: 8.7 / 10.0 (258 votes) Bayesian Average: 8.57 / 10.0
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33% (84 votes) |
| 9+ |
25% (64 votes) |
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27% (69 votes) |
| 7+ |
8% (21 votes) |
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3% (7 votes) |
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4% (10 votes) |
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1% (2 votes) |
Last Updated
July 15th 2010, 1:36pm PST
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Year
2005
Original Publisher
Serialized In (magazine)
Young Sunday (Shogakukan)
Licensed (in English)
Yes
English Publisher
Viz Media (1 Wideban Volume - Completed)
Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos # 621  (+86) Monthly Pos # 947  (-22) 3 Month Pos # 847 (-64) 6 Month Pos # 787 (-43)
List Stats
On 210 reading lists On 499 wish lists On 580 completed lists On 24 unfinished lists On 101 custom lists
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| from the comics journal by simpleeyelid on May 8th, 2010, 1:54pm |
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start with the referred comment from tcj
Not much happens in Solanin so its interest depends primarily upon its characters. Asano’s dialogue is realistic, and his characters are believable. But believable is not the same as interesting. Nothing distinguishes Meiko and Taneda from the millions of other young adults in similar situations. Meiko’s internal reflections on her situation are given at length, but these rarely rise above the banal. Halfway through, a melodramatic event causes the book to abruptly shift direction, and its second half is about coping with loss. Things pick up here, but not enough: The accomplishment that forms the climax of the book is too slight to bear the symbolic weight Asano places upon it. Asano’s art is very good, particularly his command of facial expressions, but this is not enough to outweigh the story’s weaknesses.
As for me, the story itself does not give me too much surprise; the dialogue is repetitive in the sense that it is expressed of the same form as the other realistic works, always about emotional wavering or helplessness. The mangaka takes care of the characters well, each one's qualities are well portrayed.
Same as the rating from lozzenator, you just can not rate it higher although it seemed to be flawless. It is just a bit trite, I guess. I give 8 because I really savour the art.
Rating: 8 / 10.0
... Last updated on May 9th, 2010, 5:39am |
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| It's good. by yumemiru on March 17th, 2010, 9:23pm |
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I wasn't very excited to read this at first, even with all these glowing reviews. But I'm glad I did.
Spoiler (highlight to view) It's a manga I'll probably remember for a while. I liked this, even though there's nothing particular that I liked especially in this story. Maybe I'm too finely tuned towards shoujo/shounen manga, but I kept waiting for that moment when they made it, for that moment of win. But it never happened. There was never this ultimate moment when everything was made right.
At the end of the day, no matter what happened, the characters remained much the same as who they were. And that's really the charm of this manga. Most people won't achieve their dreams. Not all of us are going to make the big money or become someone famous, or dazzlingly charming/beautiful. Books, movies, tv shows---a lot of things have glamorized these things to make it seem like it'll happen to everyone.
But Solanin is about growing up, about realizing that it's not wrong to have these dreams, and you should try to pursue them. It doesn't mean that you'll be guaranteed to reach your goal, but it does mean that you should try your best, live your life. And that's probably what touched me the most.
It's definitely a manga like this that can show people that manga is more than japanese "comics"; there's something as deep and poignant as any written novel.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| Beautifull by nail80 on February 17th, 2010, 11:07am |
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Oh God how i love slice of life!
This is really good, i enjoyed getting to know these characters, their flaws, insecurities and the way they manage to overcome tragedy.
It's life. With tragedy, happiness...everything. It really hit me because before reading this i was thinking about the same thing, and i'm about the same age as the characters.
Truly recomend it.
Rating: 9 / 10.0
... Last updated on February 17th, 2010, 11:08am |
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| Quarter life crisis by ejami005 on November 14th, 2009, 3:09am |
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I read oyasumi punpun and decided to read this authors other works. It was refreshing/inspiring to read this manga. It's not as heavy as punpun, but the level of art is the same. I'm in that age range where I'm wondering about what I'm going to do tomorrow, next year, or the rest of my life and if I've actually become an adult like I think I have. This manga is such a raw reflection of that. Existential drama with flashes of unrefined insight and pure sillyness. I read this and cried... but then I woke up the next morning with a smile, laughter that I couldn't control, and a renewed perspective on what life means.
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| A first for me by djbreezy on February 15th, 2009, 5:51pm |
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| First manga to made me cry. I don't know why though. Maybe because the relationship seemed so normal and simple with no problems to come between it. Even thinking about it makes me feel sad. But I didn't cry for what happend in the plot, it was the overall story and how beautiful it was. I also loved the ending. It was redeemed the sad parts and made it happy again. |
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| Touching by mystichead on December 29th, 2008, 2:33am |
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| A true slice of life..... touching....... showing us the happiness and the sadness of life....... Highly recomended........ALthough it is a tradegy (me not being a tragedy-story liking person, Ive gotta say I loved it. |
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| Touching by lozzenator on November 19th, 2008, 8:32am |
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Mangas like Solanin is why I read seinen. It deals with real life and all its sadness. I particularly love the way the author brings us into Mieko's struggle and shows a triumph of human spirit and hope over tragedy. Highly recommend this.
Rating: 6 / 10.0 |
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| Truthful? by Twilight_Moon on October 27th, 2008, 5:28pm |
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The manga is not anything of the supernatural - as it says, it's a day to day slice of life series. Calming and soothing, it deals with a lot of problems many people do go through..The manga starts off as an enjoyable slice of life seinen, that may drag to some readers, but it grows into something much deeper, tragedy strikes. The thoughts and feelings of the characters are a tangible web...of despair, of happiness, all those feelings. It's beautiful. Life can be boring, but it's full of up's and down's that we never really seem to notice.
EDIT: Actually, after rereading the series, I feel like this story was a bit more depressing than I first saw. You can sympathize with the characters and how worthless reality looks like. And it makes me feel depressed too, knowing how unfair life is.
Rating: 9.3 / 10.0
... Last updated on August 17th, 2010, 7:47pm |
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| GREAT MANGA by chiakisama88 on June 7th, 2008, 3:09pm |
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omg this was soooo sad!!!! i was teary most of the time!!!
It really is a slice of life, nothing unreal. Just this f***** life....
Anyway, one of the best ive read and i definitely recommend to ANYONE coz everybody can find its pleasure in this manga.!!
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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| Not quite your usual fare. by pnyxtr on April 20th, 2008, 6:07pm |
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This is one of the best manga I have ever read. And I've read a lot.
It's wistful, but funny. Pretty crazy at times, but still laid back enough.
And, most importantly, it's about fairly normal people leading fairly normal lives. No super powers, nothing paranormal, no one being a huge musical prodigy even though they have a band and all.
It's just about people like the ones you know. Or, hell, people that could be you, for that matter. (Well, except for Taneda, for reasons that will become apparent once you actually read it...)
Rating: 10 / 10.0 |
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