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Solanin   
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Description

Type
Manga

Related Series
Ctrl+T (Side Story)

Associated Names
Соланін
सोलानिन
ソラニン

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)
c.29 by Quicksandscans over 5 years ago
v.2 c.18-28 by Entropy over 16 years ago
v.2 c.15-17 by Entropy over 16 years ago
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Status
in Country of Origin
2 Volumes (Complete)
1 Volume (Shinsouban, Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
N/A

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User Rating
Average: 8.4 / 10.0 (1091 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.34 / 10.0
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Last Updated
August 10th 2023, 10:39am


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Year
2005

Original Publisher
Shogakukan (2005, 2017)

Serialized In (magazine)
Young Sunday (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
Viz (1 Omnibus - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #704 increased(+3)
Monthly Pos #1149 increased(+296)
3 Month Pos #2259 increased(+70)
6 Month Pos #2577 increased(+484)
Year Pos #3563 increased(+428)

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On 1552 wish lists
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Not very interesting  
by sirsosss
August 17th, 2011, 4:07pm
Rating: 7.9  / 10.0
I guess my opinion is rather different from others. I find the pace of this manga to be quite slow. 2 volumes felt like 4. The characters are very real and understandable. It's definitely has a very serious tone and provided a lot of social commentary. I could not find any flaw to this manga. However, as flawless as it seems, it wasn't interesting. I find it boring. But nevertheless, it was a decent read for serious, deep, and somewhat emotional kind of plot lovers.

... Last updated on August 17th, 2011, 4:08pm
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can't keep it to yourself  
by kanjo
May 30th, 2011, 1:56pm
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
I would recommend this manga over any other, I've forced it on everyone I know who could understand it (I bought it in Japan so it's Japanese) and everyone has loved it. It's a sad story, but the story couldn't make you cry if it wasn't told perfectly, but it was. It pulls you back in after making you so depressed, but you still have to figure yourself out after you finish it.
The message, to me, was that happiness isn't a right. It's not something that's guaranteed in life. But you don't have to be a rock star or anything big to be happy. You just have to give yourself a chance to be happy.
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from the comics journal  
by simpleeyelid
May 8th, 2010, 1:54pm
Rating: 8.0  / 10.0
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.

... Last updated on May 9th, 2010, 5:39am
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It's good.  
by yumemiru
March 17th, 2010, 9:23pm
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
I wasn't very excited to read this at first, even with all these glowing reviews. But I'm glad I did.

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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.
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Beautifull  
by nail80
February 17th, 2010, 10:07am
Rating: 9.0  / 10.0
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.

... Last updated on February 17th, 2010, 10:08am
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Quarter life crisis  
by ejami005
November 14th, 2009, 2:09am
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
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.
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A first for me  
by djbreezy
February 15th, 2009, 4:51pm
Rating: N/A
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
December 29th, 2008, 1:33am
Rating: N/A
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
November 19th, 2008, 7:32am
Rating: 6.0  / 10.0
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.
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Truthful?  
by Twilight_Moon
October 27th, 2008, 5:28pm
Rating: 9.4  / 10.0
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.

... Last updated on August 17th, 2010, 7:47pm
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