Bathroom Guuwa

Description

Four dream-like short stories.
Mari Okazaki can alter appearances like fun house mirrors at an amusement park. The short stories blossom to reveal a medley of surreal characters.
The virtuoso stroke is like the thread that weave an exquisite lace of memories, tenderly reconstructing the ghost of a man...
A woman tries to hold on to her lover in an unexpected way...
Pierrot takes a hostage...
A young couple meet a strange woman who seems to know them...

Type

Manga

Related Series

N/A

Associated Names

Bathroom Allegory

Vague à l'âme

Разговоры в ванной комнате

رمز الحمام

バスルーム寓話

Groups Scanlating

Shoujo Manga Maniac

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.4 by Shoujo Manga Maniac 19 years ago

v.1 c.3 by Shoujo Manga Maniac 19 years ago

v.1 c.2 by Shoujo Manga Maniac 19 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

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Forum

1 topics, 9 posts

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User Rating

Average: 6.9 / 10.0 (97 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.75 / 10.0

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Last Updated

September 11th, 2021 12:21am PDT - 4 years ago

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Genre

Drama Fantasy Psychological Romance Shoujo Tragedy
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Recommendations

Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kousaidou Shuppan (2000)

Shueisha (1994)

Serialized In (magazine)

Bouquet (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #765

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Monthly Pos #1736

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3 Month Pos #2292

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6 Month Pos #4635

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Year Pos #7303

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List Stats

On 66 reading lists

On 177 wish lists

On 315 completed lists

On 22 unfinished lists

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Calling josei readers. I need help understanding this manga. :shy:

11 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

goddamn beautiful

by whitespade
11 years ago

Rating: 9.4 / 10.0

the stories have other worldly feelings to them. well, the first and the third stories do dealt with otherworldly beings, but the 2nd and 4th stories dealt with mental illnesses that felt out of ordinary too. this is mostly because of the expert way the mangaka use imagery to show the various turmoil of the characters. their expressions are shown clearly and we felt what they felt. the placement of dialogues can be a bit confusing as sometimes so much dialogue at various levels are on a same page, but somehow the disordered placement contribute to the feelings of disturbance. the art is very beautiful and the stroke is very light, adding ephemeral quality to the story.

a great manga for a moment of tragic beauty.

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Interesting premise

by bakerygirl
11 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I will admit it. I start reading manga without looking at the summaries. Most manga fail to surprise me despite that. Bathroom Guuwa succeeded in surprising me with flying colours though. The premise is intriguing because you'd expect 4 women who used to love the same guy before to indulge in some extensive cat fighting. You wish! These women are so mature and accepting that they help each other get over him.

The second story was the complete opposite of the first one, and described a woman who was unable to let go of her ex boyfriend. I confess that this story did not make much sense to me.

The meaning behind the fishes coming out of taps was completely lost on me. I was also left wondering how the ex could have tolerated such house arrest with exceeding sympathy and did not try to escape. God knows I would have tried my best to escape from that psycho woman.

Okazaki Mari has an ample amount of creativity. She is slowly becoming one of my favourite josei writers 😀

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Yes, Wow

by Twilight_Moon
17 years ago

Rating: 8.7 / 10.0

Four beautiful stories about completely unrelated events. The mangaka, I just don't know how she got these ideas. These stories express such ideas such as love, to remember, etc. The storytelling is absolutely top-notch. Given its length it was a good read.

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