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 enough for an older fanbase.
307 views Solanin Ch. 29A self-styled "dystopian slice-of-life" about two high school girls in Japan going about their everyday lives during an alien invasion. Asano Inio's latest work draws from everything from Doraemon to contemporary political issues to depict a world where not everything has gone right, and characters trying to navigate through the mess they're in.
3,484 views Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction Vol.09 Ch.099Witness the titular Punpun - who is depicted as a tiny, caricatured bird in an otherwise normal human setting - as he copes with his dysfunctional family and friends, his love interest, his oncoming adolescence and his hyperactive mind.
69,176 views Oyasumi Punpun 147The sun’s rays enter the city of light, as various stories unfold: Bright, dark and harsh; a story filled with people from whom you’d want to avert your eyes. Yet, it’s close to reality; so maybe it’s true to humanity. Like an old bond between a boy and a girl, a friendship is born between girls who rarely speak to each other. A man who dirties his hands for money, and the girlfriend who waits for him to come home.
87 views Hikari no Machi (ASANO Inio) 9This is a compilation of oneshots that includes: 1) Untitled 2) Before Dawn 3) Alfalfa 4) 4:30 PM, Sunday//6:30, Afternoon, Sunday Part 1 - Summer Memories Part 2 - A Girl in the Brilliant World of a Boy's Daydream Part 3 - Coming Home 5) The Typical Day and Melancholy of Super-Imaginative A-ko 6) How to Spend a Day Off 7) 17 8) What a Wonderful World 9) Tokyo 10) The End of the World 11) Snakeman and the Great Space-time War
69 views Sekai no Owari to Yoakemae Vol. 1 Ch. 10 TokyoFrom Kotonoha: Koume Sato and Kosuke Isobe are two teenagers living in a sleepy seaside town. After getting used and dumped by her crush, the emotionally damaged Koume decides to start a sexual relationship with Kosuke, without any emotions involved. However, they both soon discover that sex with no strings attached do lead to unexpected complications, not just for themselves but also the people surrounding them.
708 views Umibe no Onnanoko Vol. 2 Ch. 15(Rainbow Field, a location within the manga) is a heavy book. Its thick black cover and roughly 300-page girth are a sign of things to come: this is a black, bleak story, complicated and convoluted. It is a story that you can read again and again, and notice new things each time.... (Rainbow Field, a location within the manga) is a heavy book. Its thick black cover and roughly 300-page girth are a sign of things to come: this is a black, bleak story, complicated and convoluted. It is a story that you can read again and again, and notice new things each time. It is a story that you need to read again and again to puzzle together. It is a story heavy with symbolism and maddeningly intricate. Suzuki is a troubled boy. He's lived with uncaring foster parents for most of his life, alienated from the other kids at his school, owner of a cynical, unhappy mentality. Komatsuzaki is a violent, unpredictable bully whose head trauma causes him to act in mysterious, inexplicable ways. Arakawa is a no-nonsense, normal girl who pines after Komatsuzaki but can never have him. A teacher with just one working eye. A mother who committed suicide. A daughter in an endless coma. Attempted rape, murder, extortion, sexual deviance, and a freakish explosion in the butterfly population. All of these elements are whirled together in a story spanning 10 years, a tale of blackness, pain and apocalypse. And maybe just a bit of hope and redemption. It's a spiritual cross between the misanthropic suburban malevolence of Kyoko Okazaki's Rivers Edge and the eerie mysticality of Donnie Darko. (taken from Mangascreener) Show less
90 views Nijigahara Holograph Vol. 1 Ch. 12.5 EpilogueBeing his first series, What a Wonderful World remains Asano?s most representative and successful work to date. Composed of vignettes from the daily lives of a group of people inhabiting an ordinary neighborhood somewhere in Tokyo, the series is actually a comment about modern li... Being his first series, What a Wonderful World remains Asano?s most representative and successful work to date. Composed of vignettes from the daily lives of a group of people inhabiting an ordinary neighborhood somewhere in Tokyo, the series is actually a comment about modern life itself and how we can survive in it despite all its rigors. Amusing, melancholic, funny, strange, thought-provoking?Asano effortlessly shifts from one mood to another, creating stories and characters that are profoundly human and thus always involving. It?s a shame that not everyone will find the subjects the author describes equally appealing since some of them are distinctly Japanese. But overall, it?s a great collection that any discerning manga reader should check out. Show less
138 views What a Wonderful World 19The band of heroes banishes the Darkness and brings peace to the world, but...
178 views Heroes (ASANO Inio) 8Being his first series, What a Wonderful World remains Asano’s most representative and successful work to date. Composed of vignettes from the daily lives of a group of people inhabiting an ordinary neighborhood somewhere in Tokyo, the series is actually a comment about mode... Being his first series, What a Wonderful World remains Asano’s most representative and successful work to date. Composed of vignettes from the daily lives of a group of people inhabiting an ordinary neighborhood somewhere in Tokyo, the series is actually a comment about modern life itself and how we can survive in it despite all its rigors. Amusing, melancholic, funny, strange, thought-provoking—Asano effortlessly shifts from one mood to another, creating stories and characters that are profoundly human and thus always involving. It’s a shame that not everyone will find the subjects the author describes equally appealing since some of them are distinctly Japanese. But overall, it’s a great collection that any discerning manga reader should check out. Show less
65 views Subarashii Sekai 19Large mysterious alien ships have been looming above Japanese towns for three years, filling the sky Everything changed three years ago. And yet, nothing has changed. No weapon used against the invaders' ships had any success, beyond destroying part of japan and leaving its economy in shambles. JSDF is fighting a guerrilla battle against the aliens all over Japan. America is joining the 'war' effort with more aggressive tactics, dividing Japan over the pacifist principle laid out in Art9. of their constitution. But this may just be the mundane story of young middle schoolers. "No matter what happens, I won't back down. At least not until this world filled with lies and deceit crumbles away. (...) The real threat to humankind is not invaders, but me."
1,204 views Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction Chapter 100A webcomic written by Asano Inio and put up on Big Comic Spirit's online reader. A webcomic written by Asano Inio and put up on Big Comic Spirit's online reader. Show less
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79 views Bakemono Recchan 1.1Oneshot published in Gekkan! Spirits.
55 views Kinoko Takenoko 1One shot sponsored by Funwari Liquor
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30 views Downfall 08 ENDThis story will show the drifting soul of a lone manga artist whose heart has been used up.
36 views Reiraku ch.008A story of a guy and a girl traveling, recalling their pasts...
5 views Light Trap Ch.0Part of the anthology Asano Inio Tanpenshuu.
21 views Tempest Vol.2 Chapter 6Shūhei Wakatsuki, a man who lives and works in Tokyo, decides to take his girlfriend and her son to his old home to see his parents on New Year's Eve. While driving, memories of his father, with whom he had never gotten along, begin to surface. When they arrive at his parents' house, he and his father silently sit down to watch a New Year's TV show together and begin to talk.
8 views Service Area OneshotA new series by Asano Inio (Oyasumi Punpun, Solanin) about the lives of two high school girls living in Tokyo after aliens have invaded. Dead Dead Demon's Dededededestruction is a self-styled dystopian slice-of-life that reflects on modern societal and political issues in Japan while still maintaining a sense of humor and frivolity.
212 views Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction 100Inio Asano\'s debut one-shot
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10 views Asano Inio Tanpenshuu Vol.02 Ch.005A story about how two friends tries to stop the antichrist, while the are making efforts to deal with their lives.
5 views 1999 (What a wonderful world)A young assassin girl armed with a katana is hunting down her targets in a busy metropolitan city named Tsukumo.
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