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Wash It All Away #4
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With an endearing protagonist and luscious art, this seaside slice-of-life story offers tranquility in the chaos of the modern world.
Wakana discovers her friend and customer Asami Yagara is Nairo's homeroom teacher, while Nairo continues to support Kinme Cleaning's social-media presence. Could a plushie that Nairo and Wakana find offer a clue to the business that formerly occupied the Kinme Cleaning space? And Wakana's gruff landlady helps her during tough times, but has Wakana uncovered a secret about her landlady's health...?
Wakana discovers her friend and customer Asami Yagara is Nairo's homeroom teacher, while Nairo continues to support Kinme Cleaning's social-media presence. Could a plushie that Nairo and Wakana find offer a clue to the business that formerly occupied the Kinme Cleaning space? And Wakana's gruff landlady helps her during tough times, but has Wakana uncovered a secret about her landlady's health...?
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192 pages, Paperback
Published October 14, 2025
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December 1, 2025
The fourth volume of this wonderfully soothing slice-of-life manga series arrived yesterday and was immediately devoured. As usual, it was a tranquil experience that brought a smile or two, and left me in a quieter and more relaxed state than when I began reading it. Wash It All Away is truly refreshing for spirit and soul. The plush illustrations, the likable characters which surround a lovely and endearing protagonist, and the wonderful seaside setting of Atami, Japan, a quaint village on the coast where firework shows seem routine, gives Wash It All Away a very special vibe.
Wakana Kinme has only the memory of the past two years, running her cleaning service in Atami. This creates a bit of a mystery, but it’s a gentle one, never getting in the way of Kinme’s delightful niceness, on display in her interactions with everyone she meets. Usually this is through her cleaning service, which is more a life-calling that a vocation for Kinme. The reader gets cleaning tips — if you want them — throughout as she encounters various troublesome stains.
The surrounding cast is small but growing with each issue, the narrative gently weaving new ones in with each new issue. Here we have Kinme’s landlord, Ms. Aji, added. She’s very short, wears enormous glasses, sometimes a big floppy hat, and says blunt things which she usually immediately takes back with an only joking phrase. She’s kind of like the cranky grandmother type who is actually an old softie at heart, trying to hide it. I thought Ms. Aji was a good addition to Kinme’s world, and the overall world of Wash It All Away. There are some nice moments between Kinme and Ms. Aji in this one. One happens when Kinme overworks herself and briefly becomes a bit sick, the other when Kinme notices something from cleaning Ms. Aji’s clothes and becomes sort of a clothes detective in order to help her — out of concern, for Kinme is as pretty on the inside as out.
The equally lovely and slightly older — she’s married and unpretentious — Asami Yagari, who bikes around Atami and is one of Kinme’s best customers, has some good moments in this one also. With a calligraphy stain threatening to ruin a skirt, it’s the humble Kinme to the rescue. She’s a bit embarrassed however when Asami is ready to shed the outfit right there in order to keep the stain from setting. It’s all humorous and pretty innocent, just slice-of-life stuff.
Kinme gets to sub in for a missing member of Asami’s volleyball team too, made up mostly of older women just trying to remain in shape. Asami’s abs and Kinme’s leg calves are things of envy to the others, which leads to some oohing and awwing on their part as they feel them, which embarrasses Kinme and causes her to blush. It’s not meant to read anything more into it than what is presented, as this particular manga is pretty wholesome.
Wash It All Away doesn’t run and hide from the fact that Kinme is a pretty girl, however, and nor should it. Even the hot springs and bath house scenes — Kinme loves them and finds them relaxing — are super tastefully rendered, with no explicitness, nothing really shown. Heck, this isn’t even close to Hartnell and Campbell’s fun spy spoof, Danger Girl, which was a rather innocent blast — barely PG at most — so I don’t know why anyone would view it otherwise.
It’s also fun to discover little Nairo’s connection to Asami in this one, of which Kinme was unaware. Young Nairo helps Kinme try to track down the owner of a plushie found in a secret compartment of the cleaning establishment. Will it have something to do with Kinme’s missing memories, somewhere down the line?
The young woman Kinme has helped with her social communication skills wants to than her for it, which leads to a lunch invitation. Two very big but rambunctiously friendly dogs become part of the afternoon in this pleasant lunch outing. Kyusho, the high-schooler who has slowly fallen under Kinme’s sweet and inadvertent spell, especially after the innocent story night of the past issue, hasn’t been able to think of anything else. This leads to an amusing moment when he tries to speak with her about it — and chickens out.
Kyusho’s classmates, the cute Kuriru and her twin brother Moruda, briefly make an appearance in issue #4 of Wash It All Away. It’s easy to say not much really happens here, because it’s a very gentle but enjoyable slice-of-life manga, with a promise of mystery somewhere down the line, as Kinme slowly discovers more about those missing years. I’m really in no hurry, because the restful and refreshingly laid-back vibe of this series is what I enjoy. From the beautifully illustrated setting and characters, to the story, I find this wonderful to relax with up to this point. Wash It All Away hasn’t given me any indication that it’s going to alter from that pleasing direction.
However, because this is such a warm and wonderful slice-of-life manga, with a happy, pretty girl at its center, you’ll get the requisite and inevitable woke nitpicking. Yes, Kinme is drawn as attractively as her seaside surroundings, shown to be as lovely as she is sweet. There isn’t anything in the world wrong with that. It’s presented in a manner as harmless as an episode of Charlie’s Angels in the 1970s, good grief. There is nothing wrong with that either. It would in fact be ridiculous to create a lovely seaside setting and not once per issue have a scene reflective of the setting’s vibe.
As far as I’m concerned, there is nothing demeaning or disrespectful here in Wash It All Away — At All. Womankind has not suffered by it, nor do they need their honor or respectability defended. I suspect in fact that the majority of readers would describe it as pretty wholesome. The fact that it has so many good ratings speaks volumes. If this is fan-service, a term I find nauseating, and rarely used to describe pandering “story-agenda” fan-service, then I’m all for it. Bring it on. In fact bring a lot more of it!
If, like me, you adore Wash It All Away, just ignore the noise and enjoy this tranquil and soothing slice of life. How often do we come across something that actually offers a momentary respite from the modern world’s chaos? I find Wash It All Away to be a snow-white Swan on a lake filled with manga sludge at present. Which would be fine if there were a sign by the lake warning what was in the water, so you could decide for yourself whether to go for a swim. But even popular manga series like Kowloon Generic Romance unexpectedly threw a secondary, male-same-sex romance story-line at readers. I guess at this point the majority should be grateful that every manga series hasn’t become tailored for a single market and group, leaving the rest of us — the majority — out in the cold.
There is still some great stuff out there in Manga, as evidenced by Wash It All Away. But it’s more difficult to find now. This is true even from within the same writer/illustrator canon. As an example, this author’s latest work appears to be about a couple of middle-school girls falling in love — yeah, “middle-school” — on an island where there’s a monster. A big NO THANKS for me on that one. Yet, Wash It All Away is sweet and refreshing, and relatively wholesome so far. In fact it is quite wonderful. Wash It All Away doesn’t just entertain, it offers a moment of tranquility and healing from a world gone totally askew. Go figure.
Like today’s music, you have to cherry-pick to discover the gemstones in manga. I was lucky to stumble upon this diamond, which is a refreshing respite from the dreary hustle and bustle of life. Another cherished volume in Wash It All Away that is highly recommended!
Wakana Kinme has only the memory of the past two years, running her cleaning service in Atami. This creates a bit of a mystery, but it’s a gentle one, never getting in the way of Kinme’s delightful niceness, on display in her interactions with everyone she meets. Usually this is through her cleaning service, which is more a life-calling that a vocation for Kinme. The reader gets cleaning tips — if you want them — throughout as she encounters various troublesome stains.
The surrounding cast is small but growing with each issue, the narrative gently weaving new ones in with each new issue. Here we have Kinme’s landlord, Ms. Aji, added. She’s very short, wears enormous glasses, sometimes a big floppy hat, and says blunt things which she usually immediately takes back with an only joking phrase. She’s kind of like the cranky grandmother type who is actually an old softie at heart, trying to hide it. I thought Ms. Aji was a good addition to Kinme’s world, and the overall world of Wash It All Away. There are some nice moments between Kinme and Ms. Aji in this one. One happens when Kinme overworks herself and briefly becomes a bit sick, the other when Kinme notices something from cleaning Ms. Aji’s clothes and becomes sort of a clothes detective in order to help her — out of concern, for Kinme is as pretty on the inside as out.
The equally lovely and slightly older — she’s married and unpretentious — Asami Yagari, who bikes around Atami and is one of Kinme’s best customers, has some good moments in this one also. With a calligraphy stain threatening to ruin a skirt, it’s the humble Kinme to the rescue. She’s a bit embarrassed however when Asami is ready to shed the outfit right there in order to keep the stain from setting. It’s all humorous and pretty innocent, just slice-of-life stuff.
Kinme gets to sub in for a missing member of Asami’s volleyball team too, made up mostly of older women just trying to remain in shape. Asami’s abs and Kinme’s leg calves are things of envy to the others, which leads to some oohing and awwing on their part as they feel them, which embarrasses Kinme and causes her to blush. It’s not meant to read anything more into it than what is presented, as this particular manga is pretty wholesome.
Wash It All Away doesn’t run and hide from the fact that Kinme is a pretty girl, however, and nor should it. Even the hot springs and bath house scenes — Kinme loves them and finds them relaxing — are super tastefully rendered, with no explicitness, nothing really shown. Heck, this isn’t even close to Hartnell and Campbell’s fun spy spoof, Danger Girl, which was a rather innocent blast — barely PG at most — so I don’t know why anyone would view it otherwise.
It’s also fun to discover little Nairo’s connection to Asami in this one, of which Kinme was unaware. Young Nairo helps Kinme try to track down the owner of a plushie found in a secret compartment of the cleaning establishment. Will it have something to do with Kinme’s missing memories, somewhere down the line?
The young woman Kinme has helped with her social communication skills wants to than her for it, which leads to a lunch invitation. Two very big but rambunctiously friendly dogs become part of the afternoon in this pleasant lunch outing. Kyusho, the high-schooler who has slowly fallen under Kinme’s sweet and inadvertent spell, especially after the innocent story night of the past issue, hasn’t been able to think of anything else. This leads to an amusing moment when he tries to speak with her about it — and chickens out.
Kyusho’s classmates, the cute Kuriru and her twin brother Moruda, briefly make an appearance in issue #4 of Wash It All Away. It’s easy to say not much really happens here, because it’s a very gentle but enjoyable slice-of-life manga, with a promise of mystery somewhere down the line, as Kinme slowly discovers more about those missing years. I’m really in no hurry, because the restful and refreshingly laid-back vibe of this series is what I enjoy. From the beautifully illustrated setting and characters, to the story, I find this wonderful to relax with up to this point. Wash It All Away hasn’t given me any indication that it’s going to alter from that pleasing direction.
However, because this is such a warm and wonderful slice-of-life manga, with a happy, pretty girl at its center, you’ll get the requisite and inevitable woke nitpicking. Yes, Kinme is drawn as attractively as her seaside surroundings, shown to be as lovely as she is sweet. There isn’t anything in the world wrong with that. It’s presented in a manner as harmless as an episode of Charlie’s Angels in the 1970s, good grief. There is nothing wrong with that either. It would in fact be ridiculous to create a lovely seaside setting and not once per issue have a scene reflective of the setting’s vibe.
As far as I’m concerned, there is nothing demeaning or disrespectful here in Wash It All Away — At All. Womankind has not suffered by it, nor do they need their honor or respectability defended. I suspect in fact that the majority of readers would describe it as pretty wholesome. The fact that it has so many good ratings speaks volumes. If this is fan-service, a term I find nauseating, and rarely used to describe pandering “story-agenda” fan-service, then I’m all for it. Bring it on. In fact bring a lot more of it!
If, like me, you adore Wash It All Away, just ignore the noise and enjoy this tranquil and soothing slice of life. How often do we come across something that actually offers a momentary respite from the modern world’s chaos? I find Wash It All Away to be a snow-white Swan on a lake filled with manga sludge at present. Which would be fine if there were a sign by the lake warning what was in the water, so you could decide for yourself whether to go for a swim. But even popular manga series like Kowloon Generic Romance unexpectedly threw a secondary, male-same-sex romance story-line at readers. I guess at this point the majority should be grateful that every manga series hasn’t become tailored for a single market and group, leaving the rest of us — the majority — out in the cold.
There is still some great stuff out there in Manga, as evidenced by Wash It All Away. But it’s more difficult to find now. This is true even from within the same writer/illustrator canon. As an example, this author’s latest work appears to be about a couple of middle-school girls falling in love — yeah, “middle-school” — on an island where there’s a monster. A big NO THANKS for me on that one. Yet, Wash It All Away is sweet and refreshing, and relatively wholesome so far. In fact it is quite wonderful. Wash It All Away doesn’t just entertain, it offers a moment of tranquility and healing from a world gone totally askew. Go figure.
Like today’s music, you have to cherry-pick to discover the gemstones in manga. I was lucky to stumble upon this diamond, which is a refreshing respite from the dreary hustle and bustle of life. Another cherished volume in Wash It All Away that is highly recommended!
October 21, 2025
Like a mallard wearing a top hat, this is one strange duck. This continues to be a reasonably solid slice-of-life story, though it desperately wants to be a slice of cheesecake more than anything.
The core of this story, as Wakana slowly becomes a bigger part of her little community, is quite satisfying. The little bits of laundry expertise give it a bit of freshness and help it stand out. No complaints.
The chapter where Wakana and young Nairo embark on a cleaning mission for a long-lost toy is really well put together and my favourite part of the book. Nairo’s excitement at a mysterious trap door and overactive imagination leading to crushing disappointment are vintage child moments I really related to.
Conversely, good lord did I not care for the new character, Ms. Aji, Wakana’s landlady. She’s meant to be one of those irascible old women who constantly makes backhanded remarks yet has a heart of gold.
Unfortunately, she just comes off as extremely annoying with her repeated mannerisms and touchy demeanour. I also really felt the story pulled its punches with her plotline. Hirayasumi did this about a hundred times better and, you know, also happens to be a better slice of life series.
And, yes, hang on, I am going to yet again roll my eyes at the gratuitous fan service in this story. It really drives me crazy and, as I sometimes do, I took pains to try and figure out why.
I mean, I read My Dress-Up Darling and 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, where it’s less of a deal for me, so why here? And the answer, as it turns out, is character agency.
In the aforementioned titles, the characters are embracing what they’re wearing and quite okay with it. They’re expressing themselves how they want. In this series, all the fan service is embarrassing and/or demeaning to Wakana.
She’s getting felt up by the volleyball team she subs in for, she is put in a bunny costume in the afterword, the wind just happens to come along and blow up her skirt in full view of the teenage boy with a crush on her. It’s all the same, yet her lack of choice makes it far more cringe.
It’s too damn bad. I can tell I want to like this story because I’m really grumpy about what it gets wrong. Even the memory loss plot has some interesting little moments here, like a discount Kowloon Generic Romance (speaking of a series that knows what actual sex appeal is).
3 stars - as you can see, this reminds me of several other series, all of which do various parts of this better. I think Wakana’s a good character, but I wish she was in a series that respected her more.
The core of this story, as Wakana slowly becomes a bigger part of her little community, is quite satisfying. The little bits of laundry expertise give it a bit of freshness and help it stand out. No complaints.
The chapter where Wakana and young Nairo embark on a cleaning mission for a long-lost toy is really well put together and my favourite part of the book. Nairo’s excitement at a mysterious trap door and overactive imagination leading to crushing disappointment are vintage child moments I really related to.
Conversely, good lord did I not care for the new character, Ms. Aji, Wakana’s landlady. She’s meant to be one of those irascible old women who constantly makes backhanded remarks yet has a heart of gold.
Unfortunately, she just comes off as extremely annoying with her repeated mannerisms and touchy demeanour. I also really felt the story pulled its punches with her plotline. Hirayasumi did this about a hundred times better and, you know, also happens to be a better slice of life series.
And, yes, hang on, I am going to yet again roll my eyes at the gratuitous fan service in this story. It really drives me crazy and, as I sometimes do, I took pains to try and figure out why.
I mean, I read My Dress-Up Darling and 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, where it’s less of a deal for me, so why here? And the answer, as it turns out, is character agency.
In the aforementioned titles, the characters are embracing what they’re wearing and quite okay with it. They’re expressing themselves how they want. In this series, all the fan service is embarrassing and/or demeaning to Wakana.
She’s getting felt up by the volleyball team she subs in for, she is put in a bunny costume in the afterword, the wind just happens to come along and blow up her skirt in full view of the teenage boy with a crush on her. It’s all the same, yet her lack of choice makes it far more cringe.
It’s too damn bad. I can tell I want to like this story because I’m really grumpy about what it gets wrong. Even the memory loss plot has some interesting little moments here, like a discount Kowloon Generic Romance (speaking of a series that knows what actual sex appeal is).
3 stars - as you can see, this reminds me of several other series, all of which do various parts of this better. I think Wakana’s a good character, but I wish she was in a series that respected her more.
November 23, 2025
There was very little progress in any of the storylines, but the art was well executed and I'm still excited to learn more about Kinme's past. It's good to see her integrating with the community and trying to further her interpersonal relationships.
December 31, 2025
Love this series!
December 8, 2025
I just love this manga so much ❤️
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