みつあみの神様

by Machiko Kyo

叙情派・今日マチ子が物語るもうひとつの、3.11以降の世界──。
海辺にぽつんと佇む一軒家には「あの日」からひとりになったみつあみの女の子が住んでいる。
洗濯バサミや枕たちが一日中かしましくおしゃべりしていることを知らずに──。
時代の空気感をリアルに描き出す今日マチ子が未来への願いをこめて綴る希望と再生の物語。

Genres: Manga

176 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2013

About the author

Machiko Kyo (今日マチ子, Kyo Machiko) is a Japanese cartoonist and illustrator from Tokyo. She was born in 1980 and graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts.
Her daily one-page manga blog Sennen Gaho started in 2004 and was published as a book in 2008, attracting much attention. Among her comics are the slice-of-life series Mikako-san (2009-2013), the WWII drama Cocoon (2010) and the post-apocalyptic Mitsuami no Kami-sama (2011-2013). The latter was adapted into a short animated film in 2015 by the studio Production I.G., winning more than twenty awards around the world. In 2014, Machiko Kyo received the 18th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Award.
In addition to manga, she is also involved in a wide range of illustration and essay projects. Her war-themed picture book Ichigo Sensō received the 2015 Japan Cartoonists Association Award's Grand Priz. Her other illustration books include Essential, Distance and From Tokyo.

Reviews

[Tania · Rating 5 out of 5]

Conocí esta historia por su corto animado, que deja fuera muchos elementos y simplifica otros por cuestión de tiempo.

Como sea, en esta historia tenemos dos narrativas, la marco, que es lo que ocurrió y ocurre en el mundo de la protagonista sin nombre, y la otra, la de los objetos que cuestionan su vida útil. Al final ambas convergen de forma inusual bajo la idea de que todo puede transformarse, tener un uso diferente al original o un segundo uso.

Me habría gustado un poco más de contexto sobre el mundo, pero es que la historia no va de eso, sino de una introspección a cuál es el propósito de la vida.

[notsoweirdbutverydumb]

it is quite confusing, i’m not sure how should i rate this book, but the art is great, the same artist from Sennen gahou, Machiko Kyou

[Bypip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Відбирає мову. Це щось дуже особливе.

[Mehsi]

I am not sure what to rate this one. It is quite deep, but also quite a bit confusing. The ending leaves a lot of questions, and in the end we knew quite a bit of what happened to the world, but not everything. :|
The art was pretty decent.

I guess for now I will just leave it unrated until I figure out a rating.