Solanin
VIZ Media LLC · Paperback · October 21, 2008
Will Meiko find her place in the world, or will the world force her to fit?
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- Who it’s for
- A close look at the uneasy jump from college into a life that doesn’t fit.
- Themes
- Finding one's place, Post-college transition, Job dissatisfaction
- Genres
- Slice-of-Life Comics, Coming-of-Age Stories, General Manga
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Will Meiko find her place in the world, or will the world force her to fit? Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge.
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Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world. Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.
Adulthood, Unfinished
A close look at the uneasy jump from college into a life that doesn’t fit.
Come here for
- Workday frustration and the uncertain gap between student life and adulthood
- The search for a place in the real world
Expect
- Everyday pressures without a tidy career pep talk
- An intimate portrait of feeling out of step
Where it sits
| Coming-of-Age Stories | 72% |
|---|---|
| General Manga | 53% |
| Slice-of-Life Comics | 49% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- General Manga
- Contemporary Women Graphic Novels
- Funny Comics
- Authors
- Inio Asano
- Publisher
- VIZ Media LLC
- Published
- October 21, 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Finding one's place · Post-college transition · Job dissatisfaction
- Reading lane
- General Manga