| | |  | MANGA | Home » » » » What a Wonderful World!, Vol. 2 | | | | | | | Description: | | Life is never ordinary. R to L (Japanese Style). The cruelty of childhood. The delusion of adulthood. The endurance of death. Laugh in the face of reality. With this series of intersecting vignettes, Inio Asano explores the ways in which modern life can be ridiculous and sublime, terrible and precious, wasted and celebrated. A dream recaptured. A life on a new track. The absurdity of death. Laughter in the face of reality. With this series of intersecting vignettes, Inio Asano explores the ways in which modern life can be ridiculous and sublime, terrible and precious, wasted and celebrated. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Inio Asano | | Paperback:
| 210 pages | | Publisher:
| VIZ Media LLC | | Publication Date:
| October 20, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1421532220 | | Product Length:
| 8.26 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.52 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.68 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.67 pounds | | Package Length:
| 8.19 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.75 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.87 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.62 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1 reviews |
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And I think to myself... what a wonderful... world...Nov 08, 2009
By ChibiNeko
"Sooo many books, so little time!"
Viz really did a smart thing in releasing both volumes of this series at the same time. I enjoyed being able to read both volumes at the same time & I liked being able to compare characters & scenes at the same time. I can safely say that this will be one of the manga that improves with each reading as I notice the small details in each chapter.
This second volume is much like the first- a collection of small vignettes from various characters. Some of the characters reappear for a second or third chapter, some are background characters who show up as a more major character in their own chapter. Each chapter has it's own poignancy, but the one that sticks out in my mind the most is one about a porn magazine worker (he's sort of like an editor/photographer/everything type of worker) who wonders if he's really doing right by his infant daughter & tries to do the best he can to avoid being like his supervisor.
There's much more to this series & I liked how at the end much of the series was tied together. The ending is a bit strange, I will warn you & a bit ambiguous. But then, that's one of the great things about this manga & much of Asano's work. He makes the manga a bit more interactive by letting you the reader come to your own conclusions about what just happened, what their motives were & what ultimately will be everyone's fate.
Like I said in the review for the other volume- the only flaw of this series is that it may be overlooked by manga fans looking for something slick & overproduced. If this manga isn't one of the best examples in it's genre(realistic drama), I really don't know what is.
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