Not to say the main character is an asshole. It's a found family story, and one of my favorite types, where one person is drawn in kicking and screaming because he does NOT want to make human connections, and it's only grudgingly over the course of several months that he begins to thaw. In a nutshell, a talented younger calligrapher basically gets exiled from Tokyo to a rural island village to spend time focusing on his craft (and also to run away after punching a well-respected man), and finds that people, but especially the children, will not leave him alone. Which is basically how the main character lives, now that I think about it. It was a slow start, and it took several volumes to settle in and make you care about the characters. This was a lovely, fun series-much more heartwarming than I expected, since I read the overtly-comic Handa-kun prequel series first. Specific reviews of: Volumes 1-3, Volume 4-6, Volumes 7-9 There is a sense of change and a sense of home and a sense of belonging in this end that is beautiful and yet not super melodramatic. The characters of this book really grow on you. The bond that the villagers have with each other is also muted and deep and heart felt also. It’s unspoken and does not need to be spoken but the bond between them is so strong and so wonderfully earned. This series does what it does and it does it so well, slice of life with small little emotions and interactions that speaks more than dialog.Ĭharacters: Sensei is so good, his journey is wonderfully realised and Naru although it seems nothing much has happened to her but she also has grown. The sense of community and belonging is well done here and the sense of finding a way and what’s important in life is also done very well. I love how the final parts were about Naru and Sensei and how that tractor ride and the art calls back to the first book, it’s so good. Story: The story is just as it was, the end sneaks up on you but with a lot of character arcs fully realised and the ideas of what’s to come left in a beautiful open. The world building is great, this is the final arc and there is a lot of full circle going on here, all the little pieces along the way are used here to really bring this book to a close.
Then there is the characters which are emotive and beautifully realised. World: The art has been great the entire series, the line work is simple but it gives the book a very light and simple tone and feel to it that makes the small village something special and mundane at the same time. Beautiful full circle poetic end to the series.
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