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A review by ximajs
Penguin Highway by Tomihiko Morimi
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Ahh! I don't know where to start!
Okay, so this is sort of like a Ghibli movie in book form, complete with a precocious child, cute animals and weird occurances.
The 9 year-old protagonist Aoyama is smart and he knows it, but is not one of those bratty know-it-alls. No, he is quite a sympathetic character, even though he's a little uncomfortably focused on breasts.
I was not at all surprised when I learned there is a manga and an anime movie based on this book, because I could vividly picture everything happening as if it were animated.
Okay, so this is sort of like a Ghibli movie in book form, complete with a precocious child, cute animals and weird occurances.
The 9 year-old protagonist Aoyama is smart and he knows it, but is not one of those bratty know-it-alls. No, he is quite a sympathetic character, even though he's a little uncomfortably focused on breasts.
I was not at all surprised when I learned there is a manga and an anime movie based on this book, because I could vividly picture everything happening as if it were animated.