A review by ljrinaldi
Cigarette Girl by Masahiko Matsumoto
3.0
Stop, don't pick up this book, don't even consider this volume, if your idea of manga is full of pretty girls or robots or gods. This book is not for you.
Mashiko wrote about the downtrodden, the poor, the forgotten. I have read other volumes of his, and they are sad, and very slice of life. They are not happy, with heroes fighting crime, or cooking, or playing sports. These people are selling condoms door to door, or flirting with the cigarette seller on the corner. Sometimes the stories end with a resolution, but not always happy. Sometimes they just end.
So, if you want a different slice of Japanese manga, this might be the book for you.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.
Mashiko wrote about the downtrodden, the poor, the forgotten. I have read other volumes of his, and they are sad, and very slice of life. They are not happy, with heroes fighting crime, or cooking, or playing sports. These people are selling condoms door to door, or flirting with the cigarette seller on the corner. Sometimes the stories end with a resolution, but not always happy. Sometimes they just end.
So, if you want a different slice of Japanese manga, this might be the book for you.
Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.