I know I said the Let's Play video would come out with the next post but I lied. I have to tell everyone about this great manga.It's a "Slice-of-Life" type that's kind of gimmicky, but the best part is it's realistic. The manga features a girl named Sumire Yotsuya, the only problem is she's actually a puppet controlled by a middle aged man. She's not a magical puppet, or a robot but literally a mundane ventriloquist's dummy. She attends school and participates as if everything were normal and she never breaks character.
The story lines are really fun to read and it's a mixture of whimsy and sobering reality, halfway through the series you passively begin to think of Sumire as a real girl and you realize the characters do too.
The most interesting character doesn't have any lines, why does the old man attend high school as a sixteen year old girl?
It's a really funny series with interesting character dynamics, from Sumire herself, to a weeaboo English teacher, to her Yakuza boss friend. I highly recommend this to anyone who likes manga, it defies genre as it's very well written.
That sounds hilarious :)
ReplyDeleteA lot of manga is very well written. Art and storyline are beautifully intertwined. Thanks for the suggestion!
ReplyDeleteOh wow, just when you thought you've seen every possible manga/anime concept ever - suddenly, high school ventriloquist puppet! Ever since childhood, I've had an intense fear of ventriloquist dummies - not sure if it was Howdie Doodie, or that Goosebumps dummy. Maybe this would help me get over it?
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