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I think I've read it at least 20 times.
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Muu-tachi. It's a two-volume series by Enomoto Shunji. (I really wanted him to make it more like 5 volumes.)
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The story mostly revolves around two characters: the father Minoru, and his middle-school-age son Muu.
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Mmm...i wonder if you could call this manga "metaphysical."
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There's a weird art museum...
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A sort of joyful sense of wandering through a creepy, surreal dreamscape...
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If you stop paying attention
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The art sneaks up behind you.
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For me, it's the same sort of pleasure I get from the work of De Chirico, Dali, or Escher.
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The first time I read it...
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I kept thinking "what do I call this feeling...?"
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And then...
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I felt "nostalgic" for a manga artist for the first time...
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I thought, "yeah, that's it!"
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A weird, sort of helpless homesickness....
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It's present throughout the whole manga.
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I love the feeling it gives me.
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It's wonderful the way the father Minoru just interacts with his son Muu in his own strange, unique way, without ever denying or scolding.
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Also, you can recognize Minoru immediately after seeing even one panel.
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It's a great manga for those long autumn nights that will be coming soon.
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(I wonder, will he ever write a sequel?)
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IMAI 09:00
