Look Back

Story 10/10

I read the manga about a year ago and loved it.

I love Fujimotos ability to make characters human and relatable - even in his crazier works.

It feels like he wrote this story to process some questions and ideas, that he himself dealth with.

This is not some grand epic story, but a look into the authors soul, who himself lives the life of a mangaka.

While the story is short, it still deals with important questions and takes you on its own compact journey. He manages to make it big while staying in a very small world, if that makes sense.

Art style 7/10

The art style is faithul to the source. A couple transitions felt "3D", which took me out for a second, but nothing too major.

Music 10/10

I was positively surprised. The music really matched the scene and filled the void of Fujimotos "show don't tell" style of story telling. I think it really elevated a couple of scenes.

Conclusion 9/10

Fujimotos asks important questions - big ones and small ones. He does not answer them, but he shows us the emotions. Should we push others, or is it safer to not get involved? Why are we doing the stuff that we do? What happens, if we loose the focus?

With under an hour of runtime, this is a beautiful well crafted and well told story, suitable for almost all people.

Treat this like a short story and be open to its journey and you might even squeeze out a few tears like I did.