She Got Off the Bus at the Peninsula (manga)

I usualy don't like manga one-shots, but here's one I think is definately worth a review. It's by the author of my favorite anime, Mushishi, and was reccomended to my by somebody whose tastes I hold in high regard, so I thought I should definately check it out. After I read it though, I didnt get much of a feeling from it, most likely because I didn't know what to expect. Because of it being a one-shot, I decided to read it again, and sure enough, I found it much better that time. I don't want to say too much about it, since it's only fourty-five pages, but its the story of a woman whose grandmother owned a shop at a peninsula where she was raised, and people would often get off of the bus and commit suicide. The owner of the store, the grandma in the past and now our main character in a way had the peoples life in their hands. Sometimes the grandma would talk to the people who she could tell were trying to commit suicide and get them to stop; now the main character is thinking about closing the shop but doesnt want to lose lives because of it. I think I didn't understand the story at all when I first started this, so that summary might help. It's a great story that deals with human emotion mainly, among other things, that won't make you cry but give you a different touched feeling. Since it's a one-shot, it should be worth anybody's time.


Rating: 9.3/10