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NonNonBa

Shigeru Mizuki

4.19 AVERAGE

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Irgendwie noch ein schöner Weg ein bisschen etwas über Japanische Kultur, vor allem Geister (Yokai), zu lernen. Man kann aber nie zu viel auf einmal lesen, wenn man sich wirklich alles einprägen möchte.

4.5 stars

Read for JPN 356

My heart...!!

Jamais un auteur m’a autant donné envie de me passionner pour le folklore.
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A light-hearted look at some of Mizuki's childhood and how he became so interested in yokai.
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Wonderful childhood memoir mixed with magical realism. Lots of unhappiness, but the yokai never let your mind linger too long.

This was episodic and sometimes disjointed, but it was very good. I like how animated everyone was and I loved the atmosphere of the stories. It was perfectly in the perspective of a child and it was great. Also it had youkai which I love, so I am a little biased, but I also really loved the interactions between people. I felt sad for GeGe because so many if his friends either died or got sold. But it's a great pre WWII Japan story about family and ghosts.