A review by nyankonii
Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

tw: romanticized predatory age gap

this was basically daddy issues: the novel.

mc goes through stages of grief after the suicide of her father.
the writing felt stilted but that most likely is the fault of the translation.

she takes a liking to a regular at the bistro she works at bc he reminds her of her father. she then disturbingly develops a crush on her father’s friend. they both acknowledge it’s wrong since he knew her since she was a child, but they hook up anyways…yeah

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Infidelity, Suicide, and Sexual content

Minor: Incest