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A review by southern_sea
アクア 1 Aqua 1 by 天野 こずえ, Kozue Amano
5.0
This was a reread, for the first time in Japanese. Recently I was in the mood for some light, slice-of-life fantastic story, and I remembered I still didn't own a physical copy of Aqua 1 & 2 (they have been very hard to find for years). So glad I finally fixed this.
What can I say about this manga? If you like slice-of-life, low SFF edging on magical realism, this is for you. I love Aqua and its sequel Aria in the same way I love Japanese wind chimes. They are simple and yet masterfully crafted little things that fill me with a quiet, restful but bubbly kind of joy. I felt all of these feelings once again as I reread the first volume of Aqua. And the art, especially the two-pages drawings of Neo-Venice, are so beautiful they made me exclaim in awe more than once, just like the protagonist Akari.
What can I say about this manga? If you like slice-of-life, low SFF edging on magical realism, this is for you. I love Aqua and its sequel Aria in the same way I love Japanese wind chimes. They are simple and yet masterfully crafted little things that fill me with a quiet, restful but bubbly kind of joy. I felt all of these feelings once again as I reread the first volume of Aqua. And the art, especially the two-pages drawings of Neo-Venice, are so beautiful they made me exclaim in awe more than once, just like the protagonist Akari.