Under the Bridge

These days, I found an interesting comic book. Its title is “Arakawa Under the Bridge”. The main characters are so characteristic and funny. They live together under the bridge, and they enjoy their free and oscar life.

The beginning of the story is joining one person. His name is Koh Ichinomiya. He is clever, handsome and perfect, and he is a president of many companies at the age of twenty. He has lived his life as he was taught by his father. His father also has many big companies, and always says to him, “Don’t run into debt.” But one day, he was helped by a girl, Nino. She is so beautiful and mysterious girl, and she lives under the bridge. He began to live there to pay a debt to her as her boyfriend.

At first, he despised strange inhabitants living under the bridge. But gradually, while he doesn’t notice, he has smiled more often recently. And he became to not care about a little debt. The best of it is that he made friends. He is a prefect man, so he was always alone. But now, he has changed.

This is a gag comic book. It always makes us laugh. But I think its bottom is serious. The taught of Koh’s father is the problem in common. If we never ran into debt, we wouldn’t touch anyone. So, before living under the bridge, Koh was always alone. Today, someone say that human social ties are very thin in Japan. I think so, too. This comic book gives us laugh, but it also gives us problems we have to improve.



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SAINT ☆ YOUNG MEN

Yesterday, I bought a comic book, SAINT ☆ YOUNG MEN. It is a new book, the sixth volume.
The story is very humorous and peculiarity. The main characters are Buddha and Jesus Christ. They live together at a run-down apartment in Tachikawa, Tokyo as a vacation. They live their ordinary days like us, but everything is special and interesting for them. They enjoy a vacation so much.
In a new book, they go and enjoy at the sea, enjoy dressing up as Dracula and Frankenstein on Halloween, play a special sport, go to karaoke, think about the heavens tour, make comics and Jesus Christ sees a dentist. There is nothing special for me. But they enjoy all out everything in their ordinary days.

In these books, there are so many jokes based on Buddhist and Christian histories or episodes and so on. Now, these books have greater popularity than expected in Japan. I think that this comic book will become only in Japan. Pious believers in Christianity or Buddhism can’t accept this book. Almost of Japanese believe in no religion, so some of them like it.
I think that this idea is very interesting. The situation of a simple life of Buddha and Jesus Christ is surreal and interesting. And I think if everyone and every country in the world became wholly peace, they could live such a homely life.
And I don’t have much knowledge about Buddhism and Christianity very much. There are many things that I don’t have ideas in this book. So, I want to learn much more things about them. I can learn many things and get special laugh from this book, so I like it very much!




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The Special Ordinary Days

This comic shows us the ordinary days of the little girl, Yotsuba. She lives with her father. She is a very simple and innocent girl. Everything of her makes us happy and warm. And her father is a translator. He always treats her very kindly. He takes her behavior and feelings sincerely. Even if a thing sounds so strange, he never make light of it. I think that he is the paragon of a father.
And their neighbors are also characteristic. There are three sisters. The oldest daughter is Asagi. She is very beautiful and mischievous. And the friend of Yotsuba's father, Jambo sets his heart on her. Next, the second daughter, Fuka is a high school student. She is very cheerful and lovable. The third daughter is Ena. Though she is an elementary school student, she is a capable person. So, she is a good playmate of Yotsuba.

For Yotsuba, many things in the ordinary days is an important and grate matters. Now, her behavior and feelings are refreshing for me. I think that the children are great to see Yotsuba.

Becoming older, people forget much more things in a daily life. This comic reminds us these things. And they tell us that everyday is special days. The same day will never come. Even if a small thing, everything in our daily life is great and special thing!



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Human

A new book of ONE PIECE released on the other day. When I was reading it, I cried bitterly. And after reading, I thought about a lot of things.
A person in a position of power thinks much of money, status or decency. I thought that is bad, but also natural. In this book, there is a little boy, the son of a noble family. The nobility dismisses lives of the people in slum areas. It is a natural in the world. But a little boy keeps saying that the nation is wrong and crazy. And he cries "It's embarrassing to be born in the purple!!!"
I considered the nobility as evil. But I noticed. There are so many news, for example murder, disaster, terrorism. While I watch them on TV, I sometimes have a meal. It became common while I was not aware of it. If I mourn the death of people all over the world, I can't live everyday. But it is wrong that I consider it as natural.
ONE PIECE brings us many things. So, ONE PIECE is loved so many people without distinction of age or sex all over the world. Of course, I will keep reading them!



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flat

This is my favorite comic book, flat. The main characters are Heisuke and Aki. Aki is a nephew of Heisuke. Heisuke is a high school student. He always walks with his own way. He has original world. And he really likes baking and eating a dessert. On the other hand, Aki is a little boy. But he doesn't tend to say anything. For example, I want to eat something, I want to play with the ball, and I want to be with you, I'm so lonely. This story shows their ordinary days.

The reason why I like this comic book is the feelings of the characters. They live their ordinary days, and feel so many things. I feel the feelings close to me, or someone (possibilly you or everyone). For example, to like someone, to fall in love with someone, to want to give up everything, to feel envy of someone, to want to escape from affection. The feelings are rambling and awkward, but life-size, natural, and beautiful, I think.

Getting on with other people is so difficult and troublesome. If we can be friends in name only, we may be easy. But we can't do that. Because we have feelings. Sometimes we like someone, and sometimes we dislike someone. It is very troublesome and irksome, but also interesting. Heisuke and Aki remind me that.



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