Solanin

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College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude. Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Naruo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the country keep sending her boxes of veggies that just rot in her fridge. Straddling the line between her years as a student and the rest of her life, Meiko struggles with the feeling that she's just not cut out to be a part of the real world.

(Source: VIZ Media)

Notes:
- Nominated for the Eisner Award for Best U.S. Edition of International Material - Japan and the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.
- Includes one extra chapter and one-shot "Haru yo Koi (Awaiting Spring)" first included in the October 2017 new Japanese edition.

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Themes
Coming of Age Music Comedy › Comedic Undertone Death › Mourning Economics › Unemployment Emotions › Grief Kinship › Found Family Slice of Life › Family Life Social Issues › Social Commentary
Music
Band Rock
Philosophy
Existential Reflections on Human Existence
Settings
Urban
Audience Demographics > Male Oriented
Seinen Male Demographic with Female Lead
Character Traits > Outfit
Accessories › Glasses-Wearing Protagonist
Character Types
Female Lead NEET Cast › Primarily Adult Protagonists › Dead Protagonist Supporting Cast › Ensemble Cast
Female Lead
Background Female Lead › Young Female Lead
Locations
School › College
Asia
Japan Japan › Tokyo
Narrative Tropes
Love Tropes › Realistic Relationship
Death Tropes
Death of Loved One Sudden Death
Romantic Dynamics
Live-in Lover Adult couple
Occupations
Entertainment › Singer
Administration
Office Worker Office Lady
Sexual Content
Nudity
Time Period > Period Piece
Late Modern & Contemporary › 21st century
Work Info > Art Style
Atypical Realistic

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