From: miles@gnu.org   
      
   団地ともお #1  (小田扉)   
   (appeared in Big Comics Spirits)   
      
   This is a slice-of-life story, about an unusually dim 4th-grader (Tomoo),   
   and his somewhat smarter friends and family.   
      
   It's consistently amusing, in a low-key way (puncuated by the occasional   
   belly-laugh).  It seems pretty realistic actually; much of the humor stems   
   from the dimness of what the kids do, but it's always stuff that might   
   actually make sense "if you're a kid".   
      
   Tomoo seems almost like a much more realistic version of Nobita from   
   Doraemon (but whereas Nobita is constantly doing _really_ stupid/selfish   
   things to serve the dramatic demands of the story, Tomoo seems more like a   
   real kid).   
      
   One nice point is that it for the most part avoids the artificial   
   heart-warming moments that usually infest this sort of book.   
      
   So I dunno, I guess the above sounds lukewarm, but I'll be  buying the   
   subsequent books.  It's perfect reading for vegging out on the floor on a   
   hot summer day...   
      
   -miles   
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