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   From: yaniv_tempelman@hispeed.ch   
      
   Ping Kuo wrote:   
      
   > > > while nice, I can never rank YKK close to my top list because it is   
   > > > pretty much a manga of "nothingness", it has no purpose, and all you can   
   > > > do is to feel sad for them, and I really don't have that much time to   
   > > > spare on something that is really, well, nothing.  mood and atmosphere   
   > > > can only go so far to decorate and enchance a story, but can never be   
   > > > the story itself.   
   >   
   > > I wouldn't go so far to say that YKK has no purpose. Like the   
   > > advertisement of the second OVA series mentioned I'd describe YKK as a   
   > > "healing manga". Living in crowded Japan can be quite exhausting. Here   
   > > comes now a manga which tries to light up your everyday life by   
   > > stressing on mood an atmosphere, on details you may really have   
   > > forgotten since a long time. Yeah, it may be not enough story for some   
   > > readers, for others it's some kind of relaxation, like resting in a hot   
   spa.   
   >   
   > healing == feeling good?  if that is the case, I won't go as far as   
   > calling reading YKK make you feel bad, it is not a bad manga, but the   
   > feeling of sadness is not something I would call good, either.   
      
   On the other hand feeling of lost and longing is pretty permanent in   
   japanese culture. Just listen to all those enka songs, makes you wonder   
   if they actually want to suffer or just simply longing for a (idealized)   
   past long forgotten.   
   >   
   > I guess you can say that one of the author's goal is to make us   
   > realized, that from taking a step back from our busy daily routines, we   
   > can appreciate our life and surrounding environment that much more, etc.   
   > however, it also make painfully clear to us, that the only thing eternal   
   > is time never stop, and we all eventually will die, etc.  this is pretty   
   > much one of the Buddhist's belief that a person's life journey is of   
   > suffering, that in itself is sad enough, then the droids in this case   
   > act as witness to the last act of the human race, and to think that they   
   > will be left behind alone also is very sad.   
      
   That's an interesting point of view.   
   BTW, which manga ressembles YKK in mood and atmosphere?   
      
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