Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 42 minutes ago
Inio Asano's Solanin is a short seinen manga which tackles very contemporary and realistic themes in a powerful and earnest way. It engages with ideas surrounding loneliness throughout adulthood, co-dependency, pursuing dreams, overcoming loss, and many, many more.
This video's aim is to go through the main narrative beats and engage with it's contents on a more personal level as this short manga had a genuine impact on myself during one of the lowest points in my life, so bare with me as I this "video-essay" is more interpersonal and conversational than the usual.
Solanin is the most "normal" manga Asano-sensei has created, and for those who are familiar with his more popular titles like Oyasumi Punpun and Dead Dead Demon's DeDeDeDe Destruction, you would know that is quite an interesting claim. Yet despite its normalcy, it is the manga I feel has the most to offer to it's readers. It is the manga I feel everybody should read.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro To Solanin
05:09 Freedom Without Purpose Is BORING
10:23 The Mangaka Inio Asano
12:29 Pursuing A Dream
18:10 The Crushing Reality
26:46 SOLANIN
29:34 Talking About Personal Loss
32:44 It'll Work Out Somehow
36:36 Conclusion & Thanking My Wonderful Patrons
Socials:
Patreon: patreon.com/MickellPickell
Twitch: twitch.tv/mickellpickell
Twitter: twitter.com/MickellPickell
Instagram: instagram.com/themickellpickell
TikTok: tiktok.com/@mickellpickell
Discord: discord.gg/pickleedelvingassociation
#inioasano #punpun #seinenmanga #solanin #mangaedit #mangarecommendation #mangaanimation #mangarecap #depressing #interpersonal #ソラニン ##seinen
Inio Asano's Solanin is a short seinen manga which tackles very contemporary and realistic themes in a powerful and earnest way. It engages with ideas surrounding loneliness throughout adulthood, co-dependency, pursuing dreams, overcoming loss, and many, many more.
This video's aim is to go through the main narrative beats and engage with it's contents on a more personal level as this short manga had a genuine impact on myself during one of the lowest points in my life, so bare with me as I this "video-essay" is more interpersonal and conversational than the usual.
Solanin is the most "normal" manga Asano-sensei has created, and for those who are familiar with his more popular titles like Oyasumi Punpun and Dead Dead Demon's DeDeDeDe Destruction, you would know that is quite an interesting claim. Yet despite its normalcy, it is the manga I feel has the most to offer to it's readers. It is the manga I feel everybody should read.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro To Solanin
05:09 Freedom Without Purpose Is BORING
10:23 The Mangaka Inio Asano
12:29 Pursuing A Dream
18:10 The Crushing Reality
26:46 SOLANIN
29:34 Talking About Personal Loss
32:44 It'll Work Out Somehow
36:36 Conclusion & Thanking My Wonderful Patrons
Socials:
Patreon: patreon.com/MickellPickell
Twitch: twitch.tv/mickellpickell
Twitter: twitter.com/MickellPickell
Instagram: instagram.com/themickellpickell
TikTok: tiktok.com/@mickellpickell
Discord: discord.gg/pickleedelvingassociation
#inioasano #punpun #seinenmanga #solanin #mangaedit #mangarecommendation #mangaanimation #mangarecap #depressing #interpersonal #ソラニン ##seinen
