The year is 1967, and a young Japanese man is thinking about the future. On one side of the water, the war is raging in Vietnam; far away on the other side, the Apollo Project has just met with disaster as three astronauts die in a capsule fire. And here and now, on a long nighttime ferry ride back home, he will meet and fall in love with a mysterious young woman who carries a past deeper and more profound than his dreams and fears of tomorrow. Her name, she jokes, is no name-Emanon...and she can never be forgotten, any more than she can forget...
Memory of Emanon is beautiful and moving on a level that most media isn't. It feels personal and intimate and I came away from it feeling as if the story had become as much a part of me as the characters had become parts of each other. Read Full Review
Overall, I come away from Emanon unimpressed. It's hard to discern what the point of the story is, and ultimately it doesn't do anything to make me want to read more. With characters who feel like they're no more than audience substitutes and too many unanswered questions, I just don't recommend this one. The artwork is the only saving grace and even then it's not enough to sell me on the idea of more. Read Full Review
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